Africa
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Gulf State Gendarmes: West Backs Holy Alliance For Control Of Arab World And Persian Gulf
The standard-bearers of Anglo-American imperialism in the current epoch, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron, met in London on May 25 to discuss the world’s two ongoing wars of aggression, those in Afghanistan and Libya, both under the command of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization dominated by Washington and London. Continue reading
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Obama Claims To Reset The Imperial Clock By Glen Ford
Since when does the leader of an empire voluntarily “reset” to become a non-interfering power? Never. President Obama’s speech, last week, was mainly geared to maintaining U.S. supremacy in the Mideast and North Africa following the shock of the Arab Reawakening. Continue reading
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Africa: Battleground For NATO’s 21st Century Strategic Concept BY Rick Rozoff
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko “Pointed out that the operation in Libya is becoming the first actual litmus test for NATO’s new strategic concept,” [2] a reference to the latest Strategic Concept adopted by the 28-nation alliance at its summit in Lisbon, Portugal last November, the first in this century and since that endorsed… Continue reading
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Jazz genius Zim Ngqawana dies at 52 By Matthew Burbidge
South African musician Zim Ngqawana has died in the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital after suffering a stroke on Monday. He was 52. Continue reading
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Battle for Algiers
Time to remind folks about France’s role in North Africa. Trailer for Gillo Pontecorvo’s masterpiece, Battle of Algiers Continue reading
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The endgames of our empire never quite finished – just look at Bahrain By Madeleine Bunting
It has all the ingredients of a John le Carré novel. For decades there are allegations of terrible abuse during the Mau Mau rebellion; historians are baffled by missing documentation. A court case finally prompts the Foreign Office to discover hundreds of boxes of previously hidden papers stored in a house, Hanslope Park, in Buckinghamshire.… Continue reading
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Andries Tatane Murdered by South African Police – 13 April 2011
1st collector for Andries Tatane Murdered by South African Police…Follow my videos on vodpod The video shows the beating and shooting of Andries Tatane who later died of his wounds inflicted by South African Police at a service delivery protest in Ficksburg. This could have been any fed up South African. Chants of “We are… Continue reading
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The West Versus China: A New Cold War Begins on Libyan Soil By Patrick Henningsen
The question as to why US-led NATO forces are determined to engineer a regime change in Libya is now becoming clear. While media pundits and political experts still argue over whether the Libyan rebel gangs are actually being backed and directed by US, UK and Israel intelligence agencies, broader long-range Western policy objectives for Libya… Continue reading
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Towards the Conquest of Africa: The Pentagon's AFRICOM and the War against Libya By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
AFRICOM’s main objective is to secure the African continent for the U.S. and its allies. Its mission is to help secure a new colonial order in Africa that the U.S. and its allies are working to establish. In many ways this is what the military intervention in Libya is all about. The recent London Conference… Continue reading
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Ivory Coast and Bretton Woods: Soros’s spectre
Few around the world watching the drama unfolding in Ivory Coast rout for the incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo, who to his credit held reasonably fair elections last year, but then promptly ignored the results, suddenly claiming that those who voted for his rival Alassane Ouattara were not really citizens of Ivory Coast at all. With… Continue reading
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African Diaspora against Sarko's War in Ivory Coast
6 April 2011 — MRZine “Sarkozy the Murderer! Sarkozy the Murderer!” Paris, France, 4 April 2011 Continue reading
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Uprisings in Southern Africa
30 March, 2011 — The Real News Netywork Firoze Manji: Democratic uprisings brutally suppressed in many African countries Transcript Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 24 March 2011
24 March 2011 — creative-i.info Tunisia freezes Gaddafi family assets-govt source Reuters Africa TUNIS, March 24 (Reuters) – Libya’s neighbour Tunisia has frozen assets belonging to the family of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, a Tunisian government source said on Thursday. Western countries, the United Nations and the European Union have already … af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLDE72N0GS20110324 Continue reading
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Tunisia's Ongoing Revolution By Matt Swagler
In December and January, a nationwide movement emerged in Tunisia, led by workers, students and the unemployed, calling for the hated autocrat to go. After just four weeks, the Tunisian people achieved what had seemed impossible: they challenged a 23-year dictatorship backed by a massive, brutal security force – and won. In doing so, they… Continue reading
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Algeria's Rebellion by Installments By Azzedine Layachi
In mid-February, with autocratic rulers deposed in Tunisia and Egypt, and another tottering in Libya, the National Coordination for Change and Democracy took to the streets in the capital of Algeria. Continue reading
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Middle East / North Africa Stories and Links for 5-6 March 2011
6 March 2011 — creative-i.info Newslinks Egypt Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinksfor 6 March 2011 Bahrain Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 6 March 2001 Yemen Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 6 March 2011 Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 6 March 2011 Saudi Arabia Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 5 March 2011 Bahrain Mostly Mainstream Media… Continue reading
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Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 6 March 2011
6 March 2011 — creative-i.info Military might BBC News There have been calls for a greater military role to help stabilise post-revolutionary Tunisia, but North Africa analyst Francis Ghiles warns that a military coup would only damage Tunisia’s long-term interests. The poorer classes of Tunisia paid a … www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-12623237 Continue reading
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Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 3 March, 2011
3 March, 2011 — creative-i.info Libya Refugee Crisis Called a ‘Logistical Nightmare’ New York Times By NADIA SHIRA COHEN and SHARON OTTERMAN RAS AJDIR BORDER CROSSING, Tunisia — The head of the United Nations refugee agency said on Thursday that it was proving a “logistical nightmare” to help tens of thousands of migrant workers fleeing… Continue reading
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Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 1 March, 2011
1 March, 2011 — creative-i.info Tunisia: Two ministers quit interim government BBC News Two ministers have resigned from Tunisia’s interim government, a day after Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannounchi said he was standing down. Mohamed Afif Chelbi and Mohamed Nouri Jouini were both in the cabinet of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, … www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12604730 Continue reading
The New Dark Age 