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Gaza still faces starvation, IPC says; 16 killed in RSF attacks on Sudan's South Kordofan; Protests erupt in Bangladesh
Drop Site Daily: December 19, 2025
First We End the War, Then We Restart the Factories
While industrialisation remains a top priority for Global South countries, debt-driven austerity, corporate dominance, wars, and sanctions keep many poorer nations locked into dependency and underdevelopment.
K-pop power player HYBE looks to African market
The entertainment company behind mega-popular boy band BTS announced a new joint venture with several regional music veterans.
Kenya announces new $300M power deal
The agreement is with a consortium comprising pan-African infrastructure investor Africa50 and the Indian government.
Kilmar Ábrego García Reunites with Family, But Trump Admin Threatens to Jail & Deport Him Again
We get an update on the extraordinary case of Kilmar Ábrego García, the Maryland father who first made headlines in March when he was wrongfully deported to El Salvador and held in the notorious CECOT mega-prison. Ábrego García was returned to the United States after months of public outrage, but his ordeal continued as the Trump administration has threatened to deport him to Uganda, Eswatini and Liberia, despite having no ties to those African countries. Last week, a federal judge ordered him released from an ICE jail in Pennsylvania and blocked further arrests as a denial of due process. Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, one of Ábrego García’s attorneys, says the administration’s actions are primarily meant “to punish him” for standing up for his rights. “It’s also about the government using him, more or less at random, to stand for the principle that they get to do whatever they want, whenever they want, to whomever they want — and, specifically, courts can’t stop them.”
Kenya pushes back as US eyes more African health deals
A handful of countries have signed agreements with Washington but a Kenyan court case has raised growing data privacy concerns.
Taiwan ramps up plans for overseas chipmaking as threat from China looms
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s dominant chipmaker, is accelerating plans to expand abroad.
US issues tough demands over Canada-Mexico trade deal
The remarks by the US’ top trade official will buoy Mexican and Canadian officials, after Donald Trump suggested he may allow the deal to lapse.