We have been reporting in the Trends Journal on the escalating civil war in Ethiopia that was launched by its Nobel Peace prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed against the leaders of the Tigray Region. (See our 10 November article, “ANOTHER NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER GOES TO WAR” and our 17 November article, “ETHIOPIA/TIGRAY CONFLICT INTENSIFIES,...
Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS
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IRANIAN NEWSPAPER CALLS FOR ATTACK ON ISRAELI CITY
A small newspaper in Iran – which is edited by a person believed to have been an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – ran an opinion article on Sunday that called for an attack on the Israeli city of Haifa if it turns out Israel played a role in the killing of Mohsen...
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MOROCCO CLASHES WITH FIGHTERS AFTER 30 YEARS OF RELATIVE PEACE
Gunfire erupted between Moroccan forces and a pro-independence group in Western Sahara on Sunday that reportedly ended nearly 30 years of peace in the area. The Moroccan military clashed with fighters from the Polisario Front in several locations, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing the front’s envoy to the United Nations. Brahim Ghali, the Secretary-General of the...
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ETHIOPIA/TIGRAY CONFLICT INTENSIFIES, ROCKETS HIT ERITREA
We have been reporting on the escalating war in Ethiopia since it broke out two weeks ago. Hopes of a quick and peaceful resolution in Ethiopia between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) seemed to have been dashed last week after violent clashes killed hundreds and sent 11,000 people fleeing...
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TBILISI ELECTORAL FRAUD IGNITES PROTESTS
Tens of thousands have protested the parliamentary election in Georgia, the country in the Caucasus region, over allegations of a rigged election that involved intimidation and vote-buying. Al Jazeera reported that the Georgian Dream Party, which was founded by Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire who made his money in metals and banking in Russia, won the election...
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IMPEACHMENT PROTESTS IN PERU TURN DEADLY
Protests have erupted in Peru after the recent impeachment and replacement of the South American country’s president over unproven allegations that the former leader took bribes while he served in another role in government from 2011–2014. The Wall Street Journal reported the country is on edge and has suffered during the coronavirus outbreak. The paper, citing...
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BEIJING WINS, PRO-DEMOCRACY HONG KONG LAWMAKERS LOSE
We said it would happen, and it has happened. The Trends Journal is the only magazine that has analyzed the COVID War, launched by China on its Lunar New Year 2020, and forecast China would use it as a means to end the ongoing Hong Kong demonstrations, which began on 31 March 2019, when millions took...
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FEARS OF NEW TERROR WAVE BREWING IN EUROPE
Last month’s “Islamist terrorist” stabbing attack at a church in Nice, France, has put all of Europe on edge over fears of a new terror wave on the continent. The Associated Press reported that a Tunisian man carrying a knife and a copy of the Quran killed three worshipers at the Basilica of Notre-Dame. The...
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POLAND SET FOR MORE PROTESTS OVER ABORTION RIGHTS
Protests across Poland have attracted more than a million people, angered over a court ruling barring abortions of fetuses with congenital defects and what demonstrators claim is a patriarchal society. Marta Lempart, a lawyer and a leader of Ogólnopolski Strajk Kobiet (OSK), a grassroots women’s movement, told the Guardian she believes the protests are “backlash against”...
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ANOTHER NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER GOES TO WAR
Last Wednesday, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops and aircraft into the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. This follows in the footsteps of Barack Obama, another Peace Prize winner, who launched a series of continuous and murderous wars during his eight years as president of the United States. According to...