Mali: Cadre d’Echange des Partis et Regroupements de Partis pour une Transition Reussie – Communique No. 02 Faisant Suite a la Reunion du Directoire du Cadre Tenue le 16 Fevrier 2022 (16.02.2022)

Ukraine: Statement from the Chairs of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the G7 Member States on Russia-Ukraine (19.02.2022)

RDC: Le Congo N’Est Pas a Vendre (CNPAV) – Dan Gertier: un premier pas vers la fin du pillage des ressources naturelles en RDC, mais trop tot pour crier victoire! (19.02.2022)

Opinion: King Mswati III should hold talks with Putin [for peace]

The King Mswati III of Eswatini, the kingdom of Eswatini should send the absolute monarch since April 1986 would have insights and can use his tyrannical ways to reason with Russian President Vladimir Putin who has been practically the Head of State of the Federation since 2000. Therefore, the King could possibly talk some sense into the ice-cold former KGB agent and enlighten him about possible consequences of altering world order.

King Mswati III could speak highly of the practice of Sibaya and how Putin can use that in means of diplomacy. Since the long table only sparks further meetings, phone-calls and stronger statements from all parties. There is a need for resolve and the monarch should offer his wisdom and majestic traditions on an international stage.

The tyrant could tell him about the sacrificing of people for traditional rituals and blood-offerings. How that gives him strength and wisdom. In such a manner, that Putin can reconcile his difference and see new ways of internally strengthening his throne. Instead of advancing and creating a more hostile Europe. That’s what the King can offer, as he can show his history of torment, arrests and appointees, as he don’t even need elections to have representatives in the Kingdom. These sorts of lessons he can give to Putin. Just to enlighten him about being an absolute monarch and how that feels.

King Mswati III could be a real mentor, guidance and a principal for Putin. To show him the ancient ways of monarchs. How they have reigned supreme and hold on to power. As it seems the will of war is more important for Putin. Than to actually hold on and keep things stable in Moscow. No, he is just re-issuing conflicts in former Soviet Republic’s and borderline war on them. As the leaders turn West or elsewhere for wisdom.

Putin should open his mind to the tyrant of Eswatini. So, he could understand how King Mswati III is able to rule like he does. Because, Putin has revised the Constitution and been an underling in one term. Just so he could return to power. Now his supreme and continues to do so. However, he needs to be elected and the cycle of misfortune continuous….

The King might give him reasons and reflect on how the throne has been so vital, important and all controlling in Eswatini. In such a fashion, that Putin might consider to this and not invade or create international conflict. Because, he could instead make himself the absolute monarch of the Russian Federation like the ancient Tsar ones was. Because, deep in heart, I am sure he wanted to be on the throne and anoint himself as a royal. Since, that’s the only thing missing from the total takeover and mesmerizing amount of prestige he could get. Also, his sons and daughters could become prince and princesses.

Alas, we know that nothing of this will ever happened. We are just awaiting the final call and the last straw of excuses for a war on Ukraine. While we could hope for diplomacy and the old world order to save Europe from war. However, maybe someone like King Mswati III could enlighten Putin. But don’t expect him too, there will never be an invitation or a phone-call. No, this is just a pipe-dream that a tyrant can be used for something useful for once. Nevertheless, in our times of need. That’s just too much to ask… Peace.

Sudan: Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) – Executive Office – Press Statement (18.02.2022)

The Forces of Freedom and Change Leadership meets Volcker and discusses the issues of detainees and the inadequacy of the climate for any upcoming consultations.

The Forces of Freedom and Change met with the head of the UNITAMS delegation, Mr. Volker Peters, at the conclusion of the first round of consultations of the mission’s initiative regarding the restoration of the democratic path and civilian rule, and condemned and denounced the increasing campaign of arrests carried out by the coup authority against those involved in the peaceful movement activities of the resistance committees, professionals, political forces and all forces the revolution, and some of them were subjected to human rights violations and did not submit to fair legal and human rights procedures, such as Tupac and his companions and Dr. Muhannad Muhammad Hamid (Yao Yao) and the leaders of FFC, Mr. Khaled Omar Youssef and a. Wagdy Saleh and A. Muhammad al-Faki Suleiman, and the development of the repressive method during arrests using live bullets, chasing revolutionaries in internal streets, storming homes and terrorizing their residents, as happened last night for some members of the Bahri Resistance Committees. Detainees in the prisons of the coup regime, preventing them from communicating with their families and lawyers, not providing medicines and providing treatment to detainees with chronic, diseases, in addition to some news circulated about some detainees being subjected to torture, in addition to the continuation of the coup violence machine that leads to bloodshed and loss of life in Confronting peaceful processions.

The FFC reiterated their declared position that ending the revolutionary situation and agreeing on constitutional arrangements leading to the formation of a fully civilian transitional authority must be the main objective of the political process, that the United Nations mission intends to initiate. The mass movement with bloody repression, arrests, prosecutions, and other violations, suppression of freedom of expression, threatening newspapers to close down and persecution of honorable journalists, all of these practices confirm that the coup authority is continuing its authoritarian approach and does not want any political process to end the coup and restore legitimacy. Unless these brutal, repressive practices that violate the liberties and rights of citizens end, the coup regime condemns this process to death. And that is the realistic and objective testimony expected from the representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as he invokes the values and principles of the United Nations organization and the mandate, assigned to him under Security Council Resolution 2524 the Forces of Freedom and Change call on all the forces of the revolution to prioritize the issues of arrest, arbitrary detention, and the failure to present detainees to fair trials, in addition to the poor health and living conditions inside the prisons of the putschists.

Friday February 18, 2022

Niger: Union des Forces Populaires pour la Democratie et le Progres Comite Executif National (UDFP-Sawaba) – Communique suit au Projet de Redeploiment de Barkhane et Takuba au Niger (18.02.2022)

Mali: Ministere de la Defense et des Anciens Combattants – DIRPA – Communique No. 012 de l’Etat-Major General des Armees (18.02.2022)

United States of America: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) letter to U.S. House of Representatives (18.02.2022)

Ukraine: Defense Intelligence – Public Relations Service – Statement on Donetsk (18.02.2022)

The DIU of the State Security Service is authorized to state that the military intelligence of Ukraine has information about the mining of a number of social infrastructure facilities in Donetsk by Russian special services in order to further undermine them.

These measures are aimed at destabilizing the situation in the temporarily occupied territories of our state and creating grounds for accusing Ukraine of terrorist acts.

The Defence Intelligence of the State Security Service of Ukraine urges Donetsk residents not to leave their homes and not to use public transport.

February 18, 2022

Ukraine: Joint Statement of the Chairpersons of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the Parliaments on the unjustified Russian military build-up in and around Ukraine and in Belarus (18.02.2022)