Africa occupies a ‘marginal place’ in U.S. foreign policy
In recent months, Africa has received much in the way of “optics” and symbolic gestures, but little in the way of substance. Africa is historically like a wealthy woman that gives her all to an abusive, unappreciative no-good man. While being interviewed by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Kenyan native and Loyola University law professor, James Gathii, said Africa...
Burkina Faso: Out of the frying pan with France but into the fire with the U.S.?
The West African nation of Burkina Faso placed its former colonial master France on notice to remove their military from its soil. The move coincides with an uptick of anti-France and anti-West sentiment on the continent and among people in the landlocked country. French troops were in Burkina Faso under a 2018 security agreement that allowed French Special Forces...
Extreme Israeli group takes root in U.S. with fundraising bid
JERUSALEM—An Israeli group raising funds for Jewish extremists convicted in some of the country’s most notorious hate crimes is collecting tax-exempt donations from Americans, according to findings by The Associated Press and the Israeli investigative platform Shomrim. The records in the case suggest that Israel’s far-right is gaining a new foothold in the United States. The amount of money raised through...
African peace conference draws from Holy Qur’an
Highlights from the keynote address of Ambassador-at-Large Rashad Hussain at the Africa Peace Conference on January 17. Photo: mr.usembassy.gov “O you who believe, enter into complete peace. …” —Holy Qu’ran, Surah 2, Verse 108 The 3rd annual African Peace Conference 2023 at the Al-Mourabitoune Congress Palace in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and hosted by President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El-Ghazouani...
Peru police fire tear gas at protesters after president calls for ‘truce’
Thousand of Peruvians have once again taken to the streets in the capital, Lima, to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, hours after she called for a “truce” following almost two months of violent protests. Clashes erupted in the city center on Jan. 24 as anti-government protesters threw stones and police fired multiple volleys of tear gas to disperse them. The protesters...
Around two million facing food insecurity across Lebanon
Some two million people in Lebanon, including 1.29 million Lebanese residents and 700,000 Syrian refugees, are suffering some form of food insecurity as a result of the multiple crises afflicting the country, with the situation expected to get worse in the months ahead, UN agencies said in mid-January. Lebanon’s first ever Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Acute Food Insecurity Analysis predicts that the...
India lost 26 of 65 patrolling points amid border dispute with China: Report
A new report has revealed that Indian security forces lost 26 out of 65 patrolling points in Eastern Ladakh amid an ongoing standoff with arch-foe China along the 3,500 km (2,174 mi) disputed Himalayan border. The revelation was made in a research paper submitted at the annual Director General of Police (DGP) Conference of the country’s top police officers in the...
Global nations express ‘deep concern’ on new ultra-right-wing Israeli gov’t
Carte blanche support for the Zionist State of Israel on the global landscape has dwindled. International condemnation is rising over unprecedented repression by the occupier state in the occupied Palestinian territories. In recent weeks, rare disapproval of Israel was expressed by the United States, its main ally and benefactor. A diverse group of nations endorsed a letter on Jan. 16...
Díaz-Canel highlights the role of creation and innovation in Cuba’s future
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel reiterated Jan. 17 the call to encourage innovation as one of the essential mechanisms to achieve the country’s development, amid the current difficulties. “There is too much imitation, and salvation lies in creation. Creation is the password of this generation,” the Cuban president wrote on his Twitter account, recalling those words of National Hero José Martí,...
Berlin museums ready to return skulls from African ex-colony
BERLIN—The Berlin Museum Authority said Jan. 18 that it was ready to return hundreds of human skulls from the former German colony of East Africa after having researched their origin for several years. During their research at the city’s Museum of Prehistory and Early History, scientists examined 1,135 skulls. Of those, 904 could be assigned to areas in present-day Rwanda;...