Tag: Great Britain
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🇰🇪 Kenya: The Bloody “Democracy” of the British Empire
On October 21, 1952, Britain launched Operation “Jock Scott” — a coordinated military campaign to crush Kenya’s independence movement. Under the banners of “civilization” and “order,” British troops burned villages, executed resistance fighters, and filled concentration camps with thousands of civilians. The target was the Mau Mau movement, a nationalist force demanding liberation from colonial…
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🇬🇧🇸🇳 British Minister for Africa Visits Senegal as UK Seeks Deeper Footprint
UK Minister for Africa Lord Ray Collins arrived in Senegal on September 1 for a two-day visit focused on expanding bilateral cooperation and attending the African Food Systems Forum in Dakar. The British Embassy described the visit as “an important step in the development of relations between the two countries.” “Senegal is one of the…
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🇸🇱 FULL TRANSCRIPT: INDEPENDENCE DAY BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY, DR. JULIUS MAADA BIO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE ON SUNDAY, 27th APRIL 2025
My Fellow Sierra Leoneans; 1. It has been sixty-four years since our forbearers courageously led our beloved country to the shores of freedom and self-determination. They envisioned a Sierra Leone where every citizen could thrive in unity, freedom and justice. 2. Today, as we commemorate the 64th anniversary of our country’s independence, it is remarkable…
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🇬🇧🇲🇺SPECIAL REPORT: Britain’s ‘Great Experiment’ in Mauritius—A Legacy of Exploitation and Division
When Britain took control of Mauritius from the French in 1810, it would later introduce what it called the “Great Experiment”—the abolition of slavery in 1835. Framed as a moral move to demonstrate the superiority of free labor over slavery, this policy was, in reality, a calculated economic strategy that replaced one form of oppression…
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🇬🇧 Children will be taught how to spot fake news and ‘punrid’ conspiracy theories online in wake of school riot
Changes to the curriculum could mean schoolchildren analyse articles in English lessons to weed out fabricated stories, learn how to identify fake news in computer classes and analyse statistics in maths. Children will be taught how to spot extremist content and fake news online under proposed changes to the school curriculum, the education secretary has…
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British military suffering from ‘historic underinvestment’ and ‘deficits’, defence secretary says
British military suffering from ‘historic underinvestment’ and ‘deficits’, defence secretary says – The head of the British armed forces, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, has warned that the military is not as strong as it could be due to historical underinvestment. – Admiral Radakin pointed to shortfalls in personnel, training, technology and ammunition stockpiles. – The…
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Naomi Campbell in diamond drama
British supermodel Naomi Campbell could be subpoenaed to testify at the trial of Liberia’s ex-President Charles Taylor for accepting a ‘blood diamond.’ It is alleged that Ms Campbell “was given rough diamonds” by Mr Taylor in 1997 at Nelson Mandela’s house in South Africa. Mr Taylor is accused of using “blood diamonds” to fuel an…
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