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Africa is not asking anymore. Four stories. One conversation. All Afrocentric.This week on African News Review, Adesoji Iginla, alongside Milton Allimadi and Aya Fubara Eneli, break down four stories reshaping the continent's narrative — and ask the questions mainstream media won't. No colonial lens. No saviour complex. Just Africa, on its own terms.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━STORY 1 — FRANCE'S $27BN AFRICA RESET: NAIROBI SUMMIT Macron arrives in English-speaking Kenya with a $27 billion pledge covering energy, AI, agriculture and the maritime economy. We ask: is this a genuine reset or a rebranding of Françafrique? What does the Sahel's rejection of France really mean — and what does Kenya gain by hosting?STORY 2 — RAMAPHOSA IMPEACHMENT: PHALA PHALA REVIVED South Africa's Constitutional Court has restarted the Phala Phala impeachment process. Ramaphosa says he will not resign. With the ANC no longer holding a parliamentary majority, can South Africa's institutions hold the line — and what does this moment reveal about accountability across the continent?STORY 3 — THE MAP THAT LIED: TOGO CHALLENGES MERCATOR AT THE UN Greenland appears almost as large as Africa on the world's most widely used map. Africa is 14 times larger. Togo — with African Union backing — is taking a formal proposal to the UN General Assembly in September to replace the Mercator projection. We go deeper on how a distorted map shapes investment decisions, diplomatic weight, and how the world perceives Africa's economic potential.STORY 4 — CYNTHIA SHANGE 1949–2026: SHE RAISED HER FIST The first Black South African woman to compete at Miss World walked into the Royal Albert Hall in December 1972 and raised her fist in a Black Power salute — representing a country called "Africa South" that did not exist. We honour her life, her five decades on South African screens, and ask what it means to assert your humanity on a stage designed to erase you.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Key  Takeaways*US immigration laws and their impact on rights*France's influence and neocolonial tactics in Africa*Africa's representation in global maps and perception*South Africa's political crisis and Ramaphosa's impeachment*African leaders' strategies and resistance against neo-colonialismChapters00:00 Introduction to African News Review01:05 Current Events and Rights Assaults04:19 International Relations and Global Power Dynamics10:29 Public Health Concerns: Ebola Outbreak12:28 Neocolonialism and African Leadership13:22 France's New Approach to Africa22:59 Historical Context of French Colonialism24:20 Cyril Ramaphosa's Impeachment Dilemma34:31 The Implications of Leadership in South Africa40:04 Togo's Map Controversy and African Representation48:11 Cynthia Shange: A Symbol of 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.