Africa

African Human Rights Vs. Western Human Rights

If you ask those of us living in the Africa, almost all of us will tell you that the “human rights” that matter most are those that are basic to the right to life; food, water, shelter, medical care and education for your children.

If you and you family are cold, hungry, sick and illiterate do you think “freedom of the press” has any connection to your daily reality?

If you children are dying of water borne dysentry or malaria exacerbated by malnutrition do “free and fair elections” matter at all to you?

In the west “human rights” exist in an upside down reality where your problem with food is not about having enough but havings to much.

When it comes to drinking water your choice is not whether you can find any but whether you will choose generic or designer brand bottled water.

You in the west live in a dwelling with central heat and a/c, running hot and cold water, dishwashers, garbage disposals, giant refrigerators, washer/dryers (you have never washed you clothes by hand in your life) and all sorts of “modern conveniences” that we in the third world have never even dreamed of. The very poorest people, those on welfare/income support would refuse to live somewhere without running hot water, something 95% of the people in Africa can only dream of.

When it comes to medical care your medical plan, if you work for Amnesty International or Human Rights Watch, may include such necessities as breast reduction surgery or even liposuction. You dont have to worry about being able to find a doctor let alone being able
to afford medical treatment.

So doesnt it make sense that those sitting in the offices of what I call the “human rights mob” in London, Paris and New York don’t even consider having food, water, shelter, basic medical care and education for your children to be “human rights”? No, “freedom of the press” (which of course applys only to those that own the presses), “free and fair elections” amongst mulitple other “freedoms” are what really matter. The human rights mob don’t bother to even list the basics making up the right to life, your very survival, in their catalogue of
“human rights”.

When a society doesnt provide the basics to the right to life than it is violating its peoples human rights in a fundamental, undeniable way. Not only are these countries that fail in this massively violating their peoples human rights they are really just failed states, unable to provide even the minimum basics to their people.

But hey, if they have “free and fair elections” then they are “democracies” never mind trucks driving around picking up dead bodies in the streets. Even Seattle, USA, home to some of the richest corporations in the world, has to pick up a dead body of a homeless person almost everyday.

In the western countries you find widespread homelessness, hunger, medical neglect and even poisonous drinking water ie Flint, Michigan. Yet these massive violations of human rights are almost ignored because what matters is “freedom of the press”, “freedom of speech” and “democracy” as in “free and fair elections” never mind the hundreds of million$ spent in winning such.

In Africa where I live, like in Cuba in the western hemisphere, we value real human rights, what I call African human rights, food, water, shelter, medical care and education for your children. Once we have these human rights completely and irrevocably secure than we will start to worry about “Western Human Rights”.

Egypt Buys 30 Jets From France

Egypt’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday announced it had signed a deal with France for the purchase of 30 fighter jets and other armaments, worth an estimated $4.5 billion.

Violence in Somalia, Déby’s Death and Islamist Militancy in Africa

For decades, the centre of gravity of jihadist militancy swung between South Asia and the Middle East.

In the early 1990s, Arab volunteers who had been fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan returned home to battle governments they declared un-Islamic. Later that decade, as those rebellions petered out, many fighters retreated to Afghanistan, then under Taliban control. After the 9/11 attacks and the U.S.-backed ouster of the Taliban, foreign militants who weren’t killed or captured mostly hid in the Pakistani tribal areas or scattered. Then came the 2003 U.S. Iraq war, which breathed new life into global jihadism. Thousands of militants travelled to fight U.S. soldiers in the heart of the Arab world. That rebellion was also beaten back, in part by a U.S.-sponsored tribal revolt tapping local anger at jihadists’ brutality. The descent of the 2011 Arab uprisings into chaos created new opportunity for militants, paving the way for the Islamic State’s (ISIS) self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq and Syria, its expansion elsewhere and the growth of local al-Qaeda branches.

Des militaires ont-ils le droit de dire qu’ils s’inquiètent pour la France?

Des centaines de militaires, de tous grades, ont co-signé une lettre ouverte aux représentants de la Nation, texte relayé depuis dans Valeurs Actuelles.

Ils y font part de leurs inquiétudes, que toute personne de bonne foi au fait de la situation du pays ne peut que partager. Ils affirment qu’ils sont disposés à servir la France aux côtés de tous les politiques qui, contre l’islamisme, contre ceux qui sèment la haine raciale, et à l’écoute du peuple, auront à cœur « d’appliquer sans faiblesse des lois qui existent déjà » car « il ne peut et ne doit exister aucune ville, aucun quartier où les lois de la République ne s’appliquent pas. »

Terrorisme: un projet de loi mal pensé de plus

Algorithme, suivi des radicalisés: le projet de loi «terrorisme et renseignement» présente des mesures insuffisantes

Quoi qu’on veuille nous faire croire, la sortie précipitée de ce projet apparaît comme un contre-feu de “com” après l’attentat de Rambouillet, point d’orgue d’une semaine calamiteuse où Macron qui voulait nous jouer “plus sécuritaire que moi, tu meurs”, a, en fait, reçu en pleine face le choc de la dure réalité réduisant à néant son prétendu combat « pour une vie paisible », annoncé à Montpellier devant les policiers et qui se heurtait « en même temps » et presque au même endroit à une fusillade où un homme était criblé de balles…

Central African troops and Russian mercenaries accused of abuses in anti-rebel offensive

Central African Republic’s army and its allies have driven back a rebel group that seized towns around the country amid contested elections in December, but rights groups and residents told The New Humanitarian they committed a string of abuses in the process.

“I cannot file a complaint – against whom would I file it?” said a 32-year-old truck driver who was shot at in December from a checkpoint allegedly controlled by Russian mercenaries and Central African soldiers outside the northeastern town of Grimari.

Nigerian Capital Alert over Fresh Boko Haram Threats

Forty-one-year-old Enoch Obemeasor is more alert this week on his daily two-hour commute from his home in Tafa village, Niger state, to the Nigerian capital for his printing business.

Niger state authorities on Monday said Boko Haram militants attacked the town of Kaure, abducted women, sent thousands fleeing, and hoisted their flag.

Obemeasor said the security threat means it’s not safe to drive at night.

Sudan says ready to implement security arrangements

The Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, announced the readiness of the security committees to gather former rebel forces in the cantonment sites as provided in the Juba peace agreement.

Under the peace agreement signed between the Sudanese government and the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF)’s factions on October 3, 2020, the assembling of forces should have taken place two months after the signing of the agreement, but the step was delayed for months, due to lack of funding.

Kenya revises refugee camp closure to June 2022

Kenya on Thursday rescheduled its planned closure of refugee camps to June next year, following discussions with the UN Refugee Agency to stagger the shut-down.

As such Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee camps will be closed down by June next year, allowing refugees time to leave gradually rather than in masses.

Gunmen kill 18 in Burkina Faso attack, force many to flee

The attack in Yattakou village also left one person severely wounded and displaced residents, local governor says.

A local official in northern Burkina Faso has said at least 18 people were killed and one seriously wounded in an attack this week that also caused “massive displacement”.

Salfo Kabore, governor of Seno province located in conflict-hit Burkina Faso’s Sahel region, said unidentified gunmen carried out the attack on Monday in Yattakou village.