Thomas C. Mountain is an independent western journalist based in the Horn of Africa, and has been living and reporting from Eritrea since 2006. He was a member of the 1st US Peace Delegation to Libya in 1987.
The UN and 250,000 Dead Somalis
The UN has announced that in 2010-2012, including the Great Horn of Africa Drought period, at least 250,000 Somalis starved to death.…
The Eritrean “Coup” That Never Was
The New York Times and its cult followers in the American media, amongst others, manufactured an attempted “coup” that never happened in the small East African country of Eritrea.…
“Soon Come”; Ethiopian Regime on Life Support
“Soon come” as Jamaica’s Rastafarians say. In this case it applies to the end of the Ethiopian regime which is now in its terminal stage…
Mali, Wahhabis, and Saudis: Following the Money Trail
This latest in a series of extremist Wahhabi movements exploded on the scene following the western attack on Libya and the destruction of the Gaddafi government in 2011.…
Carnage in the Congo; Murder, Mayhem and the UN
As for the UN, it remains little more than a front for US foreign policy and crisis management is the USA’s policy in Africa, as in create a crisis and…
Isolating A Nation: Afshin Rattansi’s Groundbreaking Documentary on Eritrea
For once a journalist documented the real, on the ground based reality of this little country smack in the middle of the Horn of Africa.…
Mogadishu “Election” Farce
While the international media might trumpet “Somalia’s First Free and Fair Elections in 50 Years” reality on the ground in Mogadishu reveals a truly grand farce of an “election” process.…
Bahrain Migraine for the USA
The year and a half long protest movement of the majority Shi’ite people of Bahrain could be forewarning of a crippling migraine headache for the USA if it succeeds in…
Africa Loses A Friend; The Passing of Alexander Cockburn
With the passing of Alexander Cockburn, journalist extraordinaire, Africa has lost a friend, a really good friend.…
UN Starves One Million Somalis on 10 Cents A Day
A million $ a day for the War on the Somali People, 10 cents a day to feed the victims of that war.…
The Looting of Nigeria: BIG OIL’s $140 Billion A Year and Counting
What is going to happen if Nigeria’s oil fields begin to run dry? Only time will tell, though thanks to the looting of Nigeria one might be forgiven for holding…
Finding Punt; Africa’s Last, Lost Great Civilization Is In Eritrea
After many years of often rancorous debate, Africa’s last, lost, great civilization, The Land of Punt, has been proven to be located in the modern east African country of Eritrea.…
Africa’s AU: A Tool of Western Rule
The African Union (AU) has mutated into a particularly corrupt and brutal enforcer of western rule in Africa.…
Hunger, Disease, and $10 Billion Missing In South Sudan
One thing is for sure and that is that South Sudan has more than its share of scoundrels and that the USA has more dirty tricks up its sleeve for…
Destroying Africa With Western “Democracy”
Western style “democracy” is destroying Africa.…
UN Somali ‘Surge’ vs. Al Shabab Expansion
The western “War on Terror” can surge in Somalia to 100,000 AU troops; the lesson never learned is you cannot defeat an entire people. …
US AFRICOM Reborn in Djibouti
The visit to Djibouti by US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in late 2011 seems to be an omen foretelling the rebirth of the US African Command’s (AFRICOM) base in the…
African Babies As Guinea Pigs? Malaria, Bill Gate$, Big Drug$ and Big Buck$
The really nasty thing about all this is the fact that, once again, Big Drug$ tests new drugs on African babies before any such permission is granted to do so…
Liberia: Plenty ‘Democracy’, No Electricity
As long as you hold “elections” you are welcomed with open arms by the banktators. Plenty “democracy” and no electricity seems to be the west's solution to the suffering of…
China, Oil, and Ethnic Cleansing in Horn of Africa
Chinese oil workers once again seem to be at the center of a nasty counterinsurgency in the Horn of Africa, in the Ogaden, located in south east Ethiopia.…
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