(2022-03-02). Nigerian Student Fleeing War Describes Rampant Racism Against Africans at Border. truthout.org The United Nations reports more than 800,000 people have fled Ukraine since Russia attacked last week, but many foreign nationals trying to escape have described racist discrimination and abuse, saying they were turned away from buses and at the border, while Ukrainians were welcomed with open arms. We speak with one of the African students who documented their experiences on Twitter with the hashtag #AfricansInUkraine. Nigerian student Alexander Somto Orah says the discriminatory treatment…
(2022-03-02). "Ukrainians Only": Nigerian Student Fleeing War Describes Rampant Racism Against Africans at Border. democracynow.org The United Nations reports more than 800,000 people have fled Ukraine since Russia attacked last week, but many foreign nationals trying to escape have described racist discrimination and abuse, saying they were turned away from buses and at the border, while Ukrainians were welcomed with open arms. We speak with one of the African students who documented their experiences on Twitter with the hashtag #AfricansInUkraine. Nigerian student Alexander Somto Orah says the discriminatory treatment he and other African students faced started at the train station in Kyiv and continued at the border with Poland. "We…
(2022-03-02). NATO and Africa: A relationship of colonial violence and structural White supremacy. mronline.org NATO is the means of continuing colonial aggressions against African countries.
(2022-03-02). For African and Colonized Peoples, to understand Ukraine: De-center Europe and focus on imperialism. mronline.org The Black Alliance for Peace emphatically declares that the conflict in the Ukraine emerges from the ceaseless and single-minded drive of the U.S., NATO, and the European Union for global economic and political dominance.
(2022-03-02). Russia's low-cost war can endure Western sanctions. asiatimes.com With a unity unseen since the days of apartheid South Africa, the Western world, and the wider global community, are bringing weighty pressure to bear upon Russia, but the critical metric remains a grim one for the defenders of Ukraine. But calculations about the surprisingly modest operational costs that the world's 11th largest economy is …
(2022-03-02). Manufacturing Savagery: US Military Training in West Africa and Beyond. dissidentvoice.org On January 24th, Burkina Faso bore witness to its third destabilizing coup in less than a decade. It also marked the eighth successful putsch American soldiers launched in multiple West African countries since 2008. The Intercept reports that Ouagadougou's new leader, Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, took part in many United States led AFRICOM (Africa Command) …
(2022-03-02). Iran-Iraq trade capacity at $30bn: TPOI. en.mehrnews.com The Director-General of Arab and African Department of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) is of the opinion that capacities of trade and economic cooperation between Iran and Iraq is at least $30 billion.
(2022-03-02). UN General Assembly votes on Russian offensive in Ukraine. rt.com A nonbinding resolution was passed overwhelmingly, condemning Russia for its assault on Ukraine and calling for its immediate exit | The UN General Assembly has voted to rebuke Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and demand that Moscow's forces leave the former Soviet republic immediately. | The nonbinding resolution was passed on Wednesday, with 141 countries voting in favor, 35 abstaining, and five opposing the measure. The only votes against the resolution were cast by Belarus, Syria, North Korea, Eritrea, and Russia itself. India, South Africa, and Iraq were among the members that abstained, as were Russian…
(2022-03-02). Love, Power and Peace by Piece. mronline.org Freedom is a habit and for Africans throughout history, it is one that can cost you dearly while under the repressive state apparatus of an imperialist power.
(2022-03-02). Book donation opens opportunity for Kenyans to learn Chinese culture. ecns.cn Kenyans will now get an opportunity to learn and understand the rich Chinese culture as well as its technological, economic and political development after the launch of a Chinese Corner at the Kenya National Library Service's main branch in Upper Hill, Nairobi.
(2022-03-02). As Protests Continue in Sudan, Resistance Committees Release a Key Charter. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni On February 28, the Khartoum Coordination of the Resistance Committees proposed the "Charter for the Establishment of the People's Authority", setting forth a militant roadmap to democracy The long-awaited "Charter for the Establishment of the People's Authority" was proposed by the Khartoum Coordination of Resistance Committees (RCs) in Sudan on Monday, February 28….
(2022-03-02). Tears for Ukraine, Sanctions for Russia, Yawns for Yemen, Arms for Saudis: The West's Grotesque Double Standard. libya360.wordpress.com Ahmed Abdulkareem HAJJAH, YEMEN —"We're brutally bombed every day. So why doesn't the Western world care like it does about Ukraine?!!… Is it because we don't have blonde hair and blue eyes like Ukrainians?" Ahmed Tamri, a Yemeni father of four, asked with furrowed brows about the outpouring of international support and media coverage of…