Cameroon Government Facing Growing Unrest
By , April 04, 2017
These labor problems which began in the two former British colonial provinces of the country have now spread to the eight French-speaking areas. A march and rally in the capital of Yaounde on March 28 outside the Ministry of Finance involved hundreds of primary and secondary teachers many of whom were carrying placards saying “no pay, no work.”
News Alert: Simultaneous Terror Attacks in St Petersburg and against Russian Embassy in Damascus?
By , April 03, 2017
It is worth noting that this attack occurred less than an hour after an attempted terrorist attack against the Russian Embassy in Damascus at 14.00 (contradictory report yet to be confirmed) (Damascus and Moscow are on the same time zone).
Ecuador’s Progressive Candidate Lenin Moreno Defeats Banker in Presidential Election
By , April 03, 2017
As Rafael Correa departs after 10 years of consecutive rule and a number of social gains made under the Citizens’ Revolution, the victory for Lenin is seen as key not only for Ecuador but for the wider Latin American region. Ecuador will remain a part of the pink tide that has swept the region in the past two decades, not following the right-wing shift that took place in 2016 in Argentina and Brazil.
The Spoils of War: Afghanistan’s Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade
By , April 01, 2017
The profits are largely reaped at the level of the international wholesale and retail markets of heroin as well as in the process of money laundering in Western banking institutions.
The revenues derived from the global trade in heroin constitute a multibillion dollar bonanza for financial institutions and organized crime.
“Greater Israel”: The Zionist Plan for the Middle East
By , April 01, 2017
Greater Israel would create a number of proxy States. It would include parts of Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, the Sinai, as well as parts of Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
