In the Sahara desert, in the country of Niger, near the city of Tesker, a team of scientists has discovered a new species of dinosaur which lived in the area 95 million years ago. The new species, named Spinosaurus mirabilis, measures 12 m long, has a long snout adapted for catching fish, and features a spectacular curved crest on its head which is the largest ever found on a predatory dinosaur.
The expedition has been led by American paleontologist Paul Sereno from the University of Chicago who explains that the crest was likely ornamental, similar to features seen in some modern birds, rather than a weapon; this could later be found not to be the case, as we, humans, often interpret some ancient findings through our modern eyes. The dinosaur also had interlocking teeth, ideal for gripping slippery fish, showing its adaptation to life near water. This rare finding was cause for great joy within the team. Using modern tools including solar-powered laptops, members of the team were able to digitally assemble the images of the bones right in the middle of the Sahara.
Paleontologist Paul Sereno with a skull cast of the Spinosaurus mirabilis. Credit: Keith Ladzinski / Fossil Lab, University of Chicago / AFP/Getty
The team will be returning to Niger for further work. Sereno and his team are helping to establish a Heritage Center at the University of Niamey and planning 2 museums, one in the capital and the other in Agadez to showcase the country’s rich paleontological history.
This discovery sheds a light on the fact that the Niger’s desert is a major dinosaur fossil site, with many more discoveries to be made. There is a great need to train Nigerien and African archaeologists, paleontologists, and museum specialists as the field is overall a virgin field in Africa. Africans need to learn, so that they can tell their own history!
On Wednesday, the United Nations passed a resolution recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity.” The resolution was started by Ghana’s president John Mahama who rallied the world to ratify a landmark vote against the transatlantic slave trade. The decision has been welcomed throughout Africa. It is believed that over 15 million people were deported from the continent, moved across the globe and enslaved in totally inhumane conditions for over 4 centuries. Some question the numbers: how could the transatlantic slave trade show numbers like 15 millions over 4 centuries when we all know that a ship carried about 250 to 400 people, and that at the height of the trade, 30,000 people per year were taken from Elmina castle alone (Reclaiming African History: Elmina Castle – West Africa’s Oldest Slave Fort), that’s 3 million people in one century from Elmina alone; now do the math, and add all the other slave forts across Africa! … you would agree that the math is not math-ing. And to think that it took so long to be recognized! Now that it is recognized, what does this mean? Is it just an empty “we recognize the wrong we did to you…” and nothing else?
Slave capture
By the way, guess which countries voted against the resolution? Argentina, Israel, and the USA. Guess who abstained? Most European countries!
… On Wednesday, less than two years after completing a remarkable comeback as Ghana’s president…, [John Mahama] rallied the world to ratify a landmark vote against transatlantic chattel slavery, despite major opposition from the same western entities that drove it for centuries.
The resolution to declare the practice as “the gravest crime against humanity” passed with a decisive majority at the UN general assembly and has been largely welcomed across Africa. Yet the details of the tally reveal a world still deeply divided on the gravity of the sin of enslaving more than 15 million people as chattel over the course of 400 years.
Inner courtyard at Elmina Castle (Source: Ghana.nl)
Thus, the 123 states who voted for it were just as noteworthy as those that did not. Most of the assembly was in support including Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, most of Latin America, all former victims, as well as the Arab world, who themselves have the dark history of trans-Saharan slavery under their belt. Russia called it a “long overdue recognition”.
Perhaps because of their history of subjugation of Indigenous people and perpetuation of chattel slavery, the western bloc of Australia, Canada, the UK and the EU states all abstained in the vote, electing to postpone their day of atonement.
The three states to publicly vote against the resolution were Argentina, where two-thirds of the value of all imports arriving at the port of Buenos Aires between 1580 and 1640 were enslaved Africans; Israel and the US, where 11 states seceded rather than obey the Emancipation Proclamation freeing enslaved Africans.
Today, we will continue our discussion on “How Puppet Regimes are Built.” We will focus on African regimes, particularly those installed in Francophone Africa, regimes inherited from the colonial era. We all remember how King Behanzin, Prempeh I, Samori Toure, and countless others were replaced by docile and easy to manipulate puppets serving France. This is still ongoing, and can explain those ridiculous laws or rules, or even election numbers made by these horrible puppets today: Sassou Nguesso, Paul Biya, Alassane Ouattara, to name just a few. Given that their authorities are not based on the sacred laws of the countries, but are rather backed by foreign powers and their guns, they do not fear to strangle their people for decades. A century later, the modus operandi of the puppets installed yesterday during slavery times and today during ‘independence’ has not changed
“Quand l’Africain était l’or noir de l’Europe” de Bwemba Bong
Below are the consequences of building puppet regimes, as detailed by Pr. Bwemba Bong in his book “Quand l’Africain était l’or noir de l’Europe. L’Afrique: Actrice ou Victime de la Traite des Noirs? – Démontage des mensonges et de la falsification de l’histoire de l’hydre des razzias négrières transatlantiques” (When the African was the black gold of Europe. Africa: Actress or Victim of the Slave Trade ? – Dismantling the lies and falsification of the hydra history of the transatlantic Slave Raids),” MedouNeter 2022, p. 170 (translated to English by Dr. Y, Afrolegends.com). In his section titled “The transformation of the administrators of the so-called French-speaking colonial Black Africa into anti-African, ethnic ogres and terrorists”, he explains so well :
… The slave-trading origins of the power held by “African political leaders” have entailed three notable consequences:
It has undermined the sacred foundations of authority in Black Africa, for that authority “ceases to derive its legitimacy from a reference to ancient sacred procedures. It no longer appears to have received its sole consecration from the Ancestors, from divinities, or from the ritual forces associated with every manifestation of authority. This phenomenon is further accentuated by the fact that missionary activity creates a religious diversity that fractures the spiritual unity of which the sovereign or the chiefs serve as symbols. At the same time, it contributes to a secularization of authority,” writes Georges Balandier [in Le contexte sociologique de la vie politique en Afrique noire, dans Revue française de science politique, 1959, p.604-605].
Traditional checks and balances have been destroyed: the Council of Elders, in particular, vanished due to the control exerted by European slave traders. Consequently, punishable abuses—even those that were effectively sanctioned—were no longer, and are no longer, curbed in accordance with the interests of the group. Georges Balandier characterizes this phenomenon as a “rupture of traditional systems for limiting power,” a rupture he describes in these terms: “sovereigns wield a more arbitrary power, albeit one that is more circumscribed, and the consolidation of power matters more than the acquiescence of the governed. The latter, conversely, may attempt to appeal to the foreign administration in order to oppose certain decisions made by traditional authorities. On both sides, the relationship is distorted, and mutual obligations no longer appear clearly defined.”
By the grace of the occupying power, delinquent slave-broker intermediaries [western puppets in Africa] had become, and remain to this day, the replacements for legitimate traditional authorities. This status, bolstered by the perverted prerogatives inherited from their European creators, enabled them then, as it does now, to assume the responsibilities of tax collectors, census takers, administrators, and the like. It also empowered these “chiefs” to requisition populations for forced labor, the construction of bridges and roads, and other such tasks. The overwhelming majority of these “chiefs” were remunerated by the slave system in their capacity as public agents.
Our hearts go out to our Cuban brothers and sisters who are currently getting strangled alive! Yes… alive! Through no fault of their own, except standing for their freedom. Cuba has been struggling, facing embargo for over 64 years (the US imposed embargo on Cuba on February 3, 1962), and now, since January 3rd when the US kidnapped the Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife (Pirates of the Caribbeans in Venezuela, or the Renewed Face of the Far West), Cuba has been denied any oil imports. Until then, Venezuela had been providing 50 % of all of Cuba’s oil. Since then, all other countries, like Mexico, which were providing oil to Cuba have stopped after getting threatened by American president Donald Trump with tariffs. On Monday, the power grid collapsed, and on Wednesday power was partially restored to the island of 11 millions. Faced with years of embargo, Cuba’s power grid is aging and now with the recent oil blocade, it is falling apart. Highways are deserted, hospitals suffer, doctors operate with candle lights, and mothers give birth in darkness.
Whatever happens, Cuba is a beacon to the ‘small’ people of the world, and we stand with them. Cubans with Fidel Castro (Fidel Castro: Ideas cannot be Killed!) have shown us that the size of a country or its people does not matter when fighting for freedom and principles. Cuba is a small country, but its actions, its help, has been immense to Africa for the past 50 years. Even to this day, doctors across Africa have been trained in Cuba, and Cuban doctors have vastly supported the health-care services of many countries including Ghana. We stand with them!
Cuba has reconnected its power grid and brought online its largest oil-fired power plant, energy officials said, putting an end to a nationwide blackout that lasted more than 29 hours amid a United States move to choke off the island’s fuel supply.
After the country’s 10 million people had been plunged into darkness overnight, the Caribbean island’s national power grid had fully come back online by 6:11pm (22:11 GMT) on Tuesday. However, officials said power shortages may continue because not enough electricity is being generated.
In addition to cutting off oil sales to Cuba, US President Donald Trump has escalated his rhetoric against the Communist-run island, saying on Monday he could do anything he wanted with the country.
A US State Department official blamed the Cuban government for the grid collapse, calling blackouts a “symptom of the failing regime’s incompetence”.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel fired back at Washington, criticising its “almost daily public threats against Cuba”.
“They intend to and announce plans to take over the country, its resources, its properties, and even the very economy they seek to suffocate in order to force us to surrender,” Diaz-Canel wrote on social media on Tuesday night, shortly after power returned nationwide.
Cuba has yet to say what caused Monday’s nationwide grid failure, the first such collapse since the US cut off the island’s oil supply from Venezuela and threatened to slap tariffs on countries that ship fuel to the nation.
By midday on Tuesday, grid workers successfully fired up the Antonio Guiteras power plant, a decades-old behemoth that underpins the country’s power grid.
Women in a rowing competition on the shores of the Ubangi River in Bangui (Source: Africanews)
For the International Women’s Day (IWD) this year, the women of the Central African Republic (CAR) decided to have a rowing competition in the capital Bangui, as opposed to the usual parade. I thought the idea sweet, and wanted to share. The competition took place on March 8, 2026, on the shores of the Ubangi River in Bangui. The ladies of Bangui came out in droves and participated in a 100% rowing feminine competition. In our countries, rowing competitions are usually male, rarely do we have a female competition; this might be a first! Imagine the togetherness spirit these women showed, the courage, and the fun! And the men came out to cheer the women in the race; there were thousands of spectators. This is an inspiration to other women in the country, on the continent, and around the globe, how about making IWD an action day?
Women celebrating IWD by rowing in a 100% female competition in Bangui (Source: Africanews)
The women of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, responded enthusiastically to the call from the organizers of the all-female canoe race on the Ubangi River.
In a frenzied atmosphere, the women flexed their muscles, paddling in long canoes. This year in Bangui, they wanted to celebrate International Women’s Day in a different way. Along the riverbank, a roaring crowd cheered the arrival of the winners.
“You know, it’s usually our husbands who do the races, but for this day, we thought, why not us! We are just as capable as our husbands, and we are proud of it. I am very happy that my village, Bokassi 1, was able to take first place in this race,” declared Jupsie Mameleyabi, captain of the Bokassi women’s team.
… “I am very proud to have participated in this race. I witnessed the bravery of Central African women and girls; they were courageous, committed, and determined, and that is what March 8th is all about. March 8th is about celebrating women’s victories and their commitment, and they demonstrated that this afternoon. So, congratulations to the Central African Republic for winning, and congratulations to the women and girls of the Central African Republic. Rights, justice, and action for all the women and girls of the Central African Republic,” explains Rachel Miam Diagone, UN Women Resident Representative in the Central African Republic.
Since last Saturday, we have been witness to joint Israeli-US attacks on Iran, which killed the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, over 100 little girls, and others. At the beginning of the week, the US also engaged in a joint military effort with Ecuador against narcotrafics in Ecuador and carried out air strikes. We also know about the deployment of some 200 American troops in Nigeria. Yesterday, the American president announced that Cuba would be next. Brothers and sisters… there is no letting up! To each one of us, this is a signal to stay alert!
Flag of Venezuela
As it stands now, what the US has done with the blatant removal of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, and now the murder of the Ayatollah Khamenei in Iran (during Ramadan) has united the people of the global South in general and Muslims of all board in particular, against the United States. How long can a giant stay (over)stretched? The people of Iran are fighting for survival… while the United States are fighting to help a friend (Israel)… there is a difference! The geology of the Iranian territory makes it an almost impenetrable fortress. Remember that this is the same Iran which fought tirelessly against Iraq’s Western-backed invasion. Why does the West think that it is okay to decide for the people of a country? Why not let them decide for themselves: throw out whoever they want whenever they want without western intervention? Wouldn’t it be arrogant to want to change their condition without their participation?Who is to say what is good! We all know Western media lied about Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, claiming he was killing his own people, and that the Libyan people needed democracy… look what is left of Libya now! Is there one Libyan out there (except puppets) who can look at their country now and applaud the NATO attacks?
We will note that, as always, the West cannot be trusted. Iran was at the table of negotiations on Friday and got bombed the next day! This is so reminiscent of so many situations in the world: the recent DRC-Rwanda peace agreement treaty where the country is still occupied and attacked by Rwandan-backed M23, and countless others. Would you blame Iran for not wanting to sit at a negotiation table?
The 2026 Winter Olympics took place in Milan and Cortina, Italy this year, last month. The African participation at these Winter Olympics reached a historic high, with 15 athletes representing 8 African nations, competing across multiple winter sports. After PyeongChang 2018, this is the second time in the history of Winter Olympics that Africa is set to be represented by 8 countries. This marked the highest show from the continent at a Winter Game, reflecting steady growth in representation and investment in winter-sport pathways.
Mialitiana Clerc (Source: Olympics.org)
The 8 countries were Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Eritrea, Madagascar, Morocco, Kenya, and South Africa. Benin and Guinea-Bissau had their debut appearance. South Africa fielded its largest-ever Winter Olympic team, with 5 athletes. These 8 countries were represented by 15 athletes competing in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, skeleton, and other individual disciplines. Mialitiana Clerc represented Madagascar, becoming the first African woman to compete in three winter olympics.
Map of Africa
The athletes were Nathan Tchibozo of Benin and Winston Tang of Guinea-Bissau giving their country’s first time participation at the Olympics in Alpine Skiing, Samuel Ikpefan of Nigeria in Cross country skiing, Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda from Eritrea in Alpine skiing, Mialitiana Clerc and Mathieu Gravier from Madagascar in Alpine Skiing, Pietro Tranchina competing in alpine skiing and Abderrahim Kemmissa in cross-country skiing both from Morocco, Issa Laborde from Kenya in Alpine skiing; Lara Markthaler in alpine skiing, MalicaMalherbe in freestyle skiing, Matthew Smith in cross country skiing, Nicole Berger in skeleton, and ThomasWeir in alpine skiing all representing South Africa.
There were no medals, but we are very proud of these athletes who showed great courage and resilience and patriotism to represent their countries.
As a side note, I would like to give a shout out to an American junior cousin duo skating pair whose parents are originally from Benin, formed by Anaelle Kouevi and Yann Homawoo. They are a rising US junior ice dance team; they won the US Novice Bronze medallists in 2024, and have not yet participated at the Olympics. They show great promise and we are also proud of them.
We are only entering the third month of 2026, and so far this year has not been for the faint of heart. On February 28, 2026, the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed by joint strikes from Israel and the United States on Iran. President Donald Trump announced the death hours earlier, saying it gave Iranians their “greatest chance” to “take back” their country. The Iranian State media reported that the 86-year-old was killed in an airstrike targeting his compound in downtown Tehran. US President Donald Trump has stated that the strikes on Iran could last for about a month, saying “It’s always been a four-week process… as strong as it is, it’s a big country, it’ll take four weeks – or less”. He also commented on the deaths of US service personnel, calling them “great people” and noting that such incidents are expected and could happen again.
Libya, the Prey of the West
It has been almost 25 years since American General Wesley Clark, following 9/11 attacks, told us that the United States were planning to attack 7 countries in 5 years: Irak, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran. As you can see from the list, Iran is the only country still standing in its entirety. We now know, in retrospective, that all these attacks had nothing to do with terrorism, but everything to do with banking and economics. Are the strikes on Iran a hit on the BRICS? What are the implications for the world? Brothers and sisters, we are in the era of the Far West, anybody could be next! I just wonder why the regimes that serve the West and oppress their people are never attacked? Suddenly, in those countries, human rights change meaning. As said before, most countries should get out of the UN, as it is an organization that does not serve the world but only the few.
The B in BRICS, Brazil, on February 28 itself, condemned US-Israel attacks on Iranian targets and expressed grave concern over the military action. “The attacks occurred amid a negotiation process between the parties, which is the only viable path to peace, a position traditionally defended by Brazil in the region,” the Brazil government said in a statement.
… Russia – the R – said on the same day, “the US & Israel have embarked on a perilous course, carried out airstrikes on the territory of Iran It’s a deliberate, premeditated, & unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign & independent UN member state.” It said, it was “particularly reprehensible that these strikes are once again being conducted under the cover of the renewed negotiation process.”
C – China, became the one member-state, in a second statement, to specifically condemn the murder of the Supreme leader of Iran, Ayotollah Khamenei. It called it “a grave violation of Iran’s sovereignty and security. It tramples on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and basic norms in international relations. China firmly opposes and strongly condemns it. We urge for an immediate stop to the military operations, no further escalation of the tense situation and joint effort to maintain peace and stability in the Middle East and the world at large.”
S – South Africa said, in a statement issued by the presidency of South Africa, that the “developments pose a serious threat to regional and international peace and security, with far-reaching humanitarian, diplomatic and economic consequences.”
… The BRICS is a group formed by 11 countries: Brasil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Iran. Iran was among six new members admitted in 2024-25.
The current BRICS chair is India, … On March 1, India condemned Iran’s missile strikes on the United Arab Emirates. Then, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging an early cessation of hostilities. New Delhi is yet to comment on the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes. Modi has notably not spoken to Iran’s leadership. Modi also happened to have visited Israel just before the strikes, which had been planned “months in advance.”
Last week, the Nigerian government announced the presence of US troops on its soil. American troops were deployed for, they say, “intelligence supportand training, not combat operations.” Nigerian Defense Minister Christopher Musa addressed the “partnership.” This deployment is said to strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation. The AFRICOM commander, General Dagvin Anderson, claimed that the deployment was made at Nigeria’s request to focus strictly on intelligence assistance! In the background, it is said that this is to protect Christians.
How can they talk about anti-terrorism fight, when they are the ones funding these terrorist organizations? It is no secret that almost all facade terrorists organizations were created by Western secret services. It is no secret, that Bin Ladden was once a CIA operative, and we all know who funded ISIS (the US)! They have thus created chaos in Africa to destabilize the continent, and pillage freely resources.
Map of Nigeria (Source: WorldAtlas.com)
How can they talk about the protection of Christians? After watching the video of the Nigerian pastor who called for the Trump administration to intervene in Nigeria, a few things stand out: he says (paraphrasing) “the UN, I know you see me; US senate, I know you are watching me; special council to Trump, Please tell him to save our lives.” Before that event, how many knew this pastor? He has never had popularity like TB Joshua… so how can he have the special ears of the US government? We saw that the December 25 US strikes in Nigeria were not in the area filled with Christians but rather one filled with Muslims in the northwest part, near the border with Niger!
Is it a coincidence that this happens a few days after the Chinese mining giant Zijin bought several gold mines in Mali and other places? It is no secret that the US are trying to stop or level the Chinese, and to a certain extent Russian, expansion in Africa. We have always said that the meteoric global rise in gold prices is coming, in part, from the AES claiming back the control of their mines! We all know, since ancestral times with Emperor Kankan Musa, that Mali is one of the global key players in the gold industry… that’s how France could get their ranking as 4th in the global gold production.
Thus, it is clear why American troops were sent to Nigeria: for control! Like I have said for years, there is a new scramble for Africa, and we are watching it happen right now!Remember how the cold war happened between the United States and the Soviet Union in other countries by proxy? Angola is a clear example, where the West and the East (USSR) were fighting or rather supporting both sides. Back then, it was a fight to stop Soviet expansion in the world… Today, it is a fight to stop Chinese expansion and keep Western domination in the world … Nothing has changed!
I would like to share some points about life in Libya under the Guide of the Libyan Revolution Muammar Gaddafi, from an African perspective, not the trash published by the Western media. Western Media Lies in Libya, NATO’s debacle in Libya, Truth Dispatch: Update on Libya. He was not a saint, but he loved his country deeply and Africa as a whole, and was fighting for our freedom and dignity as human beings!
Libya had significant reserves of crude oil and the discovery of oil changed its socio-economic landscape. Before Gaddafi, Libya had less control on the oil industry as most of the companies involved in oil exploration activities were foreign, but a few years after Gaddafi took control of the government of Libya, his administration nationalized the oil Industry which had a marked impact on the economy and development. Under Gaddafi’s leadership, Libyans enjoyed an exceptional standard of living, financed by oil revenues that were equitably redistributed.
Map of Libya
Thanks to a bold management of oil wealth, Gaddafi transformed his desert country into a model of social and economic development, offering its citizens unparalleled benefits on the continent, and in the world (Norway is now applying his doctrines – just under a different name). While the West often portrays him as a dictator, we want to tell you about the life of Libyans under Gaddafi, and the benefits to the whole of Africa.
Below are the main benefits enjoyed by citizens (source Eurafrica, translated by Dr.Y, Afrolegends.com):
Free education for all: Access to education, from primary school to university, was entirely free. Before Gaddafi, only 20% of Libyans were literate; under his rule, this rate rose to 83%. A quarter of the population held a university degree, a record in Africa.
Free medical care: Hospitals provided free care, and the number of doctors quadrupled in a decade. Diseases like malaria were eradicated, and tuberculosis declined sharply.
Affordable electricity: Although sometimes described as free, electricity was so heavily subsidized that its cost was negligible for households.
Housing, a fundamental right: Gaddafi considered housing an inalienable human right. Massive programs were implemented to build affordable housing, and citizens could obtain interest-free loans to buy their homes. No homelessness like in the streets of some of American and European capitals!
Support for young couples: Newlyweds received financial assistance of approximately $50,000 to acquire a home and start their family life.
Support for mothers: Every woman giving birth received a bonus of $5,000 to support her family.
Car subsidies: The state covered 50% of the price of cars, making mobility accessible to all. Gasoline at a ridiculously low price: With a liter of gasoline costing only $0.14, Libyans enjoyed some of the cheapest fuel in the world.
Affordable basic necessities: Essential goods were subsidized to ensure access for all.
Support for agriculture: Aspiring farmers received land, equipment, seeds, and livestock free of charge to start their farms.
Assistance for unemployed graduates: Unemployed young graduates received an allowance equivalent to the average salary for their profession until they found a job.
Education and healthcare abroad: If local infrastructure was insufficient, the state financed studies or medical treatment abroad, providing a monthly allowance of $2,300 for housing and transportation.
Oil revenue redistribution: A portion of oil revenues was reinvested in social programs, ensuring rare economic stability.
Libya was a debt-free economy and Gaddafi had a pan-African vision. With reserves of $150 billion and no external debt, Gaddafi’s Libya was an anomaly: an African country free from the clutches of international financial institutions like the IMF. This economic independence allowed Gaddafi to dream big. His ambitious project, the Great Man-Made River, transported millions of cubic meters of water across the desert, transforming arid lands into fertile fields. Nicknamed the “eighth wonder of the world,” this irrigation network symbolized his ambition to make Libya self-sufficient.
Gaddafi went even further: he wanted to unite Africa. By proposing a gold dinar to replace the dollar in African trade, he sought to free the continent from Western powers. This project, combined with his support for the African Union, made him a threat to the global order.
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