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BATUK: BRITAIN'S COLONIAL GRIP IN KENYA BATUK: The White Man’s Burden in Kenya is not just a documentary about a British military base where soldiers roll around in the dirt for six months before returning home to the UK. It is a documentary about abuse of power, occupation of indigenous land and the unfinished business of colonialism. For decades, ordinary Kenyans living around BATUK have raised allegations of abuse, sexual violence, ecological destruction and impunity, while one of the world’s most powerful former colonial powers continues to operate freely on Kenyan soil, handing out small amounts of compensation whenever evidence of alleged crimes reaches the media. At the centre of the documentary is the story of Agnes Wanjiru, a 21-year-old Kenyan woman who was tortured, killed and dumped in a septic tank, while British soldiers mocked and ridiculed her death on social media. One soldier posed in front of the septic tank and posted, “If you know, you know.” Others joked about the five-month-old daughter she left behind, posting imagery of a baby beside a gravesite. But the story goes beyond Agnes and her tragic killing and the shocking behaviour of British troops thereafter. The documentary asks deeper questions: How did Britain maintain a military presence in Kenya, the very same year the country supposedly gained independence? Why are foreign troops still training on stolen land while local communities continue to suffer? And above all, why does the Kenyan government allow all of this? Laikipia County, currently in the spotlight because of plans for an Ebola quarantine facility for US citizens, is the very same county where the BATUK military base is headquartered. This documentary helps connect the dots about why Kenya’s political elite remain so willing to cede sovereignty to foreign powers like Britain, and why they may be willing to do the same again with the United States. This is Sovereign Media’s first-ever documentary. We are a small, independent team with a brand-new YouTube channel and no corporate backing. We need your support now more than ever. Watch. Share. Comment. Spread it everywhere. @AhmedKaballo @NaamMedia @VoxUmmah @venanalysis @qiaocollective @ProgIntl @KawsachunNews @OrinocoTribune @blkagendareport @SoberaniaPod

DR. MUSTAFA BARGHOUTI DEBUNKS THE TERM “GOYIM” "G*yim, what does G*yim mean? mean? Means a foreigner, a person that you can k*ll using false T*lmudic statements and so on to justify all of that so by definition immediately we as P*lestinians are G*yim…They [Isr*elis] don't care. What they want is total impunity." Dr. Mustafa Barghouti explains the term “G*yim” during an event discussion that took place at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), which focused on the plight of P*lestinian hostages held in Isr*eli jails, that took place on Friday 19th June 2026.

A month after signing a humiliating Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, Donald Trump is still in impotent denial about what it plainly says. Namely, that Iran 'will make arrangements ... for the safe passage of commercial vessels' through the Strait of Hormuz. In express violation of this clause, the US concocted multiple failed schemes to sneak ships through Oman's side of the strait. It's now reverted to nightly attacks on Iran's southern coast, answered with ever more punishing Iranian strikes on US bases from Jordan to Oman. Needless to say, commercial traffic through the strait has once again plummeted to zero. But on a 13 July post on his increasingly poorly-named Truth Social platform, Trump desperately insisted that Hormuz 'is OPEN, and will remain OPEN, with or without Iran'. In obstinate defiance of reality, he went on to declare the US 'THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT' and demanded an extortionate transit fee of '20% on all cargo shipped'. Incidentally, the current US casus belli is a proposed Iranian service fee that amounted, even at the height of the war, to around $1 per barrel of oil: in other words, just 1-2% at current market prices. The irony didn't escape Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who averred on Twitter that '20% is of course too much. We will be fair'

In a significant diplomatic shift, the European Parliament adopted a resolution to designate the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as a t*rrorist organisation. The resolution, which passed on 9 July with 476 votes in favour, directly links the militia’s atrocities in the Sudanese city of El-Obeid to a campaign of systematic violence against civilians. Crucially, the document explicitly names the UAE for its role in fueling the atrocities, marking a departure from the long-standing international reluctance to hold the Gulf state accountable for its support of the militia. The resolution provides a scathing indictment of the RSF’s conduct, citing drone strikes on essential civilian infrastructure such as water and electricity stations that have pushed the population toward man-made famine. Lawmakers urged the EU to impose targeted sanctions on external facilitators, identifying the Abu Dhabi-based Global Security Services Group. Investigations by groups like Human Rights Watch previously revealed that this entity - which is closely linked to the Emirati government - recruited and deployed foreign mercenaries, including Colombian contractors, to bolster the RSF’s offensive capabilities in violation of UN arms embargoes. Nonetheless, while the European Parliament now condemns the RSF, the EU itself remains complicit in the regional instability facilitated by the UAE, a key Western military and economic partner. By finally acknowledging the UAE’s role in providing the RSF with weaponry and mercenary support, the resolution highlights how the conflict in Sudan is not merely an internal "civil war," but a foreign-backed destruction sustained by external capital.

On 9 July 2026, the government of Burkina Faso approved the launch of the country's first state-owned and operated industrial gold mine, the Bouboulou gold mine. The mine is located in the town of Yako, the birthplace of Thomas Sankara, and has an estimated 10.77 million tonnes of ore. The government anticipates that this mine will create 1200 local jobs in the community. While the government plans to spend over 56 million dollars on the project, the expected revenue will likely exceed 68 million dollars. Burkina Faso, like its neighbours Mali and Niger, is working to exercise greater control over its resources. Under President Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso has nationalised five gold mining assets, including the Boungou and Wahgnion mines, previously owned by London-listed Endeavour Mining. The nationalisation of the Perkoa mine was also finalised under Ibrahim Traoré. The mine was previously controlled by Canada's Trevali Mining Corporation, but was shut down after eight Burkinabé miners died, trapped underground. Like Mali, Burkina Faso adopted a new mining code to increase government ownership and control over the vital sector. Meanwhile, Niger has nationalised its only gold mine and taken control of its uranium mining sector, previously controlled by France.

On 13 July, the Yemeni Armed Forces announced that they had struck Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia with drones and ballistic missiles. This was the first such attack on Saudi territory since a UN-brokered ceasefire between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Ansarallah ('Houthi') movement came into effect in 2022. The Yemeni strike came in direct retaliation for a flagrant Saudi violation of the ceasefire earlier that day. As an Iranian passenger plane approached Sanaa International Airport, carrying Yemeni officials returning from the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Saudi jets had bombed the runway to prevent it from landing. The plane ultimately rerouted and landed safely in Hodeidah. This represented Iran's second attempt to break Saudi Arabia's illegal, decade-long air blockade on Yemen's capital. The first such effort came earlier this month, when hundreds of Yemeni civilians stranded in Iran during the US-Isr*eli war successfully flew home to Sanaa. Alongside Saudi Arabia's g*nocidal US-armed bombing campaign from 2015-2022, the air and sea blockade has claimed no fewer then 250,000 Yemeni lives. Should the Saudis escalate further, the Yemeni Armed Forces are likely to retaliate by closing the Bab al-Mandab strait. With Iran having already re-closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to renewed US aggression, this would cut off transit through both the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea: the largest shock to the world economy since the start of the war.

The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has revealed he intends to dismantle the International Criminal Court (ICC). Vowing that no international law should impede American ambition and policy, Rubio penned an op-ed explaining his sanctions regime on the ICC and why the ICC should be dismantled. Ironically, the US had no issue with the ICC as long as its target served US interests. With the g*nocide in G*za becoming impossible to ignore, the ICC was forced to issue warrants for Isr*eli officials or lose all credibility. In 2024, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Isr*eli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former “Defence” Minister Yoav Gallant. The move was met with criticism and threats from the Biden administration, and those threats escalated under the Trump Administration with new sanctions packages aimed at ICC officials. Critics of US policy towards the ICC say the US intends to undo what little is left of international law.

DR. MUSTAFA BARGHOUTI AND HUSSAM ABU SAFIYA “I want them to know that the case of their beloved doctor is now a global case.” Sovereign Media's field journalist Ibrahim Abul-Essad spoke with the general secretary of the P*lestinian National Initiative and head of the P*lestinian Medical Relief Society, Dr Mustafa Barghouti, who sent a message of support to the family of Dr Hussam Idris Abu Safiya, a P*lestinian paediatrician and neonatologist who served as the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the G*za Strip before he was kidnapped by Isr*eli occupation forces after refusing to abandon his patients.  Dr Hussam Idris Abu Safiya has been held for over 545 days in an Isr*eli prison, where he is subjected to physical and psychological abuse by Isr*eli occupation forces.

The UN Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan (FFMS) has submitted new evidence confirming that the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia's atrocities in North Darfur state capital Al-Fashir bore the "hallmarks of g*nocide." Before October 2025, Al-Fashir was the last remaining state capital in the Darfur region of western Sudan that had not fallen to the RSF. As a result, it became a safe-haven for non-Arab groups fleeing the Arab supremacist militia's violence elsewhere in Darfur. However, Al-Fashir fell to the RSF following an eighteen-month siege, after which waves of massaces estimated to have killed at least tens of thousands occurred. A report published by UN investigators in February 2026 already declared that "hallmarks of g*nocide" were found in Al-Fashir. Expanding its base to 333 survivor interviews, the UN mission details a systematic campaign of mass r*pe, abduction, and ethnic targeting against non-Arab communities. Evidence reveals RSF fighters used exterminatory language, while sparing those identified as "cousins" within favoured Arab tribes. Survivors described horrific sexual violence and the murder of civilians who resisted. The mission is now examining whether these crimes, including forced pregnancy and the denial of reproductive care, constitute "preventing births," a distinct g*nocidal act. The report also documents the conversion of civilian infrastructure into slaughterhouses. Former government employees, doctors, and teachers were singled out for execution, while detainees at a former children’s hospital were forced to drink contaminated water, leading to cholera outbreaks. Verified footage places RSF deputy commander Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo at the scene hours after the takeover. The FFMS asserts that states providing military or logistical support to the RSF, despite knowing the risks, are in breach of their international obligation to prevent g*nocide.

The US President Donald Trump administration has launched a diplomatic and economic campaign to "dismantle" the International Criminal Court (ICC). Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that the US will use all available tools - including sanctions, visa revocations, and travel bans - to neutralise the Hague-based tribunal, which he characterised as an "intolerable threat" to American authority. Observers suggest that the US' hostility stems from the ICC's potential to assert jurisdiction over US personnel and its recent issuance of arrest warrants for Isr*eli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant regarding the g*nocide in G*za. However, Rubio framed the crackdown as a defence against "globalism," stating that "the US is launching a diplomatic campaign with a simple message: sovereign states over globalism". The US is reportedly exerting significant diplomatic pressure on allied nations to withdraw from the court entirely. This move expands upon existing measures, such as executive orders that have already sanctioned high-level ICC officials. Analysts suggest that the US' goal is to ensure the ICC remains effectively powerless, unable to prosecute American or allied officials for atrocities. By targeting the court’s financial and logistical support, the US is accused of leveraging its global influence to dismantle an institution designed to hold leaders accountable for war crimes. Critics suggest that these efforts represent a rejection of the international rule-of-law framework, signaling a future where the world’s most powerful actors operate entirely outside the reach of global judicial oversight.

IRAN DELIVERS 160 TONS OF HUMANITARIAN AID TO VENEZUELA Despite years of sanctions, economic pressure, and a devastating war that has left thousands dead in Iran, the country has delivered 160 tons of humanitarian aid to Venezuela following the devastating June 24 earthquakes. According to the latest official figures provided by Venezuelan authorities, the devastating twin earthquakes (magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5) that struck the country on June 24 resulted in 4,333 confirmed deaths, 16,740 injuries, and approximately 17,000 people left homeless. Iran’s shipment, which arrived at the port of La Guaira, includes food and emergency relief supplies for affected communities. The delivery also reflects the long standing relationship between Iran and Venezuela. In previous years, when Venezuela faced severe fuel shortages and US sanctions, Iran sent multiple oil tankers carrying fuel and refinery supplies to help alleviate the country’s energy crisis.

UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is to be formally designated a threat to national security. Using new government powers, Home Secretary Mahmood will ban all forms of support for the group. In a written statement to Parliament, she outlined that expressing support for the IRGC - ranging from positive statements to providing any form of assistance - will become a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison. UK Police and intelligence agencies will receive expanded powers to counter what they view as “espionage, foreign interference, sabotage, and physical attacks” linked to the IRGC.

US Congress Representative Ro Khanna was held hostage for over an hour by Isr*eli settlers while touring the ruins of Khirbet Zanuta, a P*lestinian village in the Occupied West Bank that was forcibly abandoned following a series of violent settler raids. The California Democrat, who is currently weighing a 2028 presidential bid, reported that his group’s van was surrounded by settlers wielding American-made M4 rifles. According to Khanna, the encounter served as a first-hand illustration of the impunity enjoyed by extremist groups operating under the protection of the Isr*eli military. Khanna described the settlers as "hoodlums" who laughed while blocking the road, displaying a sense of entitlement and arrogance that he attributed to the total lack of accountability for their actions. Perhaps most significantly, the Congressman reported that when Isr*eli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers arrived, they did not intervene to assist the American party. Instead, he alleged, they acted in coordination with the settlers to maintain the blockade. It was only after direct intervention from the US Embassy that the delegation was permitted to leave. Nonetheless, the incident has amplified the growing friction within US political circles regarding unconditional US military aid to Isr*el. For Khanna, a vocal critic of the war in G*za and the West Bank occupation, the experience was a reminder of the policies he challenges. "If this can happen to an American member of Congress, imagine what life is like for P*lestinians who have no smartphones, no security, and no national platform," he remarked.

The decision to grant US striker Folarin Balogun a reprieve from his mandatory red-card suspension has ignited a firestorm of controversy, exposing the opaque and centralised power wielded by FIFA’s disciplinary leadership. According to The Times, the ruling was made unilaterally by Mohammad al-Kamali, the Emirati chairman of FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee, without input from any of the committee's other 17 members. Balogun, having received a straight red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina, was cleared to play in the crucial Round of 16 match against Belgium. While FIFA maintains the red card remains on the record, it nullified the mandatory one-game suspension by invoking Article 27 of its disciplinary code, a rarely used provision that allows for a "probationary period" rather than an immediate ban. Typically, high-stakes disciplinary rulings require a panel of three members. However, by acting as a sole arbiter, al-Kamali bypassed standard collective deliberation. The timing of the decision further fueled suspicions of political meddling. US President Donald Trump confirmed he contacted Gianni Infantino, the president of football's governing body FIFA, to request a review of the card. For many fans, the case serves as a stark reminder of how global institutions such as FIFA remain vulnerable to the dictates of the powerful, effectively transforming the "world's game" into a stage for geopolitical influence rather than fair competition.

A United Nations Working Group has concluded that former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo’s detention was arbitrary, finding multiple violations of his due process rights. Castillo, Peru's former president from 2021 to 2022, is a left-wing former rural schoolteacher and union leader who was dubbed the country's first "president of the poor". Before being removed from power in December 2022, he stood for economic justice and promised to rewrite the constitution to ensure that all Peruvians shared in the profits from the nation's mineral wealth. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention determined that Castillo’s arrest and continued imprisonment lacked the legal guarantees required under international law. They found that Peru failed to respect his right to a fair trial, including judicial impartiality, due process, and the constitutional procedures governing the prosecution of a sitting president. They call on the Peruvian government to immediately remedy the situation by releasing Castillo without delay and providing him with an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations for the arbitrary detention.

Furthermore it was reported by The Financial Times that CCTV and traffic cameras had been hacked by Israel to create an enormous surveillance network in order to establish the so-called "patterns of life" of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his commanders in preparation for the strike that assassinated him.

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