(2022-03-11). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Thousands of South African dairy food workers continuing four-month strike over jobs and pay amidst media blackout are joined by South African Sibanye-Stillwater gold miners on pay strike; strikes continue throughout French healthcare system over low staffing levels and poor pay, joined by transport workers in Lyons opposed to restructuring; Iraqi oil production graduates in Basra and workers in oil field area demand jobs, while public sector workers walk out over wage arrears in Kurdistan…
(2022-03-11). South African Striking Clover Workers Occupy IDC Offices. indybay.org South African striking Clover workers today occupied the IDC offices to call for the removal of the billionaire Israeli Wertheim family from control of the largest dairy in South Africa and for it to be run by the workers under workers control…
(2022-03-11). Cuba, Nicaragua & Mexico Lead World Gender Parity in Parliaments. orinocotribune.com 
Latin America continues to lead over the rest of the world in parliamentary gender parity. | Cuba, Nicaragua and Mexico have been ranked 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the world, having achieved the highest proportion of women in parliament out of 189 countries. What's more, these three along with Rwanda and the United Arab Emirates are the only five countries in the world to have achieved gender parity in their lower or single legislative house (National Assembly, Congress, or Parliament) as of February 2022. | The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) released its 2021 Women in Parliament report of countries with the best gende…
(2022-03-10). US's practice of disseminating disinformation about China on the Ukraine issue is despicable and malicious. ecns.cn Lately, the US has been disseminating disinformation about China on the Ukraine issue, with the attempt to shift blame, stoke confrontation and profit from the issue. The practice is despicable and malicious.
(2022-03-10). Prince William Under Fire For Racism After Claiming War Is 'Very Alien' In Europe, Leading People To Believe He Meant It Is Normal In Africa And Asia. moguldom.com Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, is under fire for making some comments perceived as racist — again. He and his wife, Duchess Kate Middleton, visited London's Ukrainian Cultural Centre on Wednesday, March 9 in a show of solidarity with the war-torn country. "We're horrified … For our generation, it's very alien to see this …
(2022-03-10). Excitement as SEACOM unveils regional expansion strategy for Uganda. plusnews.ug 
SEACOM, the pan-African telecommunications service provider, unveiled its regional expansion strategy for the Ugandan and East African markets at a special networking breakfast event in Kampala, Uganda. The event was attended by a cross-section of clients, business partners, staff, representatives of key government ministries and parastatals in Uganda, and SEACOM executives from Uganda, East Africa, …
(2022-03-10). War in Ukraine and Russia sanctions threaten food supplies in Middle East and North Africa. wsws.org Russia and Ukraine account for nearly one third of the world's grain exports, one fifth of its corn trade and almost 80 percent of sunflower oil production.
(2022-03-10). Coups, insurgency, and imperialism in Africa. mronline.org 
West Africa is in the grip of a wave of coups, popular protests and fierce geopolitical struggles. Amy Niang argues that declining western hegemony in the region goes hand to hand with intensified competition for access and control of Africa's natural resources. Furthermore, Niang states, the Russian occupation of Ukraine compels us to look at the importance of the country's growing presence in Africa.
(2022-03-10). Gov't welcomes SEACOM's expansion strategy for Uganda. plusnews.ug 
Government of Uganda has welcomed the regional expansion strategy for the Ugandan and East African markets of SEACOM, the pan-African telecommunications service provider announced at a special networking breakfast event in Kampala on Thursday. The Minister of State for ICT and National Guidance, Godfrey Kabbyanga Baluku who represented government at the event said that the …
(2022-03-10). The West's Hands in Ukraine Are as Bloody as Putin's. mintpressnews.com 
Ukrainians will pay the price to wear down Russia, just as Syrians, Libyans, Iranians, Yemenis, Venezuelans and Palestinians have paid the price as the U.S. has sought to attain the goals of its globe-spanning imperial project.
(2022-03-10). Protests Continue in Sudan; Resistance Committees Release a key Charter. orinocotribune.com By Pavan Kulkarni — Mar 3, 2022 | On February 28, The Khartoum Coordination Of The Resistance Committees Proposed The "Charter For The Establishment Of The People's Authority", Setting Forth A Militant Roadmap To Democracy. | The long-awaited "Charter for the Establishment of the People's Authority" was proposed by the Khartoum Coordination of Resistance Committees (RCs) in Sudan on Monday, February 28. Mass demonstrations against the military coup were reported from at least 14 cities in Sudan on the same day. | The security forces unleashed a violent crackdown against the protests. Two people were killed,…
(2022-03-10). The way forward for Busoga University. plusnews.ug 
By Oscar Rwigyema At present, the University of choice for any Ugandan secondary school student is Makerere University. Whether it is still the best university in Uganda is conjecturable. Over the last few years, other universities have invested in a number of programs to raise their stakes and lay a decent claim on this huge …
(2022-03-10). Russian firm to make vehicle trackers in Uganda. plusnews.ug 
The Russian firm contracted to install tracking devices in motor vehicles and motorcycles will manufacture the devices within Uganda. This was disclosed by Noah Baalessanvu, an official who was part of the team that conducted the due diligence in Russia before Uganda entered into an agreement with the Russian firm, Joint Stock Company Global Security. …
(2022-03-10). 22 ADF rebels killed since inception of Operation Shujja. plusnews.ug 
At least 22 rebels have been killed since November last year when Uganda People's Defence Forces raided suspected camps of Allied Democratic Front rebels in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Army Spokesperson, Brig Felix Kulayigye, says in the first operation, UPDF and Congolese forces killed three ADF rebels, four were killed in …
(2022-03-10). Parliament orders forensic audit on Soroti Fruit Factory, UDC. plusnews.ug 
Parliament during plenary yesterday March 9, 2022 unanimously ordered for a forensic audit of the government-owned Soroti Fruit Factory and suspension of its Chief Executive Officer. The audit, to be completed within four weeks, will also cover the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC), the supervisor of the US$11.4m factory that processes mainly mangoes and oranges into …
(2022-03-10). Minister Odongo tasks women to help others realize their potential. plusnews.ug 
On March 9, 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Gen. Odongo Jeje Abubakhar hosted Women working in the Ugandan Foreign Service to a luncheon at the Ministry Headquarters in Kampala. The celebrations marked the occasion of International Women's Day under the global theme; "Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow" Odongo, in his address, acknowledged …