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In this bonus episode, Peter and Adam focus on Africa. Adam talks in-depth about a book recently read The Dying Sahara: U.S. Imperialism and Terror in Africa by Jeremy Keenan, which shows the roots of the U.S. War on Terror in Africa. The Algerian deep state, with the support of the U.S. and Europe, supported al-Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM) (with training and many Algerian deep state operatives being al-Qaeda members), fabricated false flag terrorist attacks in the Sahel region, which Algeria blamed on the Tuareg and used as an excuse to expand the War on Terror. They also talk about the importance of African history, why African affairs are relevant to Black America, and Ibrahim Traore. (Recorded May 31, 2025)  

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Links, research related to episode:  

• Intelligence agencies are running al-Qaeda camps in North Africa – UN consultant (EXCLUSIVE)  https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/intelligence-agencies-are-running-al-qaeda-camps-in-north-africa-un-consultant-exclusive-6e19eec5d834 

• Algeria Unseen: How the Secret Service Kept the Country Hostage  https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/algeria-unseen-how-the-secret-service-kept-the-country-hostage-25662 ; https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/featured/perspectives/algeria-unseen-how-the-secret-service-kept-the-country-hostage/ 

• Why Bouteflika dissolved Algeria’s powerful spy agency? https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2016/2/26/why-bouteflika-dissolved-algerias-powerful-spy-agency 

• Mali accuses Algeria of fuelling Sahel insecurity by supporting Tuareg rebels https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20250103-mali-accuses-algeria-of-fuelling-insecurity-in-the-sahel-by-supporting-tuareg-rebels 

• Slave Voyages Map database https://www.slavevoyages.org/ 

• Burkina Faso citizenship initiative for the African diaspora https://ouraddi.org/burkina-faso/ (FAQs: https://ouraddi.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/FREQUENTLY_ASKED_QUESTIONS-BURKINA_FASO_CITIZENSHIP_INITATIVE-Updated_Feb2125.pdf) 

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Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn.