Merkel, Haftar discuss Libya conflict at Berlin meeting
rt.com | 2020-03-10
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar in Berlin on Tuesday in a bid to advance efforts to secure a lasting ceasefire in Libya. | Merkel stressed that there can be no military solution to the conflict, and so "a ceasefire and progress in the political process, in line with the decisions of the Berlin conference, are necessary," her spokesman Steffen Seibert said. He didn't detail Haftar's response, AP reported. | Haftar's visit to Berlin was his second in recent months. The Libyan commander visited Paris and met French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday.
rt.com/newsline/482757-merkel-haftar-libya-conflict/

Interview: Somali captive exposes conditions in bogus "refugee camp"
Ben Cowles | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-10
I spoke with an enslaved person last week. An African man from Somalia trapped in a detention center in Libya. He told me his name, but I promised not to mention it. He fears the guards will kill him if they know he has spoken out. So let's call him Hufan. Several months ago, Hufan …
peoplesworld.org/article/interview-with-a-slave-somali-captive-exposes-conditions-in-bogus-refugee-camp/

Upcoming event March 12th – Homelessness, Gentrification and Counterinsurgency in Oakland
Uhuru Movement | indybay.org | 2020-03-10
There are tens of thousands of African and Mexican people living in tents, under tarps and overpasses in California, the richest state in the US. | But these conditions can change rapidly with resources invested in programs in the hands of the African community like the Black Power Blueprint – www.facebook.com/BlackPowerBlueprint/ | Attend the event – Homelessness, Gentrification and Counterinsurgency, in Oakland on Thursday, March 12 at 7 pm. | Akwaaba Hall / 7911 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland CA (take the 57 bus, only blocks away from Eastmont Mall)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/08/18831367.php

Crimes in Afghanistan: Fatou Bensouda's Investigative Mission
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-10
It seemed an unlikely prospect. The International Criminal Court has tended to find itself accused of chasing up the inhumane rogues of Africa rather than those from any other continent. It has also been accused of having an overly burdensome machinery and lethargy more caught up with procedure than substance. Critics fearing a behemoth snatching …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/crimes-in-afghanistan-fatou-bensoudas-investigative-mission/

"Homelessness, Gentrification and Counterinsurgency in Oakland"
Uhuru Movement | indybay.org | 2020-03-10
In California, the richest state in the US, there are tens of thousands of African and Mexican people living in tents, under tarps and overpasses. | But right now in St. Louis, the Uhuru Movement is creating the basis for an independent African economy by building the Black Power Blueprint – www.facebook.com/BlackPowerBlueprint/ | Find out how you can challenge "Homelessness, Gentrification and Counterinsurgency in Oakland" by coming to the Uhuru House on Thursday, March 12th at 7: 00 pm – 7911 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland CA (take the 57 bus, only blocks away from Eastmont Mall)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/10/18831431.php

Lebanon records first death from coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-10
Lebanon recorded its first death from coronavirus on Tuesday, local broadcasters said, adding that the patient had been in quarantine since returning from Egypt.The government has halted flights for non-residents from epicentres of the virus, shut schools and warned against public gatherings as the total number of cases rose to 41 this week.
yenisafak.com/en/world/lebanon-records-first-death-from-coronavirus-3513678

Cease Fire Rejected. Turkey Doesn't Consider Al Qaeda as a Terrorist Group. Erdogan Sends More Troops into Idlib
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-09
The latest agreement of ceasefire between the Russian President and the Turkish madman Erdogan explicitly excludes combating terrorists. Erdogan doesn't consider al-Qaeda as a terrorist group, he invested heavily in this organization especially in Syria and lately in Libya….
globalresearch.ca/turkish-hts-rejected-ceasefire-erdogan-sends-more-troops-idlib/5705864

Libya General Haftar Ready to Sign Ceasefire: French Presidency
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-09
Libyan National Army eastern military leader General Khalifa Haftar told France's president Monday he will sign a ceasefire and stick to it if militias backed by the internationally recognized government respect it. | RELATED: | UN Envoy for Libya Steps Down, Cites 'Stress Levels' | "Marshal Haftar assured (us) that he was committed to signing the ceasefire but this commitment would cease if the militias do not respect it," a French presidency official said after Haftar met President Emma…
telesurenglish.net/news/Libya-General-Haftar-Ready-to-Sign-Ceasefire-French-Presidency-20200309-0017.html

Libya General Haftar Ready to Sign Ceasefire: French Presidency
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-09
Libyan National Army eastern military leader General Khalifa Haftar told France's president Monday he will sign a ceasefire and stick to it if militias backed by the internationally recognized government respect it. | RELATED: | UN Envoy for Libya Steps Down, Cites 'Stress Levels' | "Marshal Haftar assured (us) that he was committed to signing the ceasefire but this commitment would cease if the militias do not respect it," a French presidency official said after Haftar met President Emma…
telesurenglish.net/news/Libya-General-Haftar-Ready-to-Sign-Ceasefire-French-Presidency-20200309-0017.html

Coronavirus and Ebola Show We Can't Leave Vaccine Development to Big Pharma
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-09
Five years after an Ebola epidemic killed more than 11,000 people across West Africa, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced at the end of December 2019 that Merck, the behemoth, for-profit pharmaceutical company based in New Jersey, had received approval for an Ebola vaccine. | But this is hardly a success story. In fact,…
truthout.org/articles/coronavirus-and-ebola-show-we-cant-leave-vaccine-development-to-big-pharma/

Sudan Prime Minister survives attempted assassination
news.un.org | 2020-03-09
Sudan's Prime Minister survived a reported assassination attempt in the capital Khartoum on Monday, tweeting after the incident that he was "safe and in good shape".
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Sudanese Prime Minister Survives Assassination Attempt
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-09
Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Monday survived a failed assassination attempt in the capital Khartoum, Sudan's official TV reported. | RELATED: | Sudan To Hand Ex-President Al-Bashir to ICC over Genocide | The report did not give any further details about the assassination attempt. | Meanwhile, official SUNA news agency reported that Hamdok "is well and at a safe place," after his motorcade came under the bombing attempt. | The incident took place at the entry of Kober bri…
telesurenglish.net/news/Sudanese-Prime-Minister-Survives-Assassination-Attempt–20200309-0005.html

No sustainable development or peace without women: UN deputy chief
news.un.org | 2020-03-08
The world will not be able to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) if half the planet is left behind, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said in Papua New Guinea on Sunday: International Women's Day.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/03/1058951

Crimes in Afghanistan: Fatou Bensouda's Investigative Mission
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-08
It seemed an unlikely prospect. The International Criminal Court has tended to find itself accused of chasing up the inhumane rogues of Africa rather than those from any other continent. It has also been accused of having an overly burdensome …
globalresearch.ca/crimes-afghanistan-fatou-bensouda-investigative-mission/5705815

DR Congo: Agencies appeal for funding for refugee support and Ebola response
news.un.org | 2020-03-06
Urgent resources are needed to support countries in southern Africa and the Great Lakes region which are hosting more than 900,000 refugees and asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners said in a $621 million appeal launched on Friday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/03/1058841

'Something is Going On': A white worker wakes up to racist police violence
Chris Butters | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-06
The author explains that this poem was part of the program at the New York CPUSA African-American History Celebration, Feb. 29. (Video of the event available here.) At the celebration, Gwen Carr (mother of Eric Garner) spoke eloquently about her long-time leadership of Mothers of the Movement, the organization of African-American mothers whose sons and …
peoplesworld.org/article/something-is-going-on-a-white-worker-wakes-up-to-racist-police-violence/

Join the Palm Sunday rallies for refugees on April 5
Duncan Roden | greenleft.org.au | 2020-03-06
Refugees & migrants Kerry SmithIssue 1256 AustraliaMarch 6, 2020There are still 400 refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea and Nauru. With the US deal close to exhausted, those remaining have few hopes of resettlement. After almost seven years their situation is increasingly desperate. | Those in PNG have been moved into…
greenleft.org.au/content/join-palm-sunday-rallies-refugees-april-5

After Biden's Super Tuesday Surge, Sanders Campaign Faces Questions About African-American Support
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-04
On Super Tuesday, former Vice President Joe Biden swept the South and Midwest, winning Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas, propelled by a huge majority of African-American votes in several states. We host a roundtable discussion on the results with Barbara Ransby, historian, author and activist; Rev. Dr. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign and president of Repairers of the Breach; and Elie Mystal, the justice correspondent for The Nation.
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/4/super_tuesday_african_american_voters_roundtable