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Africa CDC graphic taken from website
International News

Africa Battles COVID-19 Pandemic Effectively

October 17, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic there was much concern about the impact the virus would have on the African continent. Predictions focused on the underdeveloped healthcare, transportation and educational […]
Federal law enforcement separating families at the southern border with Mexico
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Authoritarianism: the U.S. versus the People’s Republic of China

October 17, 2020 fwstaff
By Chris Fry On September 23, both Boss Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping presented virtual speeches to the UN General Assembly. An analysis by CNN, one of the most “liberal”, most anti-Trump of the […]
Chinese aid arriving in Italy, quoting the Roman poet Seneca
International News

Gung Ho

October 16, 2020 fwstaff
By Lee Ross When someone is called “gung ho” in English it generally means enthusiastic and dedicated, often with military connotations. This is ironic, because “gung ho” is actually Chinese and Communist in origin, meaning […]
Burundi and DRC demands reparations from imperialist states of Belgium and Germany
International News

Reparations Demand Expanding Among African People Worldwide

September 27, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe During late August, the Central African state of Burundi appealed to the Belgian and German governments to pay reparations for the crimes committed during their colonial occupation of this country during the […]
Zimbabwe ZANU-PF and ANC delegation hold critical talks in Harare on September 9, 2020
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Zimbabwe Ruling Party Says There is No Crisis in the Country

September 13, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Over the last two decades the western imperialist states and their allies have imposed draconian sanctions on the Southern African nation of Zimbabwe. Not only has the economic embargo impacted the majority […]
Pro-Lukashenko “Women for Unity and Peace” demonstration in Belarus
International News

Stop meddling in the internal affairs of Belarus

September 13, 2020 fwstaff
By U.S. Peace Council The U.S. Peace Council (USPC) expresses its solidarity with the people of Belarus whose country is undergoing a campaign of destabilization and interference in their internal affairs by outside forces. USPC […]
SAPSN People's Summit in August 2020
International News

Southern Africa Region Calls for Solidarity with Mozambique

September 8, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Over the last several months the security situation in the Cabo Delgado province of the Republic of Mozambique has worsened in the aftermath of several armed attacks by a self-proclaimed Islamist group. […]
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Instability in Mali Caused by Imperialist Foreign Policy

August 30, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A mutiny by lower-ranking military officers on August 18 in the West African state of Mali has prompted the condemnation of regional, continental and international organizations. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was forced […]
UAE-Palestine-protests-AP
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The UAE-Israel Deal Is a U.S. Strategy to Isolate Iran, Pro-Palestinian States

August 19, 2020 fwstaff
By Randi Nord, GeoPoliticsAlert Abu Dhabi (GPA) – The United Arab Emirates and Israel signed what President Trump called a “breakthrough” comprehensive diplomatic agreement last week. Abu Dhabi has whitewashed the deal as a net […]
Domestic News

Pivot to Peace with China and the World

July 21, 2020 fwstaff
By San Francisco Labor Council Whereas, the San Francisco Labor Council, representing some 100,000 working people in labor unions, has many times advocated the resolution of international problems by peaceful means, and opposed attempts to […]