Join African Stream’s discussion with investigative reporter Max Blumenthal on the power and scourge of misinformation in the mainstream media. He’s been smeared by major outlets over his coverage of the October 7th attacks against Israelis, while we’ve faced unfounded claims of peddling falsehoods by NBC. It referenced an Onyx Impact report that doesn’t even mention African Stream in its executive summary released to the public. We dive into the malicious world of mass media which has pushed so much misinformation that public trust in it has sunk to all time lows. Don’t miss it.

For this episode, we will examine the war in Sudan—what many call a proxy war—and how we got into this mess. Sudan is facing horror “beyond imagination” 25.6 million people are projected to face acute food insecurity or worse. But according to, the outgoing UN aid chief, Martin Griffiths, 750,000 people are under imminent threat of famine and with conditions in danger of worsening even further. That, on top of thousands of people killed. Conservative estimates say the conflict has killed at least 15,500 people, while some estimates are as high as 150,000 and counting. We are joined by a special guest today to help us understand how we got into this message. Dr. Juma Kunda is a professor of peace and development and a dedicated Pan-Africanist activist known for his significant involvement in the peace process in Sudan.

Join us for our 11th episode of Pan-African Attitude podcast. We discuss the second week since Kenyans poured onto the streets protesting against the IMF-backed Finance Bill. We host two participants, Booker Omole, Vice Chair the Communist Party of Kenya and Wanjira Wanjiru, a co-founder of the Mathare Social Justice Center, who you might remember from 'We Lose Our Fear We Lose Our Power'. They are active community organisers, with a wealth of knowledge on the implication of imperialist financial institutions on the vulnerable and will help us break down recent events.

Conflict has been simmering in eastern Congo since the mid-1990s in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide, exploding into two wars that left millions of people dead. The fighting, which intensified in late 2021 and involved dozens of armed groups, long-running ethnic tensions and at least five national armies, has now reached a peak not seen in at least a decade. African Stream is hosting two guests; Kambale Musavuli from the Center for Research on the Congo-Kinshasa and Claude Gatebuke, a Rwandan genocide survivor and human rights activist to discuss the long-standing crisis.

The world is on the brink of war, following an uneasy, punctuated peace 79 years ago with the end of WW2. Decades of indirect confrontation between Middle Eastern bitter foes Israel and Iran culminated in a 14th April Iranian retaliation to Israel's bombing of its consulate in Syria on April 1st that killed 16 people. Israel is mulling over a response but had initially stated that Iran crossed a red line and must be responded to in kind. In a rejoinder Iran warned Israel of a harsher response. The West has rallied behind Israel, unwilling to criticize the countless international law violations it has committed not just against Iran, but against the ongoing bombardments in Gaza. However, Iran does not stand alone, it has powerful allies in Russia and China.

Africa is caught in the middle once again. We are joined by an Iranian-American couple, Dr. Setareh Sadeqi and Christopher Weaver, to help make sense of just how dire the situation is and what it means for Africa. We hope you are as excited as we are and learn something by the end of our discussion. As always, let us know what you think.

Brutal armed conflict has ravaged the eastern region of the Democratic of Congo since the late 1990s. Millions have been killed and displaced, with some blaming the West’s desire to get its hands on the country’s resources. It’s argued they work with neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda, to support rebels in DRC who extract minerals then sold on international markets.

Despite mounting evidence, Rwanda denies involvement. It says it’s being scapegoated by Kinshasa for its own failure to secure the volatile region. The debate on Kigali's alleged complicity has also spilt to the public arena. In this episode of Pan-African Attitude, African Stream gets the views of Pan-African scholar PLO Lumumba, and activist and artist Chakabars.

It's been more than three decades of unrelenting violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's mineral-rich east. So much so that the UN recently raised the alarm about 'grave violations' against children in the conflict-ravaged country.

Since January, paramilitary attacks have not only left many dozens dead and hundreds of thousands internally displaced. Reports are also mounting of armed groups maiming, recruiting or murdering children, suggesting that the youngest Congolese are paying the highest price of the long-running conflict. Since 1996, almost 7 million Congolese have been internally displaced—the second-highest figure in the world after Sudan—while 6 million people have been killed. About 1 million Congolese have fled the country.

However, in the face of this, an African-run project, 'I Heart Africa,' provides a sanctuary for some of those children. The group, which puts African concerns first, has built a small community called Lumumba Village.

African Stream recently hosted Pan-African activist and I Heart Africa Co-Founder Chakabars and I Heart Africa's General Manager and Congo Director Olivia Mundabi. The project's directors visited our Nairobi studio to discuss the Congo crisis and how Africans should provide African solutions to crises on the continent.

Muammar Gaddafi's spokesperson during NATO's bombardment of Libya, Moussa Ibrahim, joined us for a special podcast to discuss the 13th anniversary of the Western-backed Libya War. This is a story of how a former playground for imperial powers took back its sovereignty, the process of nation building, and betrayal of the revolution in an event that saw the West turn what was once Africa's highest ranking country in HDI terms into a country of open slave markets.

African Stream sat down with Ezayi Jules, a Haitian from the organisation MOLEGHAF (National Movement for Liberty and Equality of Haitians for Fraternity) - to discuss the recent events surrounding the Caribbean island. In particular, we talked about the Kenyan government's push to deploy police officers on a US-funded (and US-proposed) security mission to Port-au-Prince. Analysing the geopolitical dynamics behind that push, Ezayi connected Haiti’s present woes to the aftermath of its liberation from slavery - arguing that the nation is still being punished for taking freedom into its own hands. He urges Africans interested in contributing towards Haiti's liberation to act today. We learned a lot. Let us know your reaction to what he has to say.

British-Iraqi rapper, and journalist Lowkey joined us for a special episode of Pan African Attitude Ep. 5. We will be discussing the Israel lobby, South Africa's case at the ICJ, Israel's threat to Africa and of course Galloway's stunning victory in Rochdale and what lessons we can learn as Africans and anti-imperialists.