Have Ugandans resigned to being sitting ducks, surrendered sovereignty and resolved to belong nowhere?
Have Ugandans as a totality agreed to belong nowhere in the 21st century? Already, Ugandans have been dispossessed and displaced from their ancestral lands by people who originally belonged to arid and semi-arid areas and who are attached more to grass and cow than the land.
US conspiracy theories industry: America has a history of leveraging celebrities, cultural icons for political ends
In 2020, journalist Patrick Radden Keefe investigated the possibility that the CIA had a hand in writing Wind of Change, an enormously popular song by a West German band called the Scorpions that became an anthem for independence movements in the USSR. The Scorpions deny the theory.
US presidential election fever in overdrive as ‘Blank Space’ singer Taylor Swift conspiracy theorists get psyops all wrong
If there is a psyop going on, it’s being run by those crying wolf. Black propaganda can be effective, but it is notoriously hard to do right, Linebarger writes, as it “needs to be written so as to fit in with what the enemy is reading, listening to, or talking about in his home country.”
Trudeau condemns mosque attack, says Islamophobia ‘has no place’ in Canada
In November, authorities in Toronto said the number of antisemitic and anti-Muslim hate crimes, opens new tab in Canada’s largest city had spiked significantly since the start of the Gaza conflict.
Two friends imprisoned for over 40 years cleared of 1987 New Year’s killing in Times Square
Christie Keenan, an assistant district attorney, questioned the credibility of the recanted witness statements. In a 2020 ruling, Antignani denied their motion, finding the men had “failed to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that it is highly probable that they are innocent.”
Hamas considering ceasefire as Israel turns focus of Gaza attack to Rafah as death toll tops 27,000
There was brief elation in Gaza on Thursday after remarks by a Qatari spokesman at Johns Hopkins University in Washington sparked ceasefire hopes – and a drop in the price of crude oil. But Qatari officials in the capital Doha and Taher Al-Nono, media adviser to Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, said the group had not responded yet.
Changed character of how countries go to war: In Russia’s conflict in Ukraine robots are fighting robots
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, small aerial drones have played an outsize role in the war in Ukraine – with thousands of drones being used to monitor the battlefield, watch enemy movements, and carry explosives.
Emmanuel Adebayor: In an African family, as soon as there is money nobody wants to work, everyone becomes boss
Emmanuel Adebayor, 39, is everywhere at this Africa Cup of Nations: in the television studios, explaining what was happening in front of him; in the executive suites of stadiums, where he makes appearances as a “legend”; and in the hotels of some of the teams, enjoying chats with players old and new.
US approves strikes against Iranian targets in Iraq, Syria to revenge killing of America soldiers
Violence has erupted in several Middle East countries where Iran’s “axis of resistance” of allied armed groups operate, since Israel launched its offensive in Gaza in response to attacks by Hamas militants on October 7.
South Africa: Israel is violating UN court orders to prevent deaths, destruction and acts of genocide in Gaza
Pandor said there was a danger of the world doing nothing to stop the civilian casualties in Gaza and said similar inaction contributed to the horrific death toll in the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, when more than 800,000 people were slaughtered in the East African country.
