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Zimbabwean medical doctor and activist Arikana Chihombori-Quao in her speech, argued that Africa’s economic struggles stem from colonial systems that never truly ended, singling out France’s post-independence arrangements with its former colonies as especially damaging. She traced Africa’s fragmentation to 1958–1961, when France required 14 newly independent states to sign what she described as a “pact for the continuation of colonization.” Under the agreements, those countries were required to deposit up to 85% of their foreign reserves in the French central bank, grant French firms priority access to public contracts and mineral resources, and rely on France to issue their currency through the CFA franc system. Nations that resisted, she said, were economically undermined to deter others from following. Chihombori-Quao argued that these arrangements enabled France to extract hundreds of billions of dollars annually from Africa while shifting blame for poverty onto corruption alone. “You’re asked to focus on the thief with $50 billion,” she said, “while ignoring the one walking away with $500 billion.” She concluded that Africa’s underdevelopment is not simply a failure of leadership, but the result of ongoing economic control, compounded by internal division and what she called the “colonization of the mind.” True liberation, she said, requires not only structural reform but also mental decolonization and the rejection of narratives that portray Africa as inherently poor or dependent. What do you think? Is economic freedom still unfinished business in Africa? --- This video is credited to #drarikanachihombori

Very terrible. Nigeria is a mess

Outrageous Reactions as a Nigerian soldier breaks down their salary structure. Arise tv.

Outrageous Reactions as a Nigerian soldier breaks down their salary structure. Arise tv.

Reuben Abati & Rufai Oseni disagrees with Minster Dave Umahi. #Abati #ReubenAbati #rufaioseni #DaveUmahi

*Where's Dadiyata? We are asking Mallam Nasir El-Rufai.* 🤪🤪 Reno Omokri. Part 13

N I G E R I A: At least 323 killed in February

Twenty days into February, at least 323 people have been killed in different attacks on rural communities in: Benue, Katsina, Kwara, Kebbi, Niger and Zamfara state.

The rising death toll clearly shows that President Bola Tinubu and his government have no effective plan for ending years of atrocities by armed groups and gunmen that have killed thousands of people.

Incessant killings and the shocking failure of the authorities to end them and bring suspected perpetrators to justice have been and continues to be a threat to the right to life in Nigeria.

Since 2020, Amnesty International has been documenting a horrifying pattern in which, attackers invade villages on motorcycles and heavily armed. They shoot sporadically at people, abduct women and girls, set houses on fire, steal livestock, destroy farm produce and abduct villagers for ransom.

In recent cases, villagers received ‘warning letters’ from armed groups — ahead of attacks. Such attacks take hours. One of recent attacks on some villages in Niger state started from 3:00am to 10:00am.

Most villagers told Amnesty International that the government left them at the mercy of their attackers.

The government has an obligation to protect its population. The rising death toll in the north of Nigeria shows just how badly the authorities are failing in this responsibility.