While the European Union appeared to accept, or at least not oppose, the forceful removal of Venezuela’s leader, it has taken a firm stance in Niger, demanding the immediate and unconditional release of ousted President Mohamed Bazoum.

This clear contrast and double standard raises deeper questions about consistency in its foreign policy. For many African observers, this shows that Western powers are not guided by democratic principles as they claim. Rather, their responses are entirely shaped by strategic interests, particularly when valuable resources and geopolitical influence are at stake.

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In this report, The Spearhead’s McKay Chukwu examines how public anger in South Africa is often directed at African migrants instead of the deeper economic structures driving inequality in the country.

Using recent controversies involving Nigerians in South Africa, the piece shows how frustration is quickly turned toward foreigners while the legacy of apartheid, land dispossession, and the concentration of wealth remain largely untouched.

Xenophobia is a distraction from the real sources of hardship for many Black South Africans, leaving Africans divided against one another while the systems that benefit from that division stay firmly in place.

From... A Great and Mighty Walk.