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WHO chief accused of arms trafficking

WHO chief accused of arms trafficking

20 November 2020
The Ethiopian army has accused WHO director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, of being the sponsor behind the war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus served as Ethiopian Minister of Health (2005-12), before being appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012-16). He is a leader of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which severed its ties with Marxism-Leninism after the dissolution of the USSR.
The TPLF reignited the rebellion on 4 November 2020. The Ethiopian (...)

The Egypt/Sudan/Eritrea/Ethiopia crisis

The Egypt/Sudan/Eritrea/Ethiopia crisis

6 February 2018
Egypt and Sudan are entangled in a number of conflicts:
The border between the two states has not been defined. The Halayeb region, occupied by Egypt since 2000, is still claimed by Sudan. Upon Egypt’s surrender of the Tiran and Sanafir islands to Saudi Arabia, in 2016, the kingdom reportedly acknowledged Egypt’s sovereignty over Halayeb.
Sudan is ruled by a branch of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, now banned by Cairo. It has just signed a agreement with Turkey, current sponsor of the (...)

Washington Opens New US Drone Base in Africa

Washington Opens New US Drone Base in Africa

8 November 2011
Washington increased its drone fleet to 7 000 units in Africa, and opened a new drone base in an airport in Southern Ethiopia.
Along with two other drone bases located in Djibouti (Camp Lemonier) and on the Seychelles Islands, in the Indian Ocean, the new base in Ethiopia increases the mobility of the unmanned planes which are the main war instrument of the Pentagon and the CIA to launch an air attack against Al Shabab, in the Horn of Africa.
Drones currently flying over Somalia are (...)

“Israel” in Africa

by Galal Nassar

“Israel” in Africa

Cairo (Egypt) | 27 September 2009
Despite the humanitarian rhetoric about the problems plaguing African nations, the first visit by an Israeli foreign minister in 20 years was mainly used to lay the groundwork for arms deals. Tel Aviv’s promises to African states are the gloss on an exercise in extreme cynicism. Behind a philanthropic façade, Israel’s military, security, economic and political tentacles have reached every part of Africa, and are aiming to control every corner of the Arab and Muslim world.

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