Tag: Al-Shabaab

It’s Different, They’re White: Media Ignore Conflicts Around the World to Focus on Ukraine

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

A MintPress News analysis found that in a single week Fox News, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and MSNBC ran almost 1,300 separate stories on the Ukraine invasion, two stories on the Syria attack, one on Somalia, and none at all on the Saudi-led war on Yemen.

It’s Different, They’re White: Media Ignore Conflicts Around the World to Focus on Ukraine

What Is France Hiding in the Sahel?

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

BAMAKO, MALI — On the 8th of October, Choguel Maïga, the prime minister of Mali, boldly informed the world that its former colonial power, France, was sponsoring terrorists in the country’s northern region. Standing before dozens of cameras and microphones, he provided details on how the French army had established an enclave in the northern town of Tidal and handed it over to well-known terrorist groups. The revelation was shocking not simply for the serious nature of the accusation but because in past times West African leaders have rarely sparred so openly with the French government. A chain of events simmering in the background for weeks triggered the latest spat.

What Is France Hiding in the Sahel?

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Biden Administration Escalates Airstrikes in Somalia

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Biden Administration Escalates Airstrikes in Somalia

During his final months in office, Trump withdrew nearly all of the 700 troops that were stationed in Somalia. But they were redeployed in East Africa, and most of the US drones that bomb Somalia are based in neighboring Djibouti and Kenya, so the air war can continue. Now the head of AFRICOM is pitching the Biden administration on sending troops back to Somalia.