(2023-01-25). Africa Bets on Brazil's New President Lula Da Silva. infobrics.org Many African leaders were quick to congratulate Brazil's President Lula da Silva on his election. They are counting on da Silva to improve relations which had greatly suffered under former President Jair Bolsonaro…
(2023-01-25). Brazil Seeks to Shift Its BRICS Presidency to 2025. infobrics.org Brazil has asked its partners in BRICS to delay its presidency in the group that also includes Russia, India, China and South Africa from 2024 to 2025, Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said…
(2023-01-24). Antiwar Voices on MLK week; South Africa Power Grid Crisis; US out of Peru; Free Assange! indybay.org On Pacifica: Antiwar Voices on MLK week; South Africa Power Grid Crisis; US out of Peru; Free Assange!
(2023-01-24). Canciller ruso arriba a Sudáfrica en visita de trabajo. telesurtv.net El titular de la diplomacia rusa sostuvo un encuentro con la ministra sudafricana de Asuntos Exteriores, Naledi Pandor.
(2023-01-24). United States: Police killings rose in 2022 and Black people are the main targets. greenleft.org.au It took a mass civil rights movement to end legal racial segregation in the United States, writes Malik Miah. The same must happen to abolish policing and the corrupt criminal "justice" system.
(2023-01-23). An Ancient Recipe for Social Success. independentmediainstitute.org The following is an excerpt. Read the full article at Naked Capitalism. By Linda M. Nicholas and Gary M. Feinman New evidence and understandings about the structure of successful early societies across Asia, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere are sweeping away the popular assumption that early societies tended toward autocracy and despotism. Archaeology has a …
(2023-01-23). Lavrov Says the West's 'Hybrid War' on Russia Becoming a 'Real War'. news.antiwar.com In South Africa on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the conflict in Ukraine is no longer a "hybrid war" between Russia and the West but is turning into a "real war." At a press conference with his South African counterpart, Lavrov said the Western had been preparing a "war" against Russia for a …
(2023-01-23). FBI wants to put me on trial for fighting for Black freedom: Instead put the colonizer State on trial! mronline.org There are strong indications that in early 2023, I, Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party, founder of the Uhuru ("Freedom") Movement, will be indicted, along with other Uhuru leaders and members, by the federal government of the United States.
(2023-01-23). South Africa: BRICS Mulling New Payment System to Ditch Dollar Control. infobrics.org South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor divulges that "we have always been concerned at the fact that there is a dominance of the dollar and that we do need to look at an alternative"
(2023-01-23). US Africa Leaders Summit promises more exploitation for Africa, record profits for US mining firms. thegrayzone.com Recent deals between US Secretary of State Tony Blinken and African heads of state promise eye-popping profits for US mining multinationals and fewer protections for African laborers "toiling in subhuman conditions" to drive the digital revolution. The US Africa Leaders Summit held this December in Washington DC provided a platform for the Biden administration to advance its agenda across the African continent. With topics ranging from COVID-19 to climate change to "closing the digital divide," to "strengthening democracy," Washington's agenda …
(2023-01-23). Russia Targets Africa to Boost Military Arms Sales. Russia's Strategic Foothold? globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-23). Who's Responsible for Africa's Debt Trap: China or the West? thealtworld.com U.S. politicians and corporate media blame China for debt crises in African countries, yet African governments owe three times more debt to private Western lenders than to China. Furthermore, interest rates on Western private loans are almost double those on Chinese loans. | Tim Jones, Head of Policy at Debt Justice in the UK, explains the reality behind the African debt and how the only just way forward is its cancellation.
(2023-01-23). Nigeria, Gulf of Guinea: U.S., NATO allies launch 32-nation naval exercise. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa / U.S. Sixth FleetJanuary 23, 2023 Exercise Obangame Express 2023 kicks off in Lagos, Nigeria Obangame Express (OE23), the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western and Central Africa, kicked off its 12th year with 32 participating nations, Jan. 23, 2023. The exercise, hosted in Lagos, Nigeria, will feature both …
(2023-01-23). Gov. Ron DeSantis Defends Florida Rejecting 'Radical' AP African American Studies Course. newsone.com Source: SOPA Images / Getty | At this point, we really don't need more evidence that Florida Gov.
(2023-01-23). Currency Localisation Set to Doost Egypt as Part of Brics' New Development Bank. infobrics.org Forced to adopt a floating exchange rate to secure a $3bn bailout from the IMF, the country's currency has come under severe pressure…
(2023-01-23). Headlines for January 23, 2023. democracynow.org Suspected Gunman in Killing of 10 at L.A. County Dance Studio Found Dead , Germany Will "Not Stand in the Way" of Shipments of Battle Tanks to Ukraine, Over 200 Arrested as Peruvian Police Violently Raid University in Lima, Rights Groups Decry "Politically Motivated" Charges Against El Salvador Water Defenders , 100,000 March in Tel Aviv to Protest Far-Right Israeli Government , National Grid Failure Leaves 220 Million Without Power Across Pakistan, Canada to Pay $3 Billion to Settle Lawsuit over Residential School Abuses, Burkina Faso's Military Rulers Order French Troops to Depart,…
(2023-01-23). Burkina Faso exige salida de tropas francesas de su territorio. telesurtv.net Desde Burkina Faso acusan a las fuerzas francesas de no hacer lo suficiente para combatir a los yihadistas en la región del Sahel.
(2023-01-23). UN convenes Lake Chad countries, amid growing regional crisis. news.un.org Amid worsening security, economic, and humanitarian crises, the third Lake Chad Basin High Level Conference has begun, aimed at addressing a range of long-standing issues and the needs of the population, including some 11 million people, who are in need of assistance.
(2023-01-23). UN rights chief condemns 'cold-blooded killing' of Eswatini human rights lawyer. news.un.org Authorities in Eswatini must launch a probe into the killing of a prominent human rights lawyer gunned down this past weekend, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tàºrk said on Monday.
(2023-01-23). Ethiopia: Wars by Contagion. libya360.wordpress.com Guadi Calvo Oromia is the largest region of the country, with the majority ethnicity of the 110 million Ethiopians and whose language, Oromo, is the fourth most spoken on the continent. | Oromo Liberation Army | Twitter The war situation in Ethiopia was thought to be resolved after the laborious peace agreements signed in Pretoria…
(2023-01-23). A Bolivian Hell on Earth: Balkanization in the Name of God. libya360.wordpress.com Rafael Bautista S. If hell is a Christian invention, its own history which is the history of the West is proof of it, shedding as much blood as possible "in the name of love". But the religion of Hebrew-Semitic origin (not Western), which announced the "good news" to the poor, that we are…
(2023-01-23). Russian Gains, US Gears Up for Crimea Escalation, US Proxies Strike China/Pakistan in Train Bombing. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian-Ukrainian conflict for January 23, 2023 + Pakistan train bombing as part of US proxy war on China. Russian forces are reportedly advancing in Zaporozhye while Ukraine continues losing ground around Bakhmut; Russian pushes in Zaporozhye could be (1) recon in force, (2) extending existing security zone ahead of actual Russian…
(2023-01-23). Ataque de Al Shabab deja varios muertos en Mogadiscio, Somalia. telesurtv.net Los terroristas conducían un coche bomba que explotó, tras lo cual se escucharon fuertes disparos.
(2023-01-23). Oklahoma cops shot and killed 26-year-old worker after bosses called police. peoplesdispatch.org Chiewelthap Mariar, a 26-year-old Sudanese refugee and worker at the Seaboard Foods meatpacking plant in Guymon, Oklahoma, was shot and killed by police on January 9. According to testimony given to Oklahoma police resp…