(2021-09-29). 20 Years After Durban: Africans and Afro-Descendants Colonized or Emancipated? libya360.wordpress.com Mireille Fanon Mendes France The 20th anniversary of the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) is an opportunity to analyze the state of African descended people. Reparations for centuries of crimes against humanity must still be paid. At the end of the Durban -2001- conference, the international community, many NGOs, social movements and members of what…
(2021-09-29). Guinea Coup Leaders Reject ECOWAS Initiatives. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-29). VIDEO: Voices for a nuclear free Indo-Pacific. greenleft.org.au The Australian's government's surprise September 16 announcement that Australia was in a new security alliance with the United States, Britain and Australia — AUKUS — formalises its war drive against China.
(2021-09-29). Haitian migrants brutalised at US-Mexico border, deported. greenleft.org.au Nearly 15,000 Haitian migrants camped on the Mexico-Texas border were rounded up by US border patrol agents on horseback, reports Malik Miah.
(2021-09-29). Sharing Mayo Clinic: Genetics connects family members at the hip. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Before they went through testing at Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Barbara Domaille, Deborah Neville, Pamela Neville, and Rylie Ronnenberg thought there could be a genetic connection to the hip problems they shared. After the testing, they knew for sure. ___________________________________ As family members, Barbara Domaille, Deborah Neville, Pamela Neville, and Rylie Ronnenberg share many things in common that they treasure, and only one they wish they didn't: a hip abnormality called femoroacetabular impingement. After undergoing genetic…
(2021-09-29). At Least 40 Killed In Jihadist Attacks On Villages In Nigeria. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | In Nigeria, more than 40 people have been killed since September 26th in two village attacks by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria, where a military base was also attacked by jihadists."Unidentified men attacked (Sunday) the village of Madamai in Kaura district … 34 residents were killed in the attack. Seven were injured," Kaduna State security chief Samuel Aruwan said in a statement. | "Soldiers were dispatched to the scene of the attack, where they came under fire, befor…
(2021-09-29). Tunisia's President Saied appoints first woman prime minister. middleeasteye.net 
Tunisia's President Saied appoints first woman prime minister | Appointment of Najla Bouden Romdhane comes as Kais Saied faces growing domestic and international pressure to form a government | Wed, 09/29/2021 – 11: 41 | Najla Boudin Romdhane is a university engineering professor with World Bank experience (Tunisian presidency/Twitter) | Tunisian President Kais Saied has appointed Najla Bo…
(2021-09-28). Chuck Africa — Rest in power! workers.org 
After a four-year struggle with cancer, Charles "Chuck" Sims Africa of the MOVE 9 died on Sept. 20. Sims, 61, was the youngest member of the MOVE 9 and the last to be released on parole, Feb. 7, 2020, after serving 42 years in prison. His battle with cancer started . . . |
(2021-09-28). New USAFE leader Bosnia, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq veteran; predecessor rotated to NATO. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com USAFE-AFAFRICA welcomes new command chief Chief Master Sgt. Benjamin W. Hedden was selected as the new U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa command chief master sergeant. Hedden entered the Air Force in August of 1995 and has served in key leadership positions at the group, squadron and flight levels. He was also …
(2021-09-28). Algeria-Morocco: Heightened tensions as Rabat receives new combat drones from Turkey. middleeasteye.net 
Algeria-Morocco: Heightened tensions as Rabat receives new combat drones from Turkey | Closed airspace, halted gas supplies, purchase of weapons: the diplomatic crisis between Algiers and Rabat deepens | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 15: 40 | Morocco received 13 Bayraktar TB2 combat drones in mid-September (AFP) | Weeks after
(2021-09-28). Egypt releases prominent Salafi preachers from prison. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt releases prominent Salafi preachers from prison | Mahmoud Shaaban, Ashraf Abdel Moneim, Hisham Mashali, and Saad Fayyad are members of the Salafist Front that was founded in 2011 after it split from the Salafist Call | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 15: 45 | Egypt's public prosecution decided on Tuesday to release the Salafist cleric Mahmoud Shaaban, according to his lawyer (Twitter) | Egypt released on Tuesday four…
(2021-09-28). Biden official meets Saudi crown prince days before anniversary of Khashoggi killing. middleeasteye.net 
Biden official meets Saudi crown prince days before anniversary of Khashoggi killing | National security adviser Jake Sullivan discussed the war in Yemen and will later visit United Arab Emirates and Egypt | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 14: 33 | National security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a daily press briefing at the White House on 23 August 2021 (AFP) | US national security adviser Jake Sullivan held talks ab…
(2021-09-28). Arabic press review: Palestinians welcome UK Labour Party support for sanctions on Israel. middleeasteye.net 
Arabic press review: Palestinians welcome UK Labour Party support for sanctions on Israel | Meanwhile, prominent Egyptian journalist goes on hunger strike, Saudi Arabia sees 8.5% fall in foreign workers and hundreds of Kuwaitis fall victims to cyber | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 15: 26 | Audience voting at the UK Labour Party's conference in Brighton on 26 September 2021 (Reuters) | Abbas says Labour…
(2021-09-28). Egypt again postpones trial of prominent rights activist Patrick Zaki. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt again postpones trial of prominent rights activist Patrick Zaki | University researcher was arrested in 2020 following publication of an article about the plight of Egypt's Christians | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 14: 50 | Egyptian authorities arrested Patrick Zaki in February last year, on charges including the spreading of false news (Twitter) | An Egyptian court postponed the trial of prominent rights activist…
(2021-09-28). André Vltchek: In Memoriam. dissidentvoice.org 
In Kenya during Al-Shabaab standoff (September 24, 2013) On 22 September 2020, André Vltchek quietly passed away on a night-ride from the Black Sea in Turkey to Istanbul, accompanied by his wife, Rossie. He just fell asleep in the back seat of a chauffeur-driven car and didn't wake up. His legacy is diverse, heavy in …
(2021-09-28). ICC's Chief Prosecutor Proposes to Exclude US Troops from Afghan War Crimes Probe. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Photo: ICC The decision by ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan to exclude US forces from the investigation has invited widespread criticism, with some calling it an attempt at selective justice In a surprise move, the International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan in a statement on Monday, September 27, said that he…
(2021-09-28). Venezuela's Efforts to Overcome the Pandemic, Political Crisis, and Sanctions: Interview with Carlos Ron. libya360.wordpress.com On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Peoples Dispatch spoke with Carlos Ron, Venezuela's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America. From positive advances in the dialogue process between the constitutional government and the opposition forces, to strengthening regional unity in the CELAC summit, to bringing together 18 countries…
(2021-09-28). Tunisians mobilize against president's autocratic decisions. peoplesdispatch.org Most of the political groups in the country are divided on Saied's move, with some of them openly supporting it and calling it a much-needed "reform process" in the country. However, leftist parties in the country, such as the Workers Party, opposed president Saied's move calling it a coup.
(2021-09-28). Tunisia: Global rights groups slam president's 'power grab'. middleeasteye.net 
Tunisia: Global rights groups slam president's 'power grab' | Around 20 organisations issue statement warning of a slide back towards authoritarianism under Kais Saied | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 11: 36 | 'The people want the fall of the coup,' protesters chanted in the centre of Tunis along Habib Bourguiba Avenue (AFP) | Around 20 global and Tunisian human rights groups have condemned a "power gr…
(2021-09-28). Tunisian parties launch movement against President Kais Saied's power grab. middleeasteye.net 
Tunisian parties launch movement against President Kais Saied's power grab | Democratic Current, the Republican Party, Afek Tounes, and Ettakatol pledged to do whatever is required to restore the constitution | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 20: 05 | Ghazi Chawashi (L), from the Democratic Current Party, Khalil Zaouia from the Ettakatol Party, Fadhel Abdelkefi from the Afek Tounes Party and Issam Chebbi (R), of the Republi…
(2021-09-28). Flotilla Protest at Manchin's Yacht Tells Right-Wing Democrat: 'Don't Sink Our Bill'. commondreams.org While Uganda's Nakate said humanity "cannot adapt to extinction," Thunberg from Sweden said lack of action is "a betrayal of all present and future generations."