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120 Countries voted for a ceasefire: 14 non-African counties voted against it: ❌ UNITED STATES ❌ ISRAEL ❌ AUSTRIA ❌ CROATIA ❌ CZECHIA ❌ FIJI ❌ GUATEMALA ❌ HUNGARY ❌ MARSHALL ISLANDS ❌ PAPUA NEW GUINEA ❌ PARAGUAY ❌ TONGA It is worth stating that the UN General Assembly has no real power like the UN Security Council, where the U.S. has used veto powers in Russian and Brazilian backed resolutions. #UNGA #CeaseFire

The days of the dollar’s global dominance could be numbered - and 45th US President (plus wannabe 47th) Donald Trump doesn’t like it one bit. In this clip, watch him claim that it would be “worse than losing any war.” Others would disagree, of course. Ever since the USD was made the global reserve currency at the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944, Washington has been weaponising it via sanctions - for example, by cutting off ‘pariah’ countries from the global banking system. Africa in particular has been a target. 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? #Dollar #Global #Dominance #DonaldTrump #Currency #BrettonWoods #Conference #Washington #Weaponising #Sanctions #Africa #NATO #Libya #Humanitarian #Intervention #HillaryClinton #Gaddafi #PanAfrican #Economy #Fyp #Ftp

The US is getting increasingly worried about China and Russia winning over new friends in Africa - and becoming rather popular. So last December, Uncle Sam held a ‘party’ in the form of its ‘US-Africa Leaders Summit 2022.’ But while this highlighted the growing importance of Africa, the charm-offensive was a flop on a number of fronts - chiefly, because the US still insisted on speaking from a position of dominance and presumed superiority, and wanted to set the agenda all by itself. (It’s like a party host insisting on what people should talk about over drinks.) Arikana Chihombori-Quao - the African Union’s former envoy to the US - was unimpressed, for one. Here she explains why. #Africa #Summit #US #China #Russia #Popular #UncleSam #Importance #Offense #Dominance #Superiority #Agenda #AU #ArikanaChihombori #Fyp #Ftp

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? #1998 #Military #Superpower #World #US #Bomb #Sudan #Pharmaceutical #Factory #CEO #AhmedKaballo #Witness #BillClinton #Political #Embarrassing #Scandal #Sex #MonikaLewinsky #Affair #Fyp #Ftp

On 20th August 2022, Lindokuhle Mnguni, a South African housing activist, was gunned down inside his home at Cato Crest, Durban. Mnguni was a member of Abahlali baseMjondolo (ABM), a leftist organisation that defends and advocates for the rights of the millions of Black South Africans who live in the country's informal settlements. He was the third member of the organisation to be killed in the space of eight months, leading to claims that members of ABM are being targeted by powerful politicians and businessmen opposed to their activism, which frequently exposes corruption in the allocation of social housing. The claims don’t come out of nowhere: in 2016, two senior members of the country’s ruling ANC party were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of two ABM activists. Despite the obvious dangers associated with their work, ABM leaders say they would rather take bullets than abandon their fight for an equal and just South Africa. #SouthAfrica #Activist #Durban #ABM #Defend #Advocate #Rights #Black #BusinessMan #Corruption #ANC #Murder #Imprisonment #Poor #CatoCrest #LindokuhleMnuguni #Fyp #Ftp

Migrants fleeing war and seeking asylum in the UK are being housed on a 'prison ship'. That’s how refugees are describing a huge barge that will accommodate them while their claims are assessed. Human rights groups say their treatment is inhumane, and a deadly bacteria has already been discovered onboard. We look at the UK government's latest far-right policy aimed at reducing migrant numbers. #Migrants #Fleeing #War #Asylum #UK #Prison #Ship #Refugees #Barge #Accommodation #HumanRights #Inhumane #Fyp #Ftp

Could France be relegated to a third-world economy? It seems a wild notion, but that’s what writer and African politics professor Everisto Benyera says lies in store for the former coloniser. He says that much of France’s economy is underwritten by resources exploitatively obtained out of the Sahel - and now that one country after another there is rising up against this kind of neocolonialism, the odds are on that it won’t end with just French troops being kicked out of the region, but with France losing its privileged access to West African minerals as well. Watch him argue the case and let us know if you think he’s right. #France #Relegation #World #Economy #Colonizer #Notion #African #Politics #EverstoBenyera #Resources #Sahel #Neocolonialism #Region #Privilege #Minerals #Fyp #Ftp