Geopolitics of Central Africa: Relentless Propaganda Attacks on Burundi By Ann Garrison Global Research, January 07, 2017 Region: sub-Saharan Africa Theme: Intelligence , Media Disinformation   92   26   1     141 The end of the unipolar, U.S.-led global order is most dramatically signified by the U.S. loss of its proxy war with Russia in Syria,  despite dropping bombs faster than U.S. weapons industries could manufacture them . For the past year and a half, a much quieter struggle has been playing out in the tiny East African nation of Burundi. The US and EU nations have repeatedly demanded that Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza step down, but Russia and China have stood up for Burundi, as for Syria, on the UN Security Council. Despite its small size, Burundi is, like Syria, very geostrategically situated. To the east, i...

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  AU Commission chairperson:   Why Amina Mohamed   of Kenya   was not elected? ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia A last-minute change of the agenda and the refusal by Uganda, Djibouti and Burundi to vote for Kenya were last evening blamed for the defeat of Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed in the race to become chairperson of African Union Commission. Details of the shock trouncing in Addis Ababa on Monday afternoon emerged as Kenyan diplomats came to terms with the loss after an extensive campaign of three months that cost the country about Sh350 million. Ms Mohamed lost to Chad's Moussa Faki Mahamat after seven rounds of voting. The Chadian foreign minister, who had said he would take a bullet for the sake of Africa, became the fourth AUC chairperson from francophone Africa out of five heads since 2002. Shortly after the vote, he said he did not have "a magic wand" to right the problems the AU is facing — such as sh...

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