(2021-03-29). African Branch of ISIS Plans to Form Islamic Caliphate in Mozambique. globalresearch.ca The security situation on the African continent is close to chaos. …
(2021-03-29). COVID-19 Speeds up Change Towards New Public Health in Africa. telesurenglish.net The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Director John Nkengasong said the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent health and socio-economic challenges have accelerated partnerships for innovation in Africa towards building new public health order. | RELATED: | "Whilst COVID-19 has been an undeniable tragedy of unprecedented proportions, it has also accelerated partnerships for innovation," Nkeng…
(2021-03-29). Cape Verde Greenlights Venezuelan Government Envoy Extradition to US. globalresearch.ca The Cape Verde Supreme Court has approved a request to extradite …
(2021-03-29). Separation of Religion and State declared by Revolutionary Sudan's once-Muslim fundamentalist Officers in Peace Deal with southern Guerrillas. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Sudan Tribune reports that Sudan cemented the separation of religion and state on Sunday. Military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan signed a declaration of principles with one of two remaining rebel groups who had not yet put down their arms and accepted the new transitional government. The group is the …
(2021-03-29). Nawal El Saadawi: Egypt's grand novelist, physician and global activist. juancole.com 
By Adele Newson-Horst | — Egyptian novelist, physician, sociologist and global activist Nawal El Saadawi died on 21 March 2021 at the age of 89. The author of more than 50 books, she told me in one of our many interviews, in 2007, that she self-identified as an African from Egypt, not from the Middle …
(2021-03-29). Cubans in Hialeah, FL rally against U.S. blockade. fightbacknews.org Hialeah, FL – Over 70 members of the South Florida Cuban community took part in a car and bicycle caravan through Hialeah to demand an end to the immoral and illegal U.S. blockade of Cuba. This caravan near Miami was one of dozens of actions that took place not only in cities across the United States, but in countries across the world, from Canada to Egypt to Cuba itself. | The cars were draped with oversized Cuban flags and posters that read, "No mas bloqueo" and "Abajo el bloqueo de Cuba," as bicyclists chanted and waved their smaller flags. The caravan passed through the congested streets of Hialeah, with honk…
(2021-03-29). Suez Canal Resumes Traffic After Container Ship Refloated. telesurenglish.net Shipping traffic through Egypt's Suez Canal resumed on Monday after the world's largest container ship that had blocked the busy waterway for almost a week was refloated. The massive container ship surrounded by tug boats was shown on local TV, moving slowly in the canal's center. | RELATED: | "Admiral Osama Rabie, the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority [SCA], announces the resumption of maritime traffic in the Suez Canal after…
(2021-03-29). Propaganda by Omission: Libya, Syria, Venezuela and the UK. globalresearch.ca We live in a war-like society; one that supports, and is …
(2021-03-29). Islamic State Claims Attack Killed 55 in Mozambique. telesurenglish.net Attacks that killed 55 people in the northern Mozambique town of Palma have reportedly been claimed by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) via its Amaq news agency. The area is worth billions of dollars in investments on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project by Total, a French multinational. | RELATED: | The government confirmed dozens of fatalities in the coastal town of 75,000 people near the Tanzanian border on…
(2021-03-29). Headlines for March 29, 2021. democracynow.org Opening Statements Begin in Trial of Ex-Cop Derek Chauvin for Killing George Floyd, Burmese Forces Kill Over 100 People in Deadliest Day of Post-Coup Crackdown, More States Open Up Vaccine Eligibility as Cases Rise in More Than Half of U.S. States, Mexico Revises COVID Death Toll by 60%, Chile and Brazil Confront Massive Surges, WHO Warns Coronavirus on the Rise in African Countries as Vaccinations Remain Lowest in World, Suicide Bombing Attacks Catholic Church Mass in Indonesia, Dozens Killed in Attacks in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Province, Iran and China Sign 25-Year, $400 Billion Strategic Deal, 9-Year-Old Gi…
(2021-03-29). Locals: French Airstrike Killed Six Civilians in Northern Mali. news.antiwar.com Local officials in the Gao region of northern Mali France was quick to deny that the slain were civilians, saying everyone they hit was an "Islamist militant." This has been common for French operat…
(2021-03-29). Right-Wing Judges Want to Overturn a Legal Precedent Preserving Free Speech. commondreams.org Without the protection of the "actual malice" standard in libel suits, political and business leaders, with their bottomless legal war chests, can simply use the threat of litigation to throw a chilling shroud over journalists and political activists. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/silberman.jpg …
(2021-03-29). Suez Canal: Egyptians in neglected village thrust into limelight by ship crisis. middleeasteye.net 
Suez Canal: Egyptians in neglected village thrust into limelight by ship crisis | Residents of Manshiyet al-Rugola have struggled for years as the world's wealth passed them by. Now the Ever Given has put them on the map | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 09: 16 | A farm vehicle is seen in a field as the Panama-flagged MV 'Ever Given' is lodged behind it impeding traffic across Egypt's Suez Canal on 2…
(2021-03-29). Lack of political will and IPR rules stand in the way of mass vaccination for COVID-19. peoplesdispatch.org A proposal made by India and South Africa in October last year to waive certain Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of COVID vaccines has gained massive support across the world. Despite its potential to prevent millions of avoidable deaths, the US and its allies continue to block the proposal at the WTO.
(2021-03-29). AFRICOM-Led 33-Nation Naval Exercise in Oil-Rich Gulf of Guinea. news.antiwar.com U.S. Africa Command started the tenth iteration of its Obangame Express naval exercise with an opening ceremony in the Ghanaian capital of Accra on March 19 and ended it on March 27. US Africa Command (AFRICOM) grew out of naval patrols and exercises in the Gulf of Guinea off western Africa at the beginning of …
(2021-03-29). Egypt train crash: Anger over transport minister's refusal to step down. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt train crash: Anger over transport minister's refusal to step down | The devastating collision claimed the lives of 19 people and is part of a long history of railway disasters | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 13: 39 | People gather around the wreckage of two trains that collided in the Tahta district of Sohag province (AFP) | Anger has erupted on social media after Egypt's transport minister, Kamel al-Wazir, sa…
(2021-03-29). Suez Canal: Ever Given freed and traffic soon to resume, Egypt says. middleeasteye.net 
Suez Canal: Ever Given freed and traffic soon to resume, Egypt says | Witnesses and tracking websites say mammoth container ship now sat in middle of the waterway | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 14: 31 | 'She's free!': Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, is seen after it was fully floated in Suez Canal, Egypt on 29 March 2021. (Reuters) | The mammoth Ever Given container ship was f…
(2021-03-29). Suez Canal: Ever Given freed and traffic resumed, Egypt says. middleeasteye.net 
Suez Canal: Ever Given freed and traffic resumed, Egypt says | After blocking the canal for six days, the mammoth container ship is now in the middle of the waterway heading for inspection | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 14: 31 | Ever Given is seen soon after it had been refloated in the Suez Canal, Egypt on 29 March 2021 (Suez Canal Authority/Handout via Reuters) | The mammoth Ever Given container sh…
(2021-03-29). Kickoff for Negro Bar State Historic Park Junior Ranger Program. indybay.org Early California Pan African Pioneers, both free and enslaved were a key part of the California Gold Rush. Our California Buffalo Soldiers were the early California Park Rangers and initial stewards of the land in an unsurpassed way.
