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Malema brought the heat to SA oppressors
I had no idea SA revolutionaries were calling out "house ni**ers". He calls out Indians (most are racists) and whites (again, historically, most are racists). But the SA brehs siding with the oppressors.
When they start calling them c00ns, I'll convinced that Afram revolutionary talk has truly reached the shores of Africa.
I had no idea SA revolutionaries were calling out "house ni**ers". He calls out Indians (most are racists) and whites (again, historically, most are racists). But the SA brehs siding with the oppressors.
When they start calling them c00ns, I'll convinced that Afram revolutionary talk has truly reached the shores of Africa.
African countries gain by trading with each other and not by begging for aid, Kagame says
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has called on African countries to stop seeking external funding and work with their own resources, which are available in plenty.
He was speaking during the opening of the African Leadership Forum, where he asked African leaders to control illicit financial flows, improves taxation and adds value to its raw materials.
“The value of illicit financial flows, evaded taxes, and commodity extraction greatly exceeds that of foreign aid. But, we have to take responsibility for the misallocation of Africa’s resources and take steps to correct that,” he said.
He further added that despite having resources it needs and the means to acquire the ones that are unavailable, Africa is still bent on borrowing.
“In Africa, we have everything we need, in real terms. Whatever is lacking, we have the means to acquire. And yet, we remain mentally married to the idea that nothing can get moving without external finance,” he said.
Kagame, who was among the first African leaders to sign the African Continental Free Trade Area, said the pact was an important aspect of regional integration that will foster development.
“The entry into force of the African Continental Free Trade Area is set to significantly increase trade within Africa, and consequently improve tax collection, we gain immeasurably by trading with each other, and lose so much when we don’t.”
African countries gain by trading with each other and not by begging for aid, Kagame says - Face2Face Africa
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has called on African countries to stop seeking external funding and work with their own resources, which are available in plenty.
He was speaking during the opening of the African Leadership Forum, where he asked African leaders to control illicit financial flows, improves taxation and adds value to its raw materials.
“The value of illicit financial flows, evaded taxes, and commodity extraction greatly exceeds that of foreign aid. But, we have to take responsibility for the misallocation of Africa’s resources and take steps to correct that,” he said.
He further added that despite having resources it needs and the means to acquire the ones that are unavailable, Africa is still bent on borrowing.
“In Africa, we have everything we need, in real terms. Whatever is lacking, we have the means to acquire. And yet, we remain mentally married to the idea that nothing can get moving without external finance,” he said.
Kagame, who was among the first African leaders to sign the African Continental Free Trade Area, said the pact was an important aspect of regional integration that will foster development.
“The entry into force of the African Continental Free Trade Area is set to significantly increase trade within Africa, and consequently improve tax collection, we gain immeasurably by trading with each other, and lose so much when we don’t.”
African countries gain by trading with each other and not by begging for aid, Kagame says - Face2Face Africa
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I wonder if he's gonna tell them to take control of their natural resources too.
but nah....If I was Rwandan I would like Kagame as my leader. But I'm not so fukk em.
Rwanda Restricts Fasting as 8,000 Churches Closed
About 800 official and unofficial churches, as well as 100 mosques, have been closed in Rwanda for failing to comply with health, safety, and noise regulations. This includes 4 in 10 congregations belonging to a nationwide association of 3,300 Pentecostal churches.
And authorities indicate such shutting down of houses of worship in the East African nation will continue until congregations meet the strict requirements of a new law adopted by Rwanda’s parliament on July 27.
The latest requirement: Pastors must now have a degree in theological education from an accredited school. The law also prohibits church leaders from urging their followers to fast for lengthy periods—like Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness—in order to better secure God’s blessing; authorities claim this is a form of starvation.
Many churchgoers look at the new law as a form of harassment and restriction on freedom of worship. But many also fear to speak out, saying it’s a directive from the government and Christians should not oppose authorities.
The law also requires churches and “prayer houses”—unofficial places where Christians gather to pray and worship—to explain their sources of funding, while donations received must be kept on a known bank account.
Lawmakers even debated imposing limits on how much churchgoers could tithe to their church, given the numerous complaints about pastors who collect money from impoverished worshipers while living luxurious lives. The Council of Protestant Churches in Rwanda even “declared war” on such “bad pastors” last year.
Robert Kayitare, a businessman who attends St. Peter’s Anglican church in Kigali’s Remera neighborhood, believes the law by the government will sort out such pastors. “The source of the money must be known and how the money collected from churchgoers spent should be known,” he told CT.
“The government gets irritated when you start preaching the type of American prosperity gospel which many African preachers are learning from American television and YouTube,” Charles Mugisha, founder and chancellor of Africa College of Theology, recently toldCT’s Quick to Listen podcast. “The government becomes protective of its citizens if a church or preacher begins to manipulate it.”
Anastase Shyaka, head of the Rwanda Governance Board (RGB), the government body in charge of regulating faith-based organizations, previously told CT the government is not targeting churches. He said the closures are only aimed at keeping Rwandans who visit these churches safe, since some buildings are in poor condition and life-threatening.
“The closures do not infringe on the freedom to worship, but rather address the alarming proliferation of places of worship in dilapidated and unhygienic conditions,” the RGB stated on July 27, “as well as troubling behavior of unscrupulous individuals masquerading as religious leaders.”
The RGB, which drafted the new religion law, accused Rwandan religious leaders of insulting women and other religions, and of forcing followers to fast “to the point of death from starvation.”
The right to religion is guaranteed in Rwanda’s constitution, written in 2003 and amended in 2015. But the latest RGB report on faith-based organizations stated the constitution’s relevant Article 37 has led to the founding of too many churches and the establishment of too many religious denominations: 1,000 as of 2017, reports KT Press, a pro-government newspaper.
“We discovered that the number of churches were bigger than the number of villages in the country,” Shyaka recently toldInspiration on Sunday, a morning program on pro-government KT Radio. “The number itself is not a problem. But in some buildings, three or four different denominations would hold prayer services at the same time, resulting in unbearable levels of noise and unsafe environment for occupants.”
Rwanda Restricts Fasting as 8,000 Churches Closed
About 800 official and unofficial churches, as well as 100 mosques, have been closed in Rwanda for failing to comply with health, safety, and noise regulations. This includes 4 in 10 congregations belonging to a nationwide association of 3,300 Pentecostal churches.
And authorities indicate such shutting down of houses of worship in the East African nation will continue until congregations meet the strict requirements of a new law adopted by Rwanda’s parliament on July 27.
The latest requirement: Pastors must now have a degree in theological education from an accredited school. The law also prohibits church leaders from urging their followers to fast for lengthy periods—like Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness—in order to better secure God’s blessing; authorities claim this is a form of starvation.
Many churchgoers look at the new law as a form of harassment and restriction on freedom of worship. But many also fear to speak out, saying it’s a directive from the government and Christians should not oppose authorities.
The law also requires churches and “prayer houses”—unofficial places where Christians gather to pray and worship—to explain their sources of funding, while donations received must be kept on a known bank account.
Lawmakers even debated imposing limits on how much churchgoers could tithe to their church, given the numerous complaints about pastors who collect money from impoverished worshipers while living luxurious lives. The Council of Protestant Churches in Rwanda even “declared war” on such “bad pastors” last year.
Robert Kayitare, a businessman who attends St. Peter’s Anglican church in Kigali’s Remera neighborhood, believes the law by the government will sort out such pastors. “The source of the money must be known and how the money collected from churchgoers spent should be known,” he told CT.
“The government gets irritated when you start preaching the type of American prosperity gospel which many African preachers are learning from American television and YouTube,” Charles Mugisha, founder and chancellor of Africa College of Theology, recently toldCT’s Quick to Listen podcast. “The government becomes protective of its citizens if a church or preacher begins to manipulate it.”
Anastase Shyaka, head of the Rwanda Governance Board (RGB), the government body in charge of regulating faith-based organizations, previously told CT the government is not targeting churches. He said the closures are only aimed at keeping Rwandans who visit these churches safe, since some buildings are in poor condition and life-threatening.
“The closures do not infringe on the freedom to worship, but rather address the alarming proliferation of places of worship in dilapidated and unhygienic conditions,” the RGB stated on July 27, “as well as troubling behavior of unscrupulous individuals masquerading as religious leaders.”
The RGB, which drafted the new religion law, accused Rwandan religious leaders of insulting women and other religions, and of forcing followers to fast “to the point of death from starvation.”
The right to religion is guaranteed in Rwanda’s constitution, written in 2003 and amended in 2015. But the latest RGB report on faith-based organizations stated the constitution’s relevant Article 37 has led to the founding of too many churches and the establishment of too many religious denominations: 1,000 as of 2017, reports KT Press, a pro-government newspaper.
“We discovered that the number of churches were bigger than the number of villages in the country,” Shyaka recently toldInspiration on Sunday, a morning program on pro-government KT Radio. “The number itself is not a problem. But in some buildings, three or four different denominations would hold prayer services at the same time, resulting in unbearable levels of noise and unsafe environment for occupants.”
Rwanda Restricts Fasting as 8,000 Churches Closed
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Just learned that Mali & Senegal used to be one country called the Mali Federation for a brief time back in the 60s.
All that ish + Guinea and Northern Liberia were the real “Mali”.
Im familiar with his video.
I just recently stumbled on his page so i havent dug to deep into his background and what he actually does. On the surface seems more down to earth that some other youtubers
NBA tryna turn into Soccer and bring the infrastructure to Africa and build talent there lol.
Unlike Chinese migrants working in Africa, Africans in China face hostility and limited economic opportunities
On June 29, a nonprofit African diaspora organization, the Appreciate Africa Network, hosted the inaugural African Achievers’ Awards gala in Beijing to celebrate the successes of Africans carving out lives in Guangzhou, Beijing, Yiwu and countless other cities across mainland China.
The event highlighted the achievements of African newcomers, from small-business owners to diplomats, and took place a few miles east of the Great Hall of the People at the Landmark Hotel in downtown Beijing.
It was in awkward contrast with China’s hostility toward African migrants struggling to establish lives on Chinese soil. While the central government publicly welcomes the migrants, recent draconian visa legislation has sent a clear signal: Africans in China — even highly prosperous, educated economic contributors — are not welcome.
An unequal relationship
China’s relationship with the continent has deepened over the past decade through diplomatic visits and trade deals. Chinese companies are setting up huge mining operations and building stadiums, hospitals and infrastructure on the continent. In 2012, China-Africa trade climbed to a record $200 billion.
But Sino-African relations are not limited to trade and resource extraction. Nearly 1 million Chinese migrants who have relocated to Africa are establishing Chinatowns from Lagos, Nigeria, to Mombasa, Kenya — creating what veteran journalist Howard French calls “China’s second continent” in his new book by the same name.
Despite widespread perception that Beijing is vested in exploiting African resources, Chinese authorities insist relations with Africa are based on equality and mutual respect. Victor Zhikai Gao, executive director of the Beijing Private Equity Association, is one of many high level officials who trumpets this win-win rhetoric of equality in Sino-African relations. “China wants to engage every African country as an equal,” he told Al Jazeera earlier this year.
Given this promise of equality, the majority of African migrants in China, including those honored on Sunday, view their presence in China as a logical progression: “We are here because you are there.” But in contrast to the economic opportunities afforded to Chinese migrants in Africa, the lot of Africans in China tells a completely different story.
The megacity of Guangzhou is home to the largest concentration of Africans in Asia — as many as 200,000 by some estimates. But unlike Chinese contractors in Africa, these migrants often go to China without the backing of a corporation or their home country. Legally, they are not able to buy land, open a shop, seek employment or start a factory in China. In order to engage in any commercial activity, many African migrants marry a Chinese wife and register their business in her name, while those with the financial capacity can open a representative office of a Hong Kong–registered firm.
Because of these constraints, many African migrants engage in export trading: They buy Chinese goods such as mobile phones, garments and construction materials in large quantities from Chinese wholesalers and ship them to their home countries.
A quick stroll through the bustling markets of Guangzhou’s Little Africa shows that African entrepreneurs are generating a lot of domestic jobs. A good trader can make a killing. Amadou Issa, a Nigerien trader whom I met earlier this year while researching Africans in Guangzhou, is one of those who have mastered the export business. He arrived in China in 2004 with $300 to his name and today ships 200 containers a year to Niger and Central America, making an average of $2,000 on each shipment.
But he cannot legally open a bank account in China, and despite being married to a Chinese woman and unless there is a change in the law, he will never become a Chinese citizen. Both these factors hinder his economic advancement.
Issa’s story is not unique. Malian-born Cellou Toure is a successful trader who, despite being married to a Chinese national, could not obtain a permanent residence visa. The father of three Malian-Chinese children, he is trilingual (speaking Mandarin, French and English) and holds a university degree, as do 40 percent of African migrants in Guangzhou, according to professor Adams Bodomo’s 2012 book, “Africans in China.” “If I took my wife to Mali, she would get a passport,” Toure said in an interview earlier this year.
"China continues to pursue a policy of publicly welcoming African migrants while its legislation makes it logistically arduous for them to work or start a new life."
Rather than welcoming these economic stimulants from its partner continent, China wants to squeeze them out. Last year China passed the long-awaited Exit-Entry Administration Law, which many Africans hoped would provide a legal gateway into China and emancipate them from the endless cycle of renewing short-term visas.
That did not happen. In fact, the law made the visa renewal process even more complicated. In the past, Africans could renew their temporary visas by crossing into nearby Macau or Hong Kong. But the latest changes meant they must now return to their home countries and apply for visa renewals.
Not welcome
The message is clear: Africans are not welcome in China. It is an uncomfortable truth that the Chinese authorities are keen to conceal. Lan Shanshan, an assistant professor at Hong Kong’s Baptist University, claims state-owned newspapers have been instructed to report favorably on Africans in China. In 2012 The Guangming Daily ran a three-part special titled “Friends From Africa, How are You Doing in Guangzhou?” It presented a sanitized version of African life in Guangzhou. All the African migrants profiled were successful businessmen with valid documentation (a significant proportion of Africans in China have overstayed their visas). The story sought to quash claims of racial intolerance toward Africans in the country and emphasized Sino-African friendship.
China’s hostility toward Africans on its soil affects the country’s diplomatic ties with the continent’s nations. In 2012 a visa bust in Beijing targeting Nigerian nationals who did not have proper documentation sparked an immediate retaliation raid on illegal Chinese migrants in Kano, Nigeria.
With so much at stake for Sino-African relations, China continues to pursue a policy of publicly welcoming African migrants while its legislation makes it logistically arduous for them to work or start a new life. Meanwhile, Chinese migrants continue to mine Africa’s mineral resources. China awards most contracting jobs to build huge African infrastructure projects to its corporations and nationals, neglecting the transfer of skills to local populations. African leaders are beginning to take stock of this imbalance.
“China takes our primary goods and sells us manufactured ones,” Lamido Sanusi, who was recently suspended as Nigeria’s central bank governor, said last year. “This was also the essence of colonialism.”
It is unlikely China will host an awards night to celebrate the achievements of its citizens in Africa. But if it happens, such a ceremony would be impressive, if uncomfortably out of kilter with the African experience in China. For the economic migrants straddling the two cultures, the much-touted win-win relationship amounts simply to China’s winning twice.
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On June 29, a nonprofit African diaspora organization, the Appreciate Africa Network, hosted the inaugural African Achievers’ Awards gala in Beijing to celebrate the successes of Africans carving out lives in Guangzhou, Beijing, Yiwu and countless other cities across mainland China.
The event highlighted the achievements of African newcomers, from small-business owners to diplomats, and took place a few miles east of the Great Hall of the People at the Landmark Hotel in downtown Beijing.
It was in awkward contrast with China’s hostility toward African migrants struggling to establish lives on Chinese soil. While the central government publicly welcomes the migrants, recent draconian visa legislation has sent a clear signal: Africans in China — even highly prosperous, educated economic contributors — are not welcome.
An unequal relationship
China’s relationship with the continent has deepened over the past decade through diplomatic visits and trade deals. Chinese companies are setting up huge mining operations and building stadiums, hospitals and infrastructure on the continent. In 2012, China-Africa trade climbed to a record $200 billion.
But Sino-African relations are not limited to trade and resource extraction. Nearly 1 million Chinese migrants who have relocated to Africa are establishing Chinatowns from Lagos, Nigeria, to Mombasa, Kenya — creating what veteran journalist Howard French calls “China’s second continent” in his new book by the same name.
Despite widespread perception that Beijing is vested in exploiting African resources, Chinese authorities insist relations with Africa are based on equality and mutual respect. Victor Zhikai Gao, executive director of the Beijing Private Equity Association, is one of many high level officials who trumpets this win-win rhetoric of equality in Sino-African relations. “China wants to engage every African country as an equal,” he told Al Jazeera earlier this year.
Given this promise of equality, the majority of African migrants in China, including those honored on Sunday, view their presence in China as a logical progression: “We are here because you are there.” But in contrast to the economic opportunities afforded to Chinese migrants in Africa, the lot of Africans in China tells a completely different story.
The megacity of Guangzhou is home to the largest concentration of Africans in Asia — as many as 200,000 by some estimates. But unlike Chinese contractors in Africa, these migrants often go to China without the backing of a corporation or their home country. Legally, they are not able to buy land, open a shop, seek employment or start a factory in China. In order to engage in any commercial activity, many African migrants marry a Chinese wife and register their business in her name, while those with the financial capacity can open a representative office of a Hong Kong–registered firm.
Because of these constraints, many African migrants engage in export trading: They buy Chinese goods such as mobile phones, garments and construction materials in large quantities from Chinese wholesalers and ship them to their home countries.
A quick stroll through the bustling markets of Guangzhou’s Little Africa shows that African entrepreneurs are generating a lot of domestic jobs. A good trader can make a killing. Amadou Issa, a Nigerien trader whom I met earlier this year while researching Africans in Guangzhou, is one of those who have mastered the export business. He arrived in China in 2004 with $300 to his name and today ships 200 containers a year to Niger and Central America, making an average of $2,000 on each shipment.
But he cannot legally open a bank account in China, and despite being married to a Chinese woman and unless there is a change in the law, he will never become a Chinese citizen. Both these factors hinder his economic advancement.
Issa’s story is not unique. Malian-born Cellou Toure is a successful trader who, despite being married to a Chinese national, could not obtain a permanent residence visa. The father of three Malian-Chinese children, he is trilingual (speaking Mandarin, French and English) and holds a university degree, as do 40 percent of African migrants in Guangzhou, according to professor Adams Bodomo’s 2012 book, “Africans in China.” “If I took my wife to Mali, she would get a passport,” Toure said in an interview earlier this year.
"China continues to pursue a policy of publicly welcoming African migrants while its legislation makes it logistically arduous for them to work or start a new life."
Rather than welcoming these economic stimulants from its partner continent, China wants to squeeze them out. Last year China passed the long-awaited Exit-Entry Administration Law, which many Africans hoped would provide a legal gateway into China and emancipate them from the endless cycle of renewing short-term visas.
That did not happen. In fact, the law made the visa renewal process even more complicated. In the past, Africans could renew their temporary visas by crossing into nearby Macau or Hong Kong. But the latest changes meant they must now return to their home countries and apply for visa renewals.
Not welcome
The message is clear: Africans are not welcome in China. It is an uncomfortable truth that the Chinese authorities are keen to conceal. Lan Shanshan, an assistant professor at Hong Kong’s Baptist University, claims state-owned newspapers have been instructed to report favorably on Africans in China. In 2012 The Guangming Daily ran a three-part special titled “Friends From Africa, How are You Doing in Guangzhou?” It presented a sanitized version of African life in Guangzhou. All the African migrants profiled were successful businessmen with valid documentation (a significant proportion of Africans in China have overstayed their visas). The story sought to quash claims of racial intolerance toward Africans in the country and emphasized Sino-African friendship.
China’s hostility toward Africans on its soil affects the country’s diplomatic ties with the continent’s nations. In 2012 a visa bust in Beijing targeting Nigerian nationals who did not have proper documentation sparked an immediate retaliation raid on illegal Chinese migrants in Kano, Nigeria.
With so much at stake for Sino-African relations, China continues to pursue a policy of publicly welcoming African migrants while its legislation makes it logistically arduous for them to work or start a new life. Meanwhile, Chinese migrants continue to mine Africa’s mineral resources. China awards most contracting jobs to build huge African infrastructure projects to its corporations and nationals, neglecting the transfer of skills to local populations. African leaders are beginning to take stock of this imbalance.
“China takes our primary goods and sells us manufactured ones,” Lamido Sanusi, who was recently suspended as Nigeria’s central bank governor, said last year. “This was also the essence of colonialism.”
It is unlikely China will host an awards night to celebrate the achievements of its citizens in Africa. But if it happens, such a ceremony would be impressive, if uncomfortably out of kilter with the African experience in China. For the economic migrants straddling the two cultures, the much-touted win-win relationship amounts simply to China’s winning twice.
SOURCE
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Just learned that Mali & Senegal used to be one country called the Mali Federation for a brief time back in the 60s.
Ghana-Guinea and Mali formed a federation too