Category Archives: Africa

Paris Wants to Show Strength, but Faces Geopolitical Crisis in Africa

A status report on France losing its hold in Africa.

The New Junta in Niger Tells the United States to Pack Up Its War and Go Home

The US is being run out of Niger. A lot of our “hegemon forever” spending is going down the drain.

The Global Pharmaceutical Industry Isn’t Investing in Products for the Greatest Burden of Human Disease – Are Non-Profits a Solution?

How to increase development of pharmaceuticals to treat tropical diseases, which afflict millions yet are neglected?

US Scheme to Challenge Russian Dominance in Nuclear Energy Faces Major Obstacles – Including an Overreliance on Russia

Plans suffer from design flaws, cost overruns, and a reliance on Russia for multiple stages of the nuclear fuel cycle.

How Effective Is International Aid and Assistance? The Rise of Debt Traps

Special interests and the lack of a unified vision facilitate corruption. Rising debt levels in the developing world suggest a tipping point.

Global South Stagnating Under Heavier Debt Burden

Much higher interest rates – due to Western central banks – damage developing nations via prolonged debt distress and stagnation.

The Reach of JSOC ‘the President’s Private Army’

What is JSOC doing, and where are they doing it?

The Rich Versus Poor Country Stakes at the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference This Month in Abu Dhabi

The upcoming WTO is likely to see a power struggle between its traditional advanced economy leaders and the so-called Global Majority.

North Ignores ‘Perfect Storm’ in Global South

The risk of rolling financial/economic crises across much of the Global South is high and the pressures seem only to be rising.

Further Discussion of the South Africa Genocide Case Against Israel: Evaluating What the Court Might Do

Why, despite the seemingly overwhelming evidence of Israeli genocide from South Africa and the press, the ICJ may not impose strong remedies.

Why Don’t More Countries Take Action Against Israel?

Overwhelming evidence points to genocide causing widespread public outrage, but only a few countries sever economic ties with Israel.

Israel Raises Major Procedural Problem with South Africa Filing, Challenges “Genocidal Intent” by Citing Policies, Relief

Israel may have found some real chinks in South Africa’s genocide filing.

Beijing’s Bid For Influence in the Global South

Even a US propaganda organ is having to take notice of how China is taking advantage of US policy failures, particularly in the Global South.

India’s Russian Oil Imports Helped Prevent A Global Polycrisis

India makes a bold claim about spillover benefits from having ignored Western sanctions on Russian oil.