(2021-07-06). United States Bribes Cape Verde $440 Million in Exchange for Alex Saab's Extradition. orinocotribune.com On the eve of Cape Verde's independence day, coincidentally the same day as Venezuela's—July 5—the United States government announced an investment of $439 million to build a new US embassy facility on a 4.5-hectare area of land adjacent to the Government Palace in Praia, capital of the West African country. Of that money $100 million will go directly into the Cape Verdean economy. | The project would "pay tribute to the long-standing relations" between Praia and Washington, US Ambassador to Cape Verde Jeff Daigle said when he made the announcement on Sunday,…
(2021-07-06). Democratic Party establishment lines up against Nina Turner in Ohio congressional election. wsws.org James Clyburn and Hillary Clinton have endorsed an opponent of the Sanders-affiliated candidate in the heavily African American district.
(2021-07-06). Defending Our Sovereignty: US Military Bases in Africa and the Future of African Unity. libya360.wordpress.com Tricontinental Some of AFRICOM's known permanent and semi-permanent military bases on the African continent, 2019. How do you visualise the footprint of Empire? The images in this dossier map some of AFRICOM's military bases on the African continent — both 'enduring' and 'non-enduring', as they are officially called. The satellite photos were gathered by data…
(2021-07-06). Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. indybay.org The institution of slavery is inextricably woven into the establishment, history, and prosperity of the United States. Constitutionally and statutorily sanctioned from 1619 to 1865, slavery deprived more than four million Africans and their descendants of life, liberty, citizenship, cultural heritage, and economic opportunity…
(2021-07-06). South Sudan: UNICEF warns of 'desperation and hopelessness' for children 10 years after independence. news.un.org Ten years after South Sudan achieved independence, more children there are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance than ever before, the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, said on Tuesday.
(2021-07-06). UN appeals for resupply of aid and fuel in Tigray region. news.un.org Humanitarian operations have been gradually resuming in the war-ravaged Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, but resupply of aid and fuel for civilians caught up in the fighting is urgently needed, the United Nations said on Tuesday, citing information from its emergency relief agency, OCHA.
(2021-07-06). As US withdrawal from Afghanistan proceeds, Putin offers support to Tajikistan after Kabul's troops cross border fleeing Taliban. rt.com 
After fierce fighting forced Afghan troops to take refuge across the border in neighboring Tajikistan, Russia has pledged its support for the former Soviet republic in securing its mountainous frontiers against further incursions. | In a statement issued by the Kremlin on Monday, officials revealed that President Vladimir Putin had raised the issue in a call with his Tajik counterpart, Emomali Rahmon. During the exchange, the Russian leader "confirmed his readiness to provide Tajikistan with the necessary support" to resolve the growing crisis. The challenges, Moscow said, have been caused "by the escalation o…
(2021-07-06). Mind-Stretching Summertime Book Recommendations. counterpunch.org 1. Honor Thy Label: Dr. Bronner's Unconventional Journey to a Clean, Green, and Ethical Supply Chain by Gero Leson. Dr. Leson, Bronner's vice president, tells the inside story of pioneering efforts for "building and scaling" ethical production, cooperating with suppliers in Sri Lanka, Ghana, India, Palestine, and beyond, and embracing Fair Trade and Regenerative organic agriculture. 2. To Be A Water Protector:
(2021-07-06). Headlines for July 6, 2021. democracynow.org WHO Warns Against Dropping Public Health Measures as Delta Coronavirus Variant Spreads , President Biden Says Getting Vaccinated Is "Most Patriotic Thing You Can Do", U.N. Says 400,000 in Ethiopia's Tigray Region Are in Famine, with 1.8 Million on the Brink, U.S.-Trained Honduran Ex-Military Officer Found Guilty of Participating in Murder of Berta Cáceres, Tropical Storm Elsa Makes History as Worsening Climate Crisis Bakes Northern Hemisphere, "Eye of Fire" Erupts from Ruptured Pipeline Near Gulf of Mexico Oil Platform, Black Community in Memphis Defeats Oil Pipeline That Threatened Water Supply, Jessica Reznicek…
(2021-07-06). 18 Hirak activists freed on Algerian independence day. peoplesdispatch.org There are still close to 300 political detainees being held in prisons in Algeria. The president has indicated that more releases will take place in the days to come…
(2021-07-06). Canada's 2020 Euthanasia Report and "Assisted Suicide": Almost 8000 People Died by Lethal Injection, 1412 People Died Because of Loneliness and 4% of Deaths in BC Were Euthanasia. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-06). Internet Shutdown And Detention And Torture Of Journalists In Eswatini. popularresistance.org "We stand with New Frame and Mndebele and Mbuyisa who have taken risks to their personal security and safety in order to break the communication shutdown and tell the stories of those risking their lives to fight an oppressive government. The attacks they suffered are not isolated, and are part of the larger repressive attacks on dissent and democratic freedoms by the government in eSwatini."
(2021-07-06). War criminal Rumsfeld dies, but his militarist legacy lives on. indybay.org The crimes for which Rumsfeld is justifiably detested the world over have in the course of past two decades been fully normalized by US imperialism under Democrats and Republicans alike.
(2021-07-06). Vaccine Billionaires and Human Guinea Pigs. dissidentvoice.org How do you make a potentially dangerous and ineffective drug appear like a miracle of modern science? You could, for instance, enrol only certain people in clinical trials and exclude others or bring the study to a close as soon as you see a spike in the data that implies evidence of effectiveness. There are …
(2021-07-05). Freedom of press, information at risk in eSwatini following internet shutdown and detention and torture of 'New Frame' journalists. liberationnews.org 
This joint statement was issued in response to the arrest and torture of journalists from the South African outlet New Frame who were covering the people's uprising underway in eSwatini against the country's despotic monarchy.
(2021-07-05). Southern African Leaders Discuss Regional Economic Integration. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-05). Ethiopia wracked by internal war and inter-state conflict as famine rages in Tigray. wsws.org Abiy's loss of Mekelle marks a turning point in a war that has plunged Ethiopia, Africa's second most populous country of 112 million people, into chaos amid escalating ethnic conflicts around the country.
(2021-07-05). Crackdown on pro-democracy forces in Swaziland continues. peoplesdispatch.org Pro-democracy forces in Swaziland, which are enduring a crackdown by the army of absconding King Mswati, have condemned the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) for failing to acknowledge the legitimacy of the protesters' demands and understating atrocities committed against them by the security forces last week. | On Sunday, July 4, an SADC delegation met the government on its visit to Swaziland, but failed to hear the opposition parties which have been banned by the monarchy since 1973. The delegation was led by Mokgweetsi Masisi, the president of Botswana and the chairperson of SADC's Organ on Politics…
(2021-07-05). Crackdown on Pro-Democracy Forces in Swaziland (eSwatini) Continues. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Swazis marching in Pretoria, South Africa, calling for the expulsion of the Swazi Embassy. Photo: CPS Pro-democracy parties in Swaziland have criticized the delegation of Southern Africa Development Community for understating the atrocities committed by the army of King Mswati Pro-democracy forces in Swaziland, which are enduring a crackdown by the army of…
(2021-07-05). Armed Group Abducts Secondary School Students in Nigeria. telesurenglish.net Gunmen attacked a boarding school and abducted 137 students in Chikun, Kaduna state, Nigeria, in the early hours of Monday morning. | RELATED: | "At the moment we have rescued seventeen students but the number of abducted students is yet to be determined," Kaduna Police spokesperson Mohamed Jalge said. | The attackers entered Bethel Baptist College firing shots before taking about 137 students, said John Hayab,…
(2021-07-05). Algerian leftist party leader Fethi Ghares arrested on trumped up charges. peoplesdispatch.org Algerian opposition politician and head of the leftist Democratic and Social Movement Party (MDS) Fethi Ghares was arrested by the police. He has been arrested on multiple charges, including for allegedly "insulting the president" and "dissemination of information that could undermine national unity." According to the prisoners' rights group, National Committee for the Liberation of Detainees (CNLD), plain clothes-policemen arrested him from his home in Algiers. | After obtaining a search warrant, the police brought him back to his home and proceeded to conduct a search, following which Ghares was taken to an und…
(2021-07-05). Israeli and PA Forces Conduct Mass Arrests of Palestinian Protesters. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Nizar Banat's mother carries a photo of her son during a march calling for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's resignation on July 3, 2021. Photo : The Times of Israel Human rights lawyers and activists have been arrested in Palestine.The arrests were conducted reportedly in relati on to their participation in protests that…
(2021-07-05). Is Foreign Meddling in Ethiopia Actually a Proxy War Against China? globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-05). Pakistan: Police Superintendent Malik Imtiaz Mahmood Drops Dead Minutes after Experimental COVID-19 "Vaccine" asia-pacificresearch.com
(2021-07-05). Selected Articles: Vaccine Billionaires and Human Guinea Pigs. globalresearch.ca 
By How do you make a potentially dangerous and ineffective drug appear like a miracle of modern science? You could, for instance, enrol only certain people in clinical …
(2021-07-05). TPLF Parades Its 7,000 POWs In Tigray's Capital. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) held a parade in Tigray's capital — Makelle. | They showcased more than 7,000 Ethiopian soldiers taken prisoners in the fights. | There are however claims that the number of the captive soldiers may have been exaggerated and they may in fact include some Eritrean and Somali soldiers who are alleged to have fought on the side of the Ethiopian national army. | TPLF marched into the city this week after local officials and federal government troo…
(2021-07-05). Military Situation In Somalia On July 5, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 4, Mohamed Abdi Suubiye, a senior Al-Shabaab commander was killed by Somalian Army in Darussalam village in Aadan Yabaal town | On July 4, at least 10 Al-Shabaab militants were killed after militants attacked a security checkpoint on the road between Dhusamareb town and El-Dhere village | On July 4, at least 10 people were killed in a suicide explosion in Mogadishu ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections | On July 4, two were killed and two other wounded by…
(2021-07-05). UN Chief Expresses Deep Concern Over Situation in Tigray. telesurenglish.net United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday expressed his deep concern over the situation in Ethiopia's Tigray. | RELATED: | "I'm deeply concerned with the present situation in Tigray," said the top UN official. | "It is essential to have a real ceasefire paving the way for a dialogue able to bring a political solution to Tigray," he added. | The secretary-general stressed that the presence of foreign troo…
(2021-07-05). War criminal Rumsfeld dies, but his militarist legacy lives on. indybay.org The crimes for which Rumsfeld is justifiably detested the world over have in the course of past two decades been fully normalized by US imperialism under Democrats and Republicans alike.
(2021-07-05). On 100th Anniversary Of CCP, Namibian Rossing Miners Call On Xi-Jinping To Rehire Miners. indybay.org On the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, the nine fired union leaders of the Mineworkers Union Of Namibia Rossing Branch mine called on CCP Chair Xi-Jinping to order their rehiring at Chinese state owned Chinese National Nuclear Corporation owned mine at Rossing…
(2021-07-05). Freedom of press, information at risk in eSwatini following internet shutdown and detention and torture of 'New Frame' journalists. peoplesdispatch.org Joint declaration from international progressive media projects condemning the detention and torture of two 'New Frame' journalists in eSwatini while they were covering the protests there…
(2021-07-05). Ever-Widening Arc: Mongolia, Turkey United in Framework of NATO Partnership. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Rozoff On July Turkey's Daily Sabah featured an opinion piece by the Mongolian ambassador to Turkey, Ravdan Bold, entitled Mongolia, Turkey friendship toward strategic partnership. He began his article by drawing parallels between the histories of the two countries. In only the second sentence, however, he denounced the only two nations bordering his own…
(2021-07-05). The Real Role of NGOs in Venezuela. libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad) It is important to identify that NGOs, here and everywhere, are administrators of the global system, non-state agents that function as incubated centers of training, propagation and even involvement in legal matters (Photo: Juan Díaz / Misión Verdad). Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) began to expand in the context of the Cold War and the…
(2021-07-05). Turkey Inaugurates NATO-Backed Bloc from Balkans to Chinese Border. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Rozoff Turkey has recently hosted and led several military exercises with the word Anatolian (Anadolu) as part of their code names, but two in particular, occurring simultaneously, warrant close examination. They are Anatolian 21 and Anatolian Eagle 2021: the first a special operations exercise and the second an air combat one. Anatolian 21 is…
(2021-07-05). U.S. Military in Okinawa Devastates the Local Environment. libya360.wordpress.com Pat Elder Map: The red "X" shows "locations where firefighting water that contains organo-fluorine compound (PFAS) is believed to have flowed." The spot marked with four characters above is "Tengan Pier." [Source: ryukyushimpo.jp] On June 10, 2021, 2,400 liters of "firefighting water" containing PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) were accidentally released from the U.S. Army…