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BRICS important force to be reckoned with on international stage: Chinese Pres. Xi Jinping

BRICS important force to be reckoned with on international stage: Chinese Pres. Xi Jinping

China to donate 100m more vaccines to developing countries by year end By Yang Sheng Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the 13th BRICS Summit on Thursday via video link in Beijing.…

Late Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi’s Remains to Be Handed to His Tribe for Reburial, Report Says

Late Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi’s Remains to Be Handed to His Tribe for Reburial, Report Says

© Sputnik / Vladimir FedorenkoMIDDLE EAST by Ilya Tsukanov3130Subscribe Gaddafi was tortured, sodomised and fatally shot by NATO-backed rebels in October 2011, with the incident captured on video and broadcast by…

US-led airstrikes killed 22,000 civilians in Africa, West Asia in past 20 years: Report

US-led airstrikes killed 22,000 civilians in Africa, West Asia in past 20 years: Report

The photo, taken on September 5, 2017, shows smoke billowing out following a US-led coalition airstrike in the al-Daraiya neighborhood of Raqqah, Syria. (By AFP) At least 22,000 civilians have…

Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi chooses to run in presidential elections to take back Libya for the Libyan people

Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi chooses to run in presidential elections to take back Libya for the Libyan people

Saif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, flashes the V-sign for victory as he appears in front of supporters and journalists at his father’s residential complex in the…

Late Libyan Leader’s (Muamar Gaddafi) Son Saadi Gaddafi Freed From Prison – Report

Late Libyan Leader’s (Muamar Gaddafi) Son Saadi Gaddafi Freed From Prison – Report

© AFP 2021 / MAHMUD TURKIAAFRICA by Kirill Kurevlev 0 171Subscribe During the NATO-backed revolt in 2011, Saadi Gaddafi fled to Niger, but was extradited to Libya in 2014 and has been imprisoned…

Nations are turning away from Western weapon platforms towards Chinese made platforms as China launches new warship for Algeria, more powerful than domestic counterpart: reports

By Liu Xuanzun    The guided-missile frigate Shangrao (Hull 583) steams during a joint anti-submarine drill held by a frigate flotilla with the navy under the PLA Eastern Theater Command in early…

African News: Mozambican, Rwandan forces retake key port city from rebels

African News: Mozambican, Rwandan forces retake key port city from rebels

Rwandan soldiers prepare to board a plane for a military mission in Mozambique, at Kanombe Airport, Kigali, Rwanda, on July 10, 2021. Rwandan and Mozambican forces have recaptured the port…

Condemning Israel’s African Union observer status, 14 countries decide to expel Tel Aviv from AU

Condemning Israel’s African Union observer status, 14 countries decide to expel Tel Aviv from AU

A general view shows the headquarters of the African Union building in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa in January 2017. (Photo by Reuters) Algeria and 13 other African countries have agreed…

Colonial Forces of NATO Trying to Mask Their Moves: EU Will Deploy Military Force to Mozambique as Rwanda, SADC Also Send Troops to Fight Rebels

Colonial Forces of NATO Trying to Mask Their Moves:  EU Will Deploy Military Force to Mozambique as Rwanda, SADC Also Send Troops to Fight Rebels

Hiram’s notes: I want to call you all attention to the fact that the so-called EU does not have a military. it is supposed to be a political and economic…

Dozens arrested as violence surges in South Africa over Zuma jailing

Dozens arrested as violence surges in South Africa over Zuma jailing

Dozens of people have been arrested in South Africa as violence, ignited by last week’s jailing of former President Jacob Zuma, spread to Johannesburg with protesters blocking roads and looting businesses in…

Nations are now calling out the global ‘Terror Central’ (America)…Washington mobilizing, commanding al-Qaeda, Daesh terrorists in Bayda Province: Yemen

Nations are now calling out the global ‘Terror Central’ (America)…Washington mobilizing, commanding al-Qaeda, Daesh terrorists in Bayda Province: Yemen

This undated file picture shows members of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group at an undisclosed location in Yemen’s southern province of al-Bayda. (Photo via Twitter) Yemeni officials say the United…

‘Everything Has Become Worse’: Mali Protests Demand French Troops Leave as Operation Barkhane Ends

‘Everything Has Become Worse’: Mali Protests Demand French Troops Leave as Operation Barkhane Ends

© AFP 2021 / CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON / POOLAFRICA by Morgan Artyukhina 0 30Subscribe A protest by a popular group took place in the Malian capital of Bamako demanding French troops leave the…

West African Bloc Aims to Launch Single Currency in 2027

West African Bloc Aims to Launch Single Currency in 2027

© CC BY 2.0 / WILLEM HEERBAARTAFRICA by Henry Batyaev3303Subscribe The members of the Economic Community of West African States initially aimed to merge their currencies in 2020. However, the coronavirus pandemic interrupted…

South Africa’s indigenous groups protest Amazon HQ on ancestral land

South Africa’s indigenous groups protest Amazon HQ on ancestral land

Hassen SeriaPress TV, Cape Town Indigenous communities and activists in South Africa have demanded authorities repeal a decision to allow the American digital services giant Amazon from building its Africa…

China-built landmark railway in Nigeria starts service, to boost local economy

China-built landmark railway in Nigeria starts service, to boost local economy

By Li Xuanmin   A view of Nigeria’s Lagos-Ibadan railway. Photo: Coutesy of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation A railway project connecting Nigeria’s city of Lagos, Africa’s largest city, to the country’s…

Gaddafi’s son seeks Libyan presidency 10 years after NATO-backed campaign plunged country into chaos – media

Gaddafi’s son seeks Libyan presidency 10 years after NATO-backed campaign plunged country into chaos – media

Saif al-Islam is seen after his capture, in the custody of revolutionary fighters in Obari, Libya November 19, 2011 ©  REUTERS/Ammar El-Darwish The son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is reportedly…

Based Nigeria: African country teaches US lesson in how to handle Big Tech tyranny

Based Nigeria: African country teaches US lesson in how to handle Big Tech tyranny

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, December 18, 2020 file photo. ©  REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde Follow RT onNigeria is a far more serious and “based” country than the US, at least if President Muhammadu Buhari’s…

African Union suspends Mali over coup, says soldiers belong in barracks

African Union suspends Mali over coup, says soldiers belong in barracks

Malian riot police keep supporters away from the vehicle of new president of Mali’s transitional government Assimi Goita, on May 31, 2021. (Photo by AFP) Mali’s second military coup in…

Egypt, Kenya Sign Military Agreement as Dispute With Ethiopia Over Blue Nile Dam Heats Up

Egypt, Kenya Sign Military Agreement as Dispute With Ethiopia Over Blue Nile Dam Heats Up

by Morgan Artyukhina215Subscribe Amid a continued impasse over a controversial Ethiopian dam on the Blue Nile, Egypt has signed a defense cooperation agreement with Kenya – the fourth defense agreement with…

‘Don’t Play With Fire’: China Warns US Not to Meddle in Taiwan Issue

‘Don’t Play With Fire’: China Warns US Not to Meddle in Taiwan Issue

by Andrei Dergalin4473Subscribe The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson insisted that Taiwan is an internal matter of China and warned against “interference by external forces.” China’s Foreign Ministry has issued a sharp…

South African Dockers’ Union Refuses to Unload Israeli Ship in Protest at Gaza Bombing

South African Dockers’ Union Refuses to Unload Israeli Ship in Protest at Gaza Bombing

© REUTERS / ROGAN WARDAFRICA South Africa’s Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Coalition organised a march in Durban’s port on Friday in protest at the docking of an Israeli merchant ship…

Archaeologists have given a first look inside Egypt’s ‘lost golden city’ of Aten, believed to be the greatest find since Tutankhamun’s tomb

Archaeologists have given a first look inside Egypt’s ‘lost golden city’ of Aten, believed to be the greatest find since Tutankhamun’s tomb

Archaeologists have given a first look inside Egypt’s ‘lost golden city’ of Aten, believed to be the greatest find since Tutankhamun’s tomb was unearthed a century ago (pictured: the curved walls…

UN incriminates France in January massacre of civilians in Mali

UN incriminates France in January massacre of civilians in Mali

A French soldier stands inside a military helicopter during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to French troops in Mali, on May 19, 2017. (File photo by AP) A…

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo Says Ghana will no Longer Export Cocoa to Switzerland

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo Says Ghana will no Longer Export Cocoa to Switzerland

Africa’s Sahel abandons hope in France, starts negotiation with armed groups

Africa’s Sahel abandons hope in France, starts negotiation with armed groups

In this file photo taken on March 21, 2019 shows soldiers of the Barkhane Force and the Malian army patrolling in a street of Menaka, in the region of Liptako.…

Parts of France Hit by Clouds of Radioactive Dust From Sahara

Parts of France Hit by Clouds of Radioactive Dust From Sahara

Parts of France Hit by Clouds of Radioactive Dust From Sahara © CC0ENVIRONMENT by Nikita Folomov4315 Past nuclear tests carried out by France in the Algerian desert are now coming back to…

White South African Mercenaries Are Indiscriminately Killing People in Mozambique

White South African Mercenaries Are Indiscriminately Killing People in Mozambique

An Amnesty International report released today alleges civilian killings by these mercenaries as part of the growing war in Mozambique. NT By Nick Turse White South African mercenaries hired by the…

Congolese Villagers Scramble as they Discover a Whole Mountain Full of Gold

Congolese Villagers Scramble as they Discover a Whole Mountain Full of Gold

Has the African Eldorado been found? Congolese Villagers get the biggest surprise after discovering a whole mountain full of Gold! Congolese Villagers get the biggest surprise of their lives, after…

Chaos, slave trade & war crimes | Libya still in turmoil 10 years after NATO-led intervention

Chaos, slave trade & war crimes | Libya still in turmoil 10 years after NATO-led intervention

‘There Was No ‘Revolution”: Libyans Reflect on Decade of Chaos That Followed Gaddafi’s Ouster

‘There Was No ‘Revolution”: Libyans Reflect on Decade of Chaos That Followed Gaddafi’s Ouster

by Ilya Tsukanov8811 Monday marks the tenth anniversary of the beginning of large-scale violent protests against long-time Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. In March of 2011, NATO-led forces launched an aerial operation…