Saturday, 18 January , 2025

Africa

François Houtart nous a quittés

La date, l’heure et le lieu en Belgique de la cérémonie d’adieu à François Houtart seront indiqués ici dès que possible. Pour adresser vos condoléances...

The only real way to stop atrocities like the Manchester attack...

To end these wars, there needs to be political compromise between main players like Iran and Saudi Arabia, and Donald Trump's belligerent rhetoric this...

Macron’s people for repression and war: Strzoda and Le Drian

At the beginning of the week, Macron announced that Patrice Strzoda, the former chief of staff of PS Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, would be...

2017 – Look the Results of the French Humanitarian Operation

African migrants sold in Libya 'slave markets', IOM says Africans trying to reach Europe are being sold by their captors in "slave markets" in Libya,...

De Vichy a l’ Algérie

Nils Andersson : «Des crimes de guerre en Algérie? Il y en a eu» Nils Andersson, né en 1933 à Lausanne d’un père suédois et...

Dahomey’s Female Soldiers Against European Occupation

By Ireneu Castillo Original post date: 31 January 2017 Over the last few centuries, a strong opposition has emerged against the participation of both women and...

All signs point to a corporate takeover of the marijuana industry...

Scott’s Miracle-Gro has looked to capitalize on the expanding pot industry in states where the plant has been legalized or decriminalized. The company’s CEO, Jim Hagadorn, stated his intentions to spend up to $500 million to completely buy out the marijuana industry.

South Sudan on brink of genocide – one more victim of...

Human rights organizations, genocide watch groups and the UN secretary-general are warning of a potential genocide in South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, and asking the UN Security Council and regional leaders to take action.

Obama extends global reach of US Special Operations death squads

Obama has approved a proposal to give JSOC independent authority to operate outside the regional commands, essentially as a globalized assassination force. JSOC units will bypass the regional commanders and report directly to Special Operations Command (SOCOM) in the Pentagon.

Create two, three …many Vietnams, by Ernesto Che Guevara

Guevara, born in Argentina, joined the movement led by Fidel Castro and other Cuban revolutionaries and became a commander in the Cuban Rebel Army. After the overthrow of the U.S.-backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959, he became one of the central leaders of the new workers and farmers government. Guevara held a number of posts,