💉 🌍 🐒 Africa CDC likely to declare monkeypox public health emergency next week

🔶️ Africa's public health agency is set to declare an monkeypox emergency as early as next week, saying the viral infection's rate of spread is alarming, as a new variant moves across Democratic Republic of Congo's borders.

🔶️ The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Director General, Jean Kaseya, said on Thursday that reported cases in Africa had risen by 79% from 2022-2023 and by 160% from 2023-24.

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/africa-cdc-likely-declare-mpox-public-health-emergency-next-week-2024-08-08

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🇮🇪 Keith Woods on X:

🇬🇧 Labour councillor Ricky Jones tells a crowd of leftists "we need to slit their throats" referring to anti-immigration protestors

🌹 This is the mainstream left in the UK

📎 Keith Woods

⚡️🇪🇬🇸🇴 The Arab Republic of Egypt, alongside Djibouti, have offered support to establish a new Peacekeeping force in Somalia, after the ATMIS mandate is scheduled to be over by the end of the year, instead, the new auspice will be called "African Union Stabilization Mission in Somalia"

So far only Egypt and Djibouti have offered military troops to partake in AUSSOM.

Ergo, Egyptian troops will enter Somalia for the first time in thirty years with the directive of combat missions for peacekeeping objectives, instead of acting in an advisory role as they were during the African Union tenure.

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📢 🇺🇸 Trump: Our country right now is in the most dangerous position its ever been in from an economic standpoint and a safety standpoint.

🔶️ We could end up in a depression of the 1929 variety and we're very close to a World War.

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☢️ 🇺🇸 🇰🇿 U.S. suspends uranium imports from Kazakhstan

🔶️ The United States reduced its uranium imports in the first month of summer 2024, suspending purchases from Russia, China, and Kazakhstan.

🔶️ In June 2024, the United States imported $367.1mn worth of enriched uranium, a 2.7-fold decrease from May's figures. The most substantial portion of uranium imports came from France, which accounted for two-thirds of the total, amounting to $243.3mn. This figure is only slightly lower than the $245.4mn recorded in May.

🔶️ The U.S. also sourced uranium from the Netherlands, with imports rising to $78.9mn from $63.3mn in May. However, imports from Germany dropped sharply by 2.3 times to $42.1mn. Belgium's contributions increased slightly, reaching $2.8mn.

🔶️ In May, President Joe Biden signed a law banning uranium imports from Russia, effective until 2040. However, exceptions are permitted until 2028 with approval from the U.S. Department of Energy. Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom criticized the law, labeling it discriminatory and non-market. Rosatom reaffirmed its leading position in global nuclear technology and its commitment to developing long-term partnerships with interested foreign partners.

🔶️ According to the World Nuclear Association, Kazakhstan accounts for 12% of global uranium resources and produced approximately 21,200 tonnes of uranium (tU) in 2022, which represented 43% of the world's total production for that year. Since 2001, the country’s uranium output has generally risen, peaking at 24,689 tU in 2016.

https://daryo.uz/en/2024/08/08/us-suspends-uranium-imports-from-kazakhstan

❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kursk Direction: Expansion of AFU Control Zone East and North of Sumy
What is known as of 5:00 PM on August 8, 2024

Despite attempts by the Russian joint grouping of forces (troops) to stop the advance of Ukrainian mobile groups, the scale of the crisis is widening: unfortunately, the tactics of Ukrainian formations, focusing on high-speed dashes, bypassing fortified areas and maximizing the zone of breakthrough without consolidation in the first stage, in their simplicity surpass the current capabilities of the Russian army to counterattack.

🔻In the Sudzha district, the zone of conditional control of Ukrainian formations has expanded to 30 km along the Diakonovo - Sudzha road.

▪️Pockets of resistance of the Russian army are being cut off and bypassed along the lateral roads. After the occupation of Kazachya Loknya in the north, as well as Mirnoye and Bondarevka in the south, Ukrainian formations entered Martynivka and engaged the troops stationed there in combat. After that, the settlement of Kruglyk was taken.

At the same time, a mobile AFU group moved along the highway further, reaching Bolshoye Soldatskoye and engaging in combat in the settlement. There are reports that clashes with enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups are also taking place further along the highway.

▪️Fierce battles are raging in the surrounding settlements 15 km south of Lgov.

▪️In the context of active use of enemy electronic warfare in certain areas, the "fog of war" still prevails, so it would be premature to speak of the complete destruction of the strongholds that the enemy has passed or bypassed.

🔻In the Korenevo district, the AFU do not abandon attempts to capture the administrative center.

Simultaneous battles were fought at the entrance to Korenevo, and attempts were made to capture Olgovka and Kremyanoye. For part of the Ukrainian troops advancing in this area, it is necessary both to pin down the forces of the Russian Armed Forces in combat and to break through to the Rylsk - Lgov highway in order to expand the scale of the operational crisis of the Russian Armed Forces and stretch the forces of the Russian troops.

📌At the same time, Ukrainian formations have already begun digging in on the reached lines, introducing a second echelon. The capture of Sudzha has become an inspiring factor for the AFU, with which they are now trying to make up for their losses and demonstrate that the game is worth the candle.

The biggest problem in organizing the defense in the Kursk tactical direction remains the fragmentation of units and the lack of the proper number of forces, which are now allegedly being withdrawn from other directions. At the same time, Russian information resources, which are racing to write the names of brigades and divisions that are about to arrive (but never do), are adding chaos to the information space.

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🇺🇦 ❌️ 🇷🇺 Operational Art of War Analysis on the Kursk Offensive:

🔶️ 1. "This isn't near the WW2 Kursk battlefield. Hoth's pincer is 75 kms away and Model's is 150 kms away.

🔶️ 2. This may be obvious, but the offensive isn't going to seize Kursk. In the map below the gains of the offensive are in yellow. The red dashed lines are potential defensive lines between the border and Kursk.

🔶️ 3. With a frontage of 35km and depth of 3-10 km the offensive likely involves 2-3 brigades. This is significant as recent Ukrainian counter-attacks in the Donbas mostly involved single brigades. Ukraine also made good progress on the first day, but it's wasn't a breakthrough.

🔶️ 4. The Ukrainians advanced on Sudzha, but have halted on the Psel river. They advanced on Korenevo, but are halted on a network of creek ravines and reservoirs near Liubimovka. Given how well the "front line" matches defensive features the Ukrainians are likely done advancing.

🔶️ 5. As to the motive for the offensive? The options are:
- Diverting Russian resources from the Donbas
- A spoiling attack
- Seizing an improved defensive line
- Improving national morale

🔶️ The offensive will force Russia to reroute resources about 350 km NW of Donbas, but Kursk is a major transportation & military infrastructure hub. A diversion attack is possible, but there are better locations for one.

🔶️ A spoiling attack is an attack to disrupt a pending enemy offensive. In this case Ukraine was possibly convinced Russia was about to attack Sumy.

🔶️ This option is more likely if Ukraine withdraws in the next few days and Russia pursues them across the border.

🔶️ The Ukrainians are currently at a better defensive line than the border. However, seizing Tetkino, Glushkovo and the Reka river is a better option. The defensive line is better and the roads are more favorable to a Ukrainian advance.

🔶️ The question of improving national morale is political, which I'm not informed enough to opine upon.

In terms of how events unfold:
1. If Ukraine withdrawals under pressure and Russia stops at the border it was likely a diversionary attack
2. If Russia advances past the border it was likely a spoiling attack
3. If Ukraine fights to hold the current gains it was likely to obtain a better defensive position

Interesting how much you can see just from looking at a map eh?"

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✈️ 🇷🇺 🇸🇾 “In the past few hours, Russian and Iranian Military Cargo and Transport Planes were spotted heading to Syria, loaded with Advanced Weapons. An Important Development that could Reshape the Military Landscape in the Region.”

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🇺🇸 🇮🇱 💵 Michael Tracey on X:

🔶️ "Trump is running on the most fanatically pro-Israel platform of any major party nominee ever. Based on his fanatically pro-Israel record as president, his future plans to back Israel even more aggressively, and his constant refrain that if you vote Democrat, you ain't Jewish"

📎 Michael Tracey