Control of offshore gas and oil provokes conflicts in eastern Mediterranean
wsws.org | 2020-02-24
A new "scramble for Africa" is being tied into a new "scramble" for the eastern Mediterranean, as Turkey, Greece, Israel, Egypt, Cyprus, Lebanon and the European powers compete over gas exploration, production licenses and pipelines.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/24/scra-f24.html

Evaluating African Military Rulers: Musician Fela Kuti and Ghana's Head of State I.K. Acheampong
Adeyinka Makinde | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-24
A lot of people think that Thomas Sankara was the only African military ruler who was liked and respected by Fela Anikulapo Kuti. | This is not true. | For sure, Sankara was the only military ruler with whom he had a …
globalresearch.ca/fela-acheampong/5704500

Geneva: Brazil Faces Accusations of Human Rights Violations
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-24
Brazil's government will face accusations of human rights violations at the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council. The South American country's government is under scrutiny for its violations of Indigenous rights and environmental protection. | RELATED: | Brazilian Landless Rural Workers Mov.: Our Hope Is on Lula | According to Jamil Chade, columnist of the Universo Online portal, "it is particularly preoccupancy against the significant increase of the Amazonia burnings, after…
telesurenglish.net/news/–geneva-brazils–will-face-accusations–of-human-rights-violations-20200224-0005.html

UAE sent 100 arms shipments to Haftar: Libya gov't
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-24
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has dispatched some 100 shipments of weapons to renegade Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar since last month, the internationally recognized government said Monday. | In a statement, the media center of the government's "Operation Volcano of Rage" said 100 flights have transferred almost 6,200 tons of weapons from the UAE to Haftar since Jan. 12. | The planes carrying the weapons took off from Suweihan Air Base in the UAE and Assab airbase in Eritrea, the statement said. | Arms shipments to Libya violate UN Security Council resolution 1970, which bans weapon exports to the war-torn cou…
yenisafak.com/en/news/uae-sent-100-arms-shipments-to-haftar-libya-govt-3512697

Biologist Shares Footage Showing Clouds of Locusts in Kenya – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-24
Locusts are a species of grasshopper that is extremely hard to control and stop once there are thousands of them flying over a vast territory. Very often, locusts devour crops, seriously undermining the food security situation in a region.
sputniknews.com/africa/202002241078393628-biologist-shares-footage-showing-clouds-of-locusts-in-kenya—video/

Libyan National Army Claims Turkish Arms Making Their Way Into Terrorist Hands Via Misrata Port
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-24
Turkish President Erdogan confirmed Saturday that "several" Turkish servicemen had been killed fighting Libyan National Army Commander Khalifa Haftar's forces. On Sunday, regional media said as many as 16 Turkish troops and over 100 mercenaries transported to Libya from Syria had died fighting for the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord.
sputniknews.com/africa/202002241078394088-libyan-national-army-claims-turkish-arms-making-their-way-into-terrorist-hands-via-misrata-port/

Climate change takes toll on Zimbabwe's natural habitat, UN deputy chief observes
news.un.org | 2020-02-23
Alongside the human population, Africa's animals are suffering greatly from the effects of climate change, which United Nations Deputy Secretary General Amina Mahommed saw first-hand on Sunday in Zimbabwe.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1057951

Minnesota progressives say 'Don't vote for Amy Klobuchar'
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-22
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UN chief welcomes South Sudan's Unity government, lauds parties for 'significant achievement'
news.un.org | 2020-02-22
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed on Saturday the establishment of the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) in South Sudan.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1057941

Cameroon: UN officials raise alarm over escalating violence, call for civilian protection
news.un.org | 2020-02-21
Four senior UN officials issued a joint statement on Friday deploring the continued human rights abuses committed against civilians, including women and children, in the south-west and north-west regions of Cameroon.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1057881

Situation in central Mali 'deteriorating' as violence, impunity rise, UN rights expert warns
news.un.org | 2020-02-21
The growing violence has contributed to a deteriorating security situation in central Mali, with impunity being one of the aggravating factors, an independent UN human rights expert warned on Friday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1057911

W.E.B. Du Bois exposed capitalist and colonialist roots of white supremacy
Joel Wendland-Liu | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-21
In his extraordinary, if neglected, book The World and Africa, W.E.B. Du Bois details a history of Africa before European exploration, the enslavement of tens of millions, and the imposition of colonialism. In so doing, he assembles a compendium of the continent's contributions to human development, its role in shaping the histories of Europe and Asia, as …
peoplesworld.org/article/w-e-b-du-bois-exposed-capitalist-and-colonialist-roots-of-white-supremacy/

Escalating Burkina Faso violence brings wider Sahel displacement emergency into focus
news.un.org | 2020-02-21
Deadly attacks on villages in Burkina Faso have forced 150,000 people to flee in just the last three weeks, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday, warning of a displacement emergency in the wider Sahel region.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1057831

Pan African Film & Arts Festival returns to L.A
Ed Rampell | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-20
LOS ANGELES–One of the top ways to celebrate Black History Month–and the moviegoing experience in general–is to attend the Los Angeles-based 28th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival. PAFF focuses on Black-themed films, ranging from studio pictures to indie productions, with works from Hollywood, the USA, Mother Africa, the Caribbean, Melanesia (the Black South …
peoplesworld.org/article/pan-african-film-arts-festival-returns-to-l-a/

Central African Republic: Security Council reflects on peace deal anniversary
news.un.org | 2020-02-20
One year after the signing of a peace deal in the Central African Republic (CAR), State authority is being extended throughout the country, violence against civilians has decreased, and an inclusive Government remains in place, the UN Security Council heard on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1057731

'Deliberate starvation' tactics used in South Sudan could be a war crime
news.un.org | 2020-02-20
The people of South Sudan have been "deliberately starved" in different parts of the country for ethnic and political reasons, and sexual violence against women and men as a weapon of war is ongoing, UN investigators said on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1057751

As Libya talks resume in Geneva, UN negotiator seeks to overcome sticking points
news.un.org | 2020-02-18
Talks to end fighting in Libya have resumed in Geneva, where UN negotiator Ghassan Salamé said that ongoing clashes must end for there to be a chance for progress.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1057631

Africa: A year of record climate disasters
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-18
Climate Nnimmo BasseyIssue 1254 Africa Paris agreement Climate DebtFebruary 18, 2020While the world literally burns from climate and political turmoil, it is possible for Africa and other vulnerable regions…
greenleft.org.au/content/africa-year-record-climate-disasters

Detroit Overtaxed Residents by $600M, Causing Foreclosure Crisis. Residents Are Now Fighting Back
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-14
In Detroit, a showdown between progressive lawmakers and the city is taking on racist housing policies that robbed African Americans in Detroit of their homes and widened the racial wealth gap. On Thursday, the Coalition for Property Tax Justice announced a class-action lawsuit against the city of Detroit, Wayne County and the state of Michigan in response to unfair property tax foreclosures. One in four Detroit properties have been subject to property tax foreclosure, a level comparable only to tax foreclosure rates during the Great Depression. According to legal experts, many of the foreclosures were caused by…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/14/detroit_class_action_lawsuit_foreclosures

Weekend Read: 2020: African Americans and the Vote
splcenter.org | 2020-01-29
Historian Carter G. Woodson in 1926 established "Negro History Week" to celebrate the contributions to our nation made by Black people.
splcenter.org/news/2020/02/01/weekend-read-2020-african-americans-and-vote