Continued......More protests are expected in the coming days despite warnings from Filipe Nyusi, the outgoing president who served a maximum of two terms who is also a FRELIMO leader, of stern action against protesters who engage in acts of violence.
SOURCES:
https://www.enca.com/news/mozambique-warns-protesters-ahead-election-results
https://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-elections-police-fire-tear-gas-in-maputo-to-disperse-marchers-who-were-beginning-to-gather-269171/
https://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-elections-venancio-mondlane-confirms-general-strike-for-monday-aim-269142/
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2576463/amp
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14lzy75355o
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gunmen-kill-two-mozambique-opposition-figures-ahead-election-protests-2024-10-19
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/world/article/2001505104/mozambican-opposition-leader-says-security-forces-killed-his-lawyer
https://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-nyusi-demands-speedy-action-over-murders-of-elvino-dias-and-paulo-guambe-watch-269414
SOURCES:
https://www.enca.com/news/mozambique-warns-protesters-ahead-election-results
https://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-elections-police-fire-tear-gas-in-maputo-to-disperse-marchers-who-were-beginning-to-gather-269171/
https://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-elections-venancio-mondlane-confirms-general-strike-for-monday-aim-269142/
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2576463/amp
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14lzy75355o
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gunmen-kill-two-mozambique-opposition-figures-ahead-election-protests-2024-10-19
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/world/article/2001505104/mozambican-opposition-leader-says-security-forces-killed-his-lawyer
https://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-nyusi-demands-speedy-action-over-murders-of-elvino-dias-and-paulo-guambe-watch-269414
eNCA
Mozambique warns protesters ahead of election results
Earlier on Wednesday, thousands of people gathered outside Mozambique's capital to bury lawyer Elvino Dias.
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Continued..... thereby making it illegal for it to operate openly. Tambo ended up spending three decades abroad.
Tambo is credited with holding the liberation movement together during a difficult time when it was facing an onslaught from the apartheid regime. In the late '80s, the regime reluctantly came to the negotiating table after losses on the battlefield in Angola and under the pressure of international sanctions. Tambo led the talks, which ultimately resulted in the unbanning of the ANC and the release of political prisoners - including Mandela, in 1990. That year, Tambo returned to his homeland.
Unfortunately, Tambo did not live to see the 'promised land.'
A year after returning to South Africa, he suffered a stroke, the second one in two years. This led him to hand over the leadership of the party to Mandela. He died on 24th April 1993 - one year before the country's first full democratic elections that brought the ANC to power.
Long live the revolutionary spirit of Oliver Tambo!
Tambo is credited with holding the liberation movement together during a difficult time when it was facing an onslaught from the apartheid regime. In the late '80s, the regime reluctantly came to the negotiating table after losses on the battlefield in Angola and under the pressure of international sanctions. Tambo led the talks, which ultimately resulted in the unbanning of the ANC and the release of political prisoners - including Mandela, in 1990. That year, Tambo returned to his homeland.
Unfortunately, Tambo did not live to see the 'promised land.'
A year after returning to South Africa, he suffered a stroke, the second one in two years. This led him to hand over the leadership of the party to Mandela. He died on 24th April 1993 - one year before the country's first full democratic elections that brought the ANC to power.
Long live the revolutionary spirit of Oliver Tambo!
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Oliver Reginald Tambo, a man sometimes referred to as the 'other half' of South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) party, was born on this day in 1917 in today's Eastern Cape province in South Africa.
As a child, Tambo excelled academically and received a scholarship to study sciences and teaching at the University of Fort Hare - the only tertiary institution that admitted Black students. There he met and befriended a certain Nelson Mandela. The two set up South Africa's first Black-owned law firm and also helped set up the ANC's Youth League.
The 1950s saw Tambo rise through the ranks of the ANC. In 1957, he became its vice president.
In the aftermath of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, which saw 69 protesters gunned down by the police as they peacefully protested against the draconian Pass Laws, the ANC asked Tambo to go into exile and set up operations there. The main reason was that, shortly after the massacre, the apartheid regime banned the ANC,
As a child, Tambo excelled academically and received a scholarship to study sciences and teaching at the University of Fort Hare - the only tertiary institution that admitted Black students. There he met and befriended a certain Nelson Mandela. The two set up South Africa's first Black-owned law firm and also helped set up the ANC's Youth League.
The 1950s saw Tambo rise through the ranks of the ANC. In 1957, he became its vice president.
In the aftermath of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, which saw 69 protesters gunned down by the police as they peacefully protested against the draconian Pass Laws, the ANC asked Tambo to go into exile and set up operations there. The main reason was that, shortly after the massacre, the apartheid regime banned the ANC,
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MOROCCO’S FADING INDIGENOUS TATTOOS
The women of Morocco's Amazigh community - the largest in North Africa - have tattooed their faces for centuries. However, this tradition is slowly fading due to changing religious attitudes in recent decades. Many attribute the fading of facial tattoos to Morocco's changing religious attitudes in recent decades, with interpretations of Islam where inked skin and other body modifications like piercings are seen as against Islamic teachings. Some challenge this perception and argue the claim that it is haram has no basis in the Koran.
The designs of the tattoos vary among the different tribes and were originally used to symbolise the wearer's origins, fertility, and protection.
The women of Morocco's Amazigh community - the largest in North Africa - have tattooed their faces for centuries. However, this tradition is slowly fading due to changing religious attitudes in recent decades. Many attribute the fading of facial tattoos to Morocco's changing religious attitudes in recent decades, with interpretations of Islam where inked skin and other body modifications like piercings are seen as against Islamic teachings. Some challenge this perception and argue the claim that it is haram has no basis in the Koran.
The designs of the tattoos vary among the different tribes and were originally used to symbolise the wearer's origins, fertility, and protection.
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In September 2023, DRC President Tshisekedi officially requested the gradual withdrawal of MONUSCO (the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [DRC]) troops, marking the beginning of the end of the UN's mission following decades of operations in the country.
Despite its presence since 1999, violence has continued unabated, with armed groups repeatedly attacking the country's mineral-rich east in a global quest involving foreign states and militias for the DRC's estimated $24 trillion in resources.
The withdrawal is scheduled to be completed in December 2024. However, the country's foreign minister, Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, told Reuters on 14 July that the pullout of some 11,000 peacekeepers is now difficult to imagine because of Rwanda's aggression.
This week's Facts of the Week explains what led the DRC to move towards expel one of the world's most controversial UN peacekeeping operations.
Despite its presence since 1999, violence has continued unabated, with armed groups repeatedly attacking the country's mineral-rich east in a global quest involving foreign states and militias for the DRC's estimated $24 trillion in resources.
The withdrawal is scheduled to be completed in December 2024. However, the country's foreign minister, Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, told Reuters on 14 July that the pullout of some 11,000 peacekeepers is now difficult to imagine because of Rwanda's aggression.
This week's Facts of the Week explains what led the DRC to move towards expel one of the world's most controversial UN peacekeeping operations.
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Continued.......Sources
https://www.trtworld.com/africa/un-troops-failed-to-protect-civilians-quell-rebellion-drc-15064781
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/01/africa/anti-un-protests-drc-peacekeeping-intl/index.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-13/un-peacekeepers-to-leave-congo-by-end-of-2024-after-25-years
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2024/09/24/drc-beni-region-departing-un-monusco-peacekeepers-leave-trail-abuse-anger
https://www.voaafrica.com/a/officials-over-40-people-killed-in-drc-amid-anti-un-protest-crackdown/7250366.html
https://globalpressjournal.com/africa/democratic-republic-of-congo/25-years-224-abuse-allegations-no-peace-drc-kicks-un-peacekeeping-mission/
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/aug/05/death-toll-reaches-36-in-eastern-drc-as-protesters-turn-on-un-peacekeepers
https://www.civicus.org/index.php/media-resources/news/interviews/5983-drc-the-united-nations-peacekeeping-mission-has-failed
https://www.trtworld.com/africa/un-troops-failed-to-protect-civilians-quell-rebellion-drc-15064781
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/01/africa/anti-un-protests-drc-peacekeeping-intl/index.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-13/un-peacekeepers-to-leave-congo-by-end-of-2024-after-25-years
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2024/09/24/drc-beni-region-departing-un-monusco-peacekeepers-leave-trail-abuse-anger
https://www.voaafrica.com/a/officials-over-40-people-killed-in-drc-amid-anti-un-protest-crackdown/7250366.html
https://globalpressjournal.com/africa/democratic-republic-of-congo/25-years-224-abuse-allegations-no-peace-drc-kicks-un-peacekeeping-mission/
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/aug/05/death-toll-reaches-36-in-eastern-drc-as-protesters-turn-on-un-peacekeepers
https://www.civicus.org/index.php/media-resources/news/interviews/5983-drc-the-united-nations-peacekeeping-mission-has-failed
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U.S. FUNDED PROPAGANDA WAR AGAINST GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE
Over a month ago, the US accused African Stream - without evidence - of being a Russian propaganda outfit. Since then, we’ve been banned by social media giants such as Google, Meta and TikTok. Yet the irony is that it’s actually Washington funding propaganda abroad - including in Africa.
Zimbabwe in particular has been in its sights. In the last two decades, Washington has pumped money into two radio stations that Harare accuses of being mediums of 'Western imperialist propaganda.'
Over a month ago, the US accused African Stream - without evidence - of being a Russian propaganda outfit. Since then, we’ve been banned by social media giants such as Google, Meta and TikTok. Yet the irony is that it’s actually Washington funding propaganda abroad - including in Africa.
Zimbabwe in particular has been in its sights. In the last two decades, Washington has pumped money into two radio stations that Harare accuses of being mediums of 'Western imperialist propaganda.'
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Continued.....The first is the now-defunct Short Wave (SW) Radio Africa, which broadcast from its London-based studios into Zimbabwe and other neighbouring countries from 2001 till 2013. The station's news and programmes were widely seen as biased towards the Western-aligned opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change. The government of Zimbabwe accused the station of having a 'regime-change agenda' at the behest of Western nations that had imposed economic sanctions on the Southern African country in the early 2000s in the wake of its land redistribution programme. A 2005 diplomatic cable from the US embassy made public by Wikileaks revealed that the station had received funding from the US government to enable it to carry out its broadcasts. The allegations of Western funding and a regime-change agenda were given further credence in 2014 when the station announced it was shutting down.
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Continued.....In an interview with the BBC station, founder and manager, Gerry Jackson attributed the closure to the decision by 'donors' to turn off the money tap due to 'massive disarray' in the opposition camp.
The second station is the Washington-based Voice of America Studio 7, which has been beaming its signal into Zimbabwe for over 20 years using a transmitter in neighbouring Botswana, an act that the government of Zimbabwe has in the past described as piracy and an attack on its sovereignty. Like SW Radio Africa, Studio 7's broadcasts have been highly critical of the Zimbabwean government. The US government wholly funds Studio 7 through the State Department's US Agency for Global Media, which, on its website, explicitly states that its mission is to ensure that 'the long-range interests of the United States are served by communicating directly with the peoples of the world by radio.'
The hypocrisy is clear: while funding media entities to spread its propaganda to African audiences, the US is using unfounded allegations to gag independent outlets such as ours from reaching our fellow Africans with a radical anti-imperalist and pan-african message.
SOURCES:
https://allafrica.com/stories/200310140498.html
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/jan/24/Zimbabwenews.zimbabweandthemedia
https://www.newsweek.com/gerry-jackson-independent-radio-zimbabwe-president-robert-mugabe-zimbabwe-broadcasting-corp-london
https://insiderzim.com/us-funded-sw-radio/
https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-gerry-jackson-sw-radio-africa/2685595.html
https://www.herald.co.zw/govt-to-quash-pirate-radio-stations/
https://mg.co.za/article/2005-03-16-fact-or-fiction-what-the-papers-say/, https://cpj.org/2006/07/overseas-broadcaster-reports-jamming/
https://www.insidevoa.com/a/a-13-34-zimbabwebroadcastsfeb2005/177921.html
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/05HARARE147_a.html
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06HARARE977_a.html
The second station is the Washington-based Voice of America Studio 7, which has been beaming its signal into Zimbabwe for over 20 years using a transmitter in neighbouring Botswana, an act that the government of Zimbabwe has in the past described as piracy and an attack on its sovereignty. Like SW Radio Africa, Studio 7's broadcasts have been highly critical of the Zimbabwean government. The US government wholly funds Studio 7 through the State Department's US Agency for Global Media, which, on its website, explicitly states that its mission is to ensure that 'the long-range interests of the United States are served by communicating directly with the peoples of the world by radio.'
The hypocrisy is clear: while funding media entities to spread its propaganda to African audiences, the US is using unfounded allegations to gag independent outlets such as ours from reaching our fellow Africans with a radical anti-imperalist and pan-african message.
SOURCES:
https://allafrica.com/stories/200310140498.html
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/jan/24/Zimbabwenews.zimbabweandthemedia
https://www.newsweek.com/gerry-jackson-independent-radio-zimbabwe-president-robert-mugabe-zimbabwe-broadcasting-corp-london
https://insiderzim.com/us-funded-sw-radio/
https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-gerry-jackson-sw-radio-africa/2685595.html
https://www.herald.co.zw/govt-to-quash-pirate-radio-stations/
https://mg.co.za/article/2005-03-16-fact-or-fiction-what-the-papers-say/, https://cpj.org/2006/07/overseas-broadcaster-reports-jamming/
https://www.insidevoa.com/a/a-13-34-zimbabwebroadcastsfeb2005/177921.html
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/05HARARE147_a.html
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06HARARE977_a.html
the Guardian
US funds penetrate Zimbabwe airwaves
The United States is secretly funding a radio station in London which has infuriated Robert Mugabe, writes Chris McGreal.
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KENYA GRANTS GATES FOUNDATION IMMUNITY AND SPECIAL STATUS
The Gates Foundation, previously known as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has been granted special diplomatic status and immunity by the Kenyan government. Musalia Mudavadi, the Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, confirmed the new cooperation agreement with the foundation. He announced that it qualifies for benefits under Section 11 of the Privileges and Immunities Act. In his statement, Mudavadi said, “The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, hereafter referred to as ‘the Foundation,’ is a charitable trust that fights poverty, disease, and inequality in over 140 countries. The Government of Kenya has agreed to cooperate with the Foundation, which is hereby declared an organisation to which Section 11 of the Act shall apply.”
The Gates Foundation, previously known as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has been granted special diplomatic status and immunity by the Kenyan government. Musalia Mudavadi, the Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, confirmed the new cooperation agreement with the foundation. He announced that it qualifies for benefits under Section 11 of the Privileges and Immunities Act. In his statement, Mudavadi said, “The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, hereafter referred to as ‘the Foundation,’ is a charitable trust that fights poverty, disease, and inequality in over 140 countries. The Government of Kenya has agreed to cooperate with the Foundation, which is hereby declared an organisation to which Section 11 of the Act shall apply.”
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Continued….. Expatriates living in Kenya will enjoy several privileges similar to those granted to diplomatic officials, including tax exemptions, immunity from legal proceedings, and repatriation facilities during international crises, among other benefits. President Ruto has approved the establishment of the Gates Foundation's operations in Kenya, stating that the creation of a hosting centre for the foundation will attract investors and encourage further collaborations. Given the controversies that have surrounded the foundation over the years, the question remains: will this new partnership prove beneficial for Kenya?
SOURCES:
https://thekenyatimes.com/latest-kenya-times-news/national/kenya-grants-special-status-to-gates-foundation-privileges-immunity-to-be-enjoyed/
https://leadership.ng/bill-gates-to-stand-trial-over-covid-19-vaccine-claims/
SOURCES:
https://thekenyatimes.com/latest-kenya-times-news/national/kenya-grants-special-status-to-gates-foundation-privileges-immunity-to-be-enjoyed/
https://leadership.ng/bill-gates-to-stand-trial-over-covid-19-vaccine-claims/
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Continued…. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/controversial-vaccine-studies-why-is-bill-melinda-gates-foundation-under-fire-from-critics-in-india/articleshow/41280050.cms?from=mdr#google_vignette
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https://www.rosalux.de/en/publication/id/44425
https://theecologist.org/2020/aug/14/gates-failing-green-revolution-africa
https://www.umhs-sk.org/blog/why-bill-melinda-gates-foundation-has-so-many-public-health-critics#:~:text=The%20Bill%20and%20Melinda%20Gates,changing%20its%20position%20on%20abortion
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(02)11593-5/fulltext
https://www.rosalux.de/en/publication/id/44425
https://theecologist.org/2020/aug/14/gates-failing-green-revolution-africa
https://www.umhs-sk.org/blog/why-bill-melinda-gates-foundation-has-so-many-public-health-critics#:~:text=The%20Bill%20and%20Melinda%20Gates,changing%20its%20position%20on%20abortion
The Economic Times
Controversial vaccine studies: Why is Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation under fire from critics in India?
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has funded two entities that have played a key role in the immunization programme and are both under fire for conflict of interest.
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ACTIVISTS: SUDAN'S RSF ON MURDER RAMPAGE FOLLOWING COMMANDER DEFECTION
Wad Madani Resistance Committee, a Sudanese pro-democracy group, says paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) k*lled more than 124 people on 25 October in the Al Jazirah state. A UN official compared the RSF's actions to the group’s 2023 campaign in Darfur, where they were accused of ethnically cleansing communities opposed to them. Many Sudanese activists say the massacre was revenge for RSF commander Abuagla Keikal defecting to the Sudanese army, bringing his soldiers along.
Additionally, Sudan's Combating Violence Against Women Unit, a government body, has documented accounts of RSF soldiers r*ping women in Al Jazirah villages to intimidate men and force residents to flee. Tragic reports have emerged of women committing su*cide en masse, including through drowning, to escape the dire possibility, with one activist estimating about 130 such cases.
Wad Madani Resistance Committee, a Sudanese pro-democracy group, says paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) k*lled more than 124 people on 25 October in the Al Jazirah state. A UN official compared the RSF's actions to the group’s 2023 campaign in Darfur, where they were accused of ethnically cleansing communities opposed to them. Many Sudanese activists say the massacre was revenge for RSF commander Abuagla Keikal defecting to the Sudanese army, bringing his soldiers along.
Additionally, Sudan's Combating Violence Against Women Unit, a government body, has documented accounts of RSF soldiers r*ping women in Al Jazirah villages to intimidate men and force residents to flee. Tragic reports have emerged of women committing su*cide en masse, including through drowning, to escape the dire possibility, with one activist estimating about 130 such cases.
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Continued….. The ongoing 18-month war between the UAE-supported RSF and Sudan's army has displaced over 12 million people and k*lled more than 150,000 as of May, according to the US envoy. The UN's food agency has warned that without urgent humanitarian intervention, 13 million face ‘acute hunger.’
Sources
News of mass killings
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/at-least-124-killed-after-sudans-rsf-attack-village-activists-say
Set on fire and Darfur comparison
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/10/1156176
Reports of rapes
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/at-least-124-killed-after-sudans-rsf-attack-village-activists-say
Reports of suicides
https://x.com/tastefullysaucy/status/1850660055118672313
https://x.com/BSonblast/status/1849924239253700680
https://x.com/azhaarSholgami/status/1850608232412397963
Sudan killed and displaced
https://sudan.iom.int/news/sudan-internal-displacement-set-top-10-million-famine-looms-iom
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News of mass killings
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/at-least-124-killed-after-sudans-rsf-attack-village-activists-say
Set on fire and Darfur comparison
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/10/1156176
Reports of rapes
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/at-least-124-killed-after-sudans-rsf-attack-village-activists-say
Reports of suicides
https://x.com/tastefullysaucy/status/1850660055118672313
https://x.com/BSonblast/status/1849924239253700680
https://x.com/azhaarSholgami/status/1850608232412397963
Sudan killed and displaced
https://sudan.iom.int/news/sudan-internal-displacement-set-top-10-million-famine-looms-iom
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