Drought, high food prices, and conflict have lead to famine in many regions of Somalia. The United Nations held an emergency meeting to tackle these issues. But is it really going to change anything or will the world continue to turn a blind eye on deaths of millions in Africa?
Author: Alexandra Valiente
NATO’s Libya Lies
Thomas Mountain Libya 360° The lies used to justify the NATO war against Libya have surpassed those created to justify the invasion of Iraq. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch both had honest observers on the ground for months following the rebellion in eastern Libya and both have repudiated every major charge used to justify…
NATO Targets Libya’s Water Supply
A NATO terrorist attack has hit a water pipes factory in al-Brega, murdering six guards, this being the factory which makes pipes for the great man-made irrigation system across the desert which brings water to seventy per cent of Libyan homes, according to sources in Libya. The factory was hit after the water supply network…
The Lies Behind The West’s War On Libya
Editorial Comment: This article was first published on Libya 360° in 2011. Following the death of Nelson Mandela and in light of the ongoing struggle in Libya, it is an appropriate time to read these words again. The Lies Behind The West’s War On Libya By Jean-Paul Pougala It was Gaddafi’s Libya that offered all…
Libya: Demonization Vs Self-Determination
Sara Flounders International Action Center If you went to a shopping center, a street corner or a graduate school of a top university in the U.S. and conducted a pop quiz asking who are the kings or crown princes of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Morocco and Bahrain; the emir of Kuwait, Qatar or Dubai; and the…
Libyan Tribes Gather To Take Back Rebel Held Mountains
Editor’s Note: Despite the anti-Gaddafi propaganda in the AP report, the facts are that the tribes are ready to join the battle to drive the western-backed insurgents from their lands and Gaddafi has their full support as Brother Leader. The insurgents rejected the tribal elder’s offer of peace. Now they will face the wrath of…
Libya, Obama And The “Other Wars”
Impeachment: If Not Obama, Who? Glen Ford. BAR. 7.20.11 President Obama’s insistence that the U.S. is not at war with Libya, even as Washington and its allies methodically assault the country’s military and infrastructure, reveals that the many “Other Wars” around the globe have become, collectively, “the main arenas of conflict” with the Empire. Yet,…
US And Ethiopia Kill Somalis With Food Weapon
The drought that threatens more than ten million lives in the Horn of Africa has been made vastly more deadly by U.S. and Ethiopian use of food as a weapon of war. The Americans last year forced the collapse of cooperation between aid agencies and Shabab resistance fighters in Somalia. And Ethiopia, a center of…
NATO Bombards Tripoli’s International Airport
‘NATO violates UN decree in Libya’ Libya deals with more NATO bombardment as the northern alliance destroys Tripoli’s International Airport radar antenna which is a violation of international law. In an interview with Press TV, Abayomi Azikiwe, an editor of Pan-African News Wire, discusses the current situation in Libya. TELESUR REPORT: NATO bombing Civilian Airport…
NATO Escalates Bombing Operations in Libya
U.S. and other imperialist states recognize rebels amid mounting defeats on the ground Abayomi Azikiwe NATO planes reigned down bombs over the capital city of Tripoli on July 17 for approximately two hours. It was estimated that 60 to 75 ordinances hit targets in the areas of Tajura and Seraj. One of the explosions created…
