(2021-07-11). Facebook cracks down on propaganda campaign in Jordan. juancole.com 
( Al-Bab.com) — Facebook reported this week that it removed 2,784 accounts in June for "coordinated inauthentic behaviour". Among those, 947 related to countries in the Middle East and North Africa region: Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Algeria and Sudan. Facebook treats online campaigns as "coordinated inauthentic behaviour" if they seek "to mislead people about who they …
(2021-07-11). As UN discusses dam on the Nile, Ethiopia regrets bypassing of regional forums. peoplesdispatch.org The controversy over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has taken a fresh turn with the UN Security Council taking up the issue on the urging of Egypt and Sudan. Ethiopia termed this step a dangerous precedent as it took the negotiation process away from the African Union…
(2021-07-11). As UN Discusses Dam on the Nile, Ethiopia Regrets Bypassing of Regional Forums. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni The Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in 2019. Photo: Reuters The controversy over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has taken a fresh turn with the UN Security Council taking up the issue on the urging of Egypt and Sudan. Ethiopia termed this step a dangerous precedent as it took the negotiation process away from…
(2021-07-11). FROM THE FIELD: Desert artisans in Mali foster dialogue and tolerance. news.un.org Traditional arts and crafts are being used to build peace and dialogue in Mali thanks to the work of the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, MINUSMA.
(2021-07-11). Argentina Military Aid For Bolivia Coup Greater Than Initially Thought. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun NewsInvestigations carried out by Argentina's Security Ministry have revealed that the military aid sent from Mauricio Macri's government to the Añez regime was much larger than what had been published by Bolivia's Foreign Ministry. The neoliberal Macri government sent 40,000 bullets to the Añez dictatorship in the first days of the coup, just days…
(2021-07-11). Several mortar shells hit Somali presidential palace. en.mehrnews.com Somali sources reported that several mortar shells hit the presidential palace in Mogadishu, the Somali capital.
(2021-07-11). 150 Syrian Militants To Be Deployed In Libya: Monitoring Group. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | More than 150 Turkish-backed Syrian militants are preparing for deployment in Libya, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on July 10. | According to the London-based monitoring group, the militants will replace others who will return to Syria before July 15. The plane that will take the new batch from Turkey to Libya will carry other militants home on its return flight. | "The rotation of [Syrian] mercenaries is being done regularly, every 15 days … [Turkey] has been keeping the…
(2021-07-11). Criminal banks and criminal capitalism. indybay.org Since the 1970s, the real economy and the financial economy have been increasingly diverging. Gigantic assets vagabond around the globe, desperately looking for profitable investment opportunities and, in the absence of such opportunities, forming ever larger financial bubbles that burst every few years with a mighty bang, leaving behind legions of crying and feeling cheated investors.
(2021-07-10). Colombia's Assassins: Global Terrorism from Libya to Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com What does the assassination in Haiti reveal about Colombia? This Friday, in a joint press conference of the heads of the Military Forces, the Army and the Police of Haiti, some advances of the ongoing investigation on the assassination of President Jovenel MoàØse were announced. The plan of the crime was made in 32 days,…
(2021-07-10). Heart health: Cities are badly Arranged — A Redesign can help us live longer. juancole.com 
By Tolullah Oni and Rizka Maulida | — ( The Conversation ) — By 2050, it is projected that almost 70% of the world's population will be living in cities, up from 55% today. The fastest urban growth is happening in Asia and Africa, which is also where we're seeing a rapid rise in people …
(2021-07-10). Four Police Officers Killed, 7 Injured in Car Explosion in Somali Capital, Reports Say. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – At least 4 police officers were killed and seven injured on Saturday in a car bombing in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, the local radio station Radio Dalsan reported, citing police sources.
(2021-07-10). FROM THE FIELD: South Sudan's displaced youth, help power change. news.un.org Young people who were displaced by conflict in South Sudan have returned home to power change in their community.
(2021-07-10). A Marxist history of HIV/AIDS — Part 2 The origins of HIV/AIDS. workers.org 
HIV refers to human imunodeficiency virus. If left untreated, HIV can lead to the disease AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). The reactionary, conservative response to AIDS post-1981 was to immediately blame and further condemn gays and lesbians, and later all LGBTQ+ people. World AIDS Day in El Fasher, Sudan, Dec. 1, . . . |
(2021-07-10). Vaccine Billionaires and Human Guinea Pigs. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Written by How do you make a potentially dangerous and ineffective drug appear like a miracle of modern science? You could, for instance, enrol only certain people in clinical trials and exclude others or bring the study to a close as soon as you see a spike in the data that imp…
(2021-07-10). France To Shutdown Bases In Northern Mali Before 2022: Macron. southfront.org 
ILLUSTRATIVE: Reuters | On July 9, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France would begin closing its bases in northern Mali before the end of the year. | "The shutdowns of these sections will start in the second half of 2021 and be completed by early 2022," Macron said during a press conference following summit talks with the leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania and Niger, according to the France-Press Agency (AFP). | The step is meant to reduce the number of French troops fighting against terrorist g…
(2021-07-10). Elections In Libya: Gheddafi's Ghost Above Works Of The Geneva Forum. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by Piero Messina exclusively for SouthFront. | The road map for the Libyan elections has become an obstacle course. A small spark is enough to start a new civil war. The vote is scheduled for next 24 December. But there is no agreement on anything: from the institutional rules for elections, to the criteria for accessing the vote, what to vote on, and how to manage the state budget. | Another obstacle to overcome is understanding who to entrust, within the national unity government, the delicate…
(2021-07-10). "Stop Interfering": Ethiopia's Opportunity After the Election. dissidentvoice.org 
Despite ongoing violence in the northern region of Tigray, persistent attempts to de-rail the process and cries of catastrophe by western powers (most notably the US) and mainstream media, on the 21 June Ethiopia conducted its first ever democratic elections. The mechanics of the election were not perfect, but crucially there were no reports of …
(2021-07-10). Ethiopian Conflict and International Law. orinocotribune.com Legal scholar Francis A. Boyle told Ann Garrison in the following interview that a "Responsibility-to-Protect" intervention in Ethiopia would be illegal and catastrophic. | Ann Garrison: Francis Boyle, you're an expert in international law, including subsets, international human rights law, and international humanitarian law. Could you explain what international humanitarian law is? | Francis A. Boyle: There is a subset of international human rights law that is called international humanitarian law. Now, the truth of the matter is that international humanitarian law is really a euphemism for the laws of war. When…
(2021-07-10). Cota 905 and the Role of Armed Groups in the Diffuse War. libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad Officers of the Special Actions Forces (FAES) of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) in a patrol at the entrance of the Cota 905 neighborhood, Caracas (Photo: Rayner Peña / EFE) As these lines are being written, the Venezuelan State security forces are carrying out a police operation with the objective of neutralizing the belligerent…
(2021-07-10). [Perspectives] Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu: innovator in mental health. thelancet.com Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu is a rising researcher and clinician doing innovative work in mental health and HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. She is a Senior Lecturer and psychiatric epidemiologist in the Department of Psychiatry at Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) and head of the consultation—liaison psychiatric service at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Almost a decade ago, she recalls that "around that time, there were researchers who had resolved that Africans cannot comprehend psychotherapy; therefore, they gave persons living with HIV antidepressants as first-line tr…
(2021-07-10). [Obituary] Drissa Diallo. thelancet.com Pharmacist and authority on traditional medicine. Born in Blendio, Mali, on Jan 1, 1956, he died of a brain tumour in Abidjan, Cà¥te d'Ivoire, on June 7, 2021, aged 65 years.
(2021-07-10). Criminal banks and criminal capitalism. indybay.org Since the 1970s, the real economy and the financial economy have been increasingly diverging. Gigantic assets vagabond around the globe, desperately looking for profitable investment opportunities and, in the absence of such opportunities, forming ever larger financial bubbles that burst every few years with a mighty bang, leaving behind legions of crying and feeling cheated investors.
(2021-07-10). 'Stop interfering': Ethiopia's opportunity after the election. nationofchange.org The level of condescension and interference displayed by the U.S. and others has angered many Ethiopians.