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Poor People's movement to speed COVID-19 vaccines to South Africans

Military presence blankets Uganda election with help from the U.S.

Ruth Muori, radio reporter, with family.

Wole. Any suggestions?

President Museveni. Give it up while your record is still not so bad.

I don't know how he could stomach those racist Swiss - pardon my French...

Time to get serious about climate change.

Defund the police....

The sad sad story of Tidjane Thiam and the world probably hasn't read about it You can read about it here...

Countries are not bargaining chips to advance U.S. foreign policy, help re-elect a president or create friendships for Israel. Not good.

Anyone still believe that corporate-controlled agriculture is good for Africa?

President faces rising opposition from Oromo. What to do?

From the Black Alliance for Peace U.S. Bombings in Africa: Why Are People Unaware? October 1, 2020 On Sept. 15, the New York Times reported: U.S. Military Seeks Authority to Expand Counterterrorism Drone War to Kenya.... The Times reported: The U.S. military’s Africa Command is pressing for new authorities to carry out armed drone strikes targeting Qaeda-linked Shabab fighters in portions of eastern Kenya, potentially expanding the war zone across the border from their sanctuaries in Somalia, according to four American officials. Col. Christopher P. Karns, the command’s chief spokesman, declined to comment on the new authorities. ‘AFRICOM certainly recognizes the need to apply consistent international pressure on Al-Shabab and to monitor their activity, presence, and actively confront them in order to prevent their spread,’ he said in an email. ‘This can take several forms.' TUNDE OSAZUA, [email protected], @osazuae Osazua is coordinator of the U.S. Out of Africa Network, a project of the Black Alliance for Peace, which is having an International Day of Action on AFRICOM on Thursday. The group notes: October 1, 2020 is the 12th anniversary of the launch of AFRICOM, a command structure with bases that are now in dozens of African nations. Yet, the existence of AFRICOM has escaped the awareness of not only the general public in the United States and the world. When four U.S. soldiers were killed in the small African nation of Niger, even members of the U.S. Congress were unaware of the U.S. military’s presence in the country and the extent of the U.S. military presence throughout Africa. Osazua said today: U.S. military efforts and drone bombing through AFRICOM are typically portrayed as an attempt to fight terrorism, but, instead, they have been shown to increase terrorism as civilians in the countries that the U.S. bombs are driven to oppose the forces that kill their friends and family members and join terrorist groups. AFRICOM’s operations have also caused untold numbers of civilian deaths, and the U.S. fails to properly account or atone for these civilian casualties, despite the slightly increased media scrutiny. The International Day of Action on AFRICOM on Oct. 1 provides an opportunity for all of us to call on the U.S. to respect the wishes of African people and demilitarize the African continent, so Africa can begin to be a zone of peace. That way African countries can begin to provide for the needs of their people without the burden of AFRICOM and U.S. involvement. (Check out website for activities)