(2022-02-11). Libya: the Hard Road to Stability and Reconciliation. journal-neo.org The so-called political transition in Libya appears to have no end in sight. The political or interim phase seems to have completely diverged from the UN-sponsored roadmap, which was to culminate in parliamentary and presidential elections on December 24, 2021. But they failed because of sharp contradictions over the eligibility of several major candidates. In …
(2022-02-11). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org French healthcare workers continue stoppages against low pay, workload and staff shortages; Greek dockers strike in port of Piraeus over collective agreement, face riot police; striking South African Clover food workers' indefinite strike continues into week 12 despite violent attacks on pickets, hospitalising three…
(2022-02-11). Saturday 2/12: Out of Africa, the walking tour. indybay.org American Youth Hostel | 312 Mason Street | San Francisco | (meet in the lobby)…
(2022-02-11). Tunisian govt says judicial body to be reformed, not dissolved. peoplesdispatch.org The government took back the decision to terminate the Supreme Judicial Council following a two-day strike by judges across Tunisia and widespread international condemnation against the controversial move…
(2022-02-10). Scholar Gerald Horne Claims Obama's Father Was CIA Asset In Africa. moguldom.com Was former President Barack Obama's father an asset in Africa for the Central Intelligence Agency? Scholar Gerald Horne says the Kenyan-born, U.S.-educated Barack Hussein Obama Sr. did indeed work for the CIA. Dr. Horne holds the Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He is the author of 17 …
(2022-02-10). The death penalty in 2022. workers.org Family members of Texas death row prisoners, Houston, Feb. 5. The new year began with Oklahoma legally lynching a severely mentally ill African American named Donald Grant. Killing someone with mental illness has outraged people worldwide. Plus, the three drugs used in his lethal injection on Jan. 27 are being . . . |
(2022-02-10). Why Protests Erupted in Mali, With People Demanding France Out and Thanking Russia for Support. towardfreedom.org Mali's popular demonstrations in January may constitute the beginning of a real departure for the French colonialist from West Africa, while Russia's profile in the region rises, writes Kribsoo Diallo.
(2022-02-10). Barack Obama's father identified as CIA asset in U.S. drive to "recolonize" Africa during early days of the Cold War. mronline.org Over the last decade, the U.S. has been quietly expanding its covert intelligence empire in Africa as part of a growing geopolitical rivalry with China.
(2022-02-10). The concerted, cowardly #MeToo attack on Harvard professor John Comaroff. wsws.org John Comaroff, professor of African and African American studies and of anthropology at Harvard University, has become the target of what has all the earmarks of another filthy #MeToo witch-hunt.
(2022-02-10). Diaspora Group Warns Sanctions Bill Advanced to House Floor Will 'Destroy Ethiopian-US Relations'. sputniknews.com When the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) announced a complete withdrawal to Tigray in mid-December, the Ethiopian government began a national dialogue on reconciliation. However, it has rejected negotiations with the designated terrorist group, saying it must recognize the sovereignty of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government.
(2022-02-10). Guardian: Bernie Sanders against war, but…. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com It has to be recalled that he stated he was against war in general when he grudgingly backed NATO's wars in Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Libya. It is supremely difficult to effectively argue against war while granting the advocates of it all their premises. From his campaign website: "NATO has been the most successful military alliance …
(2022-02-10). Dictan prisión a militares chilenos por asesinato en protestas. telesurtv.net Los militares fueron formalizados por delitos de homicidio, homicidio frustrado, violencia innecesaria y lesiones por la muerte de Romario Veloz en octubre de 2019.