A jury in Mississippi decided that this white man, Cody Rollinson, was not guilty in the crash that killed 10-year-old black boy, Jordan Hill. Outside the courthouse, someone asked if he had anything to say to the boy’s family. Instead of answering, he spit toward them.
“To be free, we must be feared, and to be feared, we must be powerful.” — French Embassy in the USA 🇫🇷
First of all, what exactly does France want to be free from? Does it feel it has lost its freedom in the AES countries of Mali 🇲🇱, Niger 🇳🇪, and Burkina Faso 🇧🇫?
Freedom to exploit African minerals? Freedom to influence African governments through political proxies? Freedom to build its own prosperity while Africans bear the cost?
France must understand that Africa has moved beyond the politics of intimidation and nuclear sabre-rattling. This is not the 1900s. This is an era in which Africans are increasingly demanding sovereignty, control over their resources, and the right to determine their own future.
No country should expect Africa to remain intimidated by its military power or political rhetoric. And if France believes that Africa's growing independence threatens its interests, it must learn to live with that reality.
The world does not need nations to fear one another. It needs nations to respect one another.
Freedom built on the fear of others is not true freedom. And sovereignty is not a privilege granted by powerful nations; it is a right every nation deserves.
“I love this photo. I took the photo. This was just before Archie's birthday. The two of them - brother and sister, at peace with each other in nature fills my heart. I'm proud that we've got this far, you know. Super happy that I've got two healthy, beautiful , amusing - very funny kids." -- Prince Harry
#princeharry
Lily: “I can’t have children.” Wow they included flashbacks of Lily’s cancer battle! @ChristelAdnana looks gorgeous even in a hospital bed! Wow these scenes are breathtaking- literally! #yr#lane#Lane10
📢 🇲🇱 Mali did not ask for a better price. It audited the mine.
Sanou said the state recovered 761 billion CFA francs, about $1.2 billion, against a target of 400 billion. The 2023 code did the rest: higher royalties, a bigger state stake, the old stability clauses gone. Most of the operators paid and signed the new terms.
Barrick held out. Bamako seized the gold, put Loulo-Gounkoto under provisional state control, and settled in November. The pit is running again. The arrears are not a rumor.
The ore was always leaving. The audit is the part that stayed.
This is one of the first things she said to him when he visited her in the hospital. They were estranged but here she was apologizing for not being able to have children at 22. When I say the writers did her dirty I mean it. #YR#lane
Prince Harry saying that he has rule that 10 days is the maximum days he’ll ever be away from his wife and children.
No wonder they’re in uk while he works on Invictus. The Windsor who isn’t allergic to his wife and children.
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso was a shattered country before Captain Traore.
Four years later, he’s fought the Western-backed t*rr*rists, regained territory and is leading a true Industrial Revolution building roads, schools, hospitals, factories and even the very first state owned gold mint. He’s restoring Burkanibe dignity and African pride.
Captain, my Captain: I salute you and may God Almighty preserve you and bless Burkina Faso 🇧🇫