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Why Paul Kagame is a benevolent imperial agent By John Ouma
Writing in The Times recently, noted British print journalist Wrong referred to Rwandan president Paul Kagame as “a micro-managing autocrat”. If you have read […]
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Famine in East Africa – hundreds of thousands threatened
By G. Dunkel posted on May 26, 2022 Food prices are soaring worldwide. Not just prices of wheat and other grains, which is where the U.S. and […]
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Notes from Eritrea
4 May 2022 – Ann Garrison continues her reporting from the Horn of Africa. She is now in Eritrea. Women in Asmara, Eritrea (CNS photo/Thomas […]
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Towards a Model of Wise Power™: Quantum Politics and Second Order Change
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. Once again, much of the world is gripped by a compelling narrative portraying a simplistic, archetypal drama. It fits Galtung’s DMA […]
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South Sudan: Oil Underground, Blood on the Surface
Baher Kamal | Human Wrongs Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service 29 Mar 2022 – While several politicians -and media– have been viewing the ongoing armed […]
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It’s time to shine a light on Congo’s Sassou-Nguesso and his abuses BY ANDRÉA NGOMBET
Congo-Brazzaville’s autocratic regime has long been able to fly below the radar, in part thanks to China’s protection. Denis […]
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In War Everyone Loses, There Are No Just Wars By Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
It is necessary to make a calm analysis of those responsible for the war between Ukraine and Russia and the silence and refusal […]
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A New Geopolitical Age By Ignacio Ramonet
February 24, 2022, the date of the start of the war in Ukraine, marks the world’s entry into a new geopolitical age. We are […]
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Chile Turns to the Left: The Daunting Challenges Ahead By Alejandra Garcia
Leftist Gabriel Boric became Chile’s president-elect this week, the man who will run the politics of one of the continent’s largest economies. The youngest […]
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MAPPING THE SAHEL By RAHMANE IDRISSA
Afeature of the Western ‘war on terror’ that seems to come out of fable rather than reality is an inability to see the enemy. In […]
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The Case for Reparations and Revisiting Colonial Atrocities
By Rob Lemkin and Femi Nylander In the spring of 1979, Moussa Ali, now 85, was plowing his parched field on the edge of a […]
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Battery Arms Race: Global Capital and the Scramble for Cobalt in the Congo
With growing attention to climate breakdown and the need for expanded use of renewable energy sources, the mineral resources needed to make batteries are […]
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#Ethiopia #TigrayGenocide #ExcuseForRegimeChangeWar By Ann Garrison
13 Jan 2022 – While France steps up neocolonial aggression in its former North and West African colonies, the U.S. has set its sights on the elected […]
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Military Coups in Africa are an Instrument of Neocolonialism
The often-repeated military coups and unrest on the African continent never surprise anyone. A military coup in Africa has already become a classic system […]
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The Hell of Migrants By José Blanco
The hell of migration today is extreme. Women and men, often with children, or children without parents, face the most brutal social, political, climatic, […]
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Peace at Home is Paramount By Ater Garang Ariat
First and foremost, South Sudanese Peace mediators should strive wholeheartedly to restore peace and stability in South Sudan. ” South Sudanese leaders, cannot bring […]
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Failure of J&J’s HIV vaccine trial in Africa raises major concerns by Richard Kwame Krah
The recent failure of experimental HIV vaccine produced by American Multinational drugmaker Johnson & Johnson in Sub-Saharan African countries raises major concerns. According to […]
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Biden Threatens Sweeping Sanctions on Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Responds
22 Sep 2021 – The U.S. is once again attempting to overthrow a legitimate head of state in Africa, this time in Ethiopia, where they […]
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Guinea: The latest coups show the military still dominates African politics
President Condé asked Col Mamady Doumbouya (above) to return to Guinea in 2018 In just five months, Africa has experienced three violent but successful […]
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Are We Building Our Own Prison Thinking We Own the Key to Our Cell?
Like frogs in water that keeps getting hotter and hotter, we are nearing the boiling point. A plague of “vaccine mandates” and “vaccine passports” […]
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AFRICOM in the Congo
Its immeasurable mineral resources has made the Congo the victim of a long history of Western greed, plunder, and genocidal violence. AFRICOM’s recent arrival […]
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Tigrayans Speak Out in Support of Ethiopia and Prime Minister Abiy, not the TPLF
A Tigrayan speaks in support of the Ethiopian government. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, ruled Ethiopia brutally from 1991 to 2018 with a […]
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Crisis In Ethiopia: What the Media Isn’t Telling You About the War In Tigray
The Western media has largely cheered on the TPLF and demonized the Ethiopian government and its allies, with allegations of ethnic cleansing, intentional famine and even […]
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Defining Refugees in the Era of Climate Displacement
27 Jul 2021 – July 28th marks the 70th anniversary of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. This historic document, signed by 149 nation-states, defines refugees […]
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COLOMBIAN MERCENARIES AND THE ASSASSINATION OF HAITIAN PRESIDENT JOVENEL MOÏSE
THE MEN SAT on a tile floor, many wearing tan combat boots, most with their hands cuffed behind their backs. The table before them was […]