2022-03-01: News Headlines

Staff (2022-03-01). Presidente cubano recibe a ministro de Estado de Angola. cubadebate.cu El Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido y Presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, recibió en la tarde de este lunes al Ministro de Estado, Jefe de la Casa Civil de la Presidencia y Co-Presidente de la Comisión Intergubernamental Cuba-Angola, excelentísimo señor Adà£o Francisco Correia de Almeida, quien realiza una visita oficial a nuestro país.

ecns.cn (2022-03-01). Chinese, Somali FMs hold phone talks over bilateral ties. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation Monday with Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdisaid Muse Ali on bilateral ties.

Ann Brown (2022-02-28). Africans In Ukraine Being Asked To Wait For White Europeans To Cross Border To Poland First. moguldom.com As fighting intensifies in Ukraine after the Russian occupation which began on Feb. 21, thousands of Africans, many of them students, have found themselves stuck in the invaded country. Several complained on social media that Ukrainian government officials have asked them to wait until Europeans cross the border to Poland before they leave Ukraine. Russia launched …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-28). Ukraine: Getting it Right: A Revolutionary Pan-African Perspective. libya360.wordpress.com Gerald A. Perreira Since February 18th, thousands of civilians have been evacuated from Donetsk and Luhansk to Russia following Ukraine's intensified shelling of these territories, which have been under fire since the 2014 US backed coup. "The White House hysteria is more revealing than ever. The Anglo-Saxons need a war at any cost. Provocation, misinformation…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-28). Nepal ratifies $500M Millennium Challenge Corp. pact amid protests and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the Millennium Challenge Corporation pact ratified by Nepal, racism against African refugees trying to flee the war in Ukraine, and more…

Tracy Keeling (2022-02-28). Appalling racism comes to the fore as Russia invades Ukraine. thecanary.co Footage and reports suggest People of Colour trying to flee the Russian assault on Ukraine have been blocked from routes of escape. And some western media outlets have been grotesquely characterising the conflict as exceptional because it's happening within a 'civilised' country. | These are some of the appalling examples of racist actions and rhetoric that have been on display amid the conflict. | "No Blacks": | Videos circulated on social media suggested that People of Colour trying to board trains or get through borders have been struggling to do so. The #AfricansinUkraine hashtag showed some distressi…

teleSUR (2022-02-28). Russia-Ukraine War Threatens Import-Depending African Economies. telesurenglish.net Last week, the Renaissance Capital Investment Bank Economist Director Charlie Robertson warned that the Ukraine-Russian war will severely impact African countries that depend on food imports from Europe. | RELATED: | "Africa keeps centuries-old ties with Western countries," Robertson said, stressing that this continent imported US$6.9 billion in agricultural products from Russia and Ukraine in 2020. | He considered that the g…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). The ICJ and the Issue of Lawful Representation in The Gambia v Myanmar. transcend.org 18 Feb 2022 – Ahead of the scheduled public hearings in The Gambia v Myanmar (the Rohingya genocide case) at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the University of Ottawa Human Rights Research and Education Centre, Canada, the Genocide Watch of USA and FORSEA release a comprehensive legal analysis. It focuses on the crucial question of who should lawfully speak for Myanmar before the ICJ as Myanmar's coup resulted in an unprecedented situation with no recognized government or even regime with effective control of the state.

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-28). Ukraine praises role of Turkish combat drones in fighting with Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahFebruary 28, 2022 Turkey-made drones helping fight against Russia: Ukrainian envoy Turkey-made Bayraktar drones have been very efficient in Ukraine's battle against invading Russian forces, Kyiv's ambassador to Ankara, Vasyl Bodnar, said Sunday. *** The battle-tested unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have already proven their capabilities in Libya, Syria and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Turkey has …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-28). The Hypocrisy of a Leftist "No to War" that Comes too Late. libya360.wordpress.com Ramiro Gomez, Euskal Herria-Donbass Komitea "Now, the people of Donbass will be able to leave their shelters and play in a park with their children, without fear of blowing themselves up, for the first time in 8 years." I am writing this trying to contain the rage and indignation I feel at the reactions of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-28). Russian Military Operation Prevented Launch of US Bio-Laboratories in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Editorial Note: Confirmed and re-confirmed. 9 underground US bioweapon labs in Ukraine were DESTROYED by Iskander missiles. No confirmation on the status of other 4 labs. Russia asked the Americans diplomatically — for years. Now talk to Mr. Iskander. — Pepe Escobar (@RealPepeEscobar) February 27, 2022 The Russian military special operation in Ukraine coincided with…

Charlie Jane Anders (2022-02-28). Saturday 3/12: Writers With Drinks featuring Malinda Lo. indybay.org The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd Street…

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