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Most European countries and human rights groups have welcomed the ICC's arrest warrants. Josep Borrel, the European Union's policy chief whose term ends in December, said on 28 November that Europe cannot ‘undermine the International Criminal Court’ as he sees the court as the only way to ‘implement accountability.’ All EU member states have signed the ICC's founding treaty, the Rome Statute.
A slew of US politicians, mainly those funded by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), have issued statements condemning the ICC's decision, invoking the so-called 'Hague Invasion Act' (American Service members Protection Act of 2002) that authorises the use of military force to liberate any US citizen or a citizen of a US-allied country that the ICC detains.
Video credit: @FoxNews (X)
SOURCES:
https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-warns-us-allies-over-netanyahu-warrant-1990635
https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-state-palestine-icc-pre-trial-chamber-i-rejects-state-israels-challenges
https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-issuance-arrest-warrants-situation-state-palestine
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/global-community-eu-cannot-undermine-international-criminal-court-eu-foreign-policy-chief/3407269
https://www.voanews.com/a/josep-borrell-wraps-up-tumultuous-time-as-eu-s-top-diplomat/7866717.html
https://www.hrw.org/news/2002/08/03/us-hague-invasion-act-becomes-law
https://www.reuters.com/world/icc-warrants-are-binding-eu-cannot-pick-choose-eus-borrell-says-2024-11-23
Most European countries and human rights groups have welcomed the ICC's arrest warrants. Josep Borrel, the European Union's policy chief whose term ends in December, said on 28 November that Europe cannot ‘undermine the International Criminal Court’ as he sees the court as the only way to ‘implement accountability.’ All EU member states have signed the ICC's founding treaty, the Rome Statute.
A slew of US politicians, mainly those funded by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), have issued statements condemning the ICC's decision, invoking the so-called 'Hague Invasion Act' (American Service members Protection Act of 2002) that authorises the use of military force to liberate any US citizen or a citizen of a US-allied country that the ICC detains.
Video credit: @FoxNews (X)
SOURCES:
https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-warns-us-allies-over-netanyahu-warrant-1990635
https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-state-palestine-icc-pre-trial-chamber-i-rejects-state-israels-challenges
https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-issuance-arrest-warrants-situation-state-palestine
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/global-community-eu-cannot-undermine-international-criminal-court-eu-foreign-policy-chief/3407269
https://www.voanews.com/a/josep-borrell-wraps-up-tumultuous-time-as-eu-s-top-diplomat/7866717.html
https://www.hrw.org/news/2002/08/03/us-hague-invasion-act-becomes-law
https://www.reuters.com/world/icc-warrants-are-binding-eu-cannot-pick-choose-eus-borrell-says-2024-11-23
Newsweek
Lindsey Graham warns US allies over Netanyahu warrant: "Crush your economy"
"You're going to have to pick the rogue ICC versus America," the GOP senator said on Friday.
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NIGERIANS 'RELUCTANT' TO CLAIM KEMI BADENOCH
In an exclusive interview with the UK’s Daily Mail published 22 October 2024, newly-elected Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said her experiences in Nigeria, where she ‘didn’t feel safe,’ have informed her political views and that she does not ‘want [the UK] to become like the place [she] ran away from.’
The Nigerian experiences that the 44-year-old has recounted have led some to question if she is trying to deploy negative stereotypes about Africans to pander to the far right.
Perhaps that’s why, in this clip, Nigeria’s Arise News co-host Steve Ayorinde (@stevoree on X) said he is ‘reluctant’ to claim Badenoch for her criticisms of his home country.
In an exclusive interview with the UK’s Daily Mail published 22 October 2024, newly-elected Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said her experiences in Nigeria, where she ‘didn’t feel safe,’ have informed her political views and that she does not ‘want [the UK] to become like the place [she] ran away from.’
The Nigerian experiences that the 44-year-old has recounted have led some to question if she is trying to deploy negative stereotypes about Africans to pander to the far right.
Perhaps that’s why, in this clip, Nigeria’s Arise News co-host Steve Ayorinde (@stevoree on X) said he is ‘reluctant’ to claim Badenoch for her criticisms of his home country.
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Continued……Like Nigeria, the UK has its challenges with systemic issues, such as racist policies that make Black people and others feel unsafe, as well as economic mismanagement. Its leaders accuse others of corruption, yet the difference between the UK and the Global South, is that its corruption—and that of its Western allies—is tactfully concealed in veneers of civility.
Further, while Badenoch benefits from UK citizenship, she promotes policies that deny that opportunity to Black and Brown immigrants while welcoming Ukrainian immigrants. She has argued that all cultures are not equal and that ‘British values’ must be protected from anti-Israel immigrants.
‘I would go to war for this country,’ Badenoch has said. ‘I would fight for this country. I would die for this country.’
Video credits: Arise News (@arisetv on X)
Sources:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2024/09/28/kemi-badenoch-migrants-britain-tradition/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13989069/Kemi-Badenoch-Labour-Britains-past-Tory-leadership.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28iSPK_X0ok
https://www.kemibadenoch.org.uk/news/kemis-column-statement-ukraine
https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/britains-conservative-leader-kemi-badenoch-born-uk-contrary-claims-2024-11-25/
Further, while Badenoch benefits from UK citizenship, she promotes policies that deny that opportunity to Black and Brown immigrants while welcoming Ukrainian immigrants. She has argued that all cultures are not equal and that ‘British values’ must be protected from anti-Israel immigrants.
‘I would go to war for this country,’ Badenoch has said. ‘I would fight for this country. I would die for this country.’
Video credits: Arise News (@arisetv on X)
Sources:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2024/09/28/kemi-badenoch-migrants-britain-tradition/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13989069/Kemi-Badenoch-Labour-Britains-past-Tory-leadership.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28iSPK_X0ok
https://www.kemibadenoch.org.uk/news/kemis-column-statement-ukraine
https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/britains-conservative-leader-kemi-badenoch-born-uk-contrary-claims-2024-11-25/
The Telegraph
Migrants who come to Britain must uphold its traditions, not change them
Our country is not a dormitory for people to come here and make money. It is our home. We expect them to share our values and cultures
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OMALI YESHITELA: AFRICAN UNION WAS FORMED TO DIVIDE, NOT UNIFY
In 2019, at Oxford Union’s debate society, African People’s Socialist Party (@APSPusa on X) founder and Chairman Omali Yeshitela provided an insightful breakdown of why the African Union—originally the Organisation of African Unity (OAU)—was not formed to unite Africa, but to keep the continent divided.
@OmaliYeshitela (X) asserts Kwame Nkrumah (1909-72), Ghana’s first president and founding father of the OAU, held a vision of a United States of Africa that would be fully integrated—politically, socially and economically. Instead, the OAU formed as a compromise due to the ideological differences between the Casablanca and Monrovia groups. The former sought to dismantle colonial borders, while the latter sought to operate within them.
In 2019, at Oxford Union’s debate society, African People’s Socialist Party (@APSPusa on X) founder and Chairman Omali Yeshitela provided an insightful breakdown of why the African Union—originally the Organisation of African Unity (OAU)—was not formed to unite Africa, but to keep the continent divided.
@OmaliYeshitela (X) asserts Kwame Nkrumah (1909-72), Ghana’s first president and founding father of the OAU, held a vision of a United States of Africa that would be fully integrated—politically, socially and economically. Instead, the OAU formed as a compromise due to the ideological differences between the Casablanca and Monrovia groups. The former sought to dismantle colonial borders, while the latter sought to operate within them.
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Continued……Unfortunately, the OAU fortified colonial borders that have prevented meaningful progress for Africa, leaving the continent divided and economically vulnerable to continued exploitation, which Nkrumah had warned about.
Video credit: Oxford Union (@OxfordUnion on X)
Sources:
https://au.int/en/overview
https://www.blackagendareport.com/essay-why-africa-must-unite-kwame-nkrumah-1963
https://www.dw.com/en/130-years-ago-carving-up-africa-in-berlin/a-18278894
https://au.int/en/overview
https://www.blackagendareport.com/essay-why-africa-must-unite-kwame-nkrumah-1963
https://www.dw.com/en/130-years-ago-carving-up-africa-in-berlin/a-18278894
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/kwame-nkrumah’s-futuristic-vision-for-africa-hacsa-foundation/2gVxkcFMw9clvA?hl=en#
http://www.jpanafrican.org/docs/vol4no10/4.10KwameNkrumah.pdf
Video credit: Oxford Union (@OxfordUnion on X)
Sources:
https://au.int/en/overview
https://www.blackagendareport.com/essay-why-africa-must-unite-kwame-nkrumah-1963
https://www.dw.com/en/130-years-ago-carving-up-africa-in-berlin/a-18278894
https://au.int/en/overview
https://www.blackagendareport.com/essay-why-africa-must-unite-kwame-nkrumah-1963
https://www.dw.com/en/130-years-ago-carving-up-africa-in-berlin/a-18278894
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/kwame-nkrumah’s-futuristic-vision-for-africa-hacsa-foundation/2gVxkcFMw9clvA?hl=en#
http://www.jpanafrican.org/docs/vol4no10/4.10KwameNkrumah.pdf
Black Agenda Report
ESSAY: Why Africa Must Unite, Kwame Nkrumah, 1963 | Black Agenda Report
Sixty years ago, Nkrumah told us why it was important that Africa unite. Today, his message and roadmap for Pan-African unity is needed more than ever.
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WEST RESPONDS TO ICC ARREST WARRANTS FOR NETANYAHU
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber I on 21 November unanimously decided to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant.
Unlike 124 other countries, Israel is not a party to the Rome Statute. Thus, Netanyahu said the decision has no bearing on them, adding that the ICC is ‘biased,' and he described the charges as 'anti-Semitic.’
Israel's military onslaught in Gaza had k*lled as many as 186,000 Palestinians between 8 October 2023 and early July, per the Lancet medical journal.
Some Western leaders have aided Israel with funding, arms and UN Security Council vetoes. Here are just a few of their public statements on the warrants.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber I on 21 November unanimously decided to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant.
Unlike 124 other countries, Israel is not a party to the Rome Statute. Thus, Netanyahu said the decision has no bearing on them, adding that the ICC is ‘biased,' and he described the charges as 'anti-Semitic.’
Israel's military onslaught in Gaza had k*lled as many as 186,000 Palestinians between 8 October 2023 and early July, per the Lancet medical journal.
Some Western leaders have aided Israel with funding, arms and UN Security Council vetoes. Here are just a few of their public statements on the warrants.
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Continued….. Sources:
https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-state-palestine-icc-pre-trial-chamber-i-rejects-state-israels-challenges
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/icc-arrest-warrant-netanyahu-21nov24
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/turkiye-arab-world-most-european-countries-welcome-icc-arrest-warrants-for-israels-netanyahu-gallant/3403166#
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/11/21/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-warrants-issued-by-the-international-criminal-court/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6FxWmXQAOc
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/israel-palestinian-territories/news/2024/article/israel-international-criminal-court-27-11-24
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/berlin-study-icc-warrants-no-more-steps-until-israeli-visit-planned-2024-11-22
https://www.reuters.com/world/g7-statement-will-not-mention-icc-warrant-netanyahu-2024-11-26
https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-state-palestine-icc-pre-trial-chamber-i-rejects-state-israels-challenges
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/icc-arrest-warrant-netanyahu-21nov24
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/turkiye-arab-world-most-european-countries-welcome-icc-arrest-warrants-for-israels-netanyahu-gallant/3403166#
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/11/21/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-warrants-issued-by-the-international-criminal-court/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6FxWmXQAOc
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/israel-palestinian-territories/news/2024/article/israel-international-criminal-court-27-11-24
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/berlin-study-icc-warrants-no-more-steps-until-israeli-visit-planned-2024-11-22
https://www.reuters.com/world/g7-statement-will-not-mention-icc-warrant-netanyahu-2024-11-26
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https://news.sky.com/story/home-secretary-refuses-to-say-if-uk-would-arrest-netanyahu-after-icc-arrest-warrant-13258193
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/nov/21/netanyahu-calls-icc-arrest-warrant-antisemitic-video
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext
https://news.sky.com/story/home-secretary-refuses-to-say-if-uk-would-arrest-netanyahu-after-icc-arrest-warrant-13258193
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/nov/21/netanyahu-calls-icc-arrest-warrant-antisemitic-video
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext
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VIDEO CLAIMS KENYANS DEMOLISHING 'BARBECUE' BASE
This video claims to show Kenyan police officers deployed in Haiti demolishing former Haitian police officer Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier’s stronghold. It comes amidst sentiment that Kenyan police, on a US-backed Multinational Security Support Mission in the Caribbean state since June, have been ineffective in ensuring peace.
The Caribbean country has remained in a state of turmoil since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. For years prior, chaos reigned amidst foreign interventions, coups d'état and exploitation of the masses by multinational corportations.
Video credit: @F530Josh (X)
This video claims to show Kenyan police officers deployed in Haiti demolishing former Haitian police officer Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier’s stronghold. It comes amidst sentiment that Kenyan police, on a US-backed Multinational Security Support Mission in the Caribbean state since June, have been ineffective in ensuring peace.
The Caribbean country has remained in a state of turmoil since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. For years prior, chaos reigned amidst foreign interventions, coups d'état and exploitation of the masses by multinational corportations.
Video credit: @F530Josh (X)
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Continued.........Sources
https://canada-haiti.ca/content/fighting-ayitis-second-liberation
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/16/overthrow-the-system-haiti-gang-leader-cherizier-seeks-revolution
https://therealnews.com/a-new-documentary-offers-a-different-look-at-haitis-jimmy-barbecue-cherizier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2g7FDgzvFY&list=PLIZsIsrPzocnRmfws3v41-UBWTHSu_agt
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1208
https://canada-haiti.ca/content/fighting-ayitis-second-liberation
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/16/overthrow-the-system-haiti-gang-leader-cherizier-seeks-revolution
https://therealnews.com/a-new-documentary-offers-a-different-look-at-haitis-jimmy-barbecue-cherizier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2g7FDgzvFY&list=PLIZsIsrPzocnRmfws3v41-UBWTHSu_agt
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1208
Al Jazeera
‘Overthrow the system’: Haiti gang leader Cherizier seeks revolution
Jimmy Cherizier tells Al Jazeera: ‘It’s not just people with guns who’ve damaged the country but the politicians too.’
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PARIS EYEING NIGERIA AMID LOSS OF FRANCAFRIQUE
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu embarked on 27 November on a two-day state visit to France, emphasising mutual respect and equality in strengthening French-Nigerian relations, mainly through investments in critical sectors like agriculture, energy, and education.
The visit comes amidst France's waning influence in Africa, marked by military base closures, French troops booted out and strained diplomatic ties following people-backed coups d’état in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in 2021-23.
With Chad and Senegal this week also rejecting a French military presence signals further former coloniser France's decline in Africa’s Sahel region.
Nigeria, France’s fourth-largest African trading partner, represented French interests by spearheading the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)-led sanctions on Niger over its 2023 coup.
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu embarked on 27 November on a two-day state visit to France, emphasising mutual respect and equality in strengthening French-Nigerian relations, mainly through investments in critical sectors like agriculture, energy, and education.
The visit comes amidst France's waning influence in Africa, marked by military base closures, French troops booted out and strained diplomatic ties following people-backed coups d’état in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in 2021-23.
With Chad and Senegal this week also rejecting a French military presence signals further former coloniser France's decline in Africa’s Sahel region.
Nigeria, France’s fourth-largest African trading partner, represented French interests by spearheading the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)-led sanctions on Niger over its 2023 coup.
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Continued….. Sources
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20241128-macron-welcomes-nigerian-president-bola-tinubu-boost-africa-ties-mali-burkina-faso-sahel
https://x.com/officialabat/status/1862203486051467735
Chad/ Senegal ending France military partnerships
https://www.barrons.com/articles/chad-says-ending-military-cooperation-with-france-02cf7602
ECOWAS threaten Niger invasion
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/26/niger-puts-military-on-maximum-alert-over-attack-fears-by-ecowas
ECOWAS sanctions Niger
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/energy/energy-diplomacy/nigeria-cuts-off-electricity-supply-to-niger-following-coup/38644
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66383119
https://businessday.ng/maritime/article/nigeria-accounts-for-20-of-france-african-trade-chamber
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20241128-macron-welcomes-nigerian-president-bola-tinubu-boost-africa-ties-mali-burkina-faso-sahel
https://x.com/officialabat/status/1862203486051467735
Chad/ Senegal ending France military partnerships
https://www.barrons.com/articles/chad-says-ending-military-cooperation-with-france-02cf7602
ECOWAS threaten Niger invasion
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/26/niger-puts-military-on-maximum-alert-over-attack-fears-by-ecowas
ECOWAS sanctions Niger
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/energy/energy-diplomacy/nigeria-cuts-off-electricity-supply-to-niger-following-coup/38644
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66383119
https://businessday.ng/maritime/article/nigeria-accounts-for-20-of-france-african-trade-chamber
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Chad has become the latest African state to end a defence cooperation pact with former coloniser France.
In a Foreign Ministry statement issued on 28 November, the country straddling the Sahara Desert and the arid Sahel region announced the termination of this pact. The announcement came just hours after French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot’s visit.
Chadian Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah said in the statement that in ‘accordance with the provisions of the agreement, [Chad] undertakes to respect the terms laid down for its termination, including the notice period.’ However, the timeframe for a French troop departure was unclear as of press time.
France has stationed about 1,000 military personnel in the capital, N'Djamena, Abéché in the east and Faya in the north. In April, Chad's air force chief ordered about 100 US troops at the Adji Kossei Air Base near N’Djamena to cease operations.
In a Foreign Ministry statement issued on 28 November, the country straddling the Sahara Desert and the arid Sahel region announced the termination of this pact. The announcement came just hours after French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot’s visit.
Chadian Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah said in the statement that in ‘accordance with the provisions of the agreement, [Chad] undertakes to respect the terms laid down for its termination, including the notice period.’ However, the timeframe for a French troop departure was unclear as of press time.
France has stationed about 1,000 military personnel in the capital, N'Djamena, Abéché in the east and Faya in the north. In April, Chad's air force chief ordered about 100 US troops at the Adji Kossei Air Base near N’Djamena to cease operations.
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