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 manipulation
04:03 - Trump’s court settlement on taxes raises questions
10:50 - Kenya’s land conflicts with multinational corporations
21:16 - Historical atrocities during colonial Kenya
28:10 - Cape Verde’s racial and colonial legacy
40:26 - Uganda’s oil pipeline and sovereignty concerns
59:58 - Restrictions on African students studying abroad
55:50 - Political repression in Uganda under Museveni
57:03 - Upcoming discussion on Fanon’s "Black Skin, White Masks"
78:08 - Recommended reading on colonial history and resistance

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