South Sudan: US Empire Stirs Violent Brew Of Blood & Oil As China Threatens Western Hegemony

The entire history of South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, is one of greed, blood and death. Sadly, this is all too common in Africa, where the U.S.-NATO Empire must always have the last laugh.

Eric Draitser
By Eric Draitser
A group of children at the U.N. protection of Civilians site in Juba, South Sudan, play with a toy gun. President Barack Obama has issued waivers that continue U.S. military assistance for South Sudan and six other nations where child soldiers have been used.

N EW YORK --- (Analysis) The ongoing civil war in South Sudan has left at least 50,000 dead and nearly 3 million displaced. While incidents of rape, torture, and bloodshed ebb and flow with the tides of war, the conflict, and especially its political context, remains little understood in the mainstream media. Indeed, the war in South Sudan

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South Sudan, Others Nations With Child Soldiers Get US Waiver On Military Aid

Human Rights Watch has said the waivers have allowed governments that use child soldiers to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. military aid.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
A Sudanese family takes shelter under their donkey cart at the Kalma refugee camp for internally displaced people, south of the Darfur town of Nyala, Sudan. (AP/UNAMID)

JUBA, South Sudan — President Barack Obama has issued waivers that continue millions of dollars in U.S. military assistance for troubled South Sudan and six other nations where child soldiers have been used, disappointing advocates who say his administration hasn't made curbing the use of children in combat a higher priority. The waivers

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#TBT: Osama Bin Laden: Road Builder And CIA Asset

A decades-old media report, penned years before 9/11, celebrates bin Laden for building a road through war-torn Sudan.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
This undated file photo shows al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

MINNEAPOLIS --- Today, most know Osama bin Laden as the deceased founder of al-Qaida, the global terrorist network that brought down the World Trade Center. However, before he became America’s top nemesis, he helped fight on their behalf and probably received material support from the CIA. Al-Qaida has its origins in a network of Muslim

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George Clooney Opposes War Profiteering, Except When He Doesn’t

George Clooney is being paid by the world’s top two war profiteers, Lockheed-Martin and Boeing, to oppose war profiteering by Africans disloyal to the U.S. government’s agenda.

World Beyond War
By World Beyond War
US actor George Clooney speaks with photographers and leaves the photocall during the premiere of the film 'Tomorrow Land' at Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias in Valencia, Spain on Tuesday, May 19, 2015.

George Clooney is being paid by the world’s top two war profiteers, Lockheed-Martin and Boeing, to oppose war profiteering by Africans disloyal to the U.S. government’s agenda. Way back yonder before World War II, war profiteering was widely frowned on in the United States. Those of us trying to bring back that attitude, and working for

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As Saudi Arabia And Allies Continue Airstrikes, Sorrow And Rage In Yemen

Saudi Arabia discusses deploying as many as 150,000 troops and 100 warplanes in operation receiving coordination from the Pentagon and supported by Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Sudan, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally
People carry the body of a woman covered with a blanket from under the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi airstrikes near Sanaa Airport, Yemen, Thursday, March 26, 2015. Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes Thursday targeting military installations in Yemen held by Shiite rebels who were taking over a key port city in the country's south and had driven the embattled president to flee by sea, security officials said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

People carry the body of a woman covered with a blanket from under the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi airstrikes near Sanaa Airport, Yemen, Thursday, March 26, 2015. Airstrikes led by Saudi Arabia, and supported by other members of Gulf Cooperating Council and the U.S. government, continued to hit Yemen on Thursday as the situation in

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South Sudan Frees Hundreds Of Child Soldiers, Including 9-Year Old Girl

Some 12,000 children are still in active combat both on the side of the rebels and militias allied to government, Unicef says, making the removal of child fighters from the conflict a difficult task.

Lisa Vives
By Lisa Vives

A Sudanese family takes shelter at the Kalma refugee camp for internally displaced people, south of the Darfur town of Nyala, Sudan.  (AP/UNAMID) NEW YORK, Mar 24 2015 - South Sudan’s Democratic Army Cobra Faction announced its third release of child soldiers as agreed in a pact with the government signed last May. Over the weekend, 654

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