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If you think your job is stressful, imagine trying to parallel park an armored limousine into a moving train while an annoyed Kim Jong-un is sitting in the back seat.
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This is the continent. Our continent. The African content! No single freedom written in the so called Bill of Rights can make meaning without the blood of Mozambicans, Zimbabweans, Namibians, Basotho, Swati’s, Angolans and Tanzanians that SADF spilled for decades before Mandela can say “never, never & never again!”
Long live Samora Machel, Long Live!
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“If one day you hear the Europeans praise me, know that I have betrayed you," said Samora Machel, Former President of Mozambique.
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THROWBACK, Vladimir Putin in 2023:
"Russia🇷🇺 remembers and cherishes the memory of Africa’s outstanding sons...we must never forget them. I will name Patrice Lumumba, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Nelson Mandela, Ahmed Ben Bella, Omar al-Mukhtar, Kwame Nkrumah, Samora Machel, Leopold Senghor, Kenneth Kaunda and Julius Nyerere.
We also remember other African freedom fighters and national leaders of African countries. While relying on the principles of justice and equality, they staunchly promoted independent development for their nations, often sacrificing their lives."
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs on the farce of Western countries telling Congo to ‘just govern properly’:
‘The Kingdom of Belgium created a slave colony in Congo for 30 years. The government of Belgium ran the slave colony for another 40 years. The CIA assassinated Congo’s first popular leader Patrice Lumumba, and then installed another dictatorship for the next 30 years.
And then Glencore and others now suck out your cobalt without giving Congo tax income. We don’t reflect on that. We say what’s wrong with you? Why don’t you govern properly?’
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Through Culture, We Remember. Through Unity, We Honour.
As we commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Mbuzini Tragedy, cultural performances bring communities together in remembrance of President Samora Machel and the 34 other people who lost their lives in the crash.
Through music, dance and artistic expression, we pay tribute to the 35 lives lost while celebrating the cultural heritage and bonds of solidarity that connect our people.
At the Samora Machel Monument in Mbuzini, culture becomes a powerful expression of remembrance, education and unity.
#40thAnniversaryOfMbuziniTragedy #SamoraMachel
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Today marks the 40th anniversary of Samora Machel's death. He and 34 others who were part of his delegation as well as flight crew were killed in a plane crash in Mbuzini, Mpumalanga. He was 53 years old.
📸: Sahm Doherty
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Top 10 Most Known Statues in Africa
1. 🇪🇬 Great Sphinx of Giza
📍 Giza, Egypt
2. 🇸🇳 African Renaissance Monument
📍 Dakar, Senegal
3. 🇿🇦 Nelson Mandela Statue
📍 Pretoria, South Africa
4. 🇩🇯 Statue of Liberty Replica
📍 Île aux Cygnes, Djibouti
5. 🇿🇦 King Shaka Statue
📍 Durban, South Africa
6. 🇪🇹 Menelik II Monument
📍 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
7. 🇬🇭 Kwame Nkrumah Memorial
📍 Accra, Ghana
8. 🇲🇿 Samora Machel Statue
📍 Maputo, Mozambique
9. 🇱🇸 Thaba Bosiu Monument
📍 Maseru, Lesotho
10. 🇩🇿 Monument to the Martyrs
📍 Algiers, Algeria
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Samora Machel, killed on this day in 1986. 🇲🇿
Maurice Bishop, killed on this day in 1983. 🇬🇩
Both of them martyrs of the global struggle for socialism and against colonialism, apartheid and white supremacy.
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Samora Machel--hero of Mozambique's liberation--died in a plane crash on 19 October 1986.
Here's an emotional Kenneth Kaunda speaking about his friend Machel the day following his death, remembering their shared struggle. 1/
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Top 10 Recipients of UK Foreign Aid 2025
🇺🇦 Ukraine — £271 million
🇾🇪 Yemen — £149 million
🇦🇫 Afghanistan — £145 million
🇳🇬 Nigeria — £142 million
🇸🇩 Sudan — £141 million
🇨🇩 DR Congo — £136 million
🇸🇴 Somalia — £135 million
🇪🇹 Ethiopia — £132 million
🇵🇰 Pakistan — £113 million
🇵🇸 Palestine — £112 million
Source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Statistics on International Development: Final UK ODA Spend 2025, published September 2026.
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😂🇪🇸 A match in Spain's fourth division was suspended due to heavy rain, and the referee decided to test whether the ball would still bounce on the flooded pitch. 😭
