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Africa Mulls Taxing Big Tech

US tech giants — such as Amazon, Google and Facebook — pay minimal taxes abroad, despite making billions in profits. African user countries no longer want to miss out on the revenue and are discussing digital taxes. Despite the global economic crisis caused by COVID-19, US tech companies, such as Amazon and Microsoft, are making […]

Africa: How the Resource Curse Has Played Out in Nigeria and Angola

In weakly institutionalised contexts, natural resource wealth tends to be a curse instead of a blessing. Where citizens are relatively powerless to hold ruling elites to account, resource wealth undermines development prospects. To the contrary, where citizens are able to exert constraints on the use of executive power, resource wealth can generate development outcomes that […]

Fired ‘Mandalorian’ star Gina Carano gets new movie opportunity from The Daily Wire

Gina Carano, who was fired this week from “The Mandalorian” after a series of controversial social media posts, already has a new project in the works.Conservative news outlet The Daily Wire announced Friday that Carano will produce and star in an upcoming movie exclusive to members of its website.Details of the movie have not been […]

Africa: Pandemic Woes Seen Swelling Global Ranks of Child Soldiers

As world marks Red Hand Day, United Nations warns coronavirus could fuel child recruitment by armed groups More children could be pushed into joining armed groups in conflict zones as families face increasing poverty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a top U.N. official warned on Friday. The exact number of child soldiers is unknown, but […]

South Africa: Ramaphosa Has Failed to Protect the People, Economy and Democracy of South Africa.

This was once again a SONA of unworkable plans rooted in the failed ideology of central command and control. A SONA of “sector master plans” developed by people who’ve never started or run a business. The ANC mantra is Power to the state. The DA mantra is Power to the people. South Africa is in […]

New Sedition Caucus PAC Targets Vulnerable Republicans

www.TheSeditionCaucus.com Our priority is to ensure voters fire members of the sedition caucus at the polls in 2022. Republican seditionists and QAnon members of Congress cannot hide from their attempt to destroy our democracy. LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) February 09, 2021 On the first day of Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate, the Sedition Caucus […]

Africa: Refugee Pressure Rises As Funding Dwindles

Refugee resettlements in 2020 reached historic lows despite record-high numbers of displaced people in need. At the same time, substantial funding gaps remain. This is increasing pressure on African host countries, exposing refugees to enhanced risks and driving irregular migration. In 2020, only 22 770 refugees out of 79.5 million displaced people were resettled by […]

MAURITANIA : BP's new Grand Tortue Ahmeyim project director pays first visit to Nouakchott

Emil Isa Oglu Ismayilov, who was quietly appointed head of BP’s operations in Mauritania and Senegal in early December, made his first field trip at the end of January. Source link

$50K bond granted for ex-Cobb band director jailed on molestation charges

Craig Godfrey, 38, of Cartersville, was granted a $50,000 bond by a Cobb magistrate court judge, Kimberly Isaza spokeswoman for the district attorney, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He had not yet bonded out late Wednesday and remains in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center, jail records show.ExploreCobb band director accused of molesting former studentGodfrey was […]

South Africa: Covid-19 Vaccine Trials Hold Key Lessons for Future Partnerships

COVID-19 vaccine supplies are available in various parts of the world. But it’s clear that distribution is not symmetrical. High-income countries have access to disproportionate quantities of limited supplies. Vaccine nationalism, stockpiling and profit-driven strategies of global pharmaceutical manufacturers have shown up global health inequities. More than 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been […]

Africa: Cost Can Be Unbearably High for Whistle-Blowers

Exposing corruption, abuse of power and criminality pits those who take the risk against powerful vested interests in government at all levels. Whistle-blowers have a critical role to play in upholding democracy, but typically they are callously pushed to the margins of society and subjected to humiliation, ostracisation, stigma, fear and anxiety. Grassroots activists and […]

Notorious Giuliani witness Mellissa Carone said she’s running for a state house seat in Michigan

Melissa Carone, who was working for Dominion Voting Services, speaks in front of the Michigan House Oversight Committee in Lansing, Michigan on December 2, 2020. JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty ImagesA key witness from a Michigan election-fraud hearing last year, is running for state office.Mellissa Carone went viral in December after her bizarre testimony on alleged […]

SOUTH SUDAN : Peace mediators shunted back and forth between Rome and Nairobi

After the latest round of talks in Rome in October (Africa Intelligence, 14/10/20), the next stage in the peace process Source link

Mozambique: Problems With Astrazeneca Vaccine Are ‘Bucket of Cold Water’

Maputo — The discovery that the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 is not effective against the South African strain of the coronavirus is a “bucket of cold water” poured over the hopes of the region, declared Mozambique’s Deputy National Director of Public Health, Benigna Matsinhe, on Monday. The South African health authorities announced on Sunday that […]

Is the Outcome a Sure Thing? – BillMoyers.com

Counter-demonstrators stand to the side as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks to a crowd during a rally against Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) on January 28, 2021 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)February 7, 2021 Pundits are saying that the Senate will vote to acquit former President Donald Trump at the end of his […]

Africa: FAO Members Endorse Declaration for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture

Rome — FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing strengthened at COFI34 The 34th session of FAO’s Committee on Fisheries (COFI34) ended its week-long meeting on Friday with its Members endorsing the first-ever Declaration for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture, urging stronger action to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) […]

SOUTH SUDAN : South Africa's Safair to resume UNMISS flights

South African cargo carrier Safair Operations has made a South Sudan comeback. Source link

Defence claims trial ‘political theatre’ as GOP lawyer trashes ex-president’s strategy

The ConversationI analyzed all of Trump’s tweets to find out what he was really sayingPresident Donald Trump uses his smartphone. AP Photo/Alex BrandonThe tally was in, it was clear Donald Trump had lost – and he tweeted: “either a new election should take place or … results nullified.” It sounds familiar, but it wasn’t November […]

South Africa: Rwanda Suspends Flights to South Africa Over Coronavirus Variant

Rwanda’s national carrier has suspended its flights to South Africa and Zimbabwe in order to contain the spread of a new coronavirus variant. This comes almost two months after authorities in South Africa announced the detection of a new variant of Covid-19 that was rapidly spreading in its provinces. “In view of the global concerns […]

Africa: Ethiopian Airlines Delivers Africa’s First Covid Vaccines

The Ethiopian Airlines on Saturday announced that it has delivered the first Covid-19 vaccine shipment to Africa. In a statement sent to the Nation, the award winning and largest airline in Africa said the vaccine delivery flight was made Saturday, February 6, 2021 from Beijing to N’Djamena via Addis Ababa. “We are glad that we […]

Democrats plan child care boost, as Cheney doubles down on Trump criticism

US president Joe Biden (AP)GOP Congresswoman Liz Cheney has called on fellow party members to turn away from President Donald Trump, asserting that her party should “not be embracing the former president” after he incited violence at the US Capitol last month.Speaking with Fox News Sunday, Ms Cheney, the third highest-ranking Republican in the House, […]

EQUATORIAL GUINEA : Teodorin and his military cooperation chief attend Aero India 2021

An Equatorial Guinean Ministry of Defence delegation was given a grand ceremonial welcome by the organisers of the Aero India 2021 aerospace and defence exhibition, which opened in Bangalore on 3 February. Source link

Zambia Ban On Car, Grocery Exports Via Vic Falls Border

Victoria Falls — Zambia’s Revenue Authority (ZRA) has announced it will ban exportation of a cocktail of goods including vehicles, household items and groceries through Victoria Falls Border starting on 1 March. The decision by the neighbouring country is expected to hit hard especially on Victoria Falls residents who before the lockdown relied on buying […]

Biden Puts Trump’s Foreign Policy in Reverse – BillMoyers.com

Photo by Vladislav KlapinFebruary 5, 2021 Yet another Friday without a news dump from the federal government (woo hoo!) means that I have the room to highlight something really interesting that was buried in President Biden’s speech at the State Department yesterday afternoon. Not surprisingly, Biden announced a return to a more traditional foreign policy […]

African Union Holds First Virtual Summit Today

The African Union (AU) will from midday today host its first virtual summit in Addis Ababa at which DRC’s Felix Antoine Tshisekedi will take over as chairperson, and elections of the AU Commission (AUC) will be held. While the AUC Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat of Chad is set to return unopposed at this 34th […]

Zimbabwe: Illicit Financial Flows Cost Zimbabwe Over U.S.$12 Billion

Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) said IFFs have cost Zimbabwe over US$12 billion in last three decades ending in 2015, with corruption acting not only as a direct source, but a conduit facilitating other commercial forms of illicit flows. Addressing the Mines and Mineral Development- Parliamentary Portfolio Committee, TIZ programs director Tafadzwa Chikumbu said across the […]

Trump Took Millions In Campaign Donations And Gave Them To His Businesses

Trump never donated to his reelection, but he moved millions of dollars in campaign donations into various businesses that he owns. Forbes reported: Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, which never received a cent from the former president, moved an estimated $2.8 million of donor money into the Trump Organization—including at least $81,000 since Trump lost the […]

Africa: Monopolies Causing ‘Artificial Rationing’ in Covid-19 Crisis As 3 Biggest Global Vaccine Giants Sit On Sidelines

The supply of safe and effective vaccines for all is being artificially rationed because of the protection of exclusive rights and monopolies of pharmaceutical corporations, the People’s Vaccine Alliance said today. The alliance warned that the three biggest vaccine companies in the world are largely sitting on the sidelines – they currently plan to produce […]

NIGERIA : Mike Sangster spearheads lobbying of Total, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell on new oil bill

Up in arms against the fiscal provisions contained in Nigeria’s new petroleum industry bill, Total, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell have Source link

Senate Republicans tried to force Democrats to take a tough vote on a $15 minimum wage but it did not go as planned

Drew Angerer/Staff/Getty ImagesThe Senate unanimously voted to prohibit raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour during the pandemic, which neither party ever supported.The amendment was proposed by Sen. Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa.The effort came as Democrats are trying to pass a $1.9 trillion stimulus package.Visit the Business section of Insider for more […]