Tag: Africa

Categories Journalism & Mass media

Reasons behind US-backed military coup in Guinea? Minerals and China

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Ben Norton discusses how the US military trained elite forces that carried out a coup in Guinea, a West African country with many natural resources, including the planet’s largest reserves of bauxite, the main source of aluminum. Western government-funded think tanks boasted that the Guinean coup is a blow to China and its Belt and Road Initiative. Washington’s new cold war has Africa in its crosshairs. … Read More >Reasons behind US-backed military coup in Guinea? Minerals and China

Categories World

Gunman who killed four outside French Embassy in Tanzania was ‘terrorist radicalized online’ – police

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A gunman who killed three police officers and a security guard in the diplomatic quarter of Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam last week was a terrorist radicalized through the internet, police investigating the shootings have said. … Read More >Gunman who killed four outside French Embassy in Tanzania was ‘terrorist radicalized online’ – police

Categories World

16 soldiers killed as Boko Haram attacks outpost in southern Niger, ministry claims 50 militants slain

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Hundreds of Boko Haram militants attacked a military outpost in southern Niger overnight Tuesday, killing 16 soldiers and wounding nine. The defense ministry said dozens of militants were killed in the ensuing combat. … Read More >16 soldiers killed as Boko Haram attacks outpost in southern Niger, ministry claims 50 militants slain

Categories EU

EU says import of J&J Covid-19 vaccines from Africa is only temporary, after WHO boss ‘stunned’ by news

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A spokesperson for the European Commission has said that a deal to import Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines from South Africa is only temporary, amid concern that the EU is depriving Africans of crucial shots. … Read More >EU says import of J&J Covid-19 vaccines from Africa is only temporary, after WHO boss ‘stunned’ by news

Categories Shows

CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling BLASTS jailing of drone informant Daniel Hale

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n this episode of Going Underground, we speak to CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling. He discusses the growing tensions between the US, Israel and Iran in the Persian Gulf, official leaks versus unofficial ‘frowned upon’ leaks, the weaponisation of the Espionage Act against himself and Daniel Hale, the man who revealed the shocking civilian casualties of the US drone program … Read More >CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling BLASTS jailing of drone informant Daniel Hale

Categories World

Tunisian president tells businessmen they won’t be prosecuted if they return billions of dollars ‘looted’ from people

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Tunisian President Kais Saied, who seized control of the government last weekend, said that billions of dollars had been stolen from the country and offered businessmen an option to return the money if they wanted to avoid prison. … Read More >Tunisian president tells businessmen they won’t be prosecuted if they return billions of dollars ‘looted’ from people

Categories World

Tunisian president imposes nighttime CURFEW, tells opponents to ‘revise constitutional lessons’ amid ‘coup’ accusations

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Tunisian President Kais Saied has declared a nationwide, month-long nighttime curfew after ousting the government and freezing parliament amid continued mass protests. He maintains his actions are legal. … Read More >Tunisian president imposes nighttime CURFEW, tells opponents to ‘revise constitutional lessons’ amid ‘coup’ accusations