(2021-06-16). Promoting Sustainable and Equitable Growth in Southern Africa: Lawrence Stargomena Tax. globalresearch.ca Southern African Development …
(2021-06-16). US practices bombing S-400 batteries in 'African Lion' drill. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) — The US military practiced bombing S-400 batteries in controversial 'African Lion' war games in Morocco.
(2021-06-16). The Heat: COVID-19 deaths in U.S. reach 600,000. america.cgtn.com 
The United States reaches a tragic milestone. 600,000 Americans now dead from Covid-19. And Africa suffers from a critical shortage of vaccines.
(2021-06-16). Report: Pentagon Weighs Proposals to Send Dozens of Troops Back to Somalia. news.antiwar.com According to The report said the proposal has not yet been presented to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and that it's not clear if President Biden would approve the move. So far, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) has reported no US airstrikes in Somalia since Biden came into office, marking a sharp decline in the US drone war in the country.
(2021-06-16). Houthis Shared Footage Of Saudi, Sudanese Service Members Captured During Jizan Operation. southfront.org 
Screen grab from the Houthis' video. | On June 14, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) shared footage of twelve Saudi and Sudanese service members who were captured during a recent The operation, which took place earlier this year, saw Houthi fighters reaching the town of al-Khobhd, more than 3 kilometers into Jizan. | At least 80 personnel of t…
(2021-06-16). Make Normalizing Relations with Cuba a Priority. popularresistance.org This initiative is in response to the dire economic situation in Cuba, where the economy shrank by 11 percent last year — Cuba's worst economic downturn since the early 1990s, when the country was left reeling from the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Eastern bloc. The present economic meltdown is largely a result of the COVID-induced shutdown of the tourist industry and a tightening of the embargo under Trump.
(2021-06-16). ISIS Cells Killed Libyan Army Commander In New Attack (Photos). southfront.org 
LNA commander Ali Muhammad Othman al-Tabawi. | On June 14, a commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) named Ali Muhammad Othman al-Tabawi was killed in an attack by ISIS cells in Libya's southwestern region. | "Al-Tabawi was killed as a result of a blast caused by a landmine, which had been planted by terrorist groups in the Haruj Mountains, while he was on a reconnaissance patrol near Tamsa in southwestern Libya," al-Munzir al-Khartush, a spokesman for the LNA military media, said. | Al-Tabawi was the co…
(2021-06-16). NATO's Post-Summit Mission: Build Global Alliance against China, Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Rozoff After the one-day NATO summit in Brussels concluded on Monday, the bloc's general secretary, Jens Stoltenberg, gave an address before members of the Western press corps, answering several questions. His comments consisted of a summary of the results of the summit, which was a mere formality ("All leaders agreed that…Europe and North America…
(2021-06-16). Riots and resistance 10 years after the Tunisian Revolution. roarmag.org Sign that reads "We would love to live in our country" during a protest in Tunis on June 12, 2021. Photo by This essay was produced in collaboration with the On the tenth anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution on Janu…
(2021-06-16). Ethiopian Officials Check Aid Convoys to Make Sure They Carry Food, not Weapons. indybay.org I produced this news report for Pacifica/KPFA Radio's Saturday Evening Newscast on June 12, 2021. The attached audio file is 3 minutes and 31 seconds long.
(2021-06-16). Erdogan in the Caucasus: Iran, Russia, Armenia ignore threat at their own peril. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Erdogan in the Caucasus: Iran, Russia, Armenia ignore threat at their own perilRick Rozoff "I still feel most suspicious of the Talaat Pashas, the Kemals and the Envers who are apparently dreaming of setting up a Moslem state to include the Trans-Caspian region, Transcaucasia with Daghestan, Asia Minor and, it seems, Egypt. One feels this …
(2021-06-15). The Coup that is Taking Place in Peru. libya360.wordpress.com José Carlos Llerena, Vijay Prashad Keiko Fujimori and Fernando Rospigliosi. While by all accounts, Pedro Castillo won the second round presidential elections, his adversary has refused to concede, and many fear that tensions could escalate with the help of Peru's loyal right and the newly appointed US ambassador Pedro Castillo of the Perú Libre party…
(2021-06-15). The Coup Taking Place in Peru. libya360.wordpress.com José Carlos Llerena, Vijay Prashad Keiko Fujimori and Fernando Rospigliosi. While by all accounts, Pedro Castillo won the second round presidential elections, his adversary has refused to concede, and many fear that tensions could escalate with the help of Peru's loyal right and the newly appointed US ambassador Pedro Castillo of the Perú Libre party…
(2021-06-15). US Abduction Of Venezuelan Diplomat, A Global Challenge. popularresistance.org With the possible extradition of a Venezuelan diplomat to the US on bogus charges, an emergency human rights delegation organized by the International Campaign to Free Alex Saab was quickly dispatched to Cabo Verde, where he is imprisoned. This island archipelago nation off the west coast of Africa is one of the smallest, poorest, and geographically isolated countries in the world. | The international human rights delegation did not gain Alex Saab's freedom. They were even denied a visit with him. But breakthroughs were made raising the visibility of the case, which involves enormous political, legal, and moral i…
(2021-06-15). Biden's European gang. workers.org 
To grasp the essence of the meetings in Europe, in which Joe Biden has been talking nicely to Washington's predatory imperialist allies, we should examine their historical precedent: the 1884-1885 Berlin Conference to divide and plunder the African continent. Armed with this historical perspective, it is easy to debunk Washington . . . |
(2021-06-15). Breaking the ties between the Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) and the Israeli Histadrut is a trade union, political and ethical duty. samidoun.net 
The following article was initially published in Spanish at El Salto Diario. by Liliana Córdova Kaczerginski, Jaldia Abubakra, and Daniel Lobato Bellido Context The definition of Israel as an apartheid state is beginning to spread internationally and unstoppably. In 2009 Palestinian and South African academics published a comprehensive report that determined that Israel was committing the crime of apartheid. The Russell Tribunal on Palestine, with the participation of the emeritus magistrate of the Spanish Supreme Court, José Antonio Martín Pallín, ruled in 2010 that Israel exercises systematic apartheid. Also tw…
(2021-06-15). Drug-Resistant Malaria Detected in Africa Will Require Monitoring. jamanetwork.com Evidence in Africa that the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has developed genetic variants that confer partial resistance to the antimalarial drug artemisinin is a warning of potential treatment failure on the horizon, a drug-resistance monitoring study suggested.
(2021-06-15). Outrage in Namibia at Berlin's apology offering. challenge-magazine.org The Nava and Ovaherero people of Namibia have spoken out in outrage against the feeble strings-attached apology the German government has given for the genocide carried out between 1904 and 1908. | Apartheid in the southern African country, which was a German colony between 1884 and 1915, legally ended in 1994. Viewed through an economic lens though, apartheid persists. 44% of land in Namibia is commercially owned, an area of land larger than Germany. Over 70% of the land is owned by whites, who make up only 6% of the population. Groups such as the Landless People's Movement argue that the introduction of libe…
(2021-06-15). What's Not Being Said About the Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine. "Human Guinea Pigs"? globalresearch.ca The Pharma giant Pfizer use an experimental technology known as gene editing, specifically mRNA gene-editing, something never before used in vaccines. Before we rush to get jabbed in hopes of some immunity, we should know more about the radical experimental technology and its lack of precision.
(2021-06-15). McCarthyite Meltdown Shows how Russiagate, Syria Propaganda Captured 'Left' Media. orinocotribune.com 
By Aaron Maté — Jun 8, 2021 | In slandering me, The Young Turks demonstrated how Western chauvinism and careerism have been normalized in progressive media spaces. | On a recent episode of The Young Turks, the self-described "Home of Progressives", hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian disparaged me in a McCarthyite rant. The apparent trigger was a mocking comment that I had tweeted at Uygur, in which I described a recent post of his about Israel-Palestine as "the worst tweet of all time." ( Israelis & Palestin…
(2021-06-15). Genocide and War Crimes: The Effects of "Sanctions" Against Syria. libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad In Venezuela we have experienced the direct offensive of U.S. unilateral coercive measures (UCM) first hand. But we are not the only country that has been a victim of the financial-economic-commercial criminality of the United States and its "partners", nor the last to suffer its consequences. Other peoples in their struggle of resistance…
(2021-06-15). Pro-establishment National Liberation Front takes lead in Algerian polls that saw record low turnout. peoplesdispatch.org The elections saw only 30.2% of voters taking part, with almost 18 million of a total of 24.5 million choosing to not vote, in line with the boycott call by the Hirak movement and some leftist parties…
(2021-06-15). Selected Articles: Video: Bill Gates' Vaccine Experiment with Indian Tribal Girls in 2009. globalresearch.ca 
By Indian tribal girls were used as guinea pigs. With 1.3 billion people, India is a good base for pharmaceutical companies to …
(2021-06-15). From the Tulsa massacre to George Floyd: Race, class and state in the United States. greenleft.org.au The police killing of Black man George Floyd last May revealed how deep racism remains in the United States, writes Malik Miah.
(2021-06-15). Truthful Accounts — A View From Nicaragua. popularresistance.org Efforts to depict journalism as if it ever existed in the idealized form of its propagandists have become increasingly ridiculous. Journalism, like accountancy, is just another sub-category of reporting. Like accountancy and other reporting activities, journalistic reporting can be good or bad, exceptional or mediocre, honest or criminal. Among the most insidious fables people in the West tell themselves is that European and North American countries promote honest reporting and freedom of expression. However, countries from Libya, Iran and Syria to Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela offer undeniable examples of how ab…
(2021-06-15). Zambia: Two Political Parties Suspended Due to Violence. telesurenglish.net The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) on Tuesday suspended two major political parties from holding campaigns in some districts due to continued violence by the supporters. | RELATED: | Authorities suspended the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) and the main opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) after they failed to tame their supporters from engaging in violence. | The ECZ Chief Officer Patrick Nshindano said the…
(2021-06-15). Ethiopian Officials Check Aid Convoys to Make Sure They Carry Food, not Weapons. indybay.org I produced this news report for Pacifica/KPFA Radio's Saturday Evening Newscast on June 12, 2021. The attached audio file is 3 minutes and 31 seconds long.
(2021-06-15). China Responds to NATO. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Rozoff After months of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg mercilessly — tediously — denouncing Russia and China ahead of yesterday's summit, the communiqué issued after it finally raised China's ire. Two of the document's 79 points addressed China. The second was conciliatory; the first was confrontational. It was the first time the 30-nation military…
(2021-06-15). Protests against police brutality in Tunisia met with more violence. peoplesdispatch.org The Tunisian League of Human Rights (LTDH) in a statement condemned the violence unleashed by the security forces. They accused the government of prime minister Hichem Mechichi of trying to "silence the voices of protest."