Middle East/Africa

  Military build-up in Libya: The free elections of the Libyan people, upcoming in March 2018, is threatened as Libyan politicians allegedly seek to extend powers by receiving “personal protection” in the West. Recently Libyan PM and head of the Libyan national reconciliation government, Fayez Al-Sarraj, has travelled both to the USA and Italy without getting the support he wished …

  In a time when minorities in the Middle East, such as the Coptic Christians of Egypt, are experiencing an unprecedented degree of persecution from Islamists in the region, songs like these remind us of the multicultural fabric of nations such as Egypt. It is an ethnic mosaic which is a beautiful testament to the diversity and plurality of the …

  Herland Report: Hanne Nabintu Herland: Many hoped for peace when Barack Obama won the USA election in 2008. In Europe, everyone was satisfied by USA’s progressive choice and thrilled to be rid of Republican George Bush. It definitely added to the thrill that Obama was a man of color, which led to Obama being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize …

  Khalid al-Khuwaildi al-Humaidi, President of the International Organization for Peace, Care and Relief (IOPCR ), sued NATO for its “crimes” against Libyan civilians. He, alone, lost 13 members of his family because of the bombing, including two of his sons, his pregnant wife, his niece, aunt and a cousin. Members of the same family, including his mother, father, sisters …

  Norwegian Aid Industry Syria: At The Herland Report, we strive to acquire knowledge about several aspects in a conflict. What has angered many in the West is the biased coverage of the Syria war in the mainstream media. We need journalists who are critical, who examine a variety of perspectives. The Syria war led to over 10 million displaced, …

  Eva Thomassen nektes tilsvarsretten i VG, i kjølvannet av at Tore Bergsaker i Faktisk.no, som eies av de ledende mediene, “faktasjekket en setning” i et Thomassen argument, nemlig spørsmålet om hvor milliardene som Norge gir til Syria havner. Det er temmelig utrolig. Når Thomassen kontakter VG for å bruke tilsvarsretten, nektes hun dette. Særlig fordi saken gjelder hvor milliarder …

  Herland Report: Norway’s former ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Carl Schiøtz Wibye, analyses the Saudi Arabian Wahhabism as a sect, a sunni-extremist deviation within Islam that today is causing problems. He explains how oil money has been fuelled into exporting radical ideology, that in many aspects breaks off from traditional Islam. He states that these Wahhabi-extremist trends first permeated the …

What is ahead for the fate of Tripoli in the days ahead remains to be seen, but many Libyans seem to disagree with Western leaders who are embracing General Khalifa Haftar, who has ordered his soldiers to commit war crimes. This is according to The Guardian, and evidence that has been analysed by senior legal experts. Both Amnesty International and …

Saif al Islam Gheddafi e le verità: Domani in esclusiva per l’Italia le accuse del figlio del rais contro Occidente alleato a Golfo e Organizzazioni internazionalizzazione.  Il 23 ottobre Saif al Islam Gheddafi, figlio dell’ex rais della Libia, Muhammar Gheddafi, ha fatto diffondere un memorandum dal titolo: ‘Memorandum on Libya: fabbrications against the State, leadership and army’. Si tratta di …

  Herland Report: Faktafeil fra Faktisk om Syria, Norge og Al Qaida: Med Tore Bergsaker artikkel viser Faktisk, som eies av de ledende medier, at de tjener deres politiske interesser gjennom støtte til den ensidige fremstillingen av konflikten i Syria. Bergsaker serverer faktafeil etter faktafeil i VG analysen av sosiolog og krigsreporter Eva Thomassens arbeid. Man delegitimerer hele Faktisk prosjektets …