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'Counter-Terrorism'?: Two Decades After 9/11, New Interactive Map Details Footprint of US War Machine in 85 Countries

President Donald Trump, who vowed to "bomb the shit out of" Islamic State militants and "take out their families," presided over a dramatic escalation in air and ground attacks on cities including Mosul, Iraq—shown here under U.S. bombardment—in which thousands of civilians were killed. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

Report of Illegal $80 Million Arms Transfer by Erik Prince to Libyan Warlord Raises Question of Who's Backing Former Blackwater CEO

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince is accused of illegally transferring weapons to Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar. (Photo: The Oxford Union/REX Shutterstock)

Prince has "been linked to the Trump administration, the Emirati leadership, and the Russians," noted one expert.

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After Vowing 'No More Blank Checks for Trump's Favorite Dictator,' Biden Seeks $200 Million Arms Sale to Egypt

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Mohamed Soltan, 32, a U.S. citizen who became a prominent Egyptian political prisoner, at his home on Sunday, May 31, 2020 in Fairfax, Virginia. (Photo: Pete Marovich/Washington Post via Getty Images)

"Here's some missiles. Please stop abusing human rights, please?"

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Joy, Relief, and Healing as Biden Ends Trump's Racist Muslim Ban in Day One Executive Order

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Newly-inaugurated President Joe Biden signs one of a slate of executive orders during the early hours of his administration on January 20, 2021. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

"This is a momentous occasion for the millions of Americans who were separated...

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Amid the coronavirus pandemic, locusts move through the Arabian Peninsula in Dhamar, Yemen on June 7, 2020. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

UN Warns New Wave of Locust Swarms Threatens Food Security of Millions in East Africa

13 Million More Girls Expected to Be Forced Into Marriage Due to Covid-19 Lockdowns and Economic Hardship

Volunteers remove plastic bottles and other trash polluting Ruaka River on August 25, 2020. Increasing production of single-use plastics for beverage and other uses has become a nightmare in solid waste management in Kenya. (Photo: James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

"Is There No End to Big Oil's Evil?" Campaigners Condemn Industry Plan to Pour US Plastics Into Africa

A man scoops leaked oil from MV Wakashio, a vessel that is owned by a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, which ran aground near Blue Bay Marine Park off the coast of southeast Mauritius on August 8, 2020. (Photo: Jean Aurelio Prudence/L'Express Maurice/AFP via Getty Images)

Oil Spill's Damage to Marine Area Around Mauritius 'Substantial' and Maybe 'Irreversible,' Expert Warns

Bystanders look at MV Wakashio bulk carrier that had run aground and is leaking oil near Blue Bay Marine Park in southeast Mauritius on August 6, 2020. (Photo: Dev Ramkhelawon/L'Express Maurice/AFP via Getty Images)

'We Are Expecting the Worst': Alarm Over Eco Crisis Grows Amid Fears Ship Leaking Oil Near Mauritius Could Break in Two

Rights Groups Raise Alarm Over Upcoming Supreme Court Case That Could Turn US Into 'Safe Haven' for Abusive Corporations

States Overwhelmed by Coronavirus Pandemic Face Another Health Hazard as Massive Dust Plume Heads Toward Southern US

Fisherman push their boat during low tide on oily mud in the river at Ogoniland's village of K-Dere, near Bodo, which is part of the Niger Delta region, on February 20, 2019. -Decades of oil spills has left the Ogoniland region in southern Nigeria an environmental disaster zone. (Photo: should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

'Shell Must Not Get Away With This': Niger Delta Still Waiting for Big Oil to Clean Up Devastating Pollution

A Life of Heat 'Near Unlivable' for More Than 3 Billion People in Just Decades, Climate Report Warns

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)

Ilhan Omar Joins Global Call for Debt Relief as Coronavirus Threatens to Push Developing Nations 'Over the Edge'

Locust nymphs aggregated on the ground at a hatch site near Isiolo town in eastern Kenya on Feb. 25, 2020

'Unprecedented Threat' for East Africa as Larger Second Wave of Locust Crisis Arrives Amid Pandemic

Locusts swarm from ground vegetation

'A Scourge of Biblical Proportions': UN Leaders Sound Alarm on East Africa Locust Crisis in Call for Global Response

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The Peace Mothers

From Fambul Tok - family talk - a short film on the efforts of the extraordinary women of Sierre Leone to heal their communities, one village at a time, after a devastating decade-long civil war. A happy and peaceful Mother's Day.

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Global Justice Now

G20 Fails to Release Developing World From 'Debtors Prison', Despite Suspension

350.org

Thousands Across Africa Take to the Streets Calling for Urgent Solutions to the Multiple Crises of Climate Change and COVID-19

350.org

Actions Across Africa Calling for Urgent Solutions to the Dual Crises of Climate Change and COVID-19

Center for International Environmental Law

Investigation Details Industry’s Attempts to Flood Africa with Plastic Pollution

350.org

Facing downturn in U.S. and global markets, Big Oil targets Africa to dump plastics

Amnesty International

Somalia: Zero accountability as civilian deaths mount from US air strikes

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Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy

Young Madagascar Farmers Find New Ways to Help Lemurs, Rainforests—and Themselves

Simon Allison

Under the Current Rules, Vaccines Are Only Going To Rich Countries That Can Afford It

Michael Beer, Mohamed Brahim

US Must Halt Renewed War Between Morocco and Polisario

Léonce Ndikumana

Faced With COVID-19, Africa Shouldn’t Worry About Debt, But How to Make Tax Evaders Pay

Alexander Bertschi Wrigley

US Poised to Flout Int'l Law as Part of Potential Morocco-Israel Normalization Deal

Million Belay, Timothy A. Wise

Africa at the Crossroads: Time to Abandon Failing Green Revolution

Lisa Mullenneaux

The Raft of the Medusa

Robert C. Koehler

Is There Life Beyond Plastic?

Stephen Kinzer

Obama’s ‘Biggest Mistake’ Is Still Wreaking Havoc

Juan Cole

Chadwick Boseman’s Wakanda: Afro-Futurism Is in the Present