Abu Bakarr Jalloh

Sierra Leonean writer, journalist & storyteller. Exploring Africa, documenting its stories, and sharing them with the world.

Building @africandreamsl.

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@Sheriff72373 @z_bangura24525 Who cares? Just say you can’t read the full report because it doesn’t suit your agenda. 🤡

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On Sunday, 19 July 2026, 41 years old Cristiano Ronaldo will win the World Cup and become the Greatest of All Time 🐐. Check back with me in 7 months.

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In case you just followed me here, I am a:

Freelancer | PR & Social Media Expert | Founder of The African Dream | Award-Winning Writer & Content Creator | Recipient of the Vickie Remoe Prize for New Media & Journalism | Helping Brands Grow Their Online Presence

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Burkina Faso has removed all visa requirements for African citizens.

African passport holders are now allowed to travel to Burkina Faso without a visa.

Burkina Faso joins countries such as Ghana, Rwanda and Kenya, which have removed travel requirements for African visitors.

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Thank you, team 💙

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Happy birthday to our CEO, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Abu Bakarr Jalloh.

We wish you nothing but joy, peace, and infinite wisdom and knowledge.

May The African Dream grow beyond your wildest expectations, and may your voice continue to echo across the continent and beyond.

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Chad goes band for band with the United States by suspending visa issuance to U.S. citizens.

"Chad has no planes to offer, no billions of dollars to give, but Chad has its dignity and pride," said President Dèby.

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Read my op-ed on @theafricadream

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Visa Inequality: China Wants Africa’s Resources, Not Africans

In global diplomacy, few relationships have been as loudly celebrated and quietly lopsided, as that between China and Africa. Beijing calls it an “all-weather friendship,” filled with pledges of infrastructure, trade, and South-South cooperation. Yet, a closer look reveals a more uncomfortable truth: China wants Africa’s minerals, markets, and strategic leverage, but not its people.

As of May 2025, China has waived visa requirements for dozens of countries. Yet, out of the 54 African nations, only two – Mauritius and Seychelles – enjoy mutual visa exemption agreements with China. That’s right. The entire continent, home to over 1.4 billion people, is largely locked out of the so-called “Middle Kingdom,” while Chinese citizens can freely walk into a growing list of African countries with little more than a passport.

Let’s call this what it is: geopolitical disrespect dressed up as diplomacy.

While Africans open their borders, grant visa-on-arrival privileges, and even offer 90-day visa-free stays to Chinese nationals, Beijing slams its gates shut. From Nigeria to Ghana, from Malawi to Mozambique, African countries have gone out of their way to make life easy for Chinese visitors. And yet, the gesture is not reciprocated.

This is not an accident. It is strategy. China’s foreign policy in Africa is not built on partnership but on extraction. From cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo to bauxite in Guinea, oil in Angola to timber in Gabon, Africa is a supermarket of raw materials for China’s industrial machine. And like any imperial customer, China wants cheap access, minimal questions, and maximum control.

Africa has become a geopolitical chessboard in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a vast network of debt diplomacy, port acquisitions, and opaque infrastructure deals. Yet, while China has invested billions into roads, bridges, and railways, it has invested little into respect. Not for African citizens. Not for African autonomy. And certainly not for African mobility.

If this is what “all-weather friendship” looks like, then it’s time to bring an umbrella.

Visa access isn’t just about tourism. It’s about dignity. It’s about acknowledging that Africans are not mere suppliers of commodities, but human beings with the right to explore, trade, study, and engage on equal footing. When China denies that right while simultaneously exploiting our resources, it signals loud and clear: We want your land, not your people.

And we must also point the finger at ourselves. African leaders have allowed this imbalance to flourish. They sign lopsided deals. They accept opaque loans. They host summits and parrot empty slogans about “mutual benefit.” But the truth is, there is no mutual benefit without mutual respect. And respect begins with reciprocity.

It’s time we stopped accepting second-class treatment on the global stage. Africa must demand more. Not just roads and ports, but agency. Not just loans, but leverage. If China wants access to our markets and minerals, it must also open its doors to our people. Anything less is exploitation.

China doesn’t take African leadership seriously because, too often, our leaders don’t take themselves seriously. That must change. We are not beggars at the gate. We are not pawns in a global power game. We are a continent of nations, with power, pride, and purpose.

Until then, let’s stop calling it friendship. It’s just another form of empire.

Op-ed By @officialbakarr – CEO, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The African Dream

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“The land must never go to waste,” says young South African farmer Sinethemba Ngoako.

Sinethemba Ngoako is a 30-year-old South African farmer.

She produces potatoes, cabbages, and peppers.

She studied business management student at the University of South Africa.

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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, the legendary Kenyan author, scholar, and revolutionary thinker, has passed away at the age of 87. In 2022, he won the African Genius Award alongside Wole Soyinka.

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South Africa has proposed a 10-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) import deal with the United States worth between $900 million and $1.2 billion annually, amounting to a staggering $12 billion.

Read more: https://t.co/rn4cbqDmyh

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Sierra Leonean innovator Oswald Abioseh Dundas has developed an energy system that generates electricity using saltwater. His innovation can provide up to 600 hours of uninterrupted electricity.

Read more: https://t.co/WNS07vx58y

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South African politician and leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters party, Julius Malema, said Africa “can collapse the pound and dollar” if Africa unites and forms the United States of Africa.

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Meet Diego Dieudonne, a young Rwandan entrepreneur and pepper farmer.

He is the founder of Gashora Farm, an agricultural company producing chili pepper 🌶

His farm, Gashora Farm, operates on 255 hectares of land and collaborates with a network of 1,000 supplier farmers.

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This Saturday in Bo City, I will, alongside my brother, Delvid Stanley-Coker, co-host the red carpet event of the Stem 4 Us By Us Conference and National Robotics Competition organized by The Kamara Yokie Innovation Center - KYIC.

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@KizzDaniel Uncle K make it 2m for the two of us na 🥹

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Meet Botswana's new Minister of Youth and Gender Affairs, Lesego Chombo

She is 26 years old.

She is the youngest Cabinet Minister in Africa.

She is the reigning Miss Africa beauty pageant winner.