Kit Klarenberg (2022-08-25). Intelligence operative confirms British gov't is targeting The Grayzone. thegrayzone.com A public call to ban The Grayzone by a UK Foreign Office veteran and psy-ops specialist confirms the malign intentions of British intelligence. The Arvamusfestival (Opinion Festival) convened this August by the Estonian Foreign Ministry featured as its centerpiece an English-language panel on "how to deal with misinformation…in the interests of curbing its propagation." During the discussion, a British state operative named Ross Burley descended into a rant about The Grayzone, demanding it be banned from YouTube on the baseless grounds …

Staff (2022-08-25). Iran, Nigeria to develop military cooperation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — Nigerian defense minister Bashir Salihi Magashi in a meeting with the Iranian ambassador to Nigeria Mohammad Alibak stressed the need for expanding and strengthening Iran-Nigeria military cooperation.

____ (2022-08-25). Closer China-Africa cooperation boosting Africa's supply chain development: report. ecns.cn Closer cooperation between China and Africa is boosting Africa's supply chains amid various headwinds, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Staff (2022-08-25). Iran, Tanzania to draw roadmap for boosting ties. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says that Iran and Tanzania are going to draw a roadmap to develop bilateral relations between the two countries in various fields.

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-08-25). Elecciones generales en Angola finalizan con normalidad. telesurtv.net La Comisión Nacional Electoral indicó que 13.238 colegios electorales con 26.443 mesas se abrieron a las 07H00 (hora local).

_____ (2022-08-24). Blinken Returns Empty Handed From Africa Tour. popularresistance.org United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited three African Union (AU) member-states during early August in an attempt to enhance the presence of Washington on the continent. | This tour came amid an escalation of tensions between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China in regard to their relations with Washington. | Blinken first visited the Republic of South Africa where he had a joint meeting with Naledi Pandor, his diplomatic counterpart. Pandor reiterated the views of the African National Congress (ANC) government which has refused to denounce Moscow over its special military oper…

_____ (2022-08-24). Mali Kicks Out The French; What next? popularresistance.org After a nine year long occupation, French troops have completed their withdrawal from Mali. Mass-demonstrations calling for removal of French troops from Mali have been recurring, especially since 2020, often mobilizing hundreds of thousands people. In February this year, when French president Emmanuel Macron announced that French forces would withdraw in the next four to six months, celebrations broke out across the country. We look at the record of the French in Mali and what lies ahead for the country.

Uhuru Solidarity Movement (2022-08-24). Tuesday 9/13: Day of Reparations to African People. indybay.org Uhuru House | 7911 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94605…

Staff (2022-08-24). Mali calls for boosting economic, scientific coop. with Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — Hailing Iran's status in regional and international political equations, the Malian interim President called for strengthening the economic, commercial, and scientific cooperation between Tehran and Bamako.

____ (2022-08-24). Iran, Mali agree on transfer of technology, defense coop. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Wednesday that Iran and Mali agreed on the transfer of technology and cooperation in the field of defense industry.

____ (2022-08-24). China's help on Africa's supply chain called crucial. ecns.cn China has played an essential role in Africa's supply chain development by addressing related challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and regional conflicts, and has helped improve socioeconomic development on the continent.

_____ (2022-08-23). Greater Peril, Greater Reward? A New Risk Assessment Tool For Activists. popularresistance.org In March 2019, following numerous community pleas to curb graft among local police that had fallen upon deaf ears, residents of Kyere, Uganda tricked a notoriously corrupt police officer into a bribery arrangement. They caught him red-handed. Emerging from their hiding places in a community market, they seized the officer and arrested him—a man who had often used the same power of arrest to extort from them! This effective sting operation occurred without any of the usual police brutality toward activists. | As democracy erodes at an Increasing Pace, slipping our species toward the normalization of authorit…

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-08-23). Presidente de México rechaza verdad histórica sobre Ayotzinapa. telesurtv.net Señaló que el informe sobre el caso aborda cómo funcionarios del Estado se organizaron para fabricar falsedades sobre el asesinato de los normalistas.

Staff (2022-08-23). Reanuda vuelos a Cuba la aerolínea TAAG-Líneas Aéreas de Angola. cubadebate.cu La aerolínea angolana TAAG-Líneas Aéreas anunció la reanudación de sus vuelos a Cuba, luego de una evaluación positiva sobre los negocios en las rutas intercontinentales que vinculan a América y Europa, en los cuales incluyeron a la Isla caribeña, entre los próximos destinos a retomar.

Staff (2022-08-23). Iran FM meets Malian counterpart in Bamako. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met and held talks with his Malian counterpart.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-23). Coronel Abdoulaye Maiga asume como primer ministro en Mali. telesurtv.net El militar estará en forma temporal en el cargo hasta que se recupere Choguel Kokala Maiga.

Uhuru Solidarity Movement (2022-08-23). Tuesday 9/13: Day of Reparations to African People. indybay.org Uhuru House | 7911 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94605…

Contributing Writers (2022-08-22). China forgives 23 loans for 17 African countries, expands 'win-win' trade and infrastructure projects/ By Ben Norton. marktaliano.net Original Link Here: China forgives 23 loans for 17 African countries, expands 'win-win' trade and infrastructure projects Multipolarista China is forgiving 23 interest-free loans for 17 African countries, after already cancelling $3.4 billion and restructuring $15 billion of debt from 2000-2019. Beijing pledged more infrastructure projects and offered favorable trade deals in a "win-win" …

Mumia Abu-Jamal (2022-08-22). Albert Woodfox, Angola Three warrior passes. workers.org August 9 Who has not heard of the Angola Three, three young Black prisoners who were falsely accused of killing a prison guard in 1972, in the infamous Louisiana maximum-security prison, sited at a former slave plantation and named for the place where the African captives came from: Angola. On . . . |

____ (2022-08-22). No Longer a Pariah? Russia and China Could Be about to 'Normalize' North Korea and Leave the US with another Asian Headache. transcend.org 18 Aug 2022 – Once a Cold War proxy battleground for superpowers, is the Korean peninsula being pulled apart by bloc politics again?>

Ryan Cristián (2022-08-22). Monica Perez Interview How The Two Party Paradigm Is Designed To Hinder Genuine Change. thelastamericanvagabond.com Joining me today on Moving Target is Monica Perez, here to discuss the illusion that is the two party paradigm, and how it is used to ensure that any genuine change — that the American people might want yet is counter to the interests of the oligarchy — never comes to pass. We discuss the

WSWS (2022-08-22). Egypt's Central Bank governor resigns amid escalating economic and social crisis. wsws.org In April, the government announced a raft of new austerity measures, including cutbacks in government spending,…

Staff (2022-08-22). Iranian FM departs for Mali and Tanzania. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Monday departed for Bamako, the capital of Mali.

WSWS (2022-08-22). William Ruto declared winner in Kenyan presidential election amid mass abstention. wsws.org In recent years, mass strikes have erupted among teachers, university lecturers, health workers, port workers and long-distance truck drivers over low pay and precarious conditions.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-08-22). California poised to celebrate 2022 International Day for People of African Descent. indybay.org Together, we will call for the Great State of California to stand in solidarity with H. Res 615. People of African descent and friends across the diaspora stand against systemic racism and supports the transformational agenda for racial justice and equality as identified in the Systemic Racism Report, and implemented through the subsequent Human Rights Council Resolution and the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-08-22). ONU condena ataque terrorista contra hotel en Somalia. telesurtv.net El secretario general de la ONU reiteró el compromiso de la organización en la lucha contra el terrorismo en Somalia y en su camino hacia la paz.

UnitedEditor (2022-08-22). TÃ?rkiye's Vatan Party is going to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. unitedworldint.com There is nothing as natural as the normalization of relations between TÃ?rkiye and Syria. This should have happened much earlier, but it is very important that such progress has taken place, albeit with a delay. UWI expert, political scientist and writer Mehmet Perinçek evaluated the relations between TÃ?rkiye and Syria and explained the details of …

_____ (2022-08-21). China Forgives 23 Loans For 17 African Countries. popularresistance.org The Chinese government has announced that it is forgiving 23 interest-free loans for 17 African nations, while pledging to deepen its collaboration with the continent. | This is in addition to China's cancellation of more than $3.4 billion in debt and restructuring of around $15 billion of debt in Africa between 2000 and 2019. | While Beijing has a repeated history of forgiving loans like this, Western governments have made baseless, politically motivated accusations that China uses "debt-trap diplomacy" in the Global South. | The United States has turned Africa into a battleground in its new cold war on China an…