Monthly Archives: January 2023

2023-01-12: News Headlines

_____ (2023-01-12). Heading to Africa once again, the West is trying to revive neo-colonialism. journal-neo.org The year 2022 has come to an end and it has become a symbol of universal "de-Westernization." The criticism of the West is growing everywhere not only for its unwillingness to resolve the Middle East conflict between Palestine and Israel and to reach an agreement on the nuclear dossier with Iran, but also for the …

infobrics (2023-01-12). 25 years of Sino-South African Ties Celebrated. infobrics.org The establishment of diplomatic relations ushered in a new era for South Africa-China cooperation. It paved the way for closer political, economic, cultural and people-to-people ties, in a spirit of increasing friendship and constructive dialogue…

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-12). U.S., NATO allies, African clients, Brazil to launch 29-nation naval exercise. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa/U.S. Sixth FleetJanuary 9, 2023 International exercise Obangame Express 2023 set to begin Exercise Obangame Express 2023 (OE23), the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western and Central Africa, will kick off its 12th year with 29 participating nations at an opening ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria, Jan. 23, 2023. Conducted by …

ecns.cn (2023-01-12). Xi, Angolan president exchange congratulations on 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday exchanged congratulations with Angolan President Joao Lourenco on the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-12). Uganda y la OMS declaran fin de brote de ébola. telesurtv.net Se cumplen 42 días de plazo sin nuevos casos desde la última alta médica. Se mantendrán medidas de vigilancia.

_____ (2023-01-11). Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy. popularresistance.org Sanctions imposed without United Nations endorsement are illegal. That is why they could be legally imposed on South Africa by a resolution of the UN General Assembly in 1962, but are unlawful when imposed by one government, often with selected allies, against any other country, for whatever reason. Known correctly as "unilateral coercive measures," such actions are not only contrary to international law in themselves, but may lead to other breaches of the law if their effects are so severe as to become "crimes against humanity." | The report, Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy, is a comprehensive ove…

infobrics (2023-01-11). South Africa to Use BRICS Chair Role to Advance Africa Interests. infobrics.org South Africa will use its role as the 2023 chair of the BRICS grouping of nations to advance the interest of Africa as a whole, President Cyril Ramaphosa said…

ecns.cn (2023-01-11). South Africa not to impose travel restrictions for other countries. ecns.cn South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla said Tuesday that there is no need to impose restrictions for other countries with high COVID-19 infections following the detection of the Omicron XBB.1.5 variant in his country.

Wendy Craig (2023-01-11). Press Conference: Defend the African Community's Right to Economic Self-Determination. indybay.org What: Press Conference: Defend the African Community's Right to Economic Self-Determination, and Human and Civil Rights on this MLK Day! | When: Friday, January 13th, 2023 at 10am | Where: Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles, 3742 Grand Ave., Oakland, CA 94610 | Who: African People's Education & Defense Fund and Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles | Black Star Industries and Uhuru Foods and Pies…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-11). US Threatens African Countries, Demanding To End Relations With Russia. southfront.org Illustrative ImageWashington maintains an interventionist stance towards emerging states, ignoring their position of not adhering to anti-Russian sanctions. | Written by Even with the emerging countries several times making clear their solid position of not supporting the sanctions against Russia, the US remains with an absolutely interventionist fore…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-11). US Threatens African Countries, Demanding They End Relations with Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Lucas Leiroz South Africa's Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thandi Modise © Twitter / South African Government Even with the emerging countries several times making clear their solid position of not supporting the sanctions against Russia, the US remains with an absolutely interventionist foreign policy, threatening the states that maintain relations with "blacklisted" nations….

scorinoco (2023-01-11). US Airstrikes in Somalia Increased by 30% in 2022. orinocotribune.com US airstrikes in Somalia rose by 30% in 2022 as the Biden administration has escalated its involvement in the war against al-Shabaab, According to data compiled by the Long War Journal, a project of the hawkish Foundation for the Defense of Democracies think tank, US Africa Command launched at least 15 airstrikes in Somalia in 2022, up from 11 airstrikes the previous year. | US airstrikes in Somalia initially dropped under Pres…

ecns.cn (2023-01-11). Ethiopian PM meets Chinese FM on bilateral ties. ecns.cn Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday met with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-11). Atilio Boron: Judicial-Media Tyranny Strangles Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Renowned Argentine sociologist and author Atilio Boron joins The Grayzone to discuss the legal assault on his country's former president, Cristina Kirchner, the attempts to sabotage leaders from Brazil's Lula da Silva to Peru's Pedro Castillo, and the elite forces behind what he considers a continent-wide program akin to the notoriously bloody Cold War-era Plan…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-11). Dan Kovalik: US Covert Program Fuels Sinaloa Chapo Violence. libya360.wordpress.com The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal is joined by journalist Dan Kovalik to discuss events in Sinaloa. The northern Mexican state was turned into a war zone ahead of Joe Biden's scheduled visit to the country this month. In the city of Culiacan, the Mexican military captured Ovidio Guzman, the son of El Chapo, the imprisoned leader…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-11). Haiti in the Age of the Ukraine Proxy War. libya360.wordpress.com Black Agenda Report editors and contributors Margaret Kimberley, Danny Haiphong, and Dr. Jemima Pierre discuss what Haiti's struggles can teach us at this pivotal moment in history.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-11). Ukrainian Defense Lines: What Happens When They Are Breached. libya360.wordpress.com Moon of Albama Soledar has fallen to Russian troops. Bakhmut (Artymovsk) will follow soon. This constitutes the breach of Ukraine's second defense line within the Donetzk and Lysichansk oblasts. I will discuss those lines with the maps below. The first map shows the range of land taken by Russian forces by April 1 2022 (Kiev…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-11). Washington's "Democracy Promotion" Spectacularly Fails in Venezuela. libya360.wordpress.com Roger D. Harris The Los Angeles Times reports that "the audacious gamble by the U.S. government to…restore democracy" suffered a "spectacular failure" in Venezuela. What this State Department stenographer masquerading as a newspaper considers a "democratic" setback consisted of failing to impose unknown US security asset Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's president. This man just got the boot from his own…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-11). Why the CIA Attempted a 'Maidan Uprising' in Brazil. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar The failed coup in Brazil is the latest CIA stunt, just as the country is forging stronger ties with the east. A former US intelligence official has confirmed that the shambolic Maidan remix staged in Brasilia on 8 January was a CIA operation, and linked it to the recent attempts at color revolution in…

ecns.cn (2023-01-11). Supervision set to guide platforms. ecns.cn China's supervision of platform companies' financial activities will normalize with more targeted efforts to guide them toward better compliance, promote the healthy development of the sector and better serve the real economy.

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2023-01-11: News Headlines

_____ (2023-01-11). Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy. popularresistance.org Sanctions imposed without United Nations endorsement are illegal. That is why they could be legally imposed on South Africa by a resolution of the UN General Assembly in 1962, but are unlawful when imposed by one government, often with selected allies, against any other country, for whatever reason. Known correctly as "unilateral coercive measures," such actions are not only contrary to international law in themselves, but may lead to other breaches of the law if their effects are so severe as to become "crimes against humanity." | The report, Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy, is a comprehensive ove…

infobrics (2023-01-11). South Africa to Use BRICS Chair Role to Advance Africa Interests. infobrics.org South Africa will use its role as the 2023 chair of the BRICS grouping of nations to advance the interest of Africa as a whole, President Cyril Ramaphosa said…

ecns.cn (2023-01-11). South Africa not to impose travel restrictions for other countries. ecns.cn South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla said Tuesday that there is no need to impose restrictions for other countries with high COVID-19 infections following the detection of the Omicron XBB.1.5 variant in his country.

Wendy Craig (2023-01-11). Press Conference: Defend the African Community's Right to Economic Self-Determination. indybay.org What: Press Conference: Defend the African Community's Right to Economic Self-Determination, and Human and Civil Rights on this MLK Day! | When: Friday, January 13th, 2023 at 10am | Where: Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles, 3742 Grand Ave., Oakland, CA 94610 | Who: African People's Education & Defense Fund and Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles | Black Star Industries and Uhuru Foods and Pies…

ecns.cn (2023-01-11). Ethiopian PM meets Chinese FM on bilateral ties. ecns.cn Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday met with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

ecns.cn (2023-01-11). Supervision set to guide platforms. ecns.cn China's supervision of platform companies' financial activities will normalize with more targeted efforts to guide them toward better compliance, promote the healthy development of the sector and better serve the real economy.

infobrics (2023-01-10). BRICS at the G20 and the Centrality of the Unated Nations Development Agenda. infobrics.org BRICS has an important role in the G20, precisely guided by its own resolutions on the pursuit of development, to drive the agenda and keep pushing until it is done, writes Mikatekiso Kubayi, Researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue associated with UNISA (South Africa)…

ecns.cn (2023-01-10). FM Qin's trip to cement ties with African, Arab nations. ecns.cn Beijing pins high hopes on partnership and collaboration with African and Arab countries at the start of the new year as Foreign Minister Qin Gang embarks on his first trip abroad since being appointed to…

_____ (2023-01-10). Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire. strategic-culture.org Although many Nazis were brought to book for their crimes, no British were, Declan Hayes writes. | Caroline Elkins' accounts of British soldiers ramming broken bottles into the vaginas of female Kenyan prisoners during the Kikuyus' Mau Mau revolt is not, by any stretch, the worst example of Albion's imperial violence she recounts. Because this 870 page book is awash with similar instances of systematic war crimes by the British administration in Kenya, in Nigeria, Jamaica, South Africa, Malaya, Palestine, Cyprus, Nyasaland, India and countless other outposts of empire, justifiable comparisons between the British…

Editor (2023-01-10). Netflix's 'Descendant' shows capitalism continues to oppress African descendants. mronline.org In the spring of 1860, wealthy businessman Timothy Meaher made a bet that he could illegally kidnap and ship Africans from Africa to Mobile, Alabama, without being detected by federal officials.

Esho Tammary, Kumar Manasi (2023-01-10). [Review] Mental and sexual health outcomes associated with FGM/C in Africa: a systematic narrative synthesis. thelancet.com There are gaps in evidence regarding mental and sexual outcomes and associated interventions for women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) living in Africa. This study employed a narrative synthesis to collate evidence on mental and sexual health outcomes. A systematic search of bibliographic databases and websites was performed using appropriate keywords and studies published in English from January 1, 2010 to March 25, 2022. 25 studies were retrieved and reported mental and sexual health complications associated with FGM/C.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-10). Burkina Faso: A Blow to French Control in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com The French Foreign Ministry said Tuesday (Jan. 3) that it had received a letter in December from Burkina Faso authorities requesting that the French ambassador be recalled from Burkina Faso, a move the ministry called "non-standard practice." Earlier, several media outlets reported that the military authorities of an African country demanded that Ambassador Luc Hallad…

Jamal Rich (2023-01-10). Black D.C. youth, 13, shot dead; 'homeowner' vigilante identity protected by police. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—This past weekend in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, D.C., a local resident confronted and murdered a 13-year-old African American boy who was allegedly attempting to break into vehicles in the community. The boy shot to death was identified as Karon Blake of Northeast Washington, a student at Brookland Middle School. The shooter, who has …

Tings Chak (2023-01-10). A look back on three years of China's anti-COVID-19 fight. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in MR Online on Jan. 1, 2023. It is shared here under Creative Commons | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | I arrived in Shanghai, 36 hours after leaving Sà£o Paulo, a near deportation in South Africa, and a canceled connecting flight. It was March 21, 2020. In the following days, China implemented its mandatory centrali…

Staff (2023-01-10). Presidente cubano evoca al líder estudiantil Julio Antonio Mella. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, recordó en su cuenta de Twitter al líder estudiantil y dirigente comunista Julio Antonio Mella, asesinado en México hace 94 años por esbirros del dictador Gerardo Machado (1925-1933). El 10 de enero de 1929 en Ciudad de México, Julio Antonio Mella recibió varios disparos que terminaron causándole la muerte pocas horas después.

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-01-10). Meek Mill Apologizes To The People Of Ghana After Music Video Thought To Be Disrespectful. moguldom.com Meek Mill has apologized for "any disrespect" after filming an unauthorized music video in Ghana's presidential palace. Mill traveled to Ghana in December 2022 after learning he had Ghanaian ancestry. The Philly MC made his apologies in a series of tweets on Monday, Jan. 9, after receiving backlash for a music video in which he's …

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-10). Imperial civil engineer honoured by President of Kenya. imperial.ac.uk The Head of Imperial's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has received one of Kenya's highest honours from its President.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-10). Human Trafficking in Ukraine: Illegal Organ Harvest. libya360.wordpress.com Deborah L. Armstrong Col. Vitaly Kiselev of Lugansk Police speaks to media about black-market organ harvesting in Bakhmut. Photo: Voice of Sevastopol "Every Day We Were Working Like Frankenstein's Slaves" Few things in our world are so horrifying as human trafficking. It's a worldwide scourge, and according to some reports, Ukraine is one of the worst…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-10). Peru: Juliaca Massacre Death Toll Rises to 17. libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa Peruvian security forces brutally repressed an anti-government protest in Juliaca city, in Puno region, on January 9. Photo: Mas Nina/Pachamama Radio With the victims of the massacre in Juliace, the death toll from state repression of the anti-government protests rises to 46 On Monday, January 9, Peruvian security forces brutally repressed an anti-government…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-10). Promoting Hunger and Impoverishment in Somalia. libya360.wordpress.com Mark Duffield and Nicholas Stockton Mark Duffield and Nicholas Stockton write how the ecologically sustainable, communally managed subsistence pastoralism in Somalia has been displaced by militarised extractive ranching. Challenging mainstream accounts of the "drought" Duffield and Stockton argue the current crisis is the result of decades of bad development and relief interventions that have promoted…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-10). Scott Ritter: Death is on a Pale Horse Riding Towards Us Now. libya360.wordpress.com Deborah L. Armstrong 2023 Will Be Our Last Year on the Planet "And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts And I looked, and behold a pale horse And his name that sat on him was death, and hell followed with him" — Johnny Cash, The Man Comes Around Scott Ritter, former…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-10). Sweden Hustled into Military Pact with US. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Remote land and people of the Russian Arctic The Biden Administration's efforts to put on fast track Sweden's accession as a NATO member petered out as Turkiye balked, exercising its prerogative to withhold approval unless its conditions regarding Stockholm's past dalliance with Kurdish separatist elements is fully addressed. President Biden was bullish…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-10). What (More Reasonable) Western Analysts Say Comes Next for Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Some Western analysts have been providing a more accurate picture of the conflict in Ukraine than the general barrage of Western war propaganda. They seem to agree that: — There is no path for Ukraine to win militarily; — Russia is nowhere near as incompetent and ill-prepared as the Western media suggests; — Russia is…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-10). Israel imposes more repressive measures on Palestinians following UNGA vote. mronline.org Apart from imposing travel restrictions on Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, Israel has confiscated USD 39 million from the body which will be transferred to the 'victims of terrorism' fund for Israeli citizens.

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