(2021-11-29). Honduras: 12 Years Later, Defeat of the Coup d'état Regime. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Colors of the National party (blue) and Libre party (red). Drawing. Internet According to the preliminary computation of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal on the results of the 2021 general elections, after 40% of the vote tallies, Xiomara Castro, candidate of the Libre party, obtained more than 53% of the votes, followed by Nasry…
(2021-11-29). Honduras: Xiomara Castro de Zelaya Proclaimed President-Elect. libya360.wordpress.com Xiomara Castro, proclaimed president-elect of Honduras and first woman to govern the country, celebrated her triumph at the polls this Sunday and announced that she will form a government of "reconciliation", of "peace and justice". Although the scrutiny continues, the candidate of the Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre) is imposed with a wide advantage to…
(2021-11-29). Headlines for November 29, 2021. democracynow.org South Africa Blasts Travel Bans As Countries Race to Curb Spread of Omicron Variant, Federal Govt Sends Health Workers to Michigan, Which Leads U.S. COVID Surge, Jury Finds Ahmaud Arbery's Three White Killers Guilty of Murder, Shipwreck Kills 27 Refugees in Largest Recorded Tragedy in English Channel, Opposition Leader Xiomara Castro Claims Victory After Record Turnout in Honduras Election, Ukraine's Zelensky Says He is Target of Imminent Coup as Allies Warn of Possible Russian Invasion, High Death Toll Reported as Ethiopian Soldiers Press Offensive in Afar Region, Oil Well Rupture Leaves Niger Delta Residents Hu…
(2021-11-29). Omicron strain reaches North America. rt.com 
Two cases of the Omicron strain have been confirmed in Canada, while President Biden is considering the US response to the heavily mutated Covid-19 variant, even as it remains unclear if it is more dangerous than other variants. | "Today, the province of Ontario has confirmed two cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Ottawa, both of which were reported in individuals with recent travel from Nigeria," the Ontario province government said in a statement on Sunday. | Read more | | Canada alread…
(2021-11-29). US Scrambles To Take Actions Over Omicron's Chilling Effect. telesurenglish.net The newly-discovered Omicron variant of COVID-19 in South Africa has raised fears about the global trajectory of the pandemic, while some countries including the United States have raced to impose travel restrictions on southern African countries. | RELATED: | On Friday, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that his country will impose travel restrictions on eight African countries including South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe…
(2021-11-29). Travel Bans Due To Omicron To Affect South African Economy. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Premier of Western Cape Alain Winde said that travel bans on South Africa due to the new Omicron coronavirus variant will be "devastating" for the provincial economy as the local government is seeking for a recovery on its key tourism sector from COVID-19 impact. | RELATED: | The economy of Western Cape, South Africa's popular tourism destination that hosts the legislative capital Cape Town, relies on in…
(2021-11-29). Health Justice Advocates Say Vaccine Equity, Not "Racist" Travel Bans, Will Stop the Omicron Variant. democracynow.org 
We go to Cape Town, South Africa, to speak with a leading health justice advocate about how scientists in the country have identified a new Omicron coronavirus variant, and the World Health Organization warns it could be more transmissible than previous variants. Against the advice of the WHO, several countries have closed their borders to foreign travelers. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa criticized the travel bans and called on wealthy nations to help poorer nations gain greater access to COVID vaccines. The bans are "actually quite racist," says Fatima Hassan, founder and director of Health Justice Ini…
(2021-11-29). Countries close borders to foreigners amid Omicron fears. rt.com 
Japan will close its border to foreign nationals, including business travelers and students from Tuesday, marking one of the most severe responses to the emergence of Omicron. Israel shut its borders from midnight on Sunday. | Speaking on Monday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced the imminent closure of the border to non-Japanese nationals from Tuesday. "This is a preventive, emergency measure to avoid a worst-case scenario," Kishida told reporters at the Prime Minister's office. | The measures apply to all foreign nationals with the exception of those who are residents of Japan. "These are temporary, exc…
(2021-11-29). Ethiopia Conflict by US Design. dissidentvoice.org Supported by America and other foreign forces, including elements within United Nations (UN) agencies, The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) is attempting to overthrow the democratically elected Government of Ethiopia and regain power. This would be disastrous for the country and the region. The impact of the year-long conflict is devastating. Perhaps as many as …
(2021-11-29). Xi says China will work with African countries on poverty alleviation, agriculture. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday pledged to carry out 10 projects on poverty alleviation and agriculture, and send 500 agricultural experts to aid Africa."ÄÄ"ÄÄ…
(2021-11-29). Erdogan's Expansion into Africa intensifies. journal-neo.org 
After the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in Turkey in 2002, became one of the main priorities of Erdogan's foreign policy. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan does not spend a year without touring Africa: since coming to power in 2002, he has visited 31 African countries, some more than once, notably Algeria, Senegal, …
(2021-11-29). South Africa puts Canada to shame regarding Palestine. dissidentvoice.org 
Like Canada, South Africa is a former British colony and settler state. But the divide between these two countries regarding the world's most aggressive ongoing European colonialism is stark. While Pretoria assists Palestinians by advocating the boycott of a cultural event, Canadians subsidize huge private donations to a wealthy apartheid state. On November 13 the …
(2021-11-28). Keep borders open despite Covid variants, WHO pleads. rt.com 
The World Health Organization has encouraged countries to keep their borders open, despite fears about the Omicron variant of Covid-19, as South Africa denounces global travel restrictions that it has called "unjustified." | Avoiding shutting down borders, the WHO said, will prevent a "heavy burden on lives and livelihoods." | If restrictions are put in place, the organization warned, they should not be "unnecessarily invasive or intrusive." | .
(2021-11-28). Foreign tourists flock to South African airports in bid to urgently leave country. tass.com The new omicron strain of the novel coronavirus is spreading in South Africa…
(2021-11-28). COVID: Unclear if Variant Omicron More Transmissible or Severe. telesurenglish.net It is not yet clear whether the Omicron COVID-19 variant is more transmissible, or causes more severe disease compared to other variants including Delta, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday. | RELATED: | WHO said it's not yet clear whether Omicron is more easily spread from person to person compared to other variants, even though the number of people testing positive has risen in South Africa where this…
(2021-11-28). US, European Diplomats Secretly Plan Ethiopian 'Transition Government' With TPLF Leader. orinocotribune.com 
Video footage has emerged of several Western diplomats meeting with leaders of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), showing them frankly discussing plans to overthrow Ethiopia's democratically-elected president, Abiy Ahmed. Abiy arrived at the front lines on Wednesday to take personal control over the effort to halt the TPLF's offensive. | Top US, UK and European Union diplomats with longstanding connections to Ethiopia during its 27 years of TPLF rule met on Zoom on Sunday with a "chief representative" of the TPLF, trading ideas about the group's potential to seize power and the Ethiopian National Defens…
(2021-11-28). Turkey's Expansion into Central Asia Intensifies. journal-neo.org 
Under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, claiming the role of a new regional superpower, Turkey has been increasingly active in recent decades pursuing an independent foreign policy with an attempt to position itself as the key state of the so-called "Afrasia," that is, as a link between Africa, Asia, and Europe. Recently the Turkish …
(2021-11-28). "We are Human Guinea Pigs": Alarming Casualty Rates for mRNA Vaccines Warrant Urgent Action. globalresearch.ca Official US and EU data confirm alarming numbers of deaths and permanent paralysis as well as other severe side effects from the experimental mRNA vaccines. It is now clear that we are being asked to be human guinea pigs in an experiment that could alter the human gene structure and far worse.
(2021-11-28). Women Have Always Been at the Forefront of Sudanese Resistance. libya360.wordpress.com Shadia Abdel Moneim Women protesters in Khartoum, Sudan April 2019 | Ala Kheir/DPA/PA Images. All rights reserved A military coup carried out last month threatens to roll back the gains made in the 2019 revolution that overthrew al-Bashir's brutal regime Protests against authoritarianism and military regimes are not new to Sudan. Even the revolution that…
(2021-11-28). Omar Condemns GOP for Letting Boebert's "Anti-Muslim Bigotry" Go Unpunished. truthout.org 
Rep. Ilhan Omar on Saturday condemned her GOP colleagues' inaction following the recent publication by Rep. Lauren Boebert of an anti-Muslim video in which the Colorado Republican lies about the Somali-American lawmaker being mistaken for a suspected suicide bomber inside the U.S. Capitol. | "These anti-Muslim attacks aren't about my ideas but about my identity and it's clear," Omar (D-Minn.) Addressing House Minority…
(2021-11-28). Sudan Coup: The Names And Faces Of The Protesters Killed. popularresistance.org On 25 October, Sudan's top general, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, declared a state of emergency in the country, ousting the government and detaining the country's civilian leadership, including Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. The military takeover, which upended a two-year transition to civilian rule, was widely denounced by critics as a coup, and sparked a nationwide protest movement that has been violently repressed by armed forces. One month later, the independent Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) has tallied the names of 42 protesters who have been killed between 21 October – one of the first protests aga…