Kenya had been praised to the heavens by the West in yesteryear: it was a beacon of hope and prosperity; East Africa’s most prosperous nation; a success story of capitalism and “development”; and (most important of all) a bulwark of the West amidst encroaching Chinese influence on the continent.

Kenya is a member of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and Ruto just sent the Kenyan Police to Haiti. 🤷🏼‍♀️

The UK is prime contributor to US military operations in Africa

December 25, 2023December 25, 2023 Ms. Cat

Documents obtained by Declassified show that senior British army officers have played key roles at US Africa Command, which conducts drone strikes and secret operations, and they effectively serve as US military personnel at its base in Djibouti.
The UK is prime contributor to US military operations in Africa

Human Rights Watch condemns UK, US actions on Chagos Islands

February 17, 2023February 17, 2023 Ms. Cat

LONDON (AP) — Britain and the United States committed crimes against humanity when they forced the people of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to leave their homes five decades ago to make way for a U.S. Navy base, a rights group charged Wednesday, calling on the two governments to let the Chagossians return.
Human Rights Watch condemns UK, US actions on Chagos Islands

Top 3 unknown proxy wars between the Soviet Union and U.S.

October 16, 2022October 16, 2022 Ms. Cat

During the Cold War, the two world powers clashed in dozens of conflicts around the world. However, if Afghanistan, Vietnam and Angola are known to everyone, proxy wars in Ethiopia, Laos and Congo have been largely forgotten.
Top 3 unknown proxy wars between the Soviet Union and U.S.

Wisconsin Army National Guard headed to Horn of Africa for 10 months

September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 Ms. Cat

Wisconsin Army National Guard headed to Horn of Africa for 10 months

[11-2021] 1,000 National Guard Soldiers to Deploy to Africa as Mid East Wars Wind Down

It is unclear if the 1,000 Guardsmen is an increase in the Pentagon’s force in Africa, or if those troops are replacing others currently deployed. The U.S. has been increasingly operating in countries like Somalia and Niger as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have drawn down.

There are some 6,000 American troops, Defense Department civilians and contractors across Africa, an Army spokesperson told Military.com. About 3,400 of those people operate from Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, which serves as the major hub for the U.S. military on the continent.

Hmm 🤔 Biden Sent U.S.Troops To Somalia In May And Now Somalia’s Situation Is Getting Worse

September 6, 2022September 6, 2022 Ms. Cat1 Comment

Video via Wongel Zelalem

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

Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Somalia

BUT WHY?! Kenya Has Zero Cases But U.S Pharmaceutical Firm To Start Vaccine Trial + WHO Issues Monkeypox Advisory to Kenya

August 6, 2022August 6, 2022 Ms. Cat

Video via Wongel Zelalem

Tonix will test its monkeypox vaccine in Kenya next year, and no eyes on accelerated path at FDA

The study of Tonix Pharmaceuticals’ live virus vaccine will occur at Kenya Medical Research Institute, or KEMRI, in the East African country, the partners said Thursday. While Kenya has no reported cases of the virus that leads to painful lesions, the country is close to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which had 163 cases as of July 27, according to a CDC tracker.

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Tonix has been working on monkeypox and smallpox for close to a decade, Lederman said. The company’s vaccine, dubbed TNX-801, is traced back to a research collaboration with the Department of Cell Biology at the University of Alberta.

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Why G7’s Program for Developing Countries is Still No Match for China’s Belt & Road

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 Ms. Cat

Samizdat – 28.06.2022
The G7 on 26 June re-launched its previous Build Back Better World program to provide infrastructure funds to poor and developing nations under a new name, the Global Investment and Infrastructure Partnership. The project aims to compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative kicked off by Beijing in 2013.
Why G7’s Program for Developing Countries is Still No Match for China’s Belt & Road

Facebook Faces New Lawsuit Alleging Human Trafficking and Union-Busting in Kenya

May 28, 2022May 28, 2022 Ms. Cat

Daniel Motaung, a former outsourced Facebook content moderator, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Nairobi accusing Meta and outsourcing firm Sama of multiple violations of the Kenyan constitution. The lawsuit follows a TIME story published in February titled “Inside Facebook’s African Sweatshop,” in which Motaung and other current and former employees at Sama first gave their accounts of widespread trauma, pay as low as $1.50 per hour, and alleged union busting.
Facebook Faces New Lawsuit Alleging Human Trafficking and Union-Busting in Kenya

President Biden Orders Redeployment of Troops to Somalia

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 Ms. Cat

Biden also gave the Pentagon the authority to target about a dozen suspected al-Shabaab leaders
President Biden Orders Redeployment of Troops to Somalia

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Tag: East Africa

The UK is prime contributor to US military operations in Africa

Human Rights Watch condemns UK, US actions on Chagos Islands

Top 3 unknown proxy wars between the Soviet Union and U.S.

Wisconsin Army National Guard headed to Horn of Africa for 10 months

Hmm 🤔 Biden Sent U.S.Troops To Somalia In May And Now Somalia’s Situation Is Getting Worse

BUT WHY?! Kenya Has Zero Cases But U.S Pharmaceutical Firm To Start Vaccine Trial + WHO Issues Monkeypox Advisory to Kenya

Why G7’s Program for Developing Countries is Still No Match for China’s Belt & Road

President Biden Orders Redeployment of Troops to Somalia