Zambia is set to hold its general elections on August 13 this year. The landlocked, mineral-rich Southern African country has been recently moving to boost its copper production, as well as strengthen economic relations with its East African neighbor Tanzania, through the China-backed upgrading of a 51-year-old railway corridor linking both countries.

On July 21, barely a month before Zambia’s upcoming elections, US, UK and Belgium-based NGO, Global Witness released a scathing report, in which it accused the Zambian government of impoverishing its people and trampling on their human rights to serve foreign corporate interests.

In this report, The Spearhead sheds light on the reality behind this hypocritical and hilariously uncreative smear campaign.

Is colonialism a thing of the past, right? Something that was en vogue maybe one hundred years ago but has surely gone out of fashion in 2026. Well, it turns out that's not the case. Several European countries, including Spain, France, the UK, and Portugal, have territories they claim in Africa and other parts of the world. Today, instead of using the word 'colony,' they may call these places overseas territories, departments, autonomous cities or islands, but the truth remains the same: these are places in Africa owned by Europe.

In this video, we look at these islands and cities and reflect upon what position Pan-Africanists and anti-imperialists should take in the face of this colonial reality. Some of these places have Indigenous populations living in them. In others, colonial forces killed or forcibly removed entire Indigenous populations. And some of them may not have had an Indigenous population but remain geographically located in Africa. While some of these places are rarely discussed in the media and may not be easily identifiable on a map, during the 1960s and 1970s, they were nonetheless considered part of the project for Pan-African unity.

‎Western intelligence activities in Africa are a threat to the continent's sovereignty and it's time more African leaders called it out.

Burkina Faso's President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has exposed an attempt by Western intelligence agencies to introduce biological weapons into his country, showing a pattern of foreign interference that can no longer be overlooked.
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‎From the illegal 1996 Pfizer drug trial in Kano to concerns over US-funded biological research laboratories in countries such as Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda, Africa has too often been treated as a testing ground rather than an equal partner.
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‎The larger issue is sovereignty. Why do foreign governments continue to involve themselves in African affairs?