Staff (2022-03-01). Presidente cubano recibe a ministro de Estado de Angola. cubadebate.cu El Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido y Presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, recibió en la tarde de este lunes al Ministro de Estado, Jefe de la Casa Civil de la Presidencia y Co-Presidente de la Comisión Intergubernamental Cuba-Angola, excelentísimo señor Adà£o Francisco Correia de Almeida, quien realiza una visita oficial a nuestro país.

ecns.cn (2022-03-01). Chinese, Somali FMs hold phone talks over bilateral ties. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation Monday with Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdisaid Muse Ali on bilateral ties.

Ann Brown (2022-02-28). Africans In Ukraine Being Asked To Wait For White Europeans To Cross Border To Poland First. moguldom.com As fighting intensifies in Ukraine after the Russian occupation which began on Feb. 21, thousands of Africans, many of them students, have found themselves stuck in the invaded country. Several complained on social media that Ukrainian government officials have asked them to wait until Europeans cross the border to Poland before they leave Ukraine. Russia launched …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-28). Ukraine: Getting it Right: A Revolutionary Pan-African Perspective. libya360.wordpress.com Gerald A. Perreira Since February 18th, thousands of civilians have been evacuated from Donetsk and Luhansk to Russia following Ukraine's intensified shelling of these territories, which have been under fire since the 2014 US backed coup. "The White House hysteria is more revealing than ever. The Anglo-Saxons need a war at any cost. Provocation, misinformation…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-28). Nepal ratifies $500M Millennium Challenge Corp. pact amid protests and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the Millennium Challenge Corporation pact ratified by Nepal, racism against African refugees trying to flee the war in Ukraine, and more…

Tracy Keeling (2022-02-28). Appalling racism comes to the fore as Russia invades Ukraine. thecanary.co Footage and reports suggest People of Colour trying to flee the Russian assault on Ukraine have been blocked from routes of escape. And some western media outlets have been grotesquely characterising the conflict as exceptional because it's happening within a 'civilised' country. | These are some of the appalling examples of racist actions and rhetoric that have been on display amid the conflict. | "No Blacks": | Videos circulated on social media suggested that People of Colour trying to board trains or get through borders have been struggling to do so. The #AfricansinUkraine hashtag showed some distressi…

teleSUR (2022-02-28). Russia-Ukraine War Threatens Import-Depending African Economies. telesurenglish.net Last week, the Renaissance Capital Investment Bank Economist Director Charlie Robertson warned that the Ukraine-Russian war will severely impact African countries that depend on food imports from Europe. | RELATED: | "Africa keeps centuries-old ties with Western countries," Robertson said, stressing that this continent imported US$6.9 billion in agricultural products from Russia and Ukraine in 2020. | He considered that the g…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). The ICJ and the Issue of Lawful Representation in The Gambia v Myanmar. transcend.org 18 Feb 2022 – Ahead of the scheduled public hearings in The Gambia v Myanmar (the Rohingya genocide case) at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the University of Ottawa Human Rights Research and Education Centre, Canada, the Genocide Watch of USA and FORSEA release a comprehensive legal analysis. It focuses on the crucial question of who should lawfully speak for Myanmar before the ICJ as Myanmar's coup resulted in an unprecedented situation with no recognized government or even regime with effective control of the state.

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-28). Ukraine praises role of Turkish combat drones in fighting with Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahFebruary 28, 2022 Turkey-made drones helping fight against Russia: Ukrainian envoy Turkey-made Bayraktar drones have been very efficient in Ukraine's battle against invading Russian forces, Kyiv's ambassador to Ankara, Vasyl Bodnar, said Sunday. *** The battle-tested unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have already proven their capabilities in Libya, Syria and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Turkey has …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-28). The Hypocrisy of a Leftist "No to War" that Comes too Late. libya360.wordpress.com Ramiro Gomez, Euskal Herria-Donbass Komitea "Now, the people of Donbass will be able to leave their shelters and play in a park with their children, without fear of blowing themselves up, for the first time in 8 years." I am writing this trying to contain the rage and indignation I feel at the reactions of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-28). Russian Military Operation Prevented Launch of US Bio-Laboratories in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Editorial Note: Confirmed and re-confirmed. 9 underground US bioweapon labs in Ukraine were DESTROYED by Iskander missiles. No confirmation on the status of other 4 labs. Russia asked the Americans diplomatically — for years. Now talk to Mr. Iskander. — Pepe Escobar (@RealPepeEscobar) February 27, 2022 The Russian military special operation in Ukraine coincided with…

Charlie Jane Anders (2022-02-28). Saturday 3/12: Writers With Drinks featuring Malinda Lo. indybay.org The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd Street…

teleSUR (2022-02-28). Russia-Ukraine War Threatens Import-Depending African Economies. telesurenglish.net Last week, the Renaissance Capital Investment Bank Economist Director Charlie Robertson warned that the Ukraine-Russian war will severely impact African countries that depend on food imports from Europe. | RELATED: | "Africa keeps centuries-old ties with Western countries," Robertson said, stressing that this continent imported US$6.9 billion in agricultural products from Russia and Ukraine in 2020. | He considered that the g…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). The ICJ and the Issue of Lawful Representation in The Gambia v Myanmar. transcend.org 18 Feb 2022 – Ahead of the scheduled public hearings in The Gambia v Myanmar (the Rohingya genocide case) at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the University of Ottawa Human Rights Research and Education Centre, Canada, the Genocide Watch of USA and FORSEA release a comprehensive legal analysis. It focuses on the crucial question of who should lawfully speak for Myanmar before the ICJ as Myanmar's coup resulted in an unprecedented situation with no recognized government or even regime with effective control of the state.

Charlie Jane Anders (2022-02-28). Saturday 3/12: Writers With Drinks featuring Malinda Lo. indybay.org The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd Street…

Editor2 (2022-02-27). Barack Obama's Father Identified as CIA Asset in US Drive to 'Recolonize' Africa During Early Days of the Cold War. orinocotribune.com By Gerald Horne — Feb 10, 2022 | Over the last decade, the U.S. has been quietly expanding its covert intelligence empire in Africa as part of a growing geopolitical rivalry with China. | A new book published by Susan Williams, entitled

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-27). In Defense of Russia and the People's Republics of Donbas. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Fonseca Terán In the context of the unification of Germany, the Western powers agreed with the Soviet Union (to which Russia belonged) that NATO would not incorporate countries within its borders. For those who do not know, NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, formed by the West to provide a military counterweight to…

_____ (2022-02-27). On Contact: Race And America's Long War. popularresistance.org The internal violence in the United States, militarized police, and the largest prison system in the world, along with America's endemic racism, are mirrored in the foreign wars that have been fought almost continuously by the United States since the end of the 19th century. These inner and outer wars, argues historian Nikhil Pal Singh, are intimately connected. The gunning down of unarmed black people in American cities is expressed outside our borders in the gunning down of unarmed Muslims in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya, and Somalia, often by militarized drones. The prison-industrial-complex at home…

teleSUR (2022-02-27). LIVE: Russia – Ukraine Negotiations Have Started in Belarus. telesurenglish.net Russian Central Bank announces easing on loans to borrowers due to sanctions – Biden to discuss common response to Russian military operation in Ukraine with allies – European Union formalizes closure of its airspace to Russian airlines – Ukraine-Russia Talks To Begin on Monday Morning | Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia have begun in Belarus…

_____ (2022-02-27). 'Mothers And Fathers March' Stands Behind Youth Resisting Coup. popularresistance.org On Saturday, February 26, thousands of elderly people in Sudan took part in the 'Mothers and Fathers march' to voice their support for the youth who, organized under the neighborhood Resistance Committees (RCs), continue resisting the military junta daily on the streets. The security forces attacked this demonstration, injuring at least 34 people, said the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD). | At least 83 pro-democracy protesters have been killed by security forces, and more than 3,000 have been injured in the four months since the coup by army chief Abdel Fattah al Burhan on October 25, 2021. | Over 45…

Pavan Kulkarni (2022-02-27). 'Mothers and Fathers March' stands firmly behind Sudanese youth resisting coup leaders. peoplesdispatch.org Elderly people across Sudan took to the streets in a show of support for the youth who are resisting the military junta. Meanwhile, the neighborhood Resistance Committees are set to announce a united political vision for the country…

_____ (2022-02-27). Assange Affirms The Existence Of Another Kind Of Human Nature. popularresistance.org We know what Julian did. We know the great public service he provided. We know that he and WikiLeaks, aided by courageous figures such as Chelsea Manning, gave us the most important journalist coup of our generation, ripping back the veil erected by the ruling political, military, and financial elites to expose their mendacity, their corruption, and their crimes. We know that populations around the world, from Haiti to Tunisia, were empowered by this information to hold these elites accountable. | But today I want us to reflect on Julian himself. For Julian, endowed with precocious skills, could easily have been…