Em entrevista ao jornalista Geraldo Rivera, o ator Alfonso Ribeiro, conhecido pelo seu papel em "O Maluco No Pedaço", contou que seu pai recebeu uma proposta de 100 mil dólares para caluniar Michael Jackson. Essa proposta aconteceu antes de Michael ser falsamente acusado.
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.
This is why Ethiopia’s policy debate must go beyond headline inflation.
Purchasing power, wages, food, rent and trust in the birr matter most.
Lower inflation is a progress. Affordability is the destination.
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🇬🇭🇿🇦jubilating sons and daughters of Kwame Nkrumah leaves Afrophobic infested South Africa, and wish the people well as one of 2 flights from the 2 batch of evacuee departs South African soil.
T. Meserau about Nancy Grace:
" She didnt know the facts, she didnt know the wittnesses. She didnt know what was happening in the courtroom. When she was humilliated by the aquittels of Michael Jackson, she lashed out at jurors. I think she was the bottom of the Barrel"
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This is due to France losing its former colonies, which explains its relentless efforts to destabilize the AES and reclaim the minerals it has been extracting for centuries.
Every single day the AES exists, it exponentially erodes western grip on Africa. You have no idea the scale to which France and the West were enriching themselves on the backs of these 3 countries alone.
- no more free diamond
- no more free gold
- no more free uranium
- no more free lithium
- no more free manganese
- no more free zinc
- no more free oil
- no more free cotton
- no more free access to a market of 80M people buying your French cars, goods, financial instruments and media
- no more cheap labour to power your Corporate Kleptotism masquerading as capitalism
🔴🇧🇫 Bassolma Bazié: "History does not hold back the hesitant Nations, it holds back those who dare; the AES dared"
The meeting of the ministers of the Confederation of Sahel States in charge of the three pillars (Defense-Security, Development and Diplomacy) on the review and finalization of the project Roadmap for Year II of the Alliance of Sahel States (#AES) was officially opened, this Thursday, February 26, 2026, in Ouagadougou, after preparatory work by the National Commissions AES and technicians of the Malian, Nigerien and Burkinabe delegations relating to the said pillars...
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