Daily Archives: 2021-04-06

2021-04-06: News Headlines

Jim Miles (2021-04-06). "Engaging the World": Palestine and the Making of Hamas' Foreign Policy. globalresearch.ca Hamas has been a strongly maligned actor within the western mainstream …

Eurasia Review (2021-04-06). Eni Announces New Light Oil Discovery In Block 15/06, Offshore Angola. eurasiareview.com Eni said Tuesday it has made a new light oil discovery in Block 15/06, in Angola's deep offshore. The well has been drilled on the Cuica exploration prospect located inside the Cabaàßa Development Area and close to the Armada Olombendo FPSO (East Hub) pursuing the exploration opportunities in proximity of existing infrastructures (ILX, infrastructure-led exploration). It resulted in an oil discovery with a size estimated between 200 and 250 million barrels of oil in place. | The Cuica-1 NFW has been drilled as a deviated well by the Libongos drillship in a water depth of 500 meters, and reached a total v…

Juan Cole (2021-04-06). Middle East, Africa, in Special Trouble as Human-Caused Climate Emergency causes 30% drop in Agricultural Productivity Growth. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — A new paper in the journal Nature Climate Change has found that the human-caused climate emergency is responsible for a 20 percent drop in global agricultural productivity growth in the past 60 years.* A. Ortiz-Bobea and colleagues write: "The cumulative impact of ACC [anthropogenic or human-caused climate change] on global …

Editor2 (2021-04-06). The Greatest Holocaust in History. orinocotribune.com By Miguel Barnet — Mar 24, 2021 | We owe a debt to Africa. I know that it is an unpayable debt, but we are obliged to remember all those who were victims of the greatest holocaust in history. | In the morning teeth | And the night in the skin. | Who will be, who will not? | The black. | -Nicolas Guillén | In 1963 I met Esteban Montejo, the protagonist of my book Biografía de un cimarrón [Biography of a Runaway Slave]. The work was published by the Academy of Sciences in 1966, three years after that meeting of mine with Esteban. | I still wonder how it was possible that no one in previous years had noticed th…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-04-06). Rwanda: Installing a US Protectorate in Central Africa. globalresearch.ca From the outset of the Rwandan civil war in 1990, Washington's hidden agenda consisted in establishing an American sphere of influence in a region historically dominated by France and Belgium. America's design was to displace France by supporting the Rwandan Patriotic Front and by arming and equipping its military arm, the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA)…

Keith Harmon Snow (2021-04-06). "Hotel Rwanda" Hero Kidnapped: Another Victim of Rwanda's Grinding Machine. dissidentvoice.org It is the 6th of April again and the western establishment's corporate media intelligence propaganda system has again been cranking out black propaganda that continues to buttress the false narratives about genocide in Central Africa. Under this falsification of consciousness, the victims become the killers and the killers become the victims, and the true role …

Eric Toussaint (2021-04-06). Rwanda: A Look Back at the 1994 Genocide. The Role of International Financial Institutions. globalresearch.ca Starting on 7 April 1994, in less than three months, nearly …

Eric Toussaint (2021-04-06). Rwanda: A Look Back at the 1994 Genocide. globalresearch.ca Starting on 7 April 1994, in less than three months, nearly …

Julia Wright (2021-04-06). The Significance of the NUMSA Appeal to the World for Mumia Abu-Jamal. counterpunch.org On March 10th 2021, Jack Heyman, a retired member of the International Longshoremen and Warehousing Union and longstanding member of theWest Coast Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal shared with the Mumia and prison human rights' groups nationally and internationally a press release from the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA). The South

RT (2021-04-06). Iranian 'spy ship' damaged in 'attack' along major Red Sea shipping route — reports. rt.com An Iranian ship that Israel and Saudi Arabia have accused of acting as a base for Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces has been damaged, reportedly by a mine, in the Red Sea waters between Yemen and Eritrea. | State-owned Saudi broadcaster Al-Hadath TV reported the attack on Tuesday, citing an unnamed source calling it a "likely" Israeli operation off the coast of Eritrea. The vessel was identified as the Saviz, which Israel and Saudi Arabia have long accused of being a "forward base" for the IRGC in the area. | Al Hadath released pictures of the Iranian spyship SAVIZ, which there are reports of it being a…

MEE, agencies (2021-04-06). Egypt-Sudan-Ethiopia talks on Nile dam end without progress. middleeasteye.net Egypt-Sudan-Ethiopia talks on Nile dam end without progress | Sudan and Egypt fail to break a deadlock over Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project | Tue, 04/06/2021 – 14: 40 | Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly (L) welcomes his Sudanese counterpart Abdalla Hamdok upon his arrival in the Egyptian capital Cairo, on 11 March 2021 (AFP) | Talks aimed at breaking a deadlock ov…

Umar A Farooq (2021-04-06). Biden administration asks US court to throw out case against ex-Egyptian PM. middleeasteye.net Biden administration asks US court to throw out case against ex-Egyptian PM | Justice Department says lawsuit against Hazem el-Beblawi, over his alleged involvement in torture, should be dismissed due to his diplomatic status | Tue, 04/06/2021 – 15: 48 | Mohamed Soltan filed a lawsuit against Hazem el-Beblawi (pictured) last June, accusing him of direct responsibility for his treatment, which inclu…

Stephen Corry (2021-04-06). Conservancy Beyond the Pale. counterpunch.org "Conservancies" in Kenya are presented as an example of conservation by and for local people, but they can be a device to grab the land of traditional herders. Unless this changes, the future for wildlife conservation in Africa looks bleak. Conservationists must recognize pastoralists' stewardship of the land, and must stop treating local people as

Anonymous765 (2021-04-06). Mozambique's Cabo Delgado has been plagued by ISIS for years. southfront.org | | | donationalerts.com/r/southfront : gumroad.com/southfront http: //southfront.org/donate/ or via: www.patreon.com/southfront, 3Gbs4rjcVUtQd8p3CiFUCxPLZwRqurezRZ, qpf2cphc5dkuclkqur7lhj2yuqq9pk3hmukle77vhq, 0x9f4cda013e354b8fc285bf4b9a60460cee7f7ea9 In recent mon…

orinocotribune (2021-04-05). Alex Saab: 'I was Tortured and Pressured' to Sign Voluntary Extradition. orinocotribune.com In a recent interview with the Colombian news outlet El Espectador, Colombian-Venezuelan businessman and Venezuelan special envoy àÅlex Saab confessed to having been a victim of torture from the first day of his "kidnapping" in Cape Verde. He asserted that he was pressured "to sign voluntary extradition statements and give false testimony." Saab has been in detention in Cape Verde—first in prison and now under house arrest—since his arbitrary and irregular arrest in June 2020 in that country. | "I was kidnapped by Cape Verde in collusion with the United States," said the Venezuelan diplomat duri…

Henry Giroux (2021-04-05). The Plague of Historical Amnesia in the Age of Fascist Politics. counterpunch.org As the boundaries of the unthinkable become normalized, historical consciousness is replaced by manufactured forms of historical amnesia and ignorance. As white supremacy becomes entrenched at the highest levels of power and in the public imagination, the past becomes a burden that must be shed.[1] Disparaging, suppressing or forgetting the horrors of history has become

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2021-04-05). Mozambique: Insurgency Causing Irreparable Havoc And Devastation. .com What has been referred to as Islamic attacks and insurgency is causing irreparable deep havoc and devastation in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. The insurgency that began in 2017 has unimaginable negative effects on settlements of the civilian population, and on business and industry operations. It has consistently received global condemnation from regional and international community. | International aid agency sources said between 6,000 and 10,000 people were still waiting to be evacuated to safety following the raid on Palma. Dozens of civilians were killed, including South Africans, in Palma where a m…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-05). Rise Of Oxygen On Earth: Initial Estimates Off By 100 Million Years. eurasiareview.com New research shows the permanent rise of oxygen in our atmosphere, which set the stage for life as we know it, happened 100 million years later than previously thought. | A significant rise in oxygen occurred about 2.43 billion years ago, marking the start of the Great Oxidation Episode — a pivotal moment in Earth's history. | An international research team including a UC Riverside scientist analyzed rocks from South Africa formed during this event. Findings, published this week in the journal Nature, include the discovery that oxygen fluctuated dramatically after its early appearance until it became a perman…

teleSUR (2021-04-05). New Museum Narrates All Ages of Egyptian Civilization. telesurenglish.net In a magnificent building with a pyramid structure resting on four columns on top, and with a vast yard overlooking a natural lake, the newly-opened National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Cairo highlight the Egyptian civilization from the Predynastic period to the modern age. | Passing through the main door, visitors encounter a tube-like shiny hallway leading to the main premises that includes the Main Exhibition Hall, whose entrance has a downward stairway leading to the Royal Mummies Hall located underneath. | Both halls were inaugurated Saturday evening by Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi…

Laura Finley (2021-04-05). Ban the Death Penalty for Those with Serious Mental Illness. counterpunch.org The death penalty is an antiquated and barbaric form of punishment. This is why most nations have ended it. The top six executing nations in 2019 were China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, and the U.S. The U.S is especially cruel in that there is no categorical exemption for the seriously mentally ill from receiving

WSWS (2021-04-05). This week in history: April 5—11. wsws.org On April 6, 1996, fighting broke out between rival militias in Liberia. Some 20,000 civilians took refuge at the United States embassy to escape the bloody battles, and in the following weeks hundreds of civilians were killed and much of downtown Monrovia was destroyed.

WSWS (2021-04-05). UN condemns French airstrike on wedding in Mali that slaughtered 22. wsws.org Immediately after the airstrike, the Macron government maintained that it had hit a gathering of 30 members of an "armed terrorist group."

CounterPunch News Service (2021-04-05). NUMSA Demands the Immediate Release of American Political Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. counterpunch.org The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), as the biggest trade union in South Africa, and one of the largest on the African continent, has made an urgent call to the Governor of Pennsylvania in the U.S. Mr. Tom Wolf to intervene in the case of Mr. Mumia Abu-Jamal. Abu-Jamal, formerly known as

Staff (2021-04-05). Ethiopia Accused of Using Rape as a Weapon of War in Tigray as New Evidence Emerges of Massacres. democracynow.org We get an update on how the Ethiopian government has announced Eritrean forces are withdrawing from the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, where harrowing witness accounts have emerged of Eritrean soldiers killing Tigrayan men and boys and rape being used as weapon of war by Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers. Eritrea entered the Tigray region to support Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's military offensive in November targeting the Tigray People's Liberation Front. The true death toll from the conflict remains unknown, but researchers recently identified almost 2,000 people killed in 150 massacres by warring fa…

teleSUR (2021-04-05). AstraZeneca "Particularly Vulnerable" To South African Variant. telesurenglish.net Epidemiologist and advisor from the U.K. Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) Professor Neil Ferguson warned on Monday that the AstraZeneca vaccine is "particularly vulnerable" to the B.1.351 mutation, also known as the South African variant of the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Last February, South Africa suspended the acquisition of AstraZeneca's vaccines after a study on health workers indicated…

Rayhan Uddin (2021-04-05). Egyptians criticise mummy parade for neglecting the living. middleeasteye.net Egyptians criticise mummy parade for neglecting the living | Journalists and activists denounce celebration of ancient Egypt as distraction from repression, poverty and government's poor handling of pandemic | Mon, 04/05/2021 – 17: 33 | A performer rides a two-horse chariot at the start of the parade of 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies (AFP) | Egypt held an extravagant parade on Saturday, as it trans…

MEE correspondent (2021-04-05). 'Egypt with no slums': Authorities displace residents for mummies and modernity. middleeasteye.net 'Egypt with no slums': Authorities displace residents for mummies and modernity | Many Egyptians have been forced to leave their houses to make room for Egypt's tourism aspirations in Old Cairo | Mon, 04/05/2021 – 18: 36 | Demolition underway in Magra El Oyoun, just one of the areas affected by a new project to regenerate Old Cairo (Supplied) | In a resplendent ceremony watched by hundr…

MEE staff (2021-04-05). EU says withdrawal of foreign fighters a 'precondition' to Libya's stability. middleeasteye.net EU says withdrawal of foreign fighters a 'precondition' to Libya's stability | European Union council president vows support for new unity government and process of national reconciliation | Mon, 04/05/2021 – 17: 47 | Fighters loyal to the Government of National Accord secure area of Abu Qurain against forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar on 20 July 2020 (AFP) | The European Union has pledged its support for Libya's…

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