Posted by Starchild on Jan 11, 2026
Greetings.
We at the Guild for Social Harmony on planet Communia are excited to start sharing our work with you. Ever since receiving the first transmissions from Earth many Cycles ago, we have been learning more about life there, and we strongly relate to the travails endured by those affected by intergenerational trauma and warfare. We faced such challenges on our own planet until a catastrophe somewhat miraculously rid us of a majority of those who were dedicated to furthering our collective suffering due to their lack of interest in healing their own trauma. Generation after generation, the survivors of that catastrophe and their descendants have dedicated ourselves to creating and maintaining a Realm of Long Peace, which is now in its seventh millenium. Our guild's research into our own difficult past, how we transcended that past, and how those on other planets have transcended their own traumas, has afforded us numerous practices that we advocate for to maintain peace.
Upon realizing just how hard it is for most peace-loving humans to be able to find others dedicated to peace in areas saturated with negative and divisive news media, we decided it might be helpful to start sharing a sample of the Earth-side developments and news that we've been gathering to guide our own research and practices. Our focus will be on Global Majority countries, as they seem the most dedicated to peace. We are excited to see where this cross-planet communication leads all of us. Best wishes,
❤️ Starchild | the Guild for Social Harmony
Happy New Year! 🎉
🌍 Global - World Leaders' New Years Messages - Jan 1, 2026
Follow the links below to read and listen to an assortment of leaders from around the world celebrate their country's successes in the last year, and share their plans for the years ahead.
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso - Ibrahim Traore | 🇲🇱 Mali - Assimi Goita | 🇷🇺 Russia - Vladimir Putin |
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka - Anura Kumara Dissanayake
#newyear #statements
Science, Tech & Research
🇨🇳 China - World Humanoid Robot Games open in Beijing - Aug 15, 2025
The World Humanoid Robot Games, an international sports competition for human-form robots, opened in Beijing on Thursday. The event, hosted by the Chinese capital's municipal government and other entities, comes amid the nation's efforts to boost the capabilities of humanoid robots.
#games #robots #technology
Sustainable Development & Environment
🇮🇷 Iran - Harnessing one of world’s largest wind corridors in Iran - Jan 3, 2026
Iran’s renewable energy potential is emerging as a strategic asset amid the country’s dependence on fossil fuels for electricity generation.
#infrastructure #wind #sustainable #energy
🌍 Africa - Initiative Secures $250 Million to Expand Off-Grid Power Access in Africa - Jan 6, 2026
Acumen closed a $250 million blended-finance raise for off-grid electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. The initiative targets nearly 70 million people, including 50 million first-time electricity users across 17 countries.
For the Good of All, First the Poor
🇮🇷 Iran - Iran widens food subsidy coverage amid rising living costs - Jan 3, 2026
The Iranian government has announced a major expansion of its food coupon program to help ease pressure on consumers from rising staple food prices.
#assistance #basics
Arts, Culture & Spirituality
🇳🇬 Nigeria - Thousands flock to southern Nigeria for Calabar Carnival - Jan 2, 2026
Vibrant outfits, music and dancing filled the streets of southern Nigeria, as thousands of revellers gathered for the Calabar Carnival. The festival is held every December in the capital of Cross River State, drawing around two million visitors from across the country and beyond.
#festival #carnival
Independence and Sovereignty
🇧🇫 🇲🇱 🇳🇪 Alliance of Sahel States - AES Confederation Launches Television Network in Push for Media Sovereignty - Dec 23, 2025
Meeting in Bamako, the three Heads of State of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) have officially launched AES Television, a new regional broadcaster aimed at strengthening media sovereignty across the Sahel. AES Television is positioned as a confederal media platform aimed at reclaiming control of the Sahel’s narrative.
#sovereignty #media #alliances
🇧🇫 🇲🇱 🇳🇪 Alliance of Sahel States - Burkina Faso Grants Broadcast Frequency to AES Radio - Nov 26, 2025
Headquartered in Burkina Faso with relay stations already operational in Bamako and Niamey, “Dandé Liptako” aims to become the official voice uniting populations around shared goals of peace, development, and emancipation. Broadcasting in major national languages such as Mooré, Hausa, Zarma, Bamanakan, and Fulfulde, as well as in French and English, the station intends to reach a broad audience, including the diaspora, thereby breaking the hegemony of traditional media often disconnected from local realities.
More info here and here.
#sovereignty #media #alliances
🇧🇫 🇲🇱 🇳🇪 Alliance of Sahel States - Sahel Alliance Establishes Investment Bank - Dec 13, 2025
The investment bank BCID-AES was established in Bamako. The bank aims to fund infrastructure, agriculture, and energy projects in member states. Key decisions are pending on capital size and potential international partnerships.
More info here.
#finance #banking #investment #sovereignty
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso: How the country achieved food self-sufficiency - Jan 8 2026
President Ibrahim Traoré’s announcement of Burkina Faso’s achievement of food self-sufficiency in 2025 marks a strategic turning point for the nation. This accomplishment, presented as central to the annual review, is the result of a multidimensional agricultural policy closely linked to security advances and a pursuit of national autonomy.
#sovereignty #food
Best of the West
🇳🇴 Norway - Norway's sovereign wealth fund sells its shares in 11 Israeli companies - Dec 8, 2025
Norway's sovereign wealth fund has sold its shares in 11 Israeli companies, its managers said Monday, a move they said reduces its holdings in the country against the backdrop of the “serious humanitarian crisis” in Gaza.
#BDS #peace
News You Might Have Missed - Living History
🇨🇳 China - Xi Jinping Launches Global Development Initiative - Sept 21, 2021
Xi Jinping proposed the GDI during his speech at the 76th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York in September 2021. He also revealed six principles of the GDI: (1) development as a priority to speed up the implementation of “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (the 2030 Agenda),” (2) a people-centered approach to make development for the people and by the people, (3) benefits for all, with emphasis on the special needs of developing countries, (4) innovation-driven development to foster new growth drivers for leapfrog development, (5) harmony between man and nature to achieve a green and low-carbon economy and green development, and (6) results-oriented actions through cooperation on “poverty alleviation, food security, COVID-19 response and vaccines, development financing, climate change and green development, industrialization, digital economy and connectivity.” In short, GDI emphasizes the perspectives of developing countries.
#GDI #multilateral #peace
Social Media Tidbits
Kim Jong Un Operating a Forklift - https://www.instagram.com/p/DTNX62zEXNr - Jan 7, 2026
Don't have Instagram? Click here, enter the username for the above post (kimnoha._.21) and scroll down to find the post above.
Quotes
“Silence is the language God speaks, and everything else a bad translation”
- Thomas Keating