2022-08-25: News Headlines

Kit Klarenberg (2022-08-25). Intelligence operative confirms British gov't is targeting The Grayzone. thegrayzone.com A public call to ban The Grayzone by a UK Foreign Office veteran and psy-ops specialist confirms the malign intentions of British intelligence. The Arvamusfestival (Opinion Festival) convened this August by the Estonian Foreign Ministry featured as its centerpiece an English-language panel on "how to deal with misinformation…in the interests of curbing its propagation." During the discussion, a British state operative named Ross Burley descended into a rant about The Grayzone, demanding it be banned from YouTube on the baseless grounds …

Staff (2022-08-25). Iran, Nigeria to develop military cooperation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — Nigerian defense minister Bashir Salihi Magashi in a meeting with the Iranian ambassador to Nigeria Mohammad Alibak stressed the need for expanding and strengthening Iran-Nigeria military cooperation.

____ (2022-08-25). Closer China-Africa cooperation boosting Africa's supply chain development: report. ecns.cn Closer cooperation between China and Africa is boosting Africa's supply chains amid various headwinds, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Staff (2022-08-25). Iran, Tanzania to draw roadmap for boosting ties. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says that Iran and Tanzania are going to draw a roadmap to develop bilateral relations between the two countries in various fields.

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-08-25). Elecciones generales en Angola finalizan con normalidad. telesurtv.net La Comisión Nacional Electoral indicó que 13.238 colegios electorales con 26.443 mesas se abrieron a las 07H00 (hora local).

_____ (2022-08-24). Blinken Returns Empty Handed From Africa Tour. popularresistance.org United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited three African Union (AU) member-states during early August in an attempt to enhance the presence of Washington on the continent. | This tour came amid an escalation of tensions between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China in regard to their relations with Washington. | Blinken first visited the Republic of South Africa where he had a joint meeting with Naledi Pandor, his diplomatic counterpart. Pandor reiterated the views of the African National Congress (ANC) government which has refused to denounce Moscow over its special military oper…

_____ (2022-08-24). Mali Kicks Out The French; What next? popularresistance.org After a nine year long occupation, French troops have completed their withdrawal from Mali. Mass-demonstrations calling for removal of French troops from Mali have been recurring, especially since 2020, often mobilizing hundreds of thousands people. In February this year, when French president Emmanuel Macron announced that French forces would withdraw in the next four to six months, celebrations broke out across the country. We look at the record of the French in Mali and what lies ahead for the country.

Uhuru Solidarity Movement (2022-08-24). Tuesday 9/13: Day of Reparations to African People. indybay.org Uhuru House | 7911 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94605…

Staff (2022-08-24). Mali calls for boosting economic, scientific coop. with Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — Hailing Iran's status in regional and international political equations, the Malian interim President called for strengthening the economic, commercial, and scientific cooperation between Tehran and Bamako.

____ (2022-08-24). Iran, Mali agree on transfer of technology, defense coop. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Wednesday that Iran and Mali agreed on the transfer of technology and cooperation in the field of defense industry.

____ (2022-08-24). China's help on Africa's supply chain called crucial. ecns.cn China has played an essential role in Africa's supply chain development by addressing related challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and regional conflicts, and has helped improve socioeconomic development on the continent.

_____ (2022-08-23). Greater Peril, Greater Reward? A New Risk Assessment Tool For Activists. popularresistance.org In March 2019, following numerous community pleas to curb graft among local police that had fallen upon deaf ears, residents of Kyere, Uganda tricked a notoriously corrupt police officer into a bribery arrangement. They caught him red-handed. Emerging from their hiding places in a community market, they seized the officer and arrested him—a man who had often used the same power of arrest to extort from them! This effective sting operation occurred without any of the usual police brutality toward activists. | As democracy erodes at an Increasing Pace, slipping our species toward the normalization of authorit…

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