Continued - TRUMP: DEMISE OF $ WORSE THAN LOSING WAR!
And the US has taken catastrophic action to ensure the dollar remains top dog among currencies. In 2011, the world watched as US-led NATO jets pummelled Libya with bombs on the pretext of a humanitarian intervention. But leaked e-mails from Hillary Clinton later revealed another key aim behind the intervention: to stop Gaddafi from launching his Pan-African Gold Dinar. This oil-backed currency could have freed Africa from economic bondage, rivalling the dollar and the euro, as well as putting an end to the exploitative Paris-controlled CFA franc.
Dollar dominance is one reason why the US has remained the epicentre of global economic power. But moves are afoot to change this. The BRICS bloc of economies - currently embracing Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - accounts for 16% of the world's trade, and a larger share of the world's GDP than the G7. It wants to harness this collective might by launching a new currency. With over 40 additional countries reportedly interested in joining the alliance, such a currency would surely diminish the power of the dollar and thereby that of the United States.
It might be a doomsday scenario as far as Trump (and America) is concerned, but it would be a liberation for much of the rest of the world. What do you think?
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And the US has taken catastrophic action to ensure the dollar remains top dog among currencies. In 2011, the world watched as US-led NATO jets pummelled Libya with bombs on the pretext of a humanitarian intervention. But leaked e-mails from Hillary Clinton later revealed another key aim behind the intervention: to stop Gaddafi from launching his Pan-African Gold Dinar. This oil-backed currency could have freed Africa from economic bondage, rivalling the dollar and the euro, as well as putting an end to the exploitative Paris-controlled CFA franc.
Dollar dominance is one reason why the US has remained the epicentre of global economic power. But moves are afoot to change this. The BRICS bloc of economies - currently embracing Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - accounts for 16% of the world's trade, and a larger share of the world's GDP than the G7. It wants to harness this collective might by launching a new currency. With over 40 additional countries reportedly interested in joining the alliance, such a currency would surely diminish the power of the dollar and thereby that of the United States.
It might be a doomsday scenario as far as Trump (and America) is concerned, but it would be a liberation for much of the rest of the world. What do you think?
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‘GIVE NIGERIENS PEACE, SECURITY, GOOD JOBS’
The people of Niger just want peace and security.
Listen to African writer @djbwakali give his take on the coup and its causes.
As we’ve heard many times, the country’s uranium should be a source of wealth. Instead, it's become a root of conflict and exploitation.
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The people of Niger just want peace and security.
Listen to African writer @djbwakali give his take on the coup and its causes.
As we’ve heard many times, the country’s uranium should be a source of wealth. Instead, it's become a root of conflict and exploitation.
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From clashes in Libya’s capital to violence around the gold mines west of Johannesburg, here's our weekly photo dump.
Tripoli, Libya - Deadly clashes erupt between two rival armed groups in Libya's capital, killing 27 people and wounding 106. The country’s been locked in a cycle of violence and humanitarian crises since NATO’s bombing campaign in 2011.
Tunis, Tunisia - People attend an event at the Church of Saint Augustin, organised as part of Madonna of Trapani. It’s a traditional festival celebrated as summer ends and autumn approaches.
Niamey, Niger - A supporter of Niger's coup demonstrates with the words “We go forward” painted on his chest, as regional block ECOWAS increases its threat of military action against the West African state.
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Tripoli, Libya - Deadly clashes erupt between two rival armed groups in Libya's capital, killing 27 people and wounding 106. The country’s been locked in a cycle of violence and humanitarian crises since NATO’s bombing campaign in 2011.
Tunis, Tunisia - People attend an event at the Church of Saint Augustin, organised as part of Madonna of Trapani. It’s a traditional festival celebrated as summer ends and autumn approaches.
Niamey, Niger - A supporter of Niger's coup demonstrates with the words “We go forward” painted on his chest, as regional block ECOWAS increases its threat of military action against the West African state.
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Continued - From clashes in Libya’s capital to violence around the gold mines west of Johannesburg, here's our weekly photo dump.
ECOWAS, Infographic - This shows ECOWAS’ military interventions in recent years. The bloc’s activated a standby force to restore constitutional order in Niger as a 'last resort'. Thousands have protested in Niamey against the move and Nigeria’s senate voted down calls for military action. Other countries warning against war include Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Russia.
Gedaref, Sudan - Sudanese armed forces mark Army Day in Sudan's eastern Gedaref State near the border with Ethiopia. Fighting since April against a rival military faction vying for power has killed at least 3,900 people.
Nouakchott, Mauritania - A fisherman carries his catch in the capital on Africa's Atlantic coast. Fishing is one of the biggest employment sectors in the region alongside agriculture and tourism.
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ECOWAS, Infographic - This shows ECOWAS’ military interventions in recent years. The bloc’s activated a standby force to restore constitutional order in Niger as a 'last resort'. Thousands have protested in Niamey against the move and Nigeria’s senate voted down calls for military action. Other countries warning against war include Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Russia.
Gedaref, Sudan - Sudanese armed forces mark Army Day in Sudan's eastern Gedaref State near the border with Ethiopia. Fighting since April against a rival military faction vying for power has killed at least 3,900 people.
Nouakchott, Mauritania - A fisherman carries his catch in the capital on Africa's Atlantic coast. Fishing is one of the biggest employment sectors in the region alongside agriculture and tourism.
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Continued Part 3 - weekly pictures
Mombasa, Kenya - Cult leader Paul Mackenzie (left) walks to a court hearing to face charges of terrorism. Hundreds of his followers starved themselves to death, believing it would bring them closer to God.
Johannesburg, South Africa - An artisanal miner looks for gold amid on-going violence between mining gangs that’s seen five people shot dead in Joburg.
Kerawa, Cameroon - Internally displaced people who lost their homes because of Boko Haram, take shelter with local residents in Kerawa village.
Osun, Nigeria - The Arugba, the calabash carrier, is surrounded by a crowd during the Osun Osogbo Water Festival.
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Mombasa, Kenya - Cult leader Paul Mackenzie (left) walks to a court hearing to face charges of terrorism. Hundreds of his followers starved themselves to death, believing it would bring them closer to God.
Johannesburg, South Africa - An artisanal miner looks for gold amid on-going violence between mining gangs that’s seen five people shot dead in Joburg.
Kerawa, Cameroon - Internally displaced people who lost their homes because of Boko Haram, take shelter with local residents in Kerawa village.
Osun, Nigeria - The Arugba, the calabash carrier, is surrounded by a crowd during the Osun Osogbo Water Festival.
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WHEN CLINTON BOMBED A SUDANESE MEDICINES PLANT
On 20th August, 1998, the largest military superpower in the world, the United States, bombed Sudan's biggest pharmaceutical factory - leading to the deaths of thousands of Sudanese. African Stream’s CEO Ahmed Kaballo - who witnessed the aftermath - dissects the circumstances surrounding the attack, which was authorised by U.S President Bill Clinton, who at the time was embroiled in a politically disastrous and hugely embarrassing sex scandal: the Monika Lewinsky affair.
Could there have been a link?
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On 20th August, 1998, the largest military superpower in the world, the United States, bombed Sudan's biggest pharmaceutical factory - leading to the deaths of thousands of Sudanese. African Stream’s CEO Ahmed Kaballo - who witnessed the aftermath - dissects the circumstances surrounding the attack, which was authorised by U.S President Bill Clinton, who at the time was embroiled in a politically disastrous and hugely embarrassing sex scandal: the Monika Lewinsky affair.
Could there have been a link?
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TALLEST PEOPLE IN AFRICA
The Dinka are the largest ethnic group in South Sudan…and also the tallest! Here’s the short lowdown on a people who stand tall.
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The Dinka are the largest ethnic group in South Sudan…and also the tallest! Here’s the short lowdown on a people who stand tall.
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JULIUS NYERERE: TO THEM, I’M JUST ‘AFRICAN’!
Julius Nyerere was the president of Tanzania - not of Rwanda, Kenya, Cameroon or Zimbabwe. He was also an ardent Pan-Africanist. And yet, judging by this video, he was sufficiently irked by foreign leaders conflating all African nationalities into one, to complain about it - with characteristic wit.
His real target, of course, was the implicit racism - not the idea that Africans are one people artificially divided by imposed national borders. Nyerere strived hard to attain total African unity. He successfully fought to unify Tanganyika and Zanzibar, and insisted that Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda should unite to form a single state. When Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown by the CIA, Nyerere picked up the torch and became a leading figure in the struggle for total African unity.
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Julius Nyerere was the president of Tanzania - not of Rwanda, Kenya, Cameroon or Zimbabwe. He was also an ardent Pan-Africanist. And yet, judging by this video, he was sufficiently irked by foreign leaders conflating all African nationalities into one, to complain about it - with characteristic wit.
His real target, of course, was the implicit racism - not the idea that Africans are one people artificially divided by imposed national borders. Nyerere strived hard to attain total African unity. He successfully fought to unify Tanganyika and Zanzibar, and insisted that Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda should unite to form a single state. When Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown by the CIA, Nyerere picked up the torch and became a leading figure in the struggle for total African unity.
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Continued - JULIUS NYERERE: TO THEM, I’M JUST ‘AFRICAN’!
During his time in power, Tanzania was a beacon of African liberation - providing material and ideological support to the armed liberation struggles waged across southern Africa. Dar es Salaam became a hub and a base for revolutionaries from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia and South Africa.
Perhaps, in the end, Nyerere came to view himself as more than just a Tanzanian but as a champion and leader of a coming unified Africa. But no, that was no excuse for foreign leaders to assume he was omniscient about goings-on in every corner of his continent outside of Tanzania!
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During his time in power, Tanzania was a beacon of African liberation - providing material and ideological support to the armed liberation struggles waged across southern Africa. Dar es Salaam became a hub and a base for revolutionaries from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia and South Africa.
Perhaps, in the end, Nyerere came to view himself as more than just a Tanzanian but as a champion and leader of a coming unified Africa. But no, that was no excuse for foreign leaders to assume he was omniscient about goings-on in every corner of his continent outside of Tanzania!
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FRESH VIOLENCE GRIPS TRIPOLI
Fresh violence has erupted between rival militias in Libya’s capital, killing scores of civilians.
Here’s a breakdown of what is happening in a country that continues to face a humanitarian crisis since the NATO-led bombing of 2011.
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Fresh violence has erupted between rival militias in Libya’s capital, killing scores of civilians.
Here’s a breakdown of what is happening in a country that continues to face a humanitarian crisis since the NATO-led bombing of 2011.
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TRAORÉ TO YOUTH: WE NEED SHOVELS AS WELL AS GUNS
Burkina Faso’s leader wants the country’s young people to help transform the nation. Speaking on Youth Day, Ibrahim Traoré - only 34 himself - urged his audience to “aim very high.”
He said plans were underway to make mining - an industry many young people work in in the resource-rich country - both safer and more profitable.
He admitted dangerous working conditions and low wages were tempting some to join the insurgency in Burkina Faso and across the Sahel.
He outlined new projects that would see value being added to natural resources within Burkina, rather than exporting them raw to the West and letting it reap all the profits from high-end processing.
It’s not just minerals - but agriculture too. Traoré branded it absurd that Burkinabe grow and export tomatoes but currently rely on imported tomato paste.
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Burkina Faso’s leader wants the country’s young people to help transform the nation. Speaking on Youth Day, Ibrahim Traoré - only 34 himself - urged his audience to “aim very high.”
He said plans were underway to make mining - an industry many young people work in in the resource-rich country - both safer and more profitable.
He admitted dangerous working conditions and low wages were tempting some to join the insurgency in Burkina Faso and across the Sahel.
He outlined new projects that would see value being added to natural resources within Burkina, rather than exporting them raw to the West and letting it reap all the profits from high-end processing.
It’s not just minerals - but agriculture too. Traoré branded it absurd that Burkinabe grow and export tomatoes but currently rely on imported tomato paste.
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Continued - TRAORÉ TO YOUTH: WE NEED SHOVELS AS WELL AS GUNS
But he was also clear that beyond the mines and the fields, Ouagadougou needs the country’s young people to help defend the nation against terrorists.
Traoré‘s been in office less than a year, but he has big plans for the country - including building West Africa’s first nuclear power plant. What do you make of his call for a new generation of workers and soldiers to help him realise that vision?
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But he was also clear that beyond the mines and the fields, Ouagadougou needs the country’s young people to help defend the nation against terrorists.
Traoré‘s been in office less than a year, but he has big plans for the country - including building West Africa’s first nuclear power plant. What do you make of his call for a new generation of workers and soldiers to help him realise that vision?
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ERITREAN DIASPORA ATTACKS EXPLAINED
Eritrean festivals across Europe and North America have been targeted by violent protests. The country’s diaspora have staged events marking the 30th anniversary of Eritrea’s independence. But groups pushing for regime change in Asmara have targeted them.
We spoke with an Eritrean lawyer who told us about their links to America’s National Endowment for Democracy.
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Eritrean festivals across Europe and North America have been targeted by violent protests. The country’s diaspora have staged events marking the 30th anniversary of Eritrea’s independence. But groups pushing for regime change in Asmara have targeted them.
We spoke with an Eritrean lawyer who told us about their links to America’s National Endowment for Democracy.
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ECOWAS SETS NIGER WAR D-DAY
ECOWAS has set a D-DAY for a military intervention in Niger.
The bloc made the announcement after its defence chiefs met in the Ghanaian capital Accra. It insists it will be a last-resort option to return the country to “constitutional order” after President Mohamed Bazoum was ousted in a coup nearly a month ago.
An Ecowas delegation met with Niger's military leaders at the weekend in a bid to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
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ECOWAS has set a D-DAY for a military intervention in Niger.
The bloc made the announcement after its defence chiefs met in the Ghanaian capital Accra. It insists it will be a last-resort option to return the country to “constitutional order” after President Mohamed Bazoum was ousted in a coup nearly a month ago.
An Ecowas delegation met with Niger's military leaders at the weekend in a bid to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
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