Tag: Africa
“Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things”–Isaac Newton
“And simple truth miscalled simplicity” – William Shakespeare
Paul Kagame`s Rwanda Fabricated an Enemy
The people behind the networks of corporate power blocks, the global supply chain from Congo`s minerals, namely cobalt, have written...
Declining influence in Africa puts U.S. foreign policy establishment in a state of worry.
In late June, protests erupted across Kenya against the government led by William Ruto after it enacted an IMF-dictated finance bill imposing hikes in a regressive sales tax, unloading the full burden of the country’s economic...
Just over a year ago we reported on Chanda Creasy, a courageous yoga coach, who had previously managed to work with militants in Africa, making her way up to the position of special assistant to CIA director on global operations. Recently, we found new details of Chanda’s trip to...
John Stockwell is a former CIA officer who became a whistleblower and outspoken critic of the Agency, the U.S. intelligence community and the imperialist policies of the U.S. government. He left the CIA in 1976 after serving there for 12 years following service in the U.S. Marine Corps...
As details of state security violence and abuses by British soldiers deployed on training continue to emanate from Kenya, recently declassified files shed light on the historical impact and legacy of the British Army’s presence in the nation.
On July 7, 1990, protesters in Nairobi took to the streets...
“Rwanda is not defined by a geographical space; it is a state of mind."
– Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) Brigadier General Frank Rusagara.
The eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been in a state of permanent war, depopulation and plunder since 1996 when the DRC (then Zaire)...
On May 19, forces calling themselves the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo launched what appears to be a failed coup attempt, attacking the home of the Deputy Prime Minister of Economy Vital Kamerhe, as well as the Congo’s presidential palace, Palais de la Nation...
Rwandan regime and Western intelligence agencies and their media and academic assets have spread disinformation for three decades
On April 7, Rwandan President Paul Kagame commemorated the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan genocide by lighting a flame in honor of the victims in front of foreign dignitaries, and giving...
On February 15, the Biden administration signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Somalia to construct up to five military bases for the Somali National Army in the name of bolstering the army’s capabilities in the ongoing fight against the militant group al-Shabaab.
According to statements by...
With the announcement by the U.S. Defense Department of the creation of five new bases in Somalia, the U.S. has made it clear it is stepping up its intervention in the country.
The previous government in Somalia had run the U.S. military out of Somalia, pretty much, but when the...