The United States tries to keep a tight lid on its official involvement in Africa — particularly the Horn where several nations have invested large sums of money and constructed bases in recent history. However, this build-up is getting hard to ignore. But what is Washington’s plan? Is a new war for resources on the horizon?
If the paeans to McCain by diverse political climbers seems detached from reality, it’s because they reflect the elite view of U.S. military interventions as a chess game, with the millions killed by unprovoked aggression mere statistics, says Max Blumenthal.…Read more →
The Donald Trump administration has finally appointed a State Department undersecretary to head up Africa policy. Tibor Nagy, the new assistant secretary of state, inherits an American imperialist attitude and big business dominated mess that can only get worse for Africans. While America and the world are busy with information overload, American lawmakers are about to take over Africa before the Chinese do.
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We were reading this report by The Intercept detailing the over $280 million being spent on a new drone base for the US Air Force in Agadez, Niger, and couldn’t help but reflect on why the #Resistance in America no longer cares about US imperialism and killing overseas:
This month Consortium News launched Consortium News Radio. Today we begin a second radio show in collaboration with Pacifica Radio’s Flash Points, a biweekly interview program with Consortium News writers. In collaboration with Dennis Bernstein, host of Pacifica Radio’s syndicated…Read more →
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-08-23%20Financial%20Survival.mp3"][/audio]James joins Melody Cedarstrom for his regular appearance on Financial Survival. This week they discuss the monetary system upon which the political puppet show is based and the scramble for African resources that is shaping up between the US and China.
Kofi Annan, who led the UN for 10 years, beginning in 1997, attending the Munich Security Conference in April 2018. He died suddenly on Aug. 18, 2018, at 80 years old, a day before the anniversary of the 2003 terrorist attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad. CREATIVE COMMONS
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Kofi Annan, possibly the most beloved UN secretary-general, died on Aug. 18, 2018, at age 80, in Bern, Switzerland. After he left the UN in 2006, he joined The Elders, a group that uses diplomacy to resolve intractable problems. THE ELDERS
