(2021-01-29). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org British energy strike continues over "fire-and-rehire"; French teachers, school nurses and students walk out over pay and Covid safety issues; Dutch metal and electronic workers strike over pay; Nigeria's non-teaching university staff to strike over cuts, pay and conditions…
(2021-01-29). Covid-19: UK bans direct flights from UAE, shutting world's busiest route. middleeasteye.net 
Covid-19: UK bans direct flights from UAE, shutting world's busiest route | UAE added to travel ban list over worries over spread of more contagious Covid-19 variant first identified in South Africa | Fri, 01/29/2021 – 07: 43 | On its website, Emirates said it would suspend all UK passenger flights from 13: 00 GMT on Friday, when the ban takes effect (AFP) | Britain is banning direct passen…
(2021-01-29). Covid-19: UK bans direct flights from UAE, shutting world's busiest international route. middleeasteye.net Covid-19: UK bans direct flights from UAE, shutting world's busiest international route | UAE added to travel ban list over worries over spread of more contagious Covid-19 variant first identified in South Africa | Fri, 01/29/2021 – 07: 43 | On its website, Emirates said it would suspend all UK passenger flights from 13: 00 GMT on Friday, when the ban takes effect (AFP) | Britain is banning…
(2021-01-29). Headlines for January 29, 2021. democracynow.org South African Coronavirus Variant Detected in U.S. for First Time, Novavax Vaccine Cut COVID-19 Cases by 90 Percent in Trial But Lagged Against South African Variant, President Biden Expands Affordable Care Act Enrollment Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, U.S. Economy Shrank by 3.5% in 2020 as Pandemic Took Hold , "Brazen, Entitled, Dangerous": Capitol Rioter Who Looted House Speaker's Office Denied Bail, House Speaker Blasts GOP for Assigning Racist Conspiracy Theorist to House Education Committee, House GOP Leader Signals Devotion to Trump as Lawmakers Target Rep. Liz Cheney Over Impeachment Vote, Indian Farmworkers Call…
(2021-01-29). Africa's Last Colony: UN Must Hold Long-Overdue Vote for Self-Determination in Western Sahara. mintpressnews.com 
By unilaterally ending a 29-year ceasefire, Morocco highlights the urgent need for the UN to make good on its commitments to Western Sahara.
(2021-01-29). Sudan's government promised to protect Darfur. Instead scores are dead. middleeasteye.net 
Sudan's government promised to protect Darfur. Instead scores are dead | The withdrawal of an international peacekeeping force was followed by violence that killed over 200. More clashes will likely follow | Fri, 01/29/2021 – 09: 00 | Sudanese children gather in front of an armoured vehicle of the United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) in South Darfur (AFP) | The United Nati…
(2021-01-29). America's Half a Century of War in Somalia Comes to an End. Sort Of. mintpressnews.com 
Despite Trump's decision to remove troops from Somalia, ramped-up airstrikes and record death tolls prove that America's bloody legacy in the region is not over.
(2021-01-29). Why Samantha Power Should Not Hold Public Office. popularresistance.org It took a variety of approaches to market the 2003 war on Iraq. For some it was to be a defense against an imagined threat. For others it was false revenge. But for Samantha Power it was philanthropy. She said at the time, "An American intervention likely will improve the lives of the Iraqis. Their lives could not get worse, I think it's quite safe to say." Needless to say, it wasn't safe to say that. | Did Power learn a lesson? No, she went on to promote a war on Libya, which proved disastrous. | Then did she learn? No, she took an explicit position against learning, publicly arguing for the duty not to dwell on…
(2021-01-29). An explosion reported near Israeli embassy in New Delhi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – On the anniversary of normalization of relations between Tel Aviv and New Delhi, an explosion took place near the Israeli embassy in the Indian capital on Friday.
(2021-01-29). Central African Republic: 200,000 displaced in less than two months. news.un.org Violence and insecurity related to the recent elections in the Central African Republic (CAR) has forced more than 200,000 people to flee their homes in less than two months, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday, warning tens of thousands are facing dire living conditions.
(2021-01-29). First Two Cases of South African Strain Detected in the US. telesurenglish.net South Carolina's Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) on Thursday confirmed the first U.S. cases of a coronavirus variant (B.1.351) that recently emerged in South Africa. | RELATED: | There is no known travel history and no connection between these two cases. Both cases are adults, with one from the Lowcountry and the other from the Pee Dee region. | "Experts agree that existing vaccines work to p…
(2021-01-29). Mittens and Minimalism. counterpunch.org The internet was appalled and fascinated by fashion icon Kim Kardashian's minimalist mansion. It was so bare it became creepy. Furthermore, the emptiness only placed greater emphasis on class inequality. The minimalism, while "consuming" less, also made the space of the mansion look bigger. Kardashian's freedom was then both unhindered by space or materialism. Now
(2021-01-29). United States: Capitol Hill insurrection teaches us only mass action can defeat the far right. greenleft.org.au Studying the lessons of the attack on the Capitol and the events leading up to it is essential to defeating the white-supremacist, far-right threat, write Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.
(2021-01-29). UN calls for immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops from Libya. peoplesdispatch.org The UN hailed the progress made in the intra-Libyan dialogue in the last couple of months that has raised hopes of the end of war in the country. Libya has been in chaos since the NATO-led invasion which overthrew Muammar Gaddafi in 2011…
(2021-01-28). UN Pledges To Step up Humanitarian Support To Somalia in 2021. telesurenglish.net The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Adam Abdelmoula on Wednesday said that his institution will step up humanitarian support to this African country in 2021. | RELATED: | The so-called "triple shock" of climate change, conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic will worsen humanitarian needs this year. | "The factors that went into the triple shock have not gone away… we will need to step up efforts in reaching the most vulnerable people," A…
(2021-01-28). 'Fight Against This Deadly Virus Far From Over': First Cases of South African Variant Detected in US. commondreams.org "Unless we truly, as a nation, come together and follow public health guidance to flatten the curve, as that strain becomes more commonplace, we will see the numbers go up dramatically." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/covid_jan21b.jpg …
(2021-01-28). Headlines for January 28, 2021. democracynow.org U.S. Records Another 4,000 COVID-19 Deaths as White House Warns Vaccinations Will Take Months, DHS Warns of Threat from "Violent Extremists" as More Arrests Are Made over Jan. 6 Insurrection, Leader of Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, Was a Government Informer , Biden to Reverse "Global Gag Rule," Expand Reproductive Healthcare in U.S., Democrats Reintroduce Bill to Make Washington, D.C., the 51st State, Western Hemisphere COVID-19 Deaths Top 1 Million , 4th Zimbabwean Cabinet Official Dies of COVID-19; WHO Begins Probe into Pandemic Origins in Wuhan, Hungry Lebanese Protesters Clash with Police over Coronavirus Lockd…
(2021-01-28). US calls on Turkey and Russia to 'immediately' withdraw forces from Libya. middleeasteye.net 
US calls on Turkey and Russia to 'immediately' withdraw forces from Libya | The deadline for withdrawal of foreign troops and mercenaries passed on Saturday with no movement observed on ground | Thu, 01/28/2021 – 21: 38 | Haftar failed in his bid to wrest control of Tripoli last year, ultimately leading to stalemate with GNA (AFP) | The United States has called for the immediate withdrawal of Russian and Turki…
(2021-01-28). Tunisia protests: A night of tear gas and anger in a deprived Tunis suburb. middleeasteye.net 
Tunisia protests: A night of tear gas and anger in a deprived Tunis suburb | For several nights running, residents of the capital's suburbs have been protesting over miserable living conditions in their neighbourhoods. Middle East Eye reports from a night of brutal crackdown | Thu, 01/28/2021 – 16: 23 | A protester and a police officer face off in the Tunisian suburb of Etta…
(2021-01-28). Tunisia's Arab Spring 10 years old, people again in the streets. workers.org 
Tunisians say the 2011 revolution continues. Ten years ago the Arab Spring — a vast mass movement that swept through the Arab world, shaking up all sorts of governments in Arab countries — began Dec. 18, 2010, after Mohamed Bouazizi, who sold fruit on the street, set himself on fire . . . |
(2021-01-28). Presidential staff in Tunisia hospitalised after opening suspicious letter. middleeasteye.net 
Presidential staff in Tunisia hospitalised after opening suspicious letter | The official suffered 'almost total loss of vision', the office says, adding that Tunisian president was not affected | Thu, 01/28/2021 – 19: 19 | Tunisian guards stand to attention at Presidential Palace in Carthage on 31 January 2018 (AFP/File photo) | The director of Tunisia's presidential office fell unconscious earlier this week…
(2021-01-28). Nigeria: End SARS And Fanon's Mission. popularresistance.org 'Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it,' wrote Frantz Fanon. It has been 60 years since Nigeria achieved its independence from Britain, yet these words reverberate both as anthem and creed in all corners of Nigeria today. | In October 2020, thousands of Nigerian youth from across the country chose to take a stand against the extra-judicial killings committed by the Nigerian police branch known as SARS (Special Anti-Robbery Squad). Amidst a global pandemic and an economic recession, Nigerians stood firm in their resolve to fulfill the mission of their gener…
(2021-01-28). 'Pfizer jab effective against UK, S.Africa strains'. yenisafak.com The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is effective against the virus strains detected in the UK and South Africa, the companies said late Wednesday.The US drugmaker and its German partner said in a statement that tests were carried out on 20 people with three coronavirus strains; mutations common to both the UK and South Africa variants, mutations common to the UK variant, and mutations common to the South Africa variant."The sera from individuals vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine neutralized all the SARS-CoV-2 strains tested," the statement said.It stressed that "small differences" detected in…
(2021-01-28). South Africa Covid-19 variant found in US after two adults in South Carolina test positive. rt.com 
A new Covid-19 variant first discovered in South Africa has now been detected in the US, after two cases were reported in the state of South Carolina, health officials announced on Thursday. | The two cases of the B.1.351 variant do not appear to be connected to each other, and neither person is known to have traveled recently, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control said in a statement. | Both people are adults — one is from the Lowcountry area and one is from the Pee Dee region, the DHEC said, without giving further details. | The variant was discovered in samples from South Ca…
(2021-01-28). US freeze on F-35s sale to Abu Dhabi won't hurt normalization between Israel & UAE — PM Netanyahu. rt.com 
The suspension by US President Joe Biden on selling F-35 fighter jets to the UAE won't derail normalization between Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi, as the process has gone too far already, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted. | "It won't affect them," Netanyahu said, when asked about the possible impact of the announcement by Washington on relations between Israel and the UAE. | The mending of ties between the two former foes has "passed the point of no return," the prime minister insisted during a press conference broadcast on Facebook. | "Everyone understood that this [normalization deal] was a historic step…
(2021-01-28). Farmers Blame Miscreants For Maligning Their Image On Republic Day. popularresistance.org As part of their Tractor Protest Rally, thousands of farmers entered Delhi on Tuesday morning riding SUVs, cars, and wheeled farm equipment. A faction of the rally soon invaded Delhi's iconic Red Fort, leading to violent clashes with police as the farmers seek the repeal of several farm laws recently decreed by the central government. | While farm leaders in the state of Haryana and Punjab distance themselves from the events at Delhi's iconic Red Fort on India's 72nd Republic Day, saying agitation against the new farm laws has nothing to do with violence, social media continues to buzz over the possible cause of…
(2021-01-28). France Vows 'Symbolic Actions,' No Apologies For Colonisation Of Algeria. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron received a much anticipated report on France's 132-year colonial rule of Algeria and the war that led to Algeria's independence in 1962, as part of an effort towards reconciliation of historical memory between the two countries. | A specialist of contemporary Algerian history, French historian Benjamin Stora, was tasked by Macron in July with "making a precise and just inventory of the progress done in France of colonisation and the Algerian war", which remain painful subjects for millions of Algerian and French citizens nearly 60 years later. | Algerian President Ab…
(2021-01-28). Could Turkey-EU relations normalize? yenisafak.com The volatile climate that marked US foreign policy in the Donald Trump era not only harmed EU-Turkey relations, but also adversely affected US relations with the European Union. There is no question that this is not the first crisis in the transatlantic relations. For instance, the Bush administration's unilateral policies widened the gap between Washington and Brussels in 2003, as Europe and the USA, two transatlantic partners, "lost each other somewhere between Kabul and Baghdad," as Robert Kagan put it. Around the same time, we have started to hear about what began to be referred to as "two Wests". According t…
(2021-01-28). Zionists may be involved in Saied assassination: politician. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (MNA) —The secretary-general of the Tunisian "Al-Shaab" movement has said that the Zionist regime of Israel might have played a role in the assassination attempt against the Tunisian President Kais Saied.
(2021-01-28). 'Rejuvenation of Libyan patriotism' deserves full Security Council support, says UN mission chief. news.un.org The top UN official in Libya urged the Security Council on Thursday to express clear support for a new unified government in Libya, amid hopeful signs that a decade of armed conflict might finally be coming to an end.
(2021-01-28). The Right Normalizes Fascism. The Best Response: Normalize It Back. zcomm.org Before fascism can win power, it has to win support, which it seeks to do by polarizing politics to the point where only fascists represent the "true" nation…
(2021-01-28). Chad: First Country Requests Debt Relief from G20 Process. indybay.org Chad became the first country to officially seek debt reduction under a G20-established coronavirus response process.
(2021-01-28). Bobi Wine remains determined to challenge Ugandan presidential election results in court. peoplesdispatch.org On January 26, soldiers finally withdrew from the house of Boni Wine who had been under house arrest after he alleged fraud in the conduct of the electoral process…
(2021-01-27). Central African Republic: Rights expert welcomes transfer of war crimes suspect to ICC. news.un.org The handover of a former Central African Republic (CAR) militia leader and war crimes suspect to the International Criminal Court (ICC) has sent a strong warning to rebel groups, political actors and others who thrive on impunity, a UN independent human rights expert said on Wednesday.
(2021-01-27). 8.3 Million South Sudanese in Need of Humanitarian Aid. telesurenglish.net UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Tuesday warned that the number of people in South Sudan in need of aid has jumped from 7.5 million last year to 8.3 million. | RELATED: | This country of 11 million people has been devastated by internal conflict, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Those in need include 310,000 refugees and asylum seekers. | "Conflict, insecurity, and natural disasters have disp…
(2021-01-27). Famine Approaching: Tigray, Ethiopia. counterpunch.org 
First, the locusts came. It was hard to discern the impact. That's because Donald Trump was doing something stupid at the time, closely watched by the world's media. Then, on November 4, 2020, came the soldiers, the looting, the press gangs, and the rapine. If you don't know where I'm talking about, it's because only
(2021-01-27). Chicago teacher opposing return to school maligned for citing anti-Nazi poem. wsws.org The Chicago Teachers Union's support for the Anti-Defamation League's specious attack on high school teacher Stu Abram highlights the CTU's complicity in the reopening of schools, and its downplaying both the severity of the pandemic and the danger of the far right.
(2021-01-27). Erdogan says Islamophobia, xenophobia must stop. yenisafak.com The world should step up to say "stop" to Islamophobia and xenophobia which have multiplied in recent years through the use of digital platforms, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.His remarks came in a video message released on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day."The International community should take action so that tragedies such as the Holocaust, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Cambodia do not recur," he said.Erdogan said that humanity is going through a difficult period, adding that the "racism virus" has become increasingly widespread along with the pandemic.He underlined th…
(2021-01-27). Tigray's children in crisis and beyond reach, after months of conflict: UNICEF. news.un.org Three months since fighting began in Ethiopia's northern state of Tigray, there's grave concern for the plight of youngsters there, the UN Children's Fund UNICEF has warned.
(2021-01-27). 'Turkey, EU have new window of opportunity for talks'. yenisafak.com After a turbulent 2020, Turkey and the EU now have "a window of opportunity for renewed dialogue," Turkey's top diplomat said on Wednesday."We believe a genuine Turkey-EU partnership can bring about real changes in vital areas, including migration, trade, energy, security, and defense, as well as Syria, Libya, the Balkans, Caucasus, and other issues," Mevlut Cavusoglu told an online meeting with his Dutch counterpart Stef Blok during the 8th bilateral Wittenburg Conference.Cavusoglu said the past year had been a difficult one that "tested our relations with Europe."However, he said the EU "extended a hand to Turk…
(2021-01-27). Top Turkish, Azerbaijani diplomats talk pirate attack. yenisafak.com Turkey and Azerbaijan's top diplomats spoke on the phone Wednesday, in a conversation focused on last weekend's pirate attack in which 15 Turkish sailors were kidnapped and one Azerbaijani sailor was killed.Speaking to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov expressed thanks for Turkey bringing home the body of the sailor, slain in the Gulf of Guinea attack last Saturday.The two also addressed recent developments in the region during their conversation, according to diplomatic sources who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.The body of…
(2021-01-27). Iran House of Innovation, Tech. inaugurated in Nairobi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) — VP Sattari expressed hope that the inauguration of the Iran House of Innovation and Technology (IHIT) will become a turning point in bilateral economic cooperation between Iran and Kenya in East African region.
(2021-01-27). #PeacefulProtestsContinue: Farmers Blame Miscreants for Maligning Their Image on Republic Day. sputniknews.com As part of their Tractor Protest Rally, thousands of farmers entered Delhi on Tuesday morning riding SUVs, cars, and wheeled farm equipment. A faction of the rally soon invaded Delhi's iconic Red Fort, leading to violent clashes with police as the farmers seek the repeal of several farm laws recently decreed by the central government.
(2021-01-27). Rehabilitation of 1700 cape cormorant chicks in Cape Town. laprensalatina.com Volunteers assist abandoned cape cormorant chicks during rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coast Birds (SANCCOB) in Cape Town, South Africa, 27 January 2021. SANCCOB is currently rehabilitating approximately 1700 abandoned cape cormorant chicks. Scientists cite a few factors leading to the cormorants parents and colonies abandoning their young, among which …
(2021-01-27). We Must Remind President Biden That the Time to Fully Restore Net Neutrality Is Now. commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/netneutrality_1.jpg …
(2021-01-27). Blood on the Tea Leaves: Kenyan Workers Demand Reparations From Unilever. thenation.com Blood on the Tea Leaves: Kenyan Workers Demand Reparations From Unilever…
(2021-01-27). Forty-three refugees drown off Libya's coast: victims of the European Union's refugee policy. wsws.org Chief responsibility lies with the governments in Berlin, Rome, Paris, Vienna and The Hague, which have blocked all legal avenues to Europe.
(2021-01-27). Agitations in Tunisia intensify after death of a protester. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands marched to the Tunisian parliament in Tunis on Tuesday, January 26, demanding change in the political system and opposing state violence. The Tunisian police used heavy violence to prevent the protesters from reaching the parliament leading to several getting injured. | Hundreds of Tunisians started their march from Ettadhamen in Tunis, the hotspot of the current protests, to the parliament building in Bardo calling for the "overthrow of the system" and "development, jobs, freedom and dignity." More people joined in the march in various other locations on its route making it the largest protests so far…