All eyes on The Hague as world awaits UN top court’s verdict on South Africa’s case against Israel
An Israeli official said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu huddled with top legal, diplomatic and security officials on Thursday in anticipation of the ruling. He said Israel is confident in its case but discussed “all scenarios.” Israel’s war cabinet was meeting later on Thursday as well.
Ethnic cleansing is not a crime on its own, but a general description of a string of crimes
To name just a few recent examples, ethnic cleansing has been used to describe: Israel’s mass displacement of Palestinians in Gaza; the flight of nearly the entire ethnic Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan seized control of the contested enclave; the killing of civilians in Darfur in Sudan’s on-going civil war; and the Ethiopian military’s forced expulsion of people from the country’s Tigray region.
Was Museveni, NRA’s 1981-1986 armed revolt in Uganda an occupation, liberation, revolution or counter-revolution?
Every year on February 26, the army and NRM government remind Ugandans and the world that the celebration is a celebration of the liberation of Uganda. Many times both liberation and revolution are used to glue Ugandans to activities of NRA in the bushes of Luwero from 1981 to 1986 rather than the future in a complex century 2021 and beyond, with numerous wicked problems requiring thinking, rethinking and pertinent actions. Such problems include green land grabbling and climate change and their causes.
China warns Iran to rein in Houthi attacks in Red Sea or risk business relations with Beijing
Chinese officials have asked their Iranian counterparts to help rein in attacks on ships in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthis or risk harming business relations with Beijing, four Iranian sources and a diplomat familiar with the matter said. The discussions about the attacks and trade between China and...
Globalists know they’re extremely unpopular, but won’t stop seeking total control over global population
Hinchliffe said the definite language used by the participants when referring to “Disease X” belies advance knowledge of – or preparation for – such an occurrence. “In my opinion, they already have ‘Disease X,’” he said. “It’s probably been engineered somewhere, and they’ve already been working on the cure, the vaccine for it.”
Alabama murder convict becomes first prisoner in US to be executed with nitrogen gas after 30 years on deathrow
The execution took about 22 minutes, and Smith appeared to remain conscious for several minutes. For at least two minutes, he appeared to shake and writhe on the gurney, sometimes pulling against the restraints. That was followed by several minutes of heavy breathing, until breathing was no longer perceptible.
Malaria vaccine: Doctors warn it’s futile and dangerous experiment on 250,000 African children
Cameroon this week became the world’s first country to routinely vaccinate children against malaria, using a shot that’s only 30 per cent effective and doesn’t stop transmission. The country plans to give the vaccine – known as Mosquirix (RTS,S/AS01) – to about 250,000 children by the end of 2025. The...
Tanzania opposition pushes for trimmed presidential powers and electoral reforms
CHADEMA is pushing for a new constitution that trims presidential powers and also strengthens the independence of the country’s electoral body. Previous attempts to reform the constitution have failed.
Kenya joins league of countries in the world with massive deposits of rare mineral coltan
Kenya has discovered its first deposits of the valuable mineral coltan, the mining minister has annouced. The rare mineral is used to manufacture electric car batteries, mobile phones and other electronic devices. The Democratic Republic of Congo holds more than 70 per cent of the world’s coltan reserves, which have...
Trump vs Biden rematch: Incumbent trails predecessor in White House by four points in new opinion poll
Slightly more than half of respondents said they were dissatisfied with the US two-party system, with just one in four satisfied by it.
