A 2026 reporting trail connects a purported training base in Benishangul-Gumuz to wider allegations about arms, illicit gold, and the regional political bargains sustaining Sudan’s war. Updated: April 2026 A set of recent reports alleges that a large training camp near Menge in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region has been used to prepare fighters linked to Sudan’s…
Prophetic timeline from the ancient to the present The painting above features prominently on the cover of “The Declined Soul and the New Economy.” While it appears far removed from ancient Greek philosophy, it harkens back to Plato’s Republic and the idea of balance in the psyche. Balance means that each part of the soul…
Reader’s guide (2-minute overview): This essay argues that anti-Black racism is sustained by global systems of extraction and narrative control, and that West Africa’s current crises, from Libya’s collapse to Sahel insurgencies and the AES rupture with ECOWAS, must be read through sovereignty, resource politics, and the selective enforcement of “human rights” concerns. The moral…
How a UN Vote Exposes a Century of Policy‑Driven Repression Against Black Americans The Vote Heard Around the World — Except in America In 2023, the United Nations introduced a declaration affirming that the enslavement of Africans in the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade constitutes the gravest crime against humanity. Ghana spearheaded the UN vote, and…
The General Assembly today declared the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity as Member States debated the legal ramifications of such a declaration.The Assembly adopted the text “Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime against…
The global Pulse Since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, 2026, the implications of an increasing oil price and the decline of supplies have remained a threat to the global economy. Brent Crude UKOIL, represents the current price of oil that most African nations use to benchmark their fuel subsidies and import…
When I chose the title The Declined Soul and the New Economy for the blog that preceded the book, I intended to reference more than just economic transformation and politics. The deeper argument addresses the moral and spiritual shifts that have reshaped the modern world. The phrase “the declined soul” describes a significant civilizational shift…
