There is this new wave of colonialism taking place in Africa. It is subtle but very brutal, actually even more brutal than Version 1 which was characterised by guns and bibles. This new wave is called Carbon Offset Agreements. My brother Mordecai Ogada has simplified this so that people make sense of because it is huge load of comple tosh. So, imagine you own a car, I approach you with an offer to 'maintain' the car off a 50 year agreement that you will have to enter into with me. The car remains in your name but you sign off ownership to me for a period of 50 years. During that period you have no rights to the car,cannot drive it and cannot use it for anything. If any, I could have you arrested for trespassing if ever I found you inside the car. Every year you must still pay disc renewal fees and any other fines since the car is in your name. Does this make sense to you? Of course not but this is how Carbon Offset Agreements work, and African governments and political leaders are signing off on these in exchange for fully paid trips , accomodation abroad and a lifetime of opulence and self aggrandizement. Africans are told these Carbon Offset Agreements and meant to conserve the planet and reduce carbon footprint. The biggest wielders of these Carbon Offset Agreements are from Europe,North America, UAE,and Saudi Arabia. Kenya under William Ruto has gone to the extent of granting Carbon Offset Deals legislative legality. Community land is being taken over and Kenyans are being told to reduce their livestock herds and save the planet from livestock emissions. Below are examples o Carbon Offset Agreements MoUs signed by four African governments in the past few months with a Dubai based company called Blue Carbon. The company is owned by Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, the youngest member of the Dubai Royal Family. He started this company in October of 2022. 1. Liberia The country has reached an MoU with Blue Carbon to sign away 10% of its total forest land mass which amounts to a million hectares for a period of 30 years. 2. Tanzania The country has entered into an MoU to sign away 8 million hectares of forest land to Blue Carbon. 3. Zambia The country has entered into an MoU to cede 8 million hectares of forest land to Blue Carbon. 4. Zimbabwe The country has reached an MoU with Blue Carbon to sign away 7.5 million hectares of its forest land. In both cases, the Blue Carbon promise is to conserve the land on behalf of the African countries, put it on display in Carbon Trading Markets for "investment " by the big polluters. For example, Shell can continue polluting and atone for that by "investing " in conservation efforts through acquisition of carbon credits. From November the 28th to December the 6th, The United Arab Emirates is going to be hosting the COP28 where African will be displayed for partition by the American,European,Asian, and Arab countries. Berlin Conference all over again, this time around with Africans in attendance and signing off. Save those dates and let us make the right noises and apply necessary pressures. Above all, start preaching to your village communities not to enter into any agreements with anyone who promises them money in exchange for conservation of their own land. These people are coming for everything aided by our political leaders. Fight or Perish.