Agreed. Emphasis on first 3 points. Lots of people don't grasp how counterintelligence and propaganda work. If this story were true you'd likely never hear about it.
"The issue of unlimited data on mobile networks is that it doesn’t exist anywhere in the world unless you’re paying a fortune."
— MTN CEO Karl Toriola
Liars.
Millions of consumers around the world enjoy truly unlimited or effectively unlimited broadband and mobile data plans at prices that are often cheaper, relative to income, than what Nigerians pay for far less service.
Nigerians deserve affordable, reliable, and genuinely consumer-friendly telecommunications services, not endless tariff hikes, poor network quality, and excuses.
The time to #OCCUPYMTN nationwide is fast approaching!
#TakeItBack
#OccupyMTN
A powerful anthem for those who refuse to surrender, refuse to be silenced, and remain committed to the struggle for justice, dignity, and liberation. #TAKEITBACK#sowore2027
the Soviet Union had women cosmonauts and a legion of decorated antifascist war heroines the same year women in Canada were first "allowed" to open bank accounts without their husbands' written permission.
Firstly, Ethiopia is under US sanctions while Vietnam is not. And speaking of former French colonies, Haiti was the first to get independence (1804) and is still one of the poorest countries in the world because of the debt they had to take on to gain independence (it took them until 1947 to fully repay it!). Whereas, New Caledonia is still a French colony and is neither rich nor poor.
"If colonialism were the answer to why Africa is poor..."
This line completely ignores the European powers' (and US) post-colonial control over Africa. Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected leader of the DRC, was tortured and killed by Belgium and the US for being a nationalist. His body was dissolved in acid so he wouldn't become a martyr. His legacy is largely unknown even within the continent. Several other such "lessons" were meted out. Google Thomas Sankara (Burkina Faso) and Sylvanus Olympio (Togo).
Once you set the example, you gain obedience. The VietCong, on the other hand, didn't surrender even though 3 million Vietnamese died during the war, and several thousand more continue to die to this day (!) from Agent Orange exposure.
As for former French colonies in Africa, France still controls their currency and holds their central bank reserves in France. As Rothschild purportedly said, "permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws."
Third, the borders in Africa were drawn in such a way that conflict was inevitable. At the Berlin Conference in 1884-85, the European powers simply carved up the continent by drawing straight line borders. African leaders were conspicuous only by their absence at this historic event which shaped the next century. This is why Cameroon, a French-speaking country, has a minority English-speaking territory, ensuring it remains destabilized. Likewise for West Asia/the Middle East, where the Sykes-Picot legacy lives on.
@magattew conflates formal colonial rule with colonial control. Vietnam managed to fully kick out both France and the US, reunified the North and the South, and kept its sovereignty. All African leaders who attempted the same have been systematically eliminated (see Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's divisive leader, for a recent example), ensuring Africa forever bears the open wounds of its colonial legacy.
But Ms. Wade is right on one thing: Vietnam owes its prosperity to overcoming colonial rule. Maybe Africa can become prosperous if Africans do the same.
The US, a World Cup host, denied 15 visas to officials on Iran's football team.
If this were Russia, they'd have been stripped of hosting it after what they've done in Gaza, Lebanon, Iran.
Europeans literally walked all the way to the Levant to plunder it during the Crusades.
And that was during the Dark Ages, with no technological or civilizational advantage.
The idea that the Global South can avoid conflict and wait it out til the West "decline" is delusional.
Bolivia general strike: Workers in Santa Cruz region have been resisting police & paramilitary attack for the past three hours and counting.
The barricades on highway around San Julián were lifted by armed groups, but workers have re-establisbed new ones. Cat & mouse strategy.
While kidnappers are r@ping our mothers, wives, sisters & children, we are still going to work like the victims weren't kidnapped more than 20 days ago. De@th to you @officialABAT@seyimakinde and all the staff of @OfficialDSSNG. De@th to all of you who support them
Tonight at 1:30 AM (Tehran time), four tankers attempted to illegally exit the Strait of Hormuz under US misguidance. One was struck and stopped. Three turned back.
The US responded by hitting two telecom towers with drones in Qeshm.
We responded by striking two US air bases and what remains of the Fifth Fleet — if anything — with ballistic missiles.
Try us again. Next time, Hormuz shuts completely. And you will have no one to blame but yourselves.
So don't wake what you can't put back to sleep!
Cuba's Diaz-Canel: "They invented the Cartel de los Soles to go after Venezuela. They kidnapped Maduro -- two days later the cartel vanished. They said Iraq had WMDs -- never appeared. They attacked Iran over nukes -- no nuclear action ever happened. All their lies unravel."
The Lebanese president Joseph Aoun has chosen his camp very clearly when he said:
'Hezbollah is hiding among the people'. This is exactly what Israel will say from now on to justify the killing of the civilians. Aoun has condemned a large part of the Lebanese to death.
Based on Mr. Aoun's comments, one would think it's Iran that has occupied 1/5 of Lebanon, displaced 1/4 of Lebanese and bombing his country on daily basis.
Had Lebanon been bargaining chip for Iran, we'd have a deal long ago.
Save Lebanon from your real foe, Mr. President.
No one blackmailed Trump.
No one forces the US to be violent.
Some would rather believe a tale than admit their country and society are the most violent on earth.
This is called denial.
They may have themselves fooled but the planet sees right through it.
Only an idiot would say that Iran is using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in the negotiations to Tehran’s advantage. Iran could have solved all its disputes with the US regarding all issues at the exception of a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Iran is protecting those unprotected and the Lebanese who are not suffering are the one complaining the most and are running to kiss the IS and Israel’s a…