Thread by @lilomatic

1/ Understanding Zimbabwe Crisis & US Sanctions. Kanyemba, uranium, gas & oil hub. At the intersection of Zimbabwe, Mozambique & Zambia, on the Zim🇿🇼 side, is a small hardly known place called Kanyemba.
#NomoreUSsanctions #NoMoreNeocolonialism #HandsoffAfrica #HandsOffZimbabwe

2/ Kanyemba is rich in Uranium & nearby in Muzarabani, are some of the biggest inland oil & natural gas reserves in the world. In the1860s, Kanyemba was named after a Chikunda (conquerer or mixed race) ... #NoMoreNeocolonialism #NomoreUSsanctions #NoMore #HandsoffZimbabwe #Afrika

3/...son of powerful Tande (Malunga) Chief Chowufumbo and a Goan (Indian & Portuguese mixed race) mother named Maria Kanyemba. Kanyemba’s Portugese name was Jose Rosário de Andrade & he was a notorious slave trader & renowned hunter, ... #NoMoreNeocolonialism #HandsoffZimbabwe

4/...which is how this area was established as a slave outpost that also traded gold, ivory, leathers and copper with the Portuguese, Indians and Arabs in his name. #TeamZimbabwe #NoMoreNeocolonialism #Nomore #HandsOffZimbabwe #HandsOffAfrica

5/ The Chikunda of this region [descendants of Kanyemba] being expert hunters are also renowned for having invented the muzzle loading gun called the gogodela.
During the liberation war, Kanyemba was a hot spot of Zimbabwean liberation fighter infiltration into Rhodesia.
#Zim🇿🇼

6/ This little unknown spot of great historical significance in Zimbabwe, is the area of contention between the US government & Zimbabwe. The US want to develop a vast, new city in this area, they are willing to pay Zim billions for it, in exchange of a US military base there.