Month: October 2024

BRICS vs. The US In Africa

This emerging front of the New Cold War will likely see the Sino-Russo Entente more closely coordinate against the US-led West there.

Africa is increasingly figuring into major countries’ and organizations’ discussions due to its growing importance in global affairs. The UN expects that more than half of the world’s population growth by the 2050 will occur on that continent, with the number of people in sub-Saharan Africa doubling by then. This will open up new market and labor opportunities alongside the existing resource ones that have already attracted international interest, but it’ll also lead to developmental and humanitarian challenges.

Albanians Scent Profit in Italy’s Costly Offshore Migrant Processing Plan

An Italian opposition MP has lambasted the start of the scheme to process migrants in Albania as a fiasco – but locals living near the new facilities are eyeing up potential economic benefits.

The first ship bringing migrants intercepted at sea by Italy’s navy to Albania to facilities intended to shore up the EU country’s external borders docked on Wednesday at the port of Shengjin.

IDF Exposes Six Al-Jazeera Journalists as Hamas, Islamic Jihad Terrorists

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shared evidence on October 23 exposing six Al-Jazeera “journalists” as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists. The documents, which the IDF seized in Gaza, include “personnel tables, lists of terrorist training courses, phone directories, and salary documents” and reveal the “military affiliation” of four Al-Jazeera Gaza correspondents with Hamas and two with PIJ. Hamas and PIJ are both U.S.-designated terrorist organizations. The IDF released a second trove of documents on October 24 showing how “Hamas directs Al Jazeera’s media coverage to serve its own interests,” such as instructing the network to whitewash failed attacks.

Would North Korea Fighting in Ukraine Make Conflict a World War?

This “is the first step to a world war,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gravely told Kyiv’s allies during a rallying trip to Brussels last week as reports of North Korean troops in Russia, thought to be destined for the front lines against Ukraine, trickled out of Kyiv and Seoul.

At least 7 killed, 22 injured in attack on Turkey’s defense company TUSAS

A series of explosions and gunshots were heard at TUSAS, Turkey’s state-run aerospace and defense company, in an attack Turkey’s defense chief blamed on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party.

An attack struck the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) headquarters near Ankara on Wednesday causing multiple casualties. Turkish officials blamed a Kurdish militant group considered a terror outfit by Turkey.

Iran Update, October 24, 2024

Hamas is seeking Russian support in pressuring the Palestinian Authority (PA) to negotiate over a national unity government with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.[1] Hamas Political Bureau member Mousa Abu Marzouk met with Deputy Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Mikhail Bogdanov in Moscow on October 23 to request that Russia pressure PA President Mahmoud Abbas to negotiate with Hamas over a national unity government.

Sayeret Matkal

General Staff Reconnaissance Unit[2] (formerly Unit 269 or Unit 262), more commonly known as Sayeret Matkal[3] (Hebrew: סיירת מטכ״ל), is the special reconnaissance unit (sayeret) of Israel’s General Staff (matkal). It is considered one of the premier special forces units of Israel.[4]

Capitalisme vert : comment les États-Unis pillent le continent africain

Le pillage des richesses de l’Afrique pour sauver le climat. Le capitalisme vert est devenu la pire forme de pillage du continent africain.

Il s’agit principalement de Lobito en Angola et de son chemin de fer de Benguela, qui sont devenus un instrument clé du monde occidental dans la transition des combustibles fossiles vers les énergies renouvelables. Selon les estimations du Forum économique mondial, rappelle le magazine américain CounterPunch, cette transition nécessitera 3 milliards de tonnes de métaux. Et pour atteindre les objectifs mondiaux de réduction radicale rien que des émissions de CO2 d’ici 2050, jusqu’à 194 grandes mines de cuivre seront nécessaires.