Category: Africa
After the death of Desmond Tutu, Alan Dershowitz calls him ‘anti-Semite’ and ‘bigot’
[Newsweek] “As the world mourns the loss of Desmond Tutu, Alan Dershowitz during a recent television interview branded him an “anti-Semite” and…
Israel supports African strongmen for normalization, endorses military coup in Sudan, may have played a role in it
[Tikun Olam] “Today, Sudan’s military junta overthrew the democratic transitional government and arrested key civilian leaders, including the prime minister. It has…
60 years later, France pressured to recognise the 1961 Paris massacre of Algerians as a ‘state crime’
[Al Jazeera] “Sixty years ago, Algerians in Paris were arrested, killed, and drowned in the Seine by French police [and…
Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar hires ex-Clinton aide and ex-Republican House Leader to lobby in U.S. ahead of elections
[The Wall Street Journal] “A Russian-backed warlord vying for power in Libya has hired a one-time senior aide to President…
Brown University Report: U.S.-led global ‘war on terror’ cost 1 million lives and $8 trillion
[Middle East Eye] “The US-led “war on terror” has killed nearly one million people globally and cost more than $8 trillion…
Uganda suspends more than 50 NGOs, including major western donor, citing non-compliance; fears of an assault on civil society further grow
[Al Jazeera] “Authorities in Uganda have suspended more than 50 civic groups for allegedly not complying with regulations, dealing a…
Drone War: Whistleblower Daniel Hale Sentenced to 45 Months in Prison ‘For Exposing U.S. War Crimes’ – 90% of killed are bystanders, not intended targets
[Common Dreams, Courage Foundation] “Human rights and press freedom advocates expressed dismay on Tuesday when whistleblower Daniel Hale, who pled guilty earlier this…
Nigeria bans Twitter after President Buhari’s incitement was deleted, another “sign dictatorship is back”
[Foreign Policy] “It was already clear when dozens of protesters were shot in October 2020 for demanding a change to the behavior of heavy-handed…
Turkey’s new drone base on occupied Northern Cyprus threat to Mediterranean region, lifting embargo and arming Cyprus urged
[Kathimerini, The National Interest] “Under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey has grown increasingly aggressive. Whereas Turkey once occupied only Cyprus,…
History of CIA coups, assassinations, false flag operations and mass murder
[CovertAction Magazine] “Vijay Prashad’s new book Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations, details how manufactured foreign threats…
Israel called for defense alliance with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain
[Foreign Policy] “Shmuel Bar, a former Israeli intelligence officer […] had served in Israeli intelligence for 30 years and later…
New CODEPINK Research: US and Allies Drop 46 Bombs per Day for 20 Years
[MintPress News] “The United States has been at war for nearly every year of its existence as an independent nation,…
Rand Paul on wars in Iraq, Libya, Syria and a “liberal form of John Bolton”
[Forbes] Rand Paul addresses Biden regime official Wendy Sherman on the U.S. wars in Iraq, Libya and Syria and the…
US bombs Somalia a day after “troop withdrawal”, now stationed in neighboring Kenya and Djibouti
[Antiwar.com] “After announcing that the troop withdrawal from Somalia was completed on Sunday, the US carried out multiple airstrikes in…
Italy Formally Charges Egyptian Security Agents in Cambridge Student’s Torture, Murder
[The New York Times] “Italy announced on Thursday that four officials with the Egyptian National Security Agency had been charged in connection with the…
Sahrawi people sold out for nothing: U.S. recognises Morocco’s claim over occupied Western Sahara for “normalising” ties with Israel which were close already
[The American Conservative] Mike Pompeo “appears to be determined to continue his malign activities until his very last day in…
Several people shot dead at ‘End SARS’ protest against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria
[BBC] “A number of people have reportedly been shot dead or wounded at a protest against police brutality in Nigeria’s…
Libya: Former CIA asset turned warlord Khalifa Haftar is working with Mossad
[MintPress News] “The stench of the CIA and its covert operations in oil-rich Libya has long followed General Khalifa Haftar. But now…
Claim: Algerian state infiltrated Islamist terrorist group GIA, complicit in its massacres
[Observer] “Twenty years ago tonight, around sunset, masked gunmen approached the village of Bentalha, on the outskirts of Algeria’s capital,…
Egypt: 5 innocently shot in Giulio Regeni torture-murder coverup
[The Guardian] Six months ago, “Egyptian police killed five men allegedly linked to […] the torture and murder of an…
Decades of Hillary Clinton controversies exposed: LaFarge, Libya, Syria, terrorism and the presidential nomination
[Observer] “One of the most troubling revelations exposed by Wikileaks has been completely ignored by mainstream media. On August 1, Wikileaks shared…
Italian Cambridge Student tortured and killed in Egypt, Italy demands more cooperation
[MadaMasr] “The Italian government is urging Egyptian authorities to heighten cooperation with their investigations into the torture and murder of…
Operation Timber Sycamore: Saudis provide money and arms, U.S. trains Syrian rebels
[The New York Times] “When President Obama secretly authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to begin arming Syria’s embattled rebels in 2013, the spy…
Philip Giraldi: America’s ‘Establishment’ Has Embraced ‘Deep States’
[The New York Times] According to Philip Giraldi, a former military intelligence and C.I.A. officer and an executive director of…
Obama Administration Knew about Benghazi Terror Attack Plans, Arms Shipments to Syria, Rise of ISIS
[Judicial Watch] “Judicial Watch announced today that it obtained more than 100 pages of previously classified “Secret” documents from the Department of…
Can philanthrocapitalists like Soros cure the economic misery they create?
[Jacobin] “Philanthrocapitalism is the latest “great white hope” of international development. Unlike traditional philanthropists, who were content to write checks…