Nigeria must look to its own culture and history, instead of ‘western democracy’ – ex-president
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged his country to consider adopting a government system based on African cultural principles, claiming that Western democracy has failed, local media reported.
Obasanjo made the statement at a farewell ceremony for Chrisland University’s outgoing vice-chancellor, Chinedum Babalola, in the southwestern Ogun State, according to the local daily Punch.
“I have always been talking about Western liberal democracy. It is not working for us. It is not even working for those who gave it to us. The British were complaining. We must rethink democracy,” Obasanjo was quoted as saying. “We must bring our own culture into democracy. African culture does not talk about opposition; it talks about communalism; you come together, reason together, iron it out, and then you work together,” he added.
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Tightening Russian oil sanctions threatens global economy – Le Monde
Attempts to further tighten Western sanctions on Russian oil could undermine the global economy, French newspaper Le Monde reported. The article indicated that tightening sanctions on one of the major oil-producing countries could send fertilizer prices soaring and would ultimately lead to higher global food prices.
“The rise in oil prices would disproportionately affect the poorest countries, potentially pushing them into a humanitarian crisis,” US economist Catherine Wolfram was quoted as saying. Such a scenario could discredit the West in the eyes of the Global South and encourage them to strengthen ties with Russia, she suggested.
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NATO's week-long Neptune Strike drills end
The exercises involving some 15,000 troops, sailors, surface combat ships, submarines and fighter jets were staged across Europe - from the North & Baltic Seas to the Mediterranean and Adriatic.
A Swedish pilot explained the alliance has been planning larger aerial operations along with the US Navy. Purely 'defensive'... of course.
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Kong-ray became the biggest typhoon to hit Taiwan in 30 years, with a radius of 320 km, the island's Central News Agency reported
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🚨AIPAC HAS BOUGHT CONGRESS, IS SPENDING MILLIONS TO DESTROY THE FEW THAT OPPOSE ISRAEL
'It's the money that buys the Congress, everybody sees that. Trump received $100 million from the widow of Sheldon Adelson...you can just see how much money the pro-Israel lobby has decided to spend in order to destroy the few people of Congress who are not totally following the line of Israel.'
-Prof. Jean Bricmont, author of ‘Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War’
FULL SHOW: https://rumble.com/v5kcnm5-zelensky-and-netanyahu-monsters-created-by-the-west-now-eating-the-west-pro.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp
'Russia has not interfered in Georgia election’ — Institute of Eurasia director
The head of the Institute of Eurasia, Gulbaat Rtskhiladze, says the allegations of Russian interference in elections in Georgia are unsubstantiated.
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‘Mind your own business!’: Georgian president refuses to provide evidence of Russian meddling - demands investigation into alleged election fraud
President Salome Zourabichvili has hit back at prosecutors who requested she provide proof for her claims of "Russian interference" in the recent election, adding the public wants an investigation - not evidence.
How dare they! Meanwhile, in Washington...
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❗️Israeli media reports the IDF conducted a strike on a vehicle on the highway between the Lebanon Valley and Beirut, killing one person
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❗️Recently we’ve seen a very schizophrenic ‘victory plan’ from Ukraine — Sergey Lavrov
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❗️‘Don’t call us stupid!’: Peter Szijjarto criticizes Western energy hypocrisy
The Hungarian FM argued that it's hypocritical for the West to lecture Budapest about its open-door economic policies and energy relationship with Russia while Moscow’s oil exports to India are increasing, the US is importing uranium, and LNG supply to some EU countries is exploding.
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❗️‘We Hungarians will protect every inch of our sovereignty,’ the Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto said at the International Conference on Eurasian Security in Minsk
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❗️The collective West does not respect our values — Aleksandar Vulin
“We strongly believe in God, in sovereign nations, in the natural family, that’s our values,” the Serbian deputy PM said at the International Conference on Eurasian Security.
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❗️Alexander Lukashenko praises the rise of the new multipolar world
“The Global South and the Global East are now demanding new mechanisms for participation in international processes,” the Belarusian president said.
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❗️Georgia does not need the LGBT movement — Alexander Lukashenko
Georgian men “have always been looking at women, they have been always admiring women, they do not need this LGBT in the Caucasus region,” the Belarusian president said.
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❗️Exacerbation of the Ukraine and Middle Eastern conflicts could lead to global disaster — Alexander Lukashenko
Speaking at the International Conference on Eurasian Security, the Belarusian president noted that dozens of conflicts are simmering worldwide - but the world’s attention is mainly on the ones in Ukraine and the Middle East.
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US drone makes decries Chinese sanctions
As Beijing sanctioned US drone maker Skydio, the company said the rstrictions will disrupt its supply chain for months.
Skydio says the sanctions aim to "deepen dependence" on Chinese drone firms.
China's foreign ministry announced earlier this month sanctions against the company, Skydio, two other defense firms and 10 individuals, following the United States approving $567 million in defense assistance for self-ruled Taiwan. Skydio noted its only Taiwan customer is the National Fire Agency.
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Illegal NATO spy plot to arm Ukraine thwarted – Hungary
Foreign intelligence services have attempted to organize a delivery of Hungarian weapons to Ukraine, but Budapest’s counterintelligence stopped them, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff has claimed.
Gergely Gulyas revealed the illegal weapons deal at a press briefing on Wednesday, in response to a question from the newspaper Magyar Nemzet.
“Indeed, there were attempts to use the Hungarian military industry to send weapons to Ukraine, but our counterintelligence discovered and stopped them,” Gulyas said. “Hungary will not deliver any of its weapons or ammunition to Ukraine,” the official added, noting that Budapest’s position remains firm on this point.
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Russia in talks on new cargo line with Tanzania
Russia is in talks with Tanzania to establish a regular maritime cargo line, Minister of Economic Development Maksim Reshetnikov has stated.
He was speaking at the Russia-Tanzania Business Forum on Tuesday, held as part of a Russian delegation’s visit to the country, which focused on expanding logistics and trade links between the two countries.
Reshetnikov stated that logistics is at the forefront of Russia’s strategic priorities. “Tanzania’s advantageous location on the eastern coast of the Indian Ocean and connectivity with other African countries offers Russia substantial opportunities. The republic could serve as a primary entry point for Russian products onto the African continent, extending the North-South Transport Corridor. Likewise, Russia could become an ‘entryway’ for Tanzania to access the Eurasian Economic Union market,” he said.
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❗️If the opposition parties in Georgia won the recent elections, Brussels would praise ‘fantastic’ democracy — Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto
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Huge blaze at one of the world’s largest lithium-ion battery facilities
Authorities have reportedly asked residents to evacuate the area or remain sheltered after a fire broke out at the lithium battery recycling center in Fredericktown, Missouri.
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❗️Amidst the International Conference on Eurasian Security in Minsk, Russia's top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, met with China's Special Representative Li Hui to discuss the growing strategic partnership between Moscow and Beijing
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Trash talkin’: White House gaslights over Biden’s ‘garbage Trump supporters’ remarks
But he didn’t say that thing you definitely heard him say…
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❗️‘We condemn the collective punishment of the people of Gaza’ — Sergey Lavrov
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❗️NATO’s eastward expansion ‘provoked the Ukrainian crisis’ — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
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❗️Peter Szijjarto explains Hungary’s ‘economic neutrality’ position
“We do not accept any kind of restrictions or limitations with whom we cooperate… we dislike ‘sanction politics,’” the Hungarian FM said.
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❗️Western attempts to isolate Russia and spread fear about China are ‘stupid’ — Aleksandar Vulin
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❗️A total militarization of the planet is the worst thing that could happen right now — Alexander Lukashenko
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❗️‘Ukraine is not going to win on the battleground, and the Ukrainians themselves understand that’ — Alexander Lukashenko
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❗️The West lectures on the importance of private property while stealing sovereign assets — Alexander Lukashenko
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❗️ICYMI: Russian FM Sergey Lavrov arrived in Minsk for the International Conference on Eurasian Security
The conference aims to foster open dialogue about Eurasian security, addressing the current global order crisis, tensions between major powers, and the lack of communication among them.
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