EP 11 William Ruto's Silence; France's Visa Wall and the Pipeline Uganda Can't Stop | African News Review

This week on African News Review, watch Adesoji Iginla, alongside Aya Fubara Eneli Esq., take on four stories that the mainstream press is softening.🇰🇪 DEL MONTE KENYA: State violence is protecting foreign capital in Kenya, and we ask what accountability means when the state protects investment rather than the citizen.🇨🇲 CAMEROON: France's new visa wall is locking Cameroonian students out of paid-for degrees. We connect it to France's May 2026 non-EU tuition hike and the 2023-24 Sahel visa suspensions.🇨🇻 CABO VERDE: Cabo Verde's unresolved colonial identity crisis after its historic World Cup run and a curriculum critics say erases colonial crimes, fifty-one years after Amílcar Cabral's independence.🇺🇬 UGANDA & TOTALENERGIES: Ugandan farmers are taking TotalEnergies to a UK court to stop the EACOP pipeline before it ever pumps oil.In this episode:*The US governor’s request for disaster aid amid political bias (00:41)*Collapse of Trump’s settlement agreement linked to tax immunity clauses (04:03)*The ongoing Kenyan land and water disputes involving large multinational corporations (10:50)*Historical roots of land dispossession and colonial violence in Kenya’s Mau Mau uprising (21:16)*Cape Verde’s legacy of colonialism, colourism, and internal racial hierarchies (28:10)*Uganda’s oil pipeline projects and their impact on indigenous land and sovereignty (40:26)*The global effects of educational policies that restrict African students studying abroad (59:58)*The fight against external exploitation and calls for African economic and political sovereignty (42:20 & 55:50)Chapters:00:41 - US climate crisis and presidential election manipulation04:03 - Trump’s court settlement on taxes raises questions10:50 - Kenya’s land conflicts with multinational corporations21:16 - Historical atrocities during colonial Kenya28:10 - Cape Verde’s racial and colonial legacy40:26 - Uganda’s oil pipeline and sovereignty concerns59:58 - Restrictions on African students studying abroad55:50 - Political repression in Uganda under Museveni57:03 - Upcoming discussion on Fanon’s "Black Skin, White Masks"78:08 - Recommended reading on colonial history and resistanceSend us Fan Mail Support the showAfrica is not a story of victims. It is a story of resistance, resilience and reclamation. That is the story we tell here — every single week.African News Review Subscribe. Share. Stay informed. Stay sovereign.