A bunch of Silicon Valley tycoons think they’re going to build a utopia in northern California. We’ve heard this one before.
Shadowy Tech Goons Want to Build a New City in California. What Could Go Wrong?
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South Africa’s support for Russia after its invasion of Ukraine has incensed some in Washington.
Inside the Desperate Diplomatic Efforts to Salvage U.S.-South Africa Ties
A bunch of current headlines are scary:
Much Ado About Nothing
Sudan fighting erupts between rival military factions backed by external powers
Al-Burhan is backed by Egypt’s brutal dictator, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and layers close to the military that have long controlled Sudan’s sprawling military-industrial complex. He is reportedly supportive of the US and the European powers in the US/NATO war against Russia in Ukraine. Dagalo, who has become enormously rich based on Darfur’s gold, is backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia. Controlling the export of gold, he has close relations with Russia whose Wagner mercenaries operate in Sudan and neighbouring Central African Republic.
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Sudan’s military has close relations with Russia, which is trying to establish a base at Port Sudan, on the Red Sea; selling much of its gold that accounts for 40 percent of the country’s exports to Russia via the UAE; abstaining on the UN resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and infuriating the Biden administration. Washington is determined to sever Sudan’s relationship with Iran, Russia and China, close Port Sudan to the Russian navy, and strengthen its regional anti-Iran alliance to which Sudan had signed up earlier this year.
In Africa as in the rest of the world, US machinations undermine its goals and bring other nations together as they seek to protect themselves from a desperate empire.
US Shoots Itself in the Foot in Africa
China’s special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Xue Bing, is back in the region three months after hosting a peace conference in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital.
Chinese envoy opposes foreign intervention in Horn of Africa on return to region
As many as half of British households may be facing fuel poverty because of the inexorable rise in energy prices, EDF, the French utility that also has business in the UK, has warned.
Half Of UK Households Will Be In Fuel Poverty By January
Video via Wongel Zelalem
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UN, humanitarian agencies sound alarm over Somalia famine
Somali President Holds Meeting with US Ambassador and New AFRICOM Commander
US Ramping Up Drone Strikes in the Middle East and Africa
US picks up pace of airstrikes in Somalia
History:
Biden Redeploys Pentagon Troops to Somalia While Humanitarian Crisis Looms
Another ramp up in yet another 20+ year war. This time, Somalia – where the current administration will put hundreds of troops back that were withdrawn by the previous administration. After that administration put them there in the first place and ramped up the bombing to record levels.
America’s Longest Foreign War
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