Africa

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40669212

Mohamed Gabobe and Faisal Ali
Dec 22, 2025

In December, Puntland’s Police Force Criminal Investigation Department also released an official report into Abdullahi’s killing that contradicted the U.S. military’s claim that he was an al-Shabaab operative, a justification used for the strike. The issuance of the report pointed to unease within elements of the security establishment over the killing.

The report, which was submitted to both the Attorney General and Supreme Court of Puntland, found that Abdullahi had “no criminal record” and was not “under any investigation” by Puntland security or investigative agencies—explicitly challenging the U.S. assertion that the strike had killed an al-Shabaab operative.

A class action lawsuit was filed against [Anglo American Mining Company] in 2020 at the South African high court to hold the company responsible for the pollution, the effects of which continued long after the mine closed in 1994. Anglo has denied its role and argued that the state-owned company Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines, which took over the mine, is responsible for the ongoing lead pollution.

https://archive.ph/LdvBg

Julian Assange is free! After accepting a deal that will see him plead guilty to a conspiracy charge in exchange for his freedom, he has departed for a court in the US commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, from where he’ll continue on to Australia. He has spent five years in what has been dubbed ‘Britain’s Guantanamo,’ aka the maximum-security Belmarsh Prison.

His real ‘crime,’ many would argue, was simply lifting the lid on US wrongdoings - by publishing a trove of diplomatic cables that implicate Washington in atrocities and alleged war crimes. Many of these relate directly to Africa.

Here’s a reminder of some of Assange’s key revelations concerning American foul play on the African continent - and why his freedom is important.