(2021-08-13). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org ScotRail's Sunday pay strikes continue into seventh month joined by other rail disputes; Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency strike in Wales over COVID safety ongoing since April; Firefighters in Gironde, France strike for more resources as they share vehicles with ambulance service; Nigerian doctors' pay stoppage continues with some owed 19 months' arrears…
(2021-08-13). AFRICOM held "cross-continent strategic engagement in Niger" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com North and West Africa Response Force conducts engagement in Niger U.S. service members assigned to U.S. Africa Command's North and West Africa Response Force (NARF) conducted a cross-continent strategic engagement in Niger, August 7-9. **** "The engagement across West Africa into Niger enabled the NARF to exercise its readiness by testing its operational reach throughout …
(2021-08-13). Has AU Declared War on Member States by Granting Israel 'Observer Status'? orinocotribune.com By Iqbal Jassat — Aug 9, 2021 | In the midst of a full-blown controversy sparked by a decision to allow Israel "observer status" at the African Union, it is crucial to note that the Zionist colonial settler regime hasn't halted its violent plunder of Palestinian rights while relentlessly pushing ahead with illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. | Strange as it sounds, the bizarre fact is that the unauthorized permission by the AU Commission Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat has resulted in leaders of the African continent facing divisive consequences of a rash, unwise and problematic decision.
(2021-08-13). Less than 2% vaccinated even as COVID-19 cases cross 7.1 million in Africa. peoplesdispatch.org Despite the recently increased supply, the continent suffers a severe shortage of vaccines due to stockpiling by wealthier countries and the credit rating agencies' practice of disproportionately downgrading developing countries during the pandemic…
(2021-08-13). Combat Footage: ISIS Cells Ambushed Nigerian Army Convoy In Borno (18+). southfront.org 
Screen grab from the ambush video. | On August 11, ISIS news agency Amaq shared footage of a recent attack by the group on a convoy of the Nigerian Armed Forces (NAF) in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno. | ISIS terrorists ambushed the convoy as it was passing near the town of Kareto on the Gubio-Damasak highway on August 1. Heavy clashes broke out between the terrorists and Nigerian troops, who managed to escape with minimum losses. | NAF troops were heading to Gubio to pick up members of the All Progressives Congress…
(2021-08-13). Lawmakers Aren't "Progressive" If They Ignore Palestinian Rights. orinocotribune.com By Souzan Naser & Hatem Abudayyeh — Aug 9, 2021 | Even after years of dedicated judo training, both Mohamed Abdalarasool from Sudan and Fethi Nourine from Algeria refused to compete in the Tokyo Olympics when they were slated to perform against an Israeli athlete. In an official statement, Nourine said to an Algerian TV station, "We worked a lot to reach the Olympics… but the Palestinian cause is bigger than all of this." This gesture of sacrifice and solidarity with Palestinians oppressed by Israel earned Abdalarasool and Nourine hero status in the Arab world and beyond. | In another refreshing move, corp…
(2021-08-13). Sixty nine dead in Algeria as forest fires devastate the Mediterranean region. wsws.org Dozens have died in Algeria as forest fires and record temperatures ravage the north of the country and the entire Mediterranean region.
(2021-08-13). What Fidel Castro means to us. peoplesdispatch.org I first saw Fidel Castro in person during the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in New Delhi in 1983. Castro had come to hand-over the chair of NAM from Cuba, which hosted the 1979 meeting, to India. He was greeted at the Delhi airport by India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, whom he called "sister." | At the meeting, Castro was the star. He held together the 101 countries that gathered under an entirely new leadership. India's Nehru, Egypt's Nasser, Indonesia's Sukarno, and Yugoslavia's Tito — the founders of NAM in 1961 — were no longer present; the new names were Gandhi and Castro with new revolut…
(2021-08-13). A Last-Minute Reprieve for the Homeless…for Now. counterpunch.org Things looked bad for renters on July 31. The rent moratorium had expired, so millions faced eviction and homelessness. The number of vagabonds, already 500,000, was set to balloon. So what did our brave representatives in the House do? They went on summer vacation. Did the president demand they remain in the capital until they
(2021-08-13). LPDF resumes talks to end Libyan civil war with eye on December elections. peoplesdispatch.org Libya's warring parties have once again resumed talks to resolve their political differences and reach a settlement to end the war and civil strife in the country. The talks held on Wednesday, August 11 took place via video-conferencing under the supervision of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). The negotiations were held keeping in mind the scheduled December 2021 presidential and parliamentary elections in the country which has been ravaged by war, foreign military interventions and civil conflict. The meeting between the parties, referred to as the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), com…
(2021-08-13). Cali: City of Explosion and Resistance. libya360.wordpress.com Marco Teruggi State repression was the response of the government of Iván Duque against the demonstrations. Neighborhoods and their poor youth, who confronted the police and military deployment, played a leading role. And the indigenous movement: the most organized actor. "Stop the genocide" reads a huge mural in downtown Cali, the city called "branch of…
(2021-08-13). The Specter of War Looms Over Libya. libya360.wordpress.com The Turkish regime still controls the political life in Tripoli, relying on the hordes of forces and mercenaries that it deploys in bases and camps. Analysts fear that the latest issuance of two arrest warrants against the commander of the Libyan army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, is an attempt by the…
(2021-08-13). In Somalia, the US is bombing the very 'terrorists' it created. thegrayzone.com US and British meddling transformed Somalia's al-Shabaab into an extremist group, inflaming the humanitarian crisis that persists throughout the country. This July, the Biden administration picked up where Trump left off and began bombing Somalia, a country with a gross domestic product of less than $6bn and a poverty rate of 70 percent. But why? The official reason provided by the Pentagon was that the Somali National Army needed air support in its operations to counter al-Shabaab. But the actual …
(2021-08-12). Governing Our Own: 3 Things To Know About The Black Autonomy Act In DC. moguldom.com A Washington, D.C. political activist who identifies with the Black Autonomy Movement hopes to end the gentrification of Black neighborhoods in the D.C. area with a new ballot initiative called The African American Autonomy Act. Addison Sarter, a former at-large Washington, D.C. City Council candidate, is expected to propose the new ballot initiative within the …
(2021-08-12). After Decades, Oil Giant Shell Agrees to Pay $111 Million for Destruction in Nigeria. commondreams.org "Any Democrat who tries to block or water down drug pricing reform is betraying President Biden and his agenda. Worse, they are betraying the American people."
(2021-08-12). Algeria says 22 arsonists arrested for string of 'disaster' wildfires that killed at least 65. rt.com 
Algerian authorities have arrested 22 suspects believed to have set off dozens of deadly wildfires across the country's north, in which at least 65 people have perished as soldiers and first responders race to battle the flames. | President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced the arrests on Thursday during a televised address, saying that "justice will perform its duty" after some 50 separate fires erupted simultaneously earlier this week, most near Tizi Ouzou east of the Alergian capital. | "Some fires have been caused by high temperatures, but criminal hands were behind most of them," the president said. "We have…
(2021-08-12). Russia Condemns US Groundless Accusations Against Alex Saab. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry condemned the situation facing the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, who has been arbitrarily detained in Cape Verde because of an extradition request to the United States. | RELATED: | "The practice of apprehending citizens of other countries… in third countries on trumped-up charges by U.S. law enforcement has become America's infamous 'calling card'," Deputy Director…
(2021-08-12). Jordan's Shrinking Role in Palestine's Liberation Effort. towardfreedom.org The landlocked country is playing an increasingly insignificant role in the dispute, even though the peace process would be incomplete without the kingdom's input. In fact, until the 1970s, Jordan was an indispensable player, having hosted thousands of Palestinian refugees. Jordan seems to be trapped by its own security restrictions and has largely ceded the peace process to its rivals, including Egypt.
(2021-08-12). Turkish combat drone maker to build research center, assembly plant in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish Bayraktar TB2 combat drones — used with deadly effect in Nagorno-Karabakh, Iraq, Syria and Libya — are now being employed by Ukraine for the war in the Donbass. Turkey's Baykar intends to invest in creating scientific center, drone production in Ukraine The Turkish manufacturer of drones Baykar is developing an investment project to build a …
(2021-08-12). Hunger Is the Story of Our Time. libya360.wordpress.com Vijay Prashad, Prasanth R., Zoe Alexandra Hunger continues to take lives across the world, every day. This global failure stems from the very nature of capitalism itself. In May 1998, Cuba's President Fidel Castro attended the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. This is an annual meeting held by the World Health Organization (WHO). Castro…
(2021-08-12). Juvenicide: A Crime of the Multidimensional War in Colombia. libya360.wordpress.com María Fernanda Barreto The systematic murder of Colombian youth by the Colombian State is gaining momentum (Photo: Colombia Informa). At the beginning of the 1990s as the victor of the "cold war", which in reality had very hot expressions, the United States, having established itself since the second post-war period as the head of the…
(2021-08-12). Evo Morales Is Coordinating With Peru's Social Movements to Defend Pedro Castillo's Government. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Evo Morales has been in Peru for the past two days holding meetings with the country's principal social movements. As the President of the 6 Federations, Bolivia's most important campesino union, Evo shared his experiences as a union leader and helped coordinate efforts to build a robust defense of Pedro Castillo's government. "We…
(2021-08-12). Plurinationality or Plurinationalism. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Mayan and Quechua women. OI. In recent years, from the field of "not being", the subaltern peoples, within the bicentennial creole republics of Abya Yala, have raised the urgent need to move from republican nationalism (which could not be) towards plurinationality. From the original peoples we understand plurinationality as the possibility of building…
(2021-08-12). COVID-1984 Update: No "Smoking Bat" Yet, But… dissidentvoice.org Surely, a possibly purloined pangolin, or other intermediate critter, shall appear to relieve us of any lingering doubts that this malingering pandemic virus, SARS-CoV-2, may have originated in a human, all-too-human, high level Bio-lab? Of course, as recently as most of last year, the "lab-leak hypothesis" was considered by all manner of High and …
(2021-08-12). Washington In No Rush To Assign Ambassador To Beijing. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageU.S. Ambassador to China position remains vacant for the longest time in history. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | Qin Gang, China's new ambassador to Washington, arrived in the United States at the end of July and officially began his career as an ambassador. In the context of tense Sino-U.S. relations, the role of the two countries' ambassadors is becoming a key lever to normalize relations and protect national interests. However, since former Ambassador Terry Branstad lef…
(2021-08-12). Why I Told My Grandson I'm Pansexual. commondreams.org "It has opened the floodgate for more communities in the Niger Delta to seek redress for the environmental monstrosity that has devastated them in the past 50 years."