AFRICOM: WILL IT SURVIVE THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY AND HOW IT WILL OPERATE IN THE FUTURE?

Fri 06 December 2024: United States Africa Command, or AFRICOM, is a military structure founded in 2007 with the entire African continent as, to use the military jargon, its “theatre of operations”.  The idea behind establishing the Command is hegemonic in nature and interventional in practice. The Command’s mission statement says AFRICOM “counters transitional threats and malign […]

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ISRAEL’S BUFFER ZONE, CREATED BY BOMBING LEBANON WITH WHITE PHOSPHOROUS

Fri 06 December 2024: Israel hit southern Lebanon 191 times with white phosphorus, is that tied to its dreams of a buffer zone? Beirut, Lebanon – Israel has intensively used white phosphorus on a strip in southern Lebanon that matches a zone its army has marked as a red “no go” zone on maps it distributes […]

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THE DIAMOND INDUSTRY AND MULTINATIONALS ARE COMPLICIT IN ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE

Wed 04 December 2024: As the peak Christmas diamond sales period approaches, the millions of people who have marched in city streets worldwide calling for an end to Israel’s genocide and apartheid should now call out the jewellery industry’s complicity in the genocide and demand reparations for its victims. Multinational corporations with operations in Israel generate revenue […]

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AMID LULL IN TIT-FOR-TAT MISSILE EXCHANGE, IRAN AND ISRAEL SEEK TO CONTROL THE ONLINE NARRATIVE

Sat 30 November 2024: Is Iran poised for a succession in leadership? Well, that depends on what you read. For weeks, rumors have been swirling about the health of the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as a possible replacement. In late October 2024, the Jerusalem Post picked up a New […]

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HAS HEZBOLLAH FAILED GAZA?

Fri 29 November 2024: After 53 days of intensified brutal Israeli strikes on Lebanon to destroy the military abilities of the Lebanese Hezbollah, a ceasefire brokered by the US and other countries came into effect at 4am  local time (02:00 GMT) yesterday. Hezbollah has been involved in resistance action along with the Palestinian resistance in […]

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BRICS+ COUNTRIES ARE DETERMINED TO TRADE IN THEIR OWN CURRENCIES – BUT CAN IT WORK?

Thu 28 November 2024: Brics+ countries are exploring how they can foster greater use of local currencies in their trade, instead of relying on a handful of major currencies, primarily the US dollar and the euro. The forum for cooperation among nine leading emerging economies – Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Russian Federation, South […]

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MILITARY RULE IS ON THE RISE IN AFRICA – NOTHING GOOD CAME FROM IT IN THE PAST

Sun 24 November 2024: In the last few years, there has been a spate of military coups in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sudan and Guinea. Military rule, long dormant in African politics, is back. Coup leaders have suppressed protest, gagged the media and spilled much civilian blood in the name of public safety. They claim to be protecting their people from enemies […]

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THE UK’S NHS TO ROLL OUT FREE ANTISMOKING PILL. WILL IT WORK?

Wed 20 November 2024: The UK’s National Health Service hopes the drug will help reduce the cost of treating serious, tobacco-related illnesses. The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is rolling out a free antismoking pill called varenicline for British smokers. Research has shown that varenicline is more effective than traditional nicotine-replacement therapies such as gum […]

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