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De-Dollarization Escalates: “African Economy Needs More Usage Of Chinese Yuan”
De-Dollarization Escalates: “African Economy Needs More Usage Of Chinese Yuan” The world’s push towards de-dollarization continues to accelerate as Americans go about their daily lives worrying more about blasphemous comedians, participation trophies, and Kim and Kanye’s traitorous behavior. From yuan-denominated oil futures (and soon to be yuan-denominated metals contracts) to Europe’s decision to use Yuan […]
Introducing Empire Oil: A DeSmog UK Special Investigation
Introducing Empire Oil: A DeSmog UK Special Investigation The UK likes to brag about its credentials as a global climate leader. But a new DeSmog UK investigation reveals that beneath the green veneer lies some dirty business. At the centre of it all is the City of London and its junior stock exchange, the Alternative Investment […]
WHO Prepares For “Worst Case” As Congo Ebola Outbreak Spreads
WHO Prepares For “Worst Case” As Congo Ebola Outbreak Spreads In the week since we first noted the new outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the number of cases has risen by 50%, and The World Health Organization has now said it is preparing for “the worst case scenario.” The WHO has […]
Top General Issues Urgent Warning Over US-China Collision Course in Africa
Top General Issues Urgent Warning Over US-China Collision Course in Africa (ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) Djibouti — China is the rising world power. This much is clear, but nowhere is that reality felt more than behind closed doors in Washington, D.C. The global hegemony of the United States is being challenged, and the contest is perfectly encapsulated in what’s happening now in the small […]
Exposing Africa’s Manmade Water Crisis
Exposing Africa’s Manmade Water Crisis The imminent shutdown of Cape Town’s piped water network should serve as a wake-up call for all of Africa to overhaul urban water-management systems. Unfortunately, like Africa’s water resources themselves, Cape Town’s crisis seems likely to be wasted. About a decade ago, at a meeting of South African mayors convened […]
Pay Any Price, by Robert Gore
Pay Any Price, by Robert Gore Empires get stupider and more corrupt as they age. Why are US Green Berets, four of whom were recently killed, in Niger? Why does the US have at least 36 bases, outposts, and staging areas in Africa, located in 24 countries? Why does a website, TomDispatch, have to file a […]
Plague is Starting in Africa
Plague is Starting in Africa Panic has ensued in Madagascar where a recent outbreak of the plague has claimed the lives of at least 24 people. Prime Minister Olivier Mahafaly Solonandrasana has announced a ban on all public gatherings and demonstrations in effect until the outbreak can be contained. The plague is a deadly disease caused […]
“Time To Panic”? Nigeria Begs World Bank For Massive Loan As Dollar Reserves Dry Up
“Time To Panic”? Nigeria Begs World Bank For Massive Loan As Dollar Reserves Dry Up Having urged “don’t panic” just 4 short months ago, it appears Nigeria just did just that as the global dollar short squeeze forces the eight-month-old government of President Muhammadu Buhari to beg The World Bank and African Development Bank for $3.5bn in […]
GPM Global Forecast (01-18-16)
GPM Global Forecast (01-18-16) Iran Enters a New Era as Nuclear Sanctions are Lifted Background The United States and EU have lifted economic sanctions on Iran following confirmation from the United Nations that the country is following through on its obligations set out in last year’s nuclear accord. Outlook Implementation Day arrived earlier than many […]
UN says Ebola outbreak ‘not yet finished’
UN says Ebola outbreak ‘not yet finished’ About 30 people are still getting infected with Ebola virus each week in West Africa, says UN’s envoy David Nabarro. The worst recorded outbreak of Ebola has already killed more than 11,200 people across West Africa [AP] Africa’s Ebola outbreak has not run its course and about 30 […]
New age of water wars portends ‘bleak future’
New age of water wars portends ‘bleak future’ Behind the escalating violence in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, as well as the epidemic of civil unrest across the wider region, is a growing shortage of water. New peer-reviewed research published by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) shows that water scarcity linked to climate change is […]
Great War of the American Empire or Great War II
Great War of the American Empire or Great War II Looking at a map of current American military engagements overseas, one cannot help but notice their wide geographical spread and their seemingly interminable nature. Battles have raged in Europe (Yugoslavia and Ukraine), in Africa, in the Middle East, and in central Asia. The American Empire […]
Malawi faces ‘unprecedented’ flood disaster – Africa – Al Jazeera English
Malawi faces ‘unprecedented’ flood disaster – Africa – Al Jazeera English. The waters may be receding and the rainfall subsiding but Malawi is only now coming to terms with the “unprecendented” floods that hit the southern half of the country last week. At least 176 people lost their lives and another 200,000 have been displaced when […]
Louis Freeh’s Latest Investigation: Billionaire Businessman Accused of Bribing African Government – The Intercept
Louis Freeh’s Latest Investigation: Billionaire Businessman Accused of Bribing African Government – The Intercept. Louis Freeh, the former FBI director whose wife was deeded half of a $3 million beachside penthouse by a businessman–just nine days after Freeh cleared that same businessman of wrongdoing–is onto a new job: Helping exonerate a billionaire businessman accused of […]
BBC News – First Ebola boy likely infected by playing with bats
BBC News – First Ebola boy likely infected by playing with bats. The Ebola victim who is believed to have triggered the current outbreak – a two-year-old boy called Emile Ouamouno from Guinea – may have been infected by playing in a hollow tree housing a colony of bats, say scientists. They made the connection […]
