Qatar Quits OPEC
Qatar will leave the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries as of next month, its energy minister told media today, adding that the decision was part of a long-term strategy for growing its...
View ArticleWorld View: Trump Announces that U.S. Troops Deploy Near D.R. Congo
President Trump announced that U.S. troops will be sent to Gabon, in anticipation of “violent” demonstrations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) if and when the results of the December 30...
View ArticleGabon soldiers seize national radio station in coup attempt
Soldiers in Gabon have attempted a coup, announcing the establishment of a "restoration council" after taking over the national radio station. There were reports of shots being fired in the capital...
View ArticleNews Summary-Intelligence Report Monday 1/7/2019
Good morning. The latest from President Trump on the border wall funding talks is that there was a "productive meeting" between his representatives led by Vice-President Mike Pence and the...
View Article550 African Migrants Were Just Caught In Texas. DHS Head Says They...
... The threat of bringing in dangerous diseases is higher than ever, yet there are no mandatory and universal screenings, quarantines, or universal detention before illegal immigrants are released...
View ArticleWashington Post fact-checker gives Plame three Pinocchios for Libby claim
The Washington Post "Fact Checker" column gave former CIA operative and current Democratic New Mexico congressional candidate Valerie Plame three "Pinocchios" for her claim that former George W. Bush...
View ArticleVIDEO: Richard Armitage Name Should Enter Valerie Plame Campaign Zone
VIDEO It is the name that dares not speak its name around Valerie Plame. Although Plame falsely (according to a Washington Post fact check) accused Scooter Libby of leaking her name, the true culprit...
View ArticleJoseph Wilson, Who Challenged Iraq War Narrative, Dies at 69
Joseph C. Wilson, the long-serving American diplomat whose clash with the administration of President George W. Bush in 2003 led to the unmasking of his wife at the time, Valerie Plame, as a C.I.A....
View Article"My Assignment" — Valerie Plame for Congress (NM - Catchy...
Catchy campaign ad with the usual Democratic lies such as VP Cheney and Scotter Libby were responsible for her CIA outing in the press. "My Assignment" — Valerie Plame for Congress
View ArticleChallenging the Big Bang Puzzle of Heavy Elements: Earth Factories Creating...
Cross-section of the Earth’s interior: crust, upper- and lower-mantle, and outer- and inner-cores. Credit: Mikio Fukuhara, Alexander Yoshino, and Nobuhisa Fujima...
View ArticleGabon coup: Army cancels elections and seizes power
Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday's election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the...
View ArticleUS Spent Millions On Defense Training, Climate Initiatives For Latest African...
The United States has invested millions of dollars in foreign assistance to an African country whose military staged a successful coup against the sitting president on Wednesday. The U.S. has sent...
View ArticleShocked by Niger coup, Victoria Nuland appeared “desperate”...
A veteran South African official detailed meeting with an unprepared and “desperate” Acting Deputy Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, begging for local help rolling back the popular coup in Niger....
View Article‘Obama’s man in Africa’ under house arrest as popular...
Before his removal in a military coup, Gabon’s hopelessly corrupt President Ali Bongo was courted by Obama and feted from Washington to Davos. The US war on Libya which destabilized the region may not...
View ArticleLetters to the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate on Intent to...
In accordance with section 506A(a)(3)(B) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(3)(B)), I am providing advance notification of my intent to terminate the designation of the Central...
View ArticleOPEC Oil Production Is Headed for Lower for Longer
It is déjà vu for major oil producers, who are again considering steeper production cuts. It took only a month after the Hamas attacks on Israel unleashed a punishing war for oil prices to fall below...
View ArticleJournalist Pierre Salinger dies
(no url available yet) NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News says journalist and former President Kennedy press secretary Pierre Salinger has died.
View ArticleBrice Oligui Nguema wins Gabon Presidential election with 90.35% of the Vote
Brice Oligui Nguema, the leader of Gabon’s transitional government and the military figure who led the 2023 coup, has claimed a decisive victory in the country’s presidential election, securing 90.35%...
View ArticleChina Seeks First Military Base on Africa’s Atlantic Coast, U.S....
BATA, Equatorial Guinea—Classified American intelligence reports suggest China intends to establish its first permanent military presence on the Atlantic Ocean in the tiny Central African country of...
View ArticleWhy Obama’s military deployment against Boko Haram is too little, too...
Boko Haram has evolved from a local terrorist group to a regional and global security threat....Since then, Boko Haram has increased its frequency of terror attacks in Nigeria, pledged allegiance to...
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