Daily Archives: 2021-04-28

2021-04-28: News Headlines

Arab News (2021-04-29). Russia's Expanding Footprint In The Middle East — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Talmiz Ahmad* | Over the last month or so, the shadow of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has loomed large across the Middle East. In March, he visited the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. He was soon back in the region, visiting Egypt and Iran on April 12-13. | Russia became a key player in the Middle East when it brought its armed forces into Syria in September 2015 to prevent externally sponsored regime change. Having achieved this fairly quickly, its diplomatic canvas has broadened to include all the regional states, with which it is building substantial ties in the areas of energy, economics and defe…

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-29). Veteran Interventionist Samantha Power Confirmed to Head USAID. news.antiwar.com On Wednesday, From her post on Obama's National Security Council, Power pushed hard for the US to intervene in Libya

MISES (2021-04-28). It's Time To End The Embargo Against Cuba — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Jacob G. Hornberger* | Now that Cuban president Raul Castro has resigned the presidency of Cuba, will the U.S. government lift its six-decades-long economic embargo against Cuba? | Don't count it. Squeezing the life out of the Cuban people as a way to get regime change has become such a normalized way of life for the United States that it is unlikely that this cruel and brutal policy will be ended anytime soon. | Back in the day, the embargo was justified as part of the Cold War against "godless communism" and, specifically, the international communist conspiracy that was supposedly based in Moscow, Russia,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-04-28). Colombia on Strike against the Far-Right and Neoliberalism. libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa Banner reading "The narco-paramilitary state will fall" hung from a bridge in Bogotá on the morning of April 28. Photo: Congreso de los Pueblos Organizations reject Duque's neoliberal tax reform which seeks to make Colombia's working class pay for the fiscal deficit incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic Colombian citizens, members of trade…

G. Dunkel (2021-04-28). Chad's president's death upsets imperialists. workers.org Idriss Déby, president of Chad, died April 19 in the Tibesti mountains, weapons in hand, as Chad troops fought an armed convoy of his regime's opponents from the Front for Change and Concord in Chad, which had entered the country from Libya. Déby's loss was a major blow to French . . . |

Anonymous669 (2021-04-28). In Photos: Nigerian Army Sustained Heavy Losses In Fierce Attack By ISIS Cells. southfront.org A T-55 battle tank. Click to see full-size image. | The Nigerian Armed Forces (NAF) sustained heavy losses as a result of a fierce attack by ISIS terrorists in the northeastern state of Borno. | The attack, which took place on April 25, saw ISIS terrorists storming a large base of the NAF near the town of Mainok. Sources in Borno alleged that the terrorists disguised as NAF troops had entered the base. | According to ISIS news agency Amaq, 14 Nigerian service members were killed and several others were wo…

Anonymous103 (2021-04-27). Two Spanish Journalists, An Irish National Abducted In Burkina Faso (Photos). southfront.org Illustrative Image | Two Spanish journalists and an Irish national were abducted in eastern Burkina Faso on April 26. They disappeared alongside a Burkinabe soldier after an attack on an anti-poaching military unit in a national park in the east of the country, near the border with Benin. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. | Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed that two Spaniards were killed, naming the victims. Both were described as seasoned war journalists. They reportedly had histori…

Danny Haiphong (2021-04-28). The China-Africa Relationship in the 21st Century. globalresearch.ca "US corporate media have called China a 'new colonizer' in Africa …

SA News (2021-04-28). South Africa Celebrates Freedom Day. eurasiareview.com South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa says government has made great progress towards realising the rights of people and advancing human dignity. | "Today we have a country where all enjoy human rights and freedoms," the President said. | Speaking at this year's Freedom Day celebration in Botshabelo in the Free State, President Ramaphosa said the country has a Constitution that is a shield and a protection for all. | "And yet, even as we have lived in a democratic country for the past 27 years, we know that across many parts of South Africa, the promise of 1994 has not yet been fulfilled. Millions of South…

IDN (2021-04-28). State Funeral For Leader Of Chad Embraced By Western Nations. eurasiareview.com By Lisa Vives | European and American military leaders lost a key African ally in their fight against insurgent movements across Africa. Foreign forces face an uncertain future with the recent death of the President of the African nation of Chad. | Idriss Deby Itno died on April 20 during a firefight with militants of the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) who had crossed into Chad from Libya. His death coincided with his reelection victory for a sixth term that would have made him one of the longest-serving leaders in the world. | Deby, 68, a French-trained officer and pilot, was hailed by his Wester…

sputniknews (2021-04-28). Nigerian President Urges US to Relocate AFRICOM HQ From Germany to Africa. sputniknews.com US Africa Command (AFRICOM) was founded under the US Department of Defense in 2007, and ultimately based in Germany due to concerns about Washington's military presence on Africa. While former US President Donald Trump ordered AFRICOM to move locations, the Pentagon's press secretary recently dashed those hopes.

news.un (2021-04-28). 370,000 children displaced in Central African Republic; highest level since 2014. news.un.org Child displacement in the Central African Republic (CAR) has now reached its highest level since 2014, according to the latest estimates from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), warning of the mounting risks children face.

_____ (2021-04-28). Our 'Dear Friend' Deby Is Dead. popularresistance.org The tributes to the late President Idriss Deby just poured in last week — especially from Western leaders. And boy were the condolences nauseating — at least to anyone vaguely familiar with Chad and its longtime strongman, or those even faintly fond of decency. The worst of it came — unsurprisingly and unapologetically — from the country's former (officially) and persistent (de facto) colonial masters in Paris. Coming right on the heels of Deby's — still hazy on its exact details — death on the battlefield against a rebel rebellion, President Emmanuel Macron's office released a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-04-28). 'Evo is Our President': Voices from Rural Peru. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Benigno Vengoa (left) and Carlos Cusihuaman (right) in Villa Tunari. April 24, 2021. Photo: Kawsachun News Kawsachun News spoke to Benigno Vengoa and Carlos Cusihuaman, who visited Bolivia as part of a delegation from Peru to participate as observers of the meeting of the RUNASUR technical commission in Villa Tunari, Cochabamba on April…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-04-28). Peru: A War Strategy to Prevent the Coming of the New. libya360.wordpress.com Ariana àÅlvarez Orellana Pedro Castillo and Perú Libre have the upper hand in the second round of the Peruvian elections, not only because of the wide lead given by the polls, but also because their rival, Keiko Fujimori, her political and image advisors, as well as her occasional allies from the political right, are carrying…

Abel Novoa (2021-04-28). El pasaporte vacunal es discriminatorio. globalizacion.ca Desde el principio de la pandemia han existido intentos por establecer criterios que permitieran la progresiva incorporación de parte de la población a la normalidad. La hipótesis es razonable: con aquellas personas en las que sea poco probable desarrollar daños…

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-28). Russian FM: US-Russia Relations Worse Than During Cold War. news.antiwar.com On Wednesday, Lavrov said that Moscow was prepared to normalize ties with Washington but warned that if the US would not participate in a respectful dialogue, "we would live in conditions of a 'Cold War' or worse." | "During the Cold War, the tensions were flying high and risky crisis situations often emerged, but there was also a mutual respect," he said. "It seems to me there is…

ISS (2021-04-28). Will Total Confront Another Islamic State-Linked Insurgency In Uganda? — Analysis. eurasiareview.com After retreating from ISIS-Mozambique, the French company is tapping oil in Uganda, in the backyard of ISIS-DRC. | By Peter Fabricius* | On 24 March, Islamist insurgents attacked the northern Mozambican coastal town of Palma, killing dozens of people and looting and destroying buildings. The incident forced French energy giant Total to abandon its multibillion-dollar liquid natural gas processing plant at nearby Afungi. | Theoretically, Total will return if Mozambique's security forces can guarantee a sufficient radius of stability around Afungi — one that would certainly include Palma. But there are omi…

ecns.cn (2021-04-28). China, 40 plus countries launch Group of Friends on Safety and Security of UN Peacekeepers. ecns.cn The Group of Friends on the Safety and Security of United Nations Peacekeepers was launched here on Tuesday, under the joint initiative of China, Brazil, Indonesia and Rwanda.

ecns.cn (2021-04-28). China helps start UN peacekeeper support group. ecns.cn A group to support United Nations peacekeepers was launched on Tuesday under the initiative of China, Brazil, Indonesia and Rwanda.

ecns.cn (2021-04-27). China helps start UN peacekeeper support group. ecns.cn A group to support United Nations peacekeepers was launched on Tuesday under the initiative of China, Brazil, Indonesia and Rwanda.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-04-27). When Did the "Cold War" End? Part III. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Acosta Convoy of U.S. armored vehicles near Al-Qahtaniyah, Syria In 1989, before the end of the Cold War, Bush I, Reagan's successor, invaded Panama, and in August 1990 attacked Iraq, starting the First Gulf War. In 1991, the Yugoslavian War began in Europe, which led to horrific massacres as a result of virulent nationalism…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-04-27). RUNASUR, a New Latin American Regional Integration Mechanism, Created in Bolivia. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Former Bolivian President Evo Morales and other members of the technical commission on the launch of RUNASUR. Photo: Evo Morales/Twitter RUNASUR, a new regional integration mechanism, aims at uniting the Indigenous people, peasants, social movements and workers of Latin America, as well as building a Plurinacional America On April 25, former Bolivian President…

Jacob G. Hornberger (2021-04-27). Why the Embargo Against Cuba? counterpunch.org Now that Cuban president Raul Castro has resigned the presidency of Cuba, will the U.S. government lift its six-decades-long economic embargo against Cuba? Don't count it. Squeezing the life out of the Cuban people as a way to get regime change has become such a normalized way of life for the United States that it

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-04-27). Despite the Horrors of COVID-19, Global Defense Spending Rises. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch (Photo: U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Cameron Boyd/Released) Despite a severe lack of health infrastructure as exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and an over 4.4% contraction in the global Gross Domestic Production (GDP) last year, the world's military expenditure grew by USD 1,981 billion in 2020. According to data published by Sweden-based Stockholm…

Joseph Stiglitz, Lori Wallach (2021-04-27). Any Delay in Ensuring the Greatest Availability of Vaccines Worldwide Is Morally Wrong and Foolish. commondreams.org "There is no way to beat Covid-19 without increasing vaccine production capacity. And some production must be in the Global South for a host of reasons, including that prompt suppression of new variants is how we avoid more deaths and quarantines." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/kenya-1.jpg

Sameena Rahman (2021-04-27). Chad in turmoil after president's death: Who was Idriss Déby? liberationnews.org Turmoil is gripping Chad following the demise of Idriss Déby, long-time dictator of the country and close ally to France and the United States, who succumbed to battle wounds last Tuesday.

Betsey Piette (2021-04-27). MOVE denounces museum's desecration of children's remains. workers.org Philadelphia At an emotion filled press conference April 26, MOVE members strongly denounced the University of Pennsylvania Museum and Princeton University for holding the remains of family members killed in the 1985 police bombing of their home. From left: Carlos Africa, Janet Africa, Pam Africa (standing), Janine Africa, Consuela Africa . . . |

Anonymous103 (2021-04-27). All In Against SouthFront: US Intelligence To Create New Foreign Malign Influence Center. southfront.org Illustrative Image | The US top spy agency is going to establish a new center to combat hostile foreign meddling in U.S. national affairs. The decision was made following multiple assessments that Russia and other US enemies allegedly have sought to sway elections and sow chaos among the American people. | The "Russian dire threat" has been the main duty of US intelligence for years. The US treasure has already been drained on billions of dollars allocated to fight against the mythical Russian information campaig…

Anonymous103 (2021-04-27). Unidentified Vessel Reportedly Attacked In Saudi Yanbu Port. southfront.org Illustrative image | According to the Ministry of Defence of Saudi Arabia, an explosive-laden boat was intercepted off the Red Sea port of Yanbu on April 27. The report came after Saudi maritime security firms claimed "unconfirmed reports" of an attack on a vessel in the area."The booby-trapped boat was dealt and destroyed according to the rules of engagement," Saudi military spokesman Colonel al-Maliki said. | Investigations are ongoing to identify those behind the attack, the Saudi Defense Ministry reported. H…

Eds. (2021-04-27). How France continues to dominate its former Colonies in Africa. mronline.org In France's former African colonies, imperialist monetary policies from Paris continue to cripple domestic economies and undermine democracy. Colonialism in Africa won't have meaningfully come to an end until true economic sovereignty is allowed to flourish. | April 27, 2021 | Interview…

Pan Africanism Today Secretariat (2021-04-27). Unfreedom Day in South Africa. peoplesdispatch.org Ahead of the national holiday commemorated for the 1994 democratic elections in South Africa, a leader of the shack dwellers movement declared, "We are burning because of the conditions we live under."

IDN (2021-04-27). Did Coup Leaders Seek Legitimacy By Addressing The UN? — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Thalif Deen* | The recent military coup in Myanmar and an attempted palace coup in Jordan harks back to the days when insurrections by armed forces came along a veritable assembly line—particularly in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia. | And at least one political leader—a former Prime Minister of Thailand—was ousted from power when he was at the United Nations to address the General Assembly. After he finished his address, he was homeless and had no country to go to, and sought political asylum in a Middle Eastern country. | And that country was known to welcome several world leade…

Slomski A. (2021-04-27). Low-Income African American Women With Hypertension and Depression. jamanetwork.com More than half of African American women of low socioeconomic status with uncontrolled hypertension also had symptoms of depression, according to a secondary analysis of an ongoing randomized trial. In their JAMA Psychiatry analysis, the authors advised clinicians at federally qualified health centers (FQHC) to screen African American women with hypertension for depression, provide mental health referrals, and monitor treatment to ensure that it is effective.

Eurasia Review (2021-04-27). Fishing In African Waters. eurasiareview.com African waters have been contributing to the global supply of fish for years, with three of the four most productive marine ecosystems in the world near the continent. African countries' Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) contributed over 6 million metric tons of fish to the world's food supply, supporting food security and livelihood in the continent, while generating $15 billion to the African gross domestic product in 2011. Every sovereign state has an EEZ, an area of ocean adjacent to their shores in which they have special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources. | Industrial fleets from…

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2021-04-27). Mozambique: Total Halts Gas Project, Parliamentary Opposition Parties Demand Accountability. eurasiareview.com The French energy giant Total has finally announced suspension of its gas project and that will leave an unmeasurable impact on the economy of Mozambique. | The Mozambican government has largely failed with its security policy and ignored experts' advice on security after several warning issued after militant bloody attacks bloody in 2017 by a group known locally as al-Shabab. Experts also attributed attacks to governance deficit and disparity in development in northern Mozambique. | Its scale raised doubts over the viability of the biggest single investment in Africa even before the latest raid. March's attac…

Kenny Stancil, staff writer (2021-04-27). After Being Cut Off by GOP Senator, Stacey Abrams Releases 6-Minute Rundown of Georgia's Attack on Voting. commondreams.org "In Fulton County, our largest county and one that is predominantly African American, the number of drop boxes will be reduced from 38 to eight for no good reason other than Republicans want to make it harder for people of color to vote." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/abrams.jpg

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-27). Blinken Warns African Countries Against Doing Business With China. news.antiwar.com Secretary of State Antony Responding to questions, Blinken said he hoped African countries should keep their "eyes wide open" when approaching relationships with other nations. | "We're not asking anyone to choose between the United States or China, but I would encourage you to ask those tough questions, to dig beneath the surface, to demand transparency, and to make informed c…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-04-27). Ankara's Fourth War Front: Turkish Soldiers Killed in New Iraq Offensive. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Rozoff Iraqi riot police protect the Turkish embassy in Baghdad As long as Turkey serves as NATO's bulwark against Russia — and Iraq, Syria and Iran — its gross violations of international law and its military aggression from North Africa to the Caucasus are overlooked. Overlooked by the Russian government as well as the…

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-27). Blinken Warns African Countries Against Doing Business With China. news.antiwar.com Secretary of State Antony Responding to questions, Blinken said he hoped African countries would keep their "eyes wide open" when approaching relationships with other nations. | "We're not asking anyone to choose between the United States or China, but I would encourage you to ask those tough questions, to dig beneath the surface, to demand transparency, and to make informed ch…

Pip Hinman (2021-04-27). Tigrean community campaigns against genocide. greenleft.org.au The Tigrean community is calling for support as the war on the north-eastern Ethiopian province by the Ethiopian army, Eritrean and United Arab Emirates and Amahara militias continues. Alex Salmon reports.

Pip Hinman (2021-04-27). Eritreans protest dictatorship, war. greenleft.org.au Members of the Eritrean community gathered in Melbourne to protest against Isaias Afwerki, the dictatorial ruler of Eritrea, reports Chris Slee.

Graham Peebles (2021-04-27). Ethiopia: Violence instability and the need for law and order. nationofchange.org Throughout Ethiopia, there is a powerful movement towards justice and freedom, a movement that despite the best efforts of the men of hate and violence must prevail.

news.un (2021-04-27). Somalia: UN condemns violence, warns against escalation of fighting. news.un.org The UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) issued a statement on Tuesday, alongside international partners, strongly condemning an outbreak of violence in the capital Mogadishu and urging all sides to "exercise maximum restraint, resume dialogue, and avoid unilateral actions that may lead to a further escalation".‚Ä&Oslash…

ecns.cn (2021-04-27). China's malignant tumor survival rate climbs to 40 pct: official. ecns.cn The five-year survival rate for people diagnosed with malignant tumors in China has increased to over 40 percent, up from 30.9 percent 10 years ago, according to a senior health official.

Dean Baker (2021-04-27). Cheap Theatrics on Facebook from Congress. cepr.net Two members of Congress, Tom Malinowski and Anna Eshoo, took to the Washington Post today to promote their meaningless plan to attack social media profits in the name of protecting democracy (their terminology). The gist of their column is that they want to take away Section 230 protection for any social media company that has …

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