(2020-12-05). What's Not Being Said About the Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine. "Human Guinea Pigs"? globalresearch.ca The Pharma giant Pfizer use an experimental technology known as gene editing, specifically mRNA gene-editing, something never before used in vaccines. Before we rush to get jabbed in hopes of some immunity, we should know more about the radical experimental technology and its lack of precision.
(2020-12-05). [Viewpoint] Certifying Guinea worm eradication: current challenges. thelancet.com The Guinea Worm Eradication Programme (GWEP) is, along with polio, one of two active eradication programmes endorsed by the World Health Assembly. Currently, smallpox is the only human infection to have been eradicated.1 Guinea worm disease, or dracunculiasis, is caused by infection with Dracunculus medinensis that is acquired by the ingestion of infected copepods (of the genera Cyclops and Mesocyclops) or by consuming viable infective larvae in fish or other paratenic hosts.2,3 Polio and Guinea worm programmes have made great progress; however, both programmes face major challenges as they progress towards eradi…
(2020-12-05). [World Report] South Africa and India push for COVID-19 patents ban. thelancet.com They want the WTO to temporarily suspend intellectual property rights so that COVID-19 vaccines and other new technologies are accessible for poor countries. Ann Danaiya Usher reports.
(2020-12-05). Namibian Rà∂ssing Mine Workers Face Covid-19 & Attacks From State Owned China State Owners. indybay.org Namibian Rà∂ssing mine workers face the Covid-19 pandemic & attacks from state owned China National Uranium Corporation Limited. They have tried to intimidate and bribe union leaders and also have fired the Namibian Miner's Union Rà∂ssing Union branch.
(2020-12-05). [Editorial] An African plan to control COVID-19 is urgently needed. thelancet.com As governments in countries hit hardest by COVID-19 prepare vaccination programmes against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), other nations face a more uncertain future. In Africa, for example, the pandemic continues to grow, but heterogeneously. Cases are rising sharply in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, and South Africa. But in Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria, WHO reports only 1173 deaths from COVID-19. Although data are sparse, the first wave of the pandemic seemed to peak in early August.
(2020-12-04). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Amazon workers Germany walk out for three days over pay; French transport workers resume plans to strike against privatisation, postponed because of pandemic; Zimbabwe government ignores court ruling to reinstate sacked nurses…
(2020-12-04). UN working at 'full speed' to prepare for humanitarian mission to Ethiopia's Tigray. news.un.org The UN's humanitarian coordination office, said on Friday that it was doing its utmost to secure aid access to Ethiopia's Tigray region, after a deal was struck to reach displaced civilians, following weeks of fighting between federal and regional forces.
(2020-12-04). US State Dept sanctions Chinese govt officials over 'coercive influence activities'. rt.com 
The US State Department has announced yet another round of sanctions on Chinese officials said to be involved in "coercive influence activities," demanding Beijing cease suppressing 'freedom of expression.' | The department has sanctioned several Chinese officials, accusing them of using coercion and intimidation to "suppress freedom of expression," according to a statement from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday. | The sanctions include visa restrictions on Chinese officials at the United Front Work Department, which Pompeo has alleged engaged in "malign activities" against those who oppose Beijing. | T…
(2020-12-04). Arabic press review: Haftar splashing millions on US real estate. middleeasteye.net 
Arabic press review: Haftar splashing millions on US real estate | Meanwhile, Nasrallah is rumoured to relocate to Tehran, and Egyptian human rights activists pressure Macron to hold Sisi to account | Fri, 12/04/2020 – 15: 58 | Khalifa Haftar at his desk in Benghazi (AFP) | Libya's Haftar owns real estate worth millions in US: | Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar owns real estate assets…
(2020-12-04). Ugandan presidential hopeful Bobi Wine resumes campaign, claims threat to his life. peoplesdispatch.org Bobi Wine is the main contender against long-serving incumbent president Yoweri Museveni in the upcoming presidential elections in January. He had suspended his campaign on Tuesday after his team was attacked by security forces in a village near Kampala…
(2020-12-04). Saudi Arabia, Qatar Near US-Mediated Deal to End Standoff. sputniknews.com Saudia Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain all cut their diplomatic ties to Qatar in 2017 and began a blockade against the Middle Eastern country after accusing it of supporting terrorism. Qatar has, however, repeatedly denied all claims that it supports terrorist activity.
(2020-12-03). Ethnic Cleansing Feared as Ethiopia Wages War on Tigray Region Amid Communication Blackout. democracynow.org 
The United Nations has reached a deal with Ethiopia's government to allow humanitarian access to the northern Tigray region and start providing aid. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched military action against regional forces one month ago, setting off a bloody conflict and adding to the already alarming number of displaced people and refugees in the country and neighboring nations. Ethiopia has declared victory after announcing it took control of the capital of Tigray, but the Tigray People's Liberation Front says they are continuing to fight. CNN senior international correspondent Nima Elbagir says what…
(2020-12-03). Egypt releases three human rights advocates after international outcry. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt releases three human rights advocates after international outcry | Arrests of top advocates at Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights drew rebuke from rights groups and Western governments | Thu, 12/03/2020 – 20: 01 | Rights advocates Gasser Abdelrazek, Karim Ennarah and Mohamed Basheer were released on Thursday (AFP/File photo) | Egypt has released three prominent rights defenders whose detention last…
(2020-12-03). Moving Past Apartheid: One-State is not Ideal Justice, but It is Just and Possible. counterpunch.org 
Once again, Europe's top diplomats expressed their 'deep concern' regarding Israel's ongoing illegal settlement expansion, again evoking the maxim that Israeli actions "threaten the viability of the two-state solution". This position was communicated by EU Foreign Affairs Chief, Josep Borrell, on November 19, during a video-conference with Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Maliki. All Israeli
(2020-12-03). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…
(2020-12-02). Egypt: Amnesty condemns 'horrifying execution spree'. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt: Amnesty condemns 'horrifying execution spree' | Dozens of people have been put to death in the past two months according to UK-based rights group | Wed, 12/02/2020 – 08: 14 | Amnesty said the 'execution spree' followed an incident in September at Cairo's Tora prison in which several policemen and death-row prisoners were killed in a botched breakout attempt (AFP) | Amnesty Internati…
(2020-12-02). Death toll of Boko Haram's latest terrorist attack at 79. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) — According to the latest data, Saturday's terror attack of Boko Haram on rice farmers in Borno, north of Nigeria, has killed 79 innocent people.
(2020-12-02). Ethiopia: The TPLF's Precipitous Fall. popularresistance.org The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) is facing a "final and conclusive" offensive against it by Ethiopian federal forces. On Tuesday, November 17, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia's Prime Minister, declared that, "The three-day ultimatum given to Tigray special forces and the militia to surrender to the national defence…ended today. Following the expiration of this deadline, the final critical act of law enforcement will be done in the coming days." The dire situation that the TPLF now finds itself in reflects just how precipitous its fall from power has been.
(2020-12-02). hCG Found in WHO Tetanus Vaccine in Kenya Raises Concern in the Developing World. globalresearch.ca Of relevance to the current debate on vaccines, originally published in 2017 | Abstract | In 1993, WHO announced a "birth-control vaccine" for "family planning". Published research shows that by 1976 WHO researchers had conjugated tetanus toxoid (TT) with human chorionic gonadotropin …
(2020-12-02). Cuba: 8th Communist Party Congress Convened for April 2021. telesurenglish.net With the attendance of José Ramón Machado Ventura, the second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, and Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the main event was held for the 64th anniversary of the Disembarkment of the Granma yacht and the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the party's system of schools.
(2020-12-01). Detained Egypt rights lawyer seriously ill and 'at risk' in detention, says family. middleeasteye.net 
Detained Egypt rights lawyer seriously ill and 'at risk' in detention, says family | Hoda Abdelmoneim's husband and daughter are urging authorities to release her after her pretrial detention period has expired | Tue, 12/01/2020 – 15: 51 | "> | Human rights lawyer Hoda Abdelmoneim's pretrial detention expired on 21 November, but she remains in custody (Suppl…
(2020-12-01). Booby-trapped bodies and trip-wire toys: The perils of clearing Tripoli of mines. middleeasteye.net 
Booby-trapped bodies and trip-wire toys: The perils of clearing Tripoli of mines | Libya's capital and its suburbs were pounded during Haftar's assault. But danger remains in the tonnes of explosives left behind | Tue, 12/01/2020 – 14: 47 | Having packed sandbags over a grenade, Colonel Naji al-Garabli describes the upcoming blast (MEE/Daniel Hilton) | When Colonel Naji al-Garabli pushes the detona…
(2020-12-01). Egypt: Photographer and model arrested over pyramid photoshoot. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt: Photographer and model arrested over pyramid photoshoot | Latest instance of detentions by Egyptian forces over images of women deemed too 'provocative' has garnered mixed reactions online | Tue, 12/01/2020 – 13: 52 | Model Salma al-Shimi in one of the images taken at the Saqqara site (Screengrab/Twitter) | Photos of an Egyptian model have sparked intense debate online, after both the photographer an…
(2020-12-01). Kushner's 'farewell' Gulf tour. thealtworld.com Why is Trump's son-in-law visiting Saudi Arabia and Qatar in the dying weeks of their administration? | One of the best things about Joe Biden's election as US president is that we will no longer have to see the face of the avaricious Jared Kushner, or at least not for the next four years. Whatever we may think of the incoming US administration and its policies, this disciple of Benjamin Netanyahu, orchestrator of normalisation and plunderer of Arab coffers should hopefully disappear from the limelight. | Kushner, who has spent the past four years exploiting his position as son-in-law of the most pro-Zionist and…
(2020-12-01). As the Ethiopian government claims victory over Tigray, the UN warns the conflict isn't over. thecanary.co The United Nations (UN) has warned that hundreds of thousands of displaced people could still be in danger, after the Ethiopian government declared victory over Tigray. | The UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi Abduction reports remain unconfirmed, but Grandi told journalists refugee abductions: would be major violations of i…
(2020-12-01). Majority of COVID-19 deaths in Khartoum, Sudan are undetected. imperial.ac.uk The majority of COVID-19 Deaths in Khartoum, Sudan are not detected, according to a new report from Imperial's researchers.
(2020-12-01). The Nuremberg Tribunal: 75 Years Later and Still the Basis for Humanity's Survival. globalresearch.ca "The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant and so devastating, that Civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored because it cannot survive their being repeated. That four great nations, flushed with victory and …
(2020-11-30). The War Crimes of Obama and Hillary Clinton: Libya, Syria and Yemen. globalresearch.ca "The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people have actually talked about them. You have to hand it to America. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading …
(2020-11-30). Six Environmental Heroes Awarded Goldman Prize for 'Taking a Stand, Risking Their Lives and Livelihoods, and Inspiring Us'. commondreams.org This year's recipients of the annual honor hail from the Bahamas, Ecuador, France, Ghana, Mexico, and Myanmar. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/goldman_1.jpg …
(2020-11-30). Ethiopian Government Says Mekelle Has Been Retaken by Federal Forces. globalresearch.ca On November 4, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) came under attack by the provincial government in the northern Tigray region. | Reports indicate that numerous ENDF personnel were killed while the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) local leadership declared that …