YouTube has taken down our channel!
Without prior warning, Google has removed the YouTube channel of Sovereign Media, based in Nairobi.
Sovereign Media is part of an independent, anti-imperialist media coalition. It was launched to unite various alternative platforms (such as the Black Agenda Report and Orinoco Tribune) to report on global conflicts, resistance movements, and anti-war protests from an anti-colonial and socialist lens.
The takedown of Sovereign Media's YouTube channel occurred on the same day as the first day of the "Forward Africa" French-African summit in Nairobi. Sovereign Media has covered protests and activities related to the Pan-African Summit Against Imperialism, which opposes Macron's visit.
YouTube has a documented history of facing heavy criticism from digital rights advocates, journalists, and human rights organisations for systematically suppressing, deleting, and shadow-banning pro-Palestinian content and human rights documentation.