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Scrap the International Criminal Court and put its judges on trial for their lives
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Scrap the International Criminal Court and put its judges on trial for their lives
March 21, 2025

Let’s briefly survey its disreputable history to show why it has lost any and all credibility it might once have had.

Ali’s on the grill: Weaponising dead Iraqi, Israeli, Syrian, Palestinian but not Congolese babies
February 23, 2025

Others envy the Congo its wealth and bigger powers, such as those who use the Congo’s cobalt, are prepared to collaborate with those savages for their own base ends.

Ali’s on the grill: Weaponising dead Iraqi, Israeli, Syrian, Palestinian but not Congolese babies
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Rwanda can and will destroy South Africa’s Congolese forces
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Rwanda can and will destroy South Africa’s Congolese forces
February 1, 2025

The armed forces of Rwanda and their allies and proxies are all battle hardened and skilled in the type of bush war any clash between these regional titans would entail, whereas the forces of the DRC and South Africa are not.

The war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will end
July 12, 2024

In order to allow for a deeper understanding of the ongoing conflict in the Congo today, this newsletter presents an analysis of the resource theft and processes of imperialism and colonialism that have long plagued this part of Africa, including the fight over raw materials that are key for the electronic age.

The war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will end
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Failed pro-imperialist coup targets Democratic Republic of Congo
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Failed pro-imperialist coup targets Democratic Republic of Congo
May 24, 2024

Early Sunday morning, several dozen heavily armed men attacked the Palace of the Nation, a presidential palace and home of the Minister of the Economy in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Men in fatigues opened fire, killing two of Economy Minister Vital Kamerhe’s 15 guards. The attack lasted about three hours before it was crushed.

The Two Faces of Emmanuel Macron in Africa
March 25, 2023

How France’s president anoints himself in lies, treachery and smear campaigns in the African continent.

The Two Faces of Emmanuel Macron in Africa
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Backed by AFRICOM, corporations plunder DR Congo for “climate-friendly” materials and blame China
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Backed by AFRICOM, corporations plunder DR Congo for “climate-friendly” materials and blame China
December 1, 2021

Cobalt, a key metallic element used in lithium batteries and other “green” technology, is sourced from slave labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As the West points the finger at China, the US Africa Command is indirectly policing mining operations that profit US corporations.

Has the World Been Ignoring an Almost Decade-Long ‘African Spring’?
August 28, 2021

The announcement that Algerian President Bouteflika won’t run for re-election but will instead postpone the upcoming vote until the conclusion of his recently decreed comprehensive constitutional reform process represented the eighth non-electoral regime change in Africa in as many years, making one wonder whether the world has been ignoring an almost decade-long “African Spring” or if something else entirely is going on across the continent.

Has the World Been Ignoring an Almost Decade-Long ‘African Spring’?
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