(2022-02-04). WorkWeek Police Attack On KPFA Journalist Frank Sterling & Texas Professor Fired For Tweets. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the attack on police attack on KPFA journalist Frank Sterling, the firing of a Texas professor for tweets and a solidarity rally for 5,000 striking Clover Dairy workers in South Africa.
(2022-02-04). Uganda elected to the Peace and Security Council of African Union. plusnews.ug 
On February 3, 2022, the Republic of Uganda was elected as a member of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union at its 40th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council that was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on February 2 and 3. Uganda obtained 34 votes in the third round of voting, in …
(2022-02-04). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Strikes across France by healthcare, transport and employment agency workers over staff shortages, workload and pay; protests by teachers across Iran against wages and conditions following protests of retirees demanding a rise in pensions; 5,000 South African food workers on indefinite strike against pay and job cuts for eleventh week…
(2022-02-04). Headlines for February 4, 2022. democracynow.org Biden Claims ISIS Leader Detonated Bomb That Killed 13 at Site of U.S. Raid, Vladimir Putin Meets Xi Jinping in Beijing as Winter Olympics Open, State Dept. Questioned over Claims Russia Is Plotting "False Flag" Operation in Ukraine, South African Plant Produces mRNA COVID Vaccine Based on Moderna Data, Chicago Ex-Cop Who Murdered Laquan McDonald Released After Just Three Years in Prison, Biden on Crime in New York City: "The Answer Is Not to Defund the Police", Turkey Blames Greek Border Guards After 12 Asylum Seekers Freeze to Death, Texas Butterfly Conservation Center Shuts Doors Following Right-Wing Harassmen…
(2022-02-03). How Israel is an apartheid regime, with Ali Abunimah. multipolarista.com Mainstream human rights organization Amnesty International admitted Israel is committing apartheid against Palestinians, a crime against humanity. Journalist Ali Abunimah discusses the parallels to South Africa and roots in settler-colonialism.
(2022-02-03). Make Noise about the Silent Crisis of Global Illiteracy. dissidentvoice.org 
Amadou Sanogo (Mali), Je pense de ma tête, 2016. In October 2021, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) held a seminar on the pandemic and education systems. Strikingly, 99% of the students in the region spent an entire academic year with total or partial interruption of face-to-face classes, while …
(2022-02-03). Burkina Faso Military Coup Reflects Wave Of Insecurity In West Africa. popularresistance.org This time lower-ranking army officers staged a mutiny in Burkina Faso over the weekend of January 22-23 leaving millions domestically and throughout the region wondering who was actually in control of the landlocked agricultural country formerly colonized by France. | During the afternoon on January 24, several soldiers appeared on national television saying they had taken control of the government removing President Roche Marc Christian Kabore who was elected during a transitional process in 2015. The deposed president was reportedly being held at a military camp where one of the mutinies occurred. | Other offic…
(2022-02-03). Ethiopia hosts 40th Ordinary Session of AU Executive Council. plusnews.ug 
The 40th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council (Ministerial Session) now happening in Ethiopia, will today close after two days of successful deliberations. The session of the African Ministers of Foreign Affairs kicked off on Wednesday at the Headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, convening physically for the first time since the …
(2022-02-03). WorkWeek Police Attack On KPFA Journalist Frank Sterling &Texas Professor Fired For Tweets. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the attack on police attack on KPFA journalist Frank Sterling, the firing of a Texas professor for tweets and a solidarity rally for 5,000 striking Clover Dairy workers in South Africa.
(2022-02-03). Ethiopia PM Abiy welcomes African leaders for AU Summit. plusnews.ug 
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia Dr Abiy Ahmed has extended welcome to ministers of Foreign Affairs and Heads of State and Government of African countries who are taking part in the ongoing African Summits in the Capital, Addis Ababa. The 40th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council (Ministerial Session) kicked off yesterday February 2 and …
(2022-02-03). Oil Tanker, Trinity Spirit Explodes off Nigerian Coast. telesurenglish.net An explosion caused the sinking of the oil production ship Trinity Spirit in Delta State, Nigeria, in the early hours of Wednesday. | RELATED: | The explosion took place at the Ukpokiti oil field near the Escravos terminal off Nigeria's coast. The vessel was owned by the Shebah Exploration & Production Company Ltd (SEPCOL), which has confirmed the fateful incident. | Ikemefuna Okafor, chief executive of the company, reported that seven of the ten crew m…
(2022-02-03). How US Meddling Split Sudan. popularresistance.org Like most countries, the Republic of South Sudan is a complex nation of shifting alliances and external influences. | Recently, President Salva Kiir, who sports a Stetson hat gifted him by George W. Bush, signed a peace agreement with old enemies, the Sudan People's Liberation Army-In Opposition. Around the same time, the so-called Embassy Troika consisting of the US, Britain, and Norway facilitated International Monetary Fund (IMF) programs for South Sudan. | When China proposes investment schemes, US politicians call it "debt-trap diplomacy." As has been seen in South Sudan, when Western corporations seek to pl…
(2022-02-03). Photos: Agriculture Minister says land acquisition is hindering palm growing. plusnews.ug 
Although Government of Uganda undertook to promote Palm growing, the issue of land is proving to be a major obstacle. In partnership with Bidco Uganda Limited, a subsidiary of Wilmar with a modern edible oil processing complex in Jinja City, government had projected a quicker implementation of the venture through its Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries …
(2022-02-03). Patriotism is NRM ideology. plusnews.ug 
By Emmanuel Lumala Dombo Until recently, many thought that the position of PM belonged to the Banyakigezi, given the two former Prime Ministers of Uganda. Being a political appointment, there could have been sufficient reason at a particular time that warranted that to happen and that even enabled some people to begin imagining that after …