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helinues:
I deliberately mentioned policies and decisions making. As long as those blacks who are representing us in the western world do not allow policies that will affect Africa, we can take care of ourselves.

Example are people like Madam NOI who is at World Bank, the AFDB president. Their decisions and policies as the head of important institutions could make the difference

I’m not disputing the importance of Africans in global institutions. My point is that individuals operate within institutional constraints. A Black head of the World Trade Organisation like Dr. Ngozi Iweala for example cannot fundamentally change global voting power, capital control, or development models on their own.

These organisations are not "my people my people" organisations. If representation alone were sufficient, Africa’s structural position in the global economy would already have shifted. The fact that it hasn’t, shows that the issue isn’t who is in the room, but how the room is designed.

helinues:
Colonialism is already correcting itself . Hardly you will see most of the western sport teams with no blacks inside. Their Government, policy/decision making, blacks are now part.

We should allow those who had that position to take care of the colonialism while the Africans focus on developing the continent

No, colonialism is not correcting itself. I think you’re equating representation in Western institutions with the correction of colonial structures, and those are very different things. Colonialism wasn’t primarily about who sits in government or plays sports, it was about how African economies were designed for extraction and dependency, which still continues till today through Neo-colonialism. We still have Western powers influencing Africa's strategic decisions. Through their "soft powers", they still influence in the background on who governs us.

I watched the vote counting in Uganda yesterday and saw a few white people on the seat. They do the same in Nigeria. Do you wonder why?

So, having Black people in Western systems doesn’t automatically rewire African trade terms, borders, capital flows, or industrial capacity. Those are structural issues Africans must address ourselves. Making reference to the likes of Kemi Badenoch, Bukayo Saka, Barack Obama or Anthony Joshua as a proof of "colonisation correcting itself" does not tally with extractive and predatory structures that the West built in Africa. Representation in the West isn’t the same as decolonisation. I think you missed the point here.

helinues:
My issue with Pan African movement is they will slow the future progress of Africa down as they would be busy with revisiting and correcting the past instead of focusing on future

I agree marginally with your statement because some strands of Pan-African discourse spend a lot of time on colonialism, slavery, reparation and historical blame, western exploitation (which still happens till today). But the time and energy spent relitigating the past could be spent on institution-building, technology, governance, and economic growth.

I think future progress depends wholly on how Pan-Africanism is practised rather than the Pan-African movement itself. In the same vein though, you cannot build a future with an unresolved past because historic damage does not make it disappear. Take for instance, our economies across Africa is wired for extraction, not development. Our borders were drawn up for the same reasons. To progress, we also need to revisit the past but actually use the momentum to move and look forward. I believe there are works in progress though.

helinues:
Give Malema the president and see the white South Africans suffer.

No they will not suffer, Malema is smart enough to know that power is transient. If you've been following him, you would know that he's not anti-white, he's just pro-black. He believes in equal opportunities for all without marginalisation which still lingers post apartheid. This is not 1970s politics and Malema knows that so well.

helinues:
One thing I am afraid about Bobi is vengeance , same as Julius Malema. If they had power, they might focus their tenure in hunting others

Vengeance is certainly on the cards if Bobi Wine has power. The current political class in Uganda laid that foundation and Bobi would ride on it. I see him and Museveni as two sides of the same coin. I wouldn't put him in the same class as Julius Malema though - man is Pan-Africanist through and through.

Bobi Wine is just another foreign backed puppet, just like Museveni. He certainly would be Museveni 2.0. If anything, Museveni is a lot more experienced puppet than him who lacks economical and political literacy. He should stick to music.

PulaPower:
Who is Eu?
Who is USA?

Is trump not also European himself? No be same Europeans dominate USA?

Just say the Europeans in USA and the Europeans in Europe are playing their usual games. Trust any of these people at your own peril..

This is exactly my point, in and of itself. But the transatlantic relationship, shared value and ideology post world war 2 is crumbling right in front of our eyes. USA is going it alone, tearing apart the alliance. You may need to refer to the USA's National Security Strategy document to understand a bit more. The world order is changing, currently USA has no alliance but INTEREST.

If you'd like to know Trump hates the current European leaders including UK's Prime Minister. If he could colonise Europe, he would. I mean he is already colonising them economically. This is not "their usual game". Again refer to the USA's National Security Strategy document to understand more. Pan-Europeanism is slowly dying.

There's absolutely nothing these European Chihuahuas can do when Trump comes knocking on Greeland's door. Another 10% tariffs on an economy that is already struggling is a big blow. Now the EU can have a taste of what they all dish out to Africa and the rest of the world. This is sounding like the beginning of the end for Pan-Europeanism and certainly the beginning of a new world order.

OriOko88:
You must be on crack to think Germany is dealing with Russia. Same Germany thats massively developing weapons And army fr a potential war with Russia. No matter how Trump and EU drag this issue,they will still settle it. They're everlasting allies.

The EU detest doing business or sharing intelligence with China. They d rather perish than partner with Russia or china. Na family matter,dem go settle am

First, Germany is signalling pragmatism because its industrial base has been damaged by energy shocks and broken supply chains due to their war with Russia. Volkswagen plant closures and Mercedes re-entering Russia are survival strategies, this is what happens when economics and ideology collides.

Friedrich Mertz of Germany, Macron of France, Meloni of Italy, and even former NATO Secretary General are all saying that now is the best time to have a dialogue with Russia. Why? Because they are broke, they cannot continue the war with Russia on their own without USA’s backstop, their economy is struggling and their place in the world stage is diminishing. USA has its own problem and racing against China for global dominance but we have a dim donkey somewhere in Nigeria who thinks they’re an international politics analyst believing they’re making sense.

EU detest doing business with China? How will EU’s economy survive without China-EU bilateral trade? EU detest sharing intelligence with China? I’ve never heard that one before. The EU does not share intelligence with China. Full stop. Intelligence sharing is restricted to NATO allies and Five Eyes, neither of which China belongs to. Why on earth would you share intelligence with your largest strategic competitor? Your ignorance shone so bright it almost blinded me.

So no, I'm not on crack, I just engage with geopolitics at a depth headlines don’t reach. Catch up when you can.

That's why Friedrich Mertz of Germany is now signalling dialogue with Russia. Volkswagen is shutting down plants, Mercedes Benz has registered to trade in Russia. Germany and the whole of EU has put their eggs in one basket, now they've shot themselves in the foot.

By the way, USA "needs" Greenland because Greenland is immensely rich in minerals including rare earth. It's a race between two world powers. China has a huge advantage because they control the largest percentage of rare earth minerals processing and refining. America came late to the party.

TruthU87:
What trump meant: "Those are our agents, thanks for not hanging them"
the man lies too much, iran is hanging mossad agents

Plain and simple.

Saw a video of one of the agents galvanizing insurrection on a public transport. The kick and beating he got from the real patriotic Iranians is out of this world.

DeepSight:
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You mean the building of its Head Quarters to be specific.

But let me not be pedantic. The US has become a rogue state recently.

It has always been a rogue state. Past presidents do it covertly, Trump being an impulsive reality TV star is doing it brazenly with masks off. This is America.

Mr. Trump, you cannot bully Iran. Israel has missed the window of the regime change you both wanted in Iran. Now Netanyahu is in trouble. You pulled back because you're stuck, you pulled back because you know you can't proceed with the attack. You pulled back because Iran is actively hunting and deleting the SEE EYE HEY and Mo$$AD agents you sent there to spring up the fake and inorganic protest.

You pulled back because the Saudis and the Qataris has told you that you cannot use their base to launch attack against Iran because they know Iran will strike their oil fields and that will cause a ripple effect on global oil supply, average Americans and businesses will feel it and they will take to the street. You're not ready for the smoke Mr. Trump.

Why do they all look like doctors and diplomats

Chukwueze played that penalty kick like he didn't care at all.

I hope Nigeria would one day be able to stand up in absolute spirit of sovereignty against Imperialistic bullies. Iran, China, Russia, North Korea and India are the only countries in the world right now that can stand their ground against the colonisers. That's exactly why they are labelled all sorts of names like "undemocratic", communist state, dictator, authoritarian, rogue state etc. The masks are off!

madridguy:
This is a good reward for the saboteurs.

I am laughing at poster of the news waiting for the US to act now The US will never come, they used them to bring chaos in their country, and the mission has failed so let their families accept their fate and move on.

Act of treason and espionage shall not go unpunished. The protest was obviously sponsored and some of us know why US, Israel and the EU want a regime change in Iran and it's certainly not because of "democracy" or the "people" of Iran. It's exactly what they did with Saddam Hussein in Iraq, Ghadaffi in Libya and a lot of African head of state. Same playbook, same Modus Operandi, different day. But people supporting US intervention either has fuzzy memory or ignorant

The world watched thousands of upon thousands of kids slaughtered in Gaza. Friedrich Mertz and the EU didn't sanction Israel for what is an obvious genocide. A few SEE-EYE-HAY and Mossad backed rioters got killed in Iran and suddenly they're bringing out the sanction cards. Hypocrisy of the collective West knows no bound. It's beyond laughable at this point.

Trump is the only American president head of mafia without any foreign policy. Man's just acting out whatever he feels like based on whichever side of the bed he wakes on a given day. Has Plan A but no Plan B. Now he's throwing Venezuela into a state of anarchy. You want oil? Venezuelans are waiting for your oil execs. Go and get it.

This is going to be a replica of Somalia, Libya, Afghanistan etc. If not worse.

We all know this ain't no Abacha loot, but continue.

The supreme head of NATO flexing muscles over another NATO member state Grab popcorns guys.. It's going to be an interesting year.

Rituals for the gods is ok. Polluting the water with non biodegradable plastics is an absolute NO. That's death sentence for thousands of diverse species of the water world. Those plastics will travel the world away from the shores across the Atlantic. This is not how our ancestors did rituals.

Ipisi:
Oga all these your Cho Cho everywhere no go work oooo

The Truth is Russia cant just allow a direct confrontational war with USA at this moment.
America and Europeans are seriously keeping them busy with Ukranians.

The BRICS are just joking because it is only Russia and China that has military might in their so-called alliance. South Africa is just being plain Stupid by trying to bring war unto Africa Soil.

BRICs should go and rest abeg

Russia can't allow a direct confrontational war with the US. You think US wants a confrontation with Russia? America and Europe is keeping Russia busy? With what? America is withdrawing from the war. They lost! Europe is no where to be found.

BRICS is fundamentally an economic bloc. The drills are focused on maritime safety, anti-piracy cooperation, and protecting shipping lanes, not a military pact or alliance of any sort. You don't have to reply if reading and analysis isn't your forte. Now bounce.

Westman001:
Which power moves. Which sheriff's ?
Do you know the oil ship that was seized recently was being escorted by Russian Navy and Russia submarine. On top all that, The USA still captured the ship.

They (BRICS) know where the real power lies, they just want to pull muscle, play around.

Trump has already propose the G7 return back to G8 as it was before. When that happen the BRICS will be forgotten.

Intellectually Iazy people like yourself are plenty on this forum and I can't educate yous enough. Trump "proposed". Keyword - PROPOSED. So, to you, the word "PROPOSED = ACCEPTANCE? Do basic research and find out the % of global GDP that BRICS nations controls against the % of GDP G7 nations control. BRICS is currently 40% and rising while G7 is 29% and falling. I didn't say it, the information is out there for everyone to access.

So if you've been keeping up with recent updates and can do basic maths, where does the real power lies? Putin has already mentioned he is not interested in rejoining G7. Yes Russia is an integral BRICS member but BRICS today is bigger than Russia. The alliance is now made up of 10 full members or so, and counting.

So since Russia is shadowing its oil ship with submarine, they should just launch an attack straight away because its oil ship (which was empty by the way) was captured? It’s not even Russia’s ship at all. Some entity likely put the ship under the Naval register and told it to escape to Russia. This gave the Russians an opportunity to set out a red line and told the American, “Under no circumstances would you attack our ship or any ship carrying the Russian flag.”

The whole thing was used by the Russians to send a signal to the US “Look we understand you’re seizing tankers all over the place, but if a tanker is properly registered in Russia and flying the Russian flags, you must not seize it and if you do for whatever reason, Russians onboard must be released” And that’s exactly what the US has done. This is not Call Of Duty on PS5. You don't escalate at any slight provocation. Educate yourself on what warfare chess move is being played.

America is in drastic decline and in huge debt and for once, other powers are standing up to the bully that America is. That's why we're having all these wars and unrests - Iran, Venezuela, Ukraine etc. That's what a declining empire does - they overstretch and escalate unprovoked.

Wickedtruths:
Did it take a conventional war to defeat Japan?
As at then, Japan was beating China back to back o.

Let me just tell you, the USA as far back as 2005 started engineering earthquakes. Forget weapons, they will use technology to trigger earthquakes and tsunamis. Keep looking for bombs to fire. When they reply you, you won't be inside flooded bunkers.

It didn’t take conventional war for Afghanistan and Vietnam to defeat the USA either. Did it? “Japan was beating China back to back?. I think “back to back” is doing some heavy lifting here. Japan defeated China in 1894 during the 1st Sino Japanese war. That’s over a whole century ago. The second Sino Japanese war in 1930s/1940 ended as part of WW2 which they actually didn’t defeat China. So which “back to back” defeat are we talking about here? China started rising since the late 1970s and has continued on an upward trajectory ever since then. China of 1970 is not even China of 2026. You’ve not been paying attention.

So USA can also engineer earthquake? As in they can really control tectonic plates and trigger a fault rupture when they wish? And they can store and direct that level of energy underground? yet somehow still hasn’t figured out how to stop hurricanes from hitting Florida?. And you will boast you went to school and educated? My God!



Please keep going. National Geographic might need new material for its sci-fi section.

Floky215:
Which sheriff in town...? even dem brics members would laugh at this your comment...

Pls don't get them into Trump's trouble oh...

If You think USA can face China alone in a conventional war, then I don't think you've been paying attention at all.

Power moves! America is obviously feeling it and is very much aware that there are other Sheriiffs in town - Reasons why man's moving mad lately

Onlinetutor7:
You are not well informed if you think no air defence antimisile system can stop Oreshnik that was used in Ukraine.

Try to always research before making categorical statements on public forums.

Oh please go on, educate me on Oreshnik missiles interception that even NATO’s top engineers admit are virtually unstoppable. Maybe one has been intercepted in your backyard or you've seen a demonstration of how one was intercepted? I almost envy the sheer conviction it must take to state something so spectacularly wrong with so much confidence. Your ‘research’ clearly didn’t cover that tiny little detail, did it? At least if you don't know about something, you stay off it and learn.

Online tutor? What exactly are you tutoring? Because missile defence clearly isn't. You're better off sticking to 'tutoring' primary 3 kids in the back alley of Akute. This topic is far above your pay grade. Sit down!

teeteepeejay:
See hype. I expected him to be called a terrorist buh no, he aint a muslim

Of course, that’s exactly what he is, by virtue of his office. Any American president will brand a head of state who stands in the way of U.S. interests as a dictator, terrorist, communist etc.. Yet the opposite is equally true: if a leader serves America’s strategic goals, their crimes are conveniently forgotten. Take Syrian President Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, for example. A man who once beheaded people and posed with their severed heads is now suited up, meeting with world leaders in Washington, Brussels etc.

I was reading Kaja Kalla's post earlier today regarding Russia's Oreshnik strike. She essentially said EU should dig deeper into their air-defence stocks and deliver air defence systems to Ukraine. She is obviously clueless and doesn't know realise that there's currently no air defence system that can intercept the Oreshnik. I was wondering how EU deemed her the best candidate for EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. She's also the Vice President of the European Commission. My God she's so so du/mb.