Tag Archives: land grabs

Swallowing Gaza and Boxing In Ukraine?

Trump backs Netanyahu at meeting at Mar-a-Largo as IDF proceeds to gobble Gaza: Yellow line’ that divides Gaza under Trump plan is ‘new border’ for Israel, says military chief Eyal Zamir said Israel would hold on to current positions, giving … Continue reading

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Be careful what you wish for….

Another headline over Christmas 2025, as Trump approves a strike in Nigeria, Africa: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/trump-strikes-nigeria-isis-christians-b2890642.html CNN referenced on Substack: According to CNN, residents of Jabo village in northwestern Nigeria described fear and confusion after debris from a U.S. missile strike landed … Continue reading

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Africa: Blood and Rare Earths

The ‘Peace Accord’: https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/12/signing-of-the-washington-accords-for-peace-and-prosperity-between-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-rwanda Summary: The conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel group involves ongoing fighting primarily in the eastern regions, particularly North Kivu, where M23 has captured significant territories, including the city of … Continue reading

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Heads will start to roll

No 1: Larry Summers whose ‘wingman’, he said in an email, was Epstein. (2013 to 2019). Larry Summers had a connection with Jeffrey Epstein that spanned several years, including meetings and communications even after Epstein’s 2008 guilty plea for soliciting … Continue reading

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We are only as strong as the weakest link

Humans evolved with difficulty. It is not easy being human as we possess many flaws, and we recognise the proverb as it so clearly speaks to who we are: If the chain has many weak links, it will break all … Continue reading

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Cries for help from Sudan

Sky News: Fight to the death under way in besieged Sudanese city after mosque massacre https://news.sky.com/story/fight-to-the-death-under-way-in-besieged-sudanese-city-after-mosque-massacre-13436056 https://news.sky.com/story/uae-is-main-backer-behind-rsf-militia-in-sudan-intelligence-officer-claims-in-secret-interview-13437966 October 2025: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-increasing-support-sudans-rsf-new-chinese-drones-report Why hasn’t UAE been condemned for supplying lethal weapons which result in genocide in Darfur? Satellite images and videos capture … Continue reading

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Alaska

From Christopher Armitage List of Actions of Trump administration since Jan 2025: See Christopher Armitage, Substack Trump and Putin chose to meet in Alaska, Aug 15th 2025 Looking up the history now as Trump sometimes made it sound like Putin … Continue reading

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Insult upon insult

Each of us has either lost our homeland, knows of family who has, or doesn’t know their ancestors did so in recent centuries. But all of us have origins from thousands of years ago back in pre- Christian times, when … Continue reading

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Factory farming industry and climate change

Here in the UK factory farming was less common in the past, but it has grown just recently in the production of livestock. Typical campaign in the UK: “©CIWF OUR CAMPAIGNS FACTORY FARMING MAP FACTORY FARMS ARE RISING ACROSS THE … Continue reading

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Pro Human Rights North African Journalists targeted by malware infection

The Pegasus book (by Richard and Rigaud) describes the Kafkaesque experience of a young Moroccan investigative journalist, Omar Radi. June 22, 2020: Forbidden Stories posted a story of the Pegasus attack on Omar Radi…..2 days later, Omar was summoned to … Continue reading

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