Everyone Should Read Eritrean President Afwerki’s Explanation Of The New Cold War
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Everyone Should Read Eritrean President Afwerki’s Explanation Of The New Cold War
President Afwerki is the longest-serving and most consistent anti-imperialist alive so his assessment should be taken seriously by all observers. Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki met with President Putin during last week’s second Russia-Africa Summit
The Reported Deployment Of Around 100 Wagner Fighters Made The Polish Premier Freak Out
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The Reported Deployment Of Around 100 Wagner Fighters Made The Polish Premier Freak Out
His paranoid overreaction is actually quite revealing for the five reasons that will now be explained. Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki is freaking out over the reported deployment of around 100 Wagner fighters near the Suwalki Corridor. According to him
Burkina Faso’s Interim President Told His Peers To Stop Being Imperialist Puppets
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Burkina Faso’s Interim President Told His Peers To Stop Being Imperialist Puppets
What President Traore just did was break the taboo on patriotic military coups by taking advantage of the global attention afforded to the second Russia-Africa Summit to explain why these sorts of regime changes are required to save their countries from Western…
The West Wants Nigeria To Invade Its Northern Neighbor
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The West Wants Nigeria To Invade Its Northern Neighbor
It's expected that maximum pressure will be exerted on Nigeria by the West behind the scenes over the coming week ahead of ECOWAS’ ultimatum expiring. France and the US recognize the threat that the patriotic military coup in Niger poses to their hegemonic…
Interpreting Russia’s Official Response To The Nigerien Coup
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Interpreting Russia’s Official Response To The Nigerien Coup
The AU-ECOWAS duopoly is exploiting the UNSC joint statement as the pretext for invading Niger in order to secure their Western patrons’ interests there. None of this is surprising, however, which is why some might wonder why Russia agreed to the same statement…
There’s Nothing Wrong With India Attending The Western-Centric Ukrainian Peace Talks In Jeddah
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There’s Nothing Wrong With India Attending The Western-Centric Ukrainian Peace Talks In Jeddah
While India is masterfully balancing between Russia and the West on the Ukrainian Conflict, Brazil is politically against Moscow, with the keyword being political since it refuses to impose sanctions or arm Kiev. These two BRICS states therefore have separate…
A Former Nigerian Senator Shared 13 Reasons Why His Country Shouldn’t Invade Niger
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A Former Nigerian Senator Shared 13 Reasons Why His Country Shouldn’t Invade Niger
The Nigerien Crisis is a pivotal moment for Nigeria since Africa’s most populous country will either successfully exert its sovereignty by refusing to do the West’s regional bidding or recklessly risk harming its objective national interests by voluntarily…
Why did Kiev attack the Moscow City financial center? 🤔
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West Africa Is Gearing Up For A Regional War
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West Africa Is Gearing Up For A Regional War
The latest events don’t inspire confidence that a wider war in West Africa can be averted, which is why everyone should brace themselves for one breaking out sometime later this month. If NATO-backed and Nigerian-led ECOWAS doesn’t swiftly defeat the newly…
I’m quoted in this detailed piece about Afghanistan:
“Dr. Andrew Korybko, a Moscow-based scholar and analyst, told The Media Line: “The Taliban are a political reality that can’t be ignored by any stakeholder that’s serious about engaging with Afghanistan. Every single one of them wants the Taliban to improve the human rights situation in the country, especially with women.”
“Nevertheless, they don’t have any way to force it to do so since the Taliban’s ideology is responsible for these problems,” he continued. “Their members firmly believe in treating people, and especially women, in a certain way that’s at odds with global norms.”
Korybko explained that the Taliban’s ideology is firmly rooted in their religious interpretations, making any talk of change or reform sacrilegious. He believes that as the Taliban’s rule over Afghanistan is unchallenged, nothing is likely to change in their human rights policies.
“The Taliban can’t be bought off on this issue and it appears impossible to expect gradual change from within their ranks,” he said. “As such, those who do business in Afghanistan nowadays must therefore tacitly accept the Taliban’s poor human rights record.””
https://themedialine.org/people/unama-report-condemns-human-rights-breaches-in-afghanistan-taliban-reject-claims/
“Dr. Andrew Korybko, a Moscow-based scholar and analyst, told The Media Line: “The Taliban are a political reality that can’t be ignored by any stakeholder that’s serious about engaging with Afghanistan. Every single one of them wants the Taliban to improve the human rights situation in the country, especially with women.”
“Nevertheless, they don’t have any way to force it to do so since the Taliban’s ideology is responsible for these problems,” he continued. “Their members firmly believe in treating people, and especially women, in a certain way that’s at odds with global norms.”
Korybko explained that the Taliban’s ideology is firmly rooted in their religious interpretations, making any talk of change or reform sacrilegious. He believes that as the Taliban’s rule over Afghanistan is unchallenged, nothing is likely to change in their human rights policies.
“The Taliban can’t be bought off on this issue and it appears impossible to expect gradual change from within their ranks,” he said. “As such, those who do business in Afghanistan nowadays must therefore tacitly accept the Taliban’s poor human rights record.””
https://themedialine.org/people/unama-report-condemns-human-rights-breaches-in-afghanistan-taliban-reject-claims/
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UNAMA Report Condemns Human Rights Breaches in Afghanistan, Taliban Reject Claims - The Media Line
[Islamabad] A recent report revealing widespread human rights […]
It’s Likely That Algeria Will Play An Important Role If West Africa Descends Into War
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It’s Likely That Algeria Will Play An Important Role If West Africa Descends Into War
Security and ideological interests account for why the Algerian Chief of Staff just flew to Moscow. His country wants to coordinate with its strategic partner in responding to this regional crisis as well as the wider war that might soon break out. While…
Al Jazeera & Politico Shed Light On The Real Reasons Why Nigeria Might Invade Niger
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Al Jazeera & Politico Shed Light On The Real Reasons Why Nigeria Might Invade Niger
What these two outlets’ pieces on this subject show is that newly inaugurated Nigerian President Tinubu might invade Niger out of desperation to distract from economic and political problems at home despite telling the world that this is to defend democracy…
Ukraine’s Ungratefulness Is Finally Starting To Perturb Poland
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Ukraine’s Ungratefulness Is Finally Starting To Perturb Poland
A self-sustaining cycle of mutual mistrust is beginning to infect bilateral ties, but this was inevitable owing to their contradictory national interests on some sensitive issues and the lack of any pressure valve for responsibly managing this in public like…
The Mainstream Media’s New Narrative Is That Niger Is Now A Global Epicenter Of Terrorism
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The Mainstream Media’s New Narrative Is That Niger Is Now A Global Epicenter Of Terrorism
It’s full-blown fake news to claim that Niger is now a global epicenter of terrorism, but the MSM is expected to maximally amplify this false narrative in an attempt to scare the public into supporting the planned NATO-backed Nigerian-led ECOWAS invasion…
Don’t Condemn India For Putting Its People First By Temporarily Restricting Some Rice Exports
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Don’t Condemn India For Putting Its People First By Temporarily Restricting Some Rice Exports
Its leadership had no choice but to curtail exports in order to avert a potential socio-economic and humanitarian catastrophe at home after unforeseen climatic conditions ravaged its rice crops earlier this year. India’s decision last month to temporarily…
None Of Nigeria’s Objective National Interests Are Served By Invading Niger
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None Of Nigeria’s Objective National Interests Are Served By Invading Niger
Although it’s everyone’s right to think whatever they want about the merits of Niger’s regime change, there are no plausible grounds for considering it a threat to Nigeria’s objective national interests. To the contrary, the aforesaid would arguably be advanced…
Russia Is Finally Correcting False Perceptions Of BRICS
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Russia Is Finally Correcting False Perceptions Of BRICS
It was always unrealistic to imagine that BRICS is an alliance of completely sovereign countries that have united due to their shared hatred of the West and are thus plotting to topple the dollar’s dominance in the near future like some of the Alt-Media Community’s…
France Declared That It Won’t Let The Nigerien Junta Kick It Out Of The Country
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France Declared That It Won’t Let The Nigerien Junta Kick It Out Of The Country
France’s preemptive refusal to withdraw from Niger if the junta demands that it do so on the pretext that they’re illegitimate putschists contrasts with its compliance with Mali’s and Burkina Faso’s earlier such demands that were made by their own military…
Niger’s Ousted Leader Initially Promised To Fight Terrorists But Ultimately Allied With Them
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Niger’s Ousted Leader Initially Promised To Fight Terrorists But Ultimately Allied With Them
Without any exaggeration despite how sensational it sounds, Bazoum literally allied with Al Qaeda and ISIS’ regional affiliates according to The Economist, and he even went as far as granting amnesty to self-admitted head-choppers. Psychotic serial killers…
Turkmenistan Is Indispensable To Uzbekistan & Tajikistan’s Future
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Turkmenistan Is Indispensable To Uzbekistan & Tajikistan’s Future
Factors beyond Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan’s control, namely the continued uncertainty in Afghanistan and Kazakhstan’s disturbing compliance with some of the West’s anti-Russian sanctions, have combined to push these three together into an unexpected…
Here’s Why Italy Is The Western Voice Of Pragmatism In The Nigerien Crisis
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Here’s Why Italy Is The Western Voice Of Pragmatism In The Nigerien Crisis
It’s possible for Western states to behave independently of their peers on certain issues if sensitive domestic interests are threatened, be they Italy’s migrant/refugee ones in the Nigerien Crisis or Poland’s agricultural interests regarding the subject…