Daily Archives: 2019-07-08

2019-07-08: News Headlines

WSWS (2019-07-08). Mass protests against police shooting of Ethiopian Israeli. wsws.org The authorities arrested the off-duty police officer before releasing him into "protective custody" under house arrest, further inflaming tensions over the killing.

Sarah Mukabana (2019-07-08). SA man set for space dies in motorbike accident. cgtn.com TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY SUSAN NJANJI | Mandla Maseko speaks to a journalist in front of two hanged NASA spacesuits on January 9, 2014, in Mabopane, north of Pretoria. 25-year-old Maseko has landed a coveted seat to fly 103-kilometres (64 miles) into space in 2015, after winning a competition organised by a US-based space academy. He beat off a million other entrants from 75 countries to win the $100,000 seat. The South African "typical township boy" was named one of the 23 winners worldwide shortly after the announcement of the death of icon and first black president Nelson Mandela. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE (…

Staff (2019-07-08). Headlines for July 8, 2019. democracynow.org Trump & DOJ Reverse Stance, Will Keep Pushing for Citizenship Question in 2020 Census, Trump Admin Threatens It's Ready to Start Deporting Up to 1 Million People, ICE and FBI Have Used Facial Recognition Technology to Mine DMV Databases, Trump: Migrants "Very Happy" with Situation in U.S. Migrant Jails, Iran Breaches Nuclear Deal Limits, Condemns U.K.'s Seizure of Oil Tanker, Sudanese Military Leaders and Opposition Agree to 3-Year Power-Sharing Deal, Greek Snap Elections Hand Victory to Conservative Party, U.S. Women's Team Wins Soccer World Cup, Shining a Spotlight on Gender Pay Disparity, State of Emergency De…

CGTN Africa (2019-07-08). IGAD lauds integration of moderate Islamic group into Somali army. cgtn.com East African bloc, IGAD on Sunday welcomed the launch of an exercise to integrate forces of moderate Islamic group Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a (ASWJ) into Somali security forces. | IGAD Executive Secretary, Mahboub Maalim | Mahboub Maalim, executive secretary of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), reaffirmed the bloc's support for the integration exercise and also the ongoing political dialogue and reconciliation in Galmudug State. | "The launch of the integration exercise marks an important milestone in the implementation of the Somalia security architecture and transition plan, which are essential to en…

CGTN Africa (2019-07-08). Second pay raise possible for Zimbabwe civil servants. cgtn.com The Zimbabwean government is ready to raise civil servants' wages for the second time in three months. | Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube | Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Monday, that the threat of more protests prompted him to make the decision. Zimbabweans are angry as year-on-year inflation of around 100% has eroded the value of their wages and savings, recalling the horrors of the hyperinflation era in 2008. | "I have a (wage increase) figure already, and I am just waiting to hear from the unions. We will be meeting them tomorrow to hear their figures," Ncube told a meeting with local businesse…

CGTN Africa (2019-07-08). Zimbabwe mulls plans to raise public sector wages. cgtn.com The Zimbabwean government is ready to raise civil servants' wages for the second time in three months, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Monday, after a labour group threatened protests. | Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube, speaks to the press after the swearing in ceremony for Zimbabwe's new cabinet ministers at State House, Harare, on September 10, 2018. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images) | Zimbabweans are angry as year-on-year inflation of around 100% has eroded the value of their wages and savings, recalling t…

CGTN Africa (2019-07-08). Algerian senator Djamel Ould Abbes arrested in anti-graft sweep. cgtn.com Djamel Ould Abbes, the former Algerian Minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform speaks during a press conference in Algiers on April 2, 2012. AFP PHOTO / FAROUK BATICHE (Photo credit should read FAROUK BATICHE/AFP/GettyImages) | An Algerian senator close to ex-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been jailed on accusations of corruption. | A Supreme Court judge ordered Djamel Ould Abbes incarcerated in Algiers on Sunday over charges that include the squandering of public funds, illegally signing deals, and falsifying official documents when he was a government minister during Bouteflika's first term,1999-…

CGTN Africa (2019-07-08). What next after the continental free trade area launch? cgtn.com Leaders from across Africa launched the operational phase of the biggest trade area, by members, in the world. | General view of conference room of the 35th Ordinary Session of the Executive Committee of the Meeting of the African Union at the Palais des Congres in Niamey, on July 5, 2019. — The launch of an African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will be the focus of the two-day summit in the capital Niamey. (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP) (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images) | Covering a population of 1.2 billion people, the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) aims to boost intra-Af…

Sarah Mukabana (2019-07-08). ICC convicts DR Congo's rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda of war crimes. cgtn.com Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda sits in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) during the first day of his trial in the Hague, on September 2, 2015. The trial of former Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda opened at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, where the ex-rebel dubbed "The Terminator" faces 18 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ntaganda, who surrendered to the US embassy in Kigali in 2013, stands accused of orchestrating hundreds of deaths in savage attacks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as recruiting and raping child soldiers. (Photo credit MICHAEL…

Staff (2019-07-08). Charges Dropped Against Pregnant Shooting Victim Amid Outcry over the Criminalization of Pregnancy. democracynow.org Following immense public pressure, prosecutors in Alabama have dropped manslaughter changers against Marshae Jones, a 28-year-old African-American woman whose pregnancy ended after she was shot in the stomach by a coworker. Local police accused Jones of starting the fight that led to the shooting in the parking lot of a Dollar General store outside of Birmingham. A grand jury then indicted Jones on manslaughter but dismissed any charges against the shooter. The case drew national outcry from women's rights advocates concerned about the criminalization of pregnant women and the legal implications of so-called feta…

Staff (2019-07-08). Charges Dropped Against Pregnant Shooting Victim. truthout.org Following immense public pressure, prosecutors in Alabama have dropped manslaughter changers against Marshae Jones, a 28-year-old African-American woman whose pregnancy ended after she was shot in the stomach by a coworker. Local police accused Jones of starting the fight that led to the shooting in the parking lot of a Dollar General store outside of Birmingham. A grand jury then indicted Jones on manslaughter but dismissed any charges against the shooter. The case drew national outcry from women's rights advocates concerned about the criminalization of pregnant women and the legal implications of so-called f…

CGTN Africa (2019-07-08). Ghana to donate $10 for AfCFTA secretariat operationalization. cgtn.com Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo | Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday pledged to donate 10 million U.S. dollars to the African Union to support the operationalization of the secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). | The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of AU on Sunday selected Ghana as the host country for AfCFTA. | The decision was announced at the 12th AU Extraordinary Summit held in Niamey, Niger after Ghana beat off competition from the other six countries including Egypt and Ethiopia. | In his acceptance speech, the president thanked the A…

CGTN Africa (2019-07-08). 68 arrested for post-election violence in Malawi. cgtn.com Malawi Police Service arrested 68 people for looting and injuring police officers during…

CGTN Africa (2019-07-08). Former CEO of Kenya's Kestrel Capital fined KSH 2.5 million. cgtn.com The former head of one of Kenya's biggest stockbrokers faces a 2.5 million shillings ($24,354.60) fine by the market regulator for sharing price-sensitive information with two traders. | Andre DeSimone, former CEO of Kestrel Capital | Andre DeSimone, who left his post as chief executive of Kestrel Capital in April after the insider trading allegations, has also been banned by the Capital Markets Authority of Kenya (CMA) from holding a senior role in a listed firm or a brokerage for a year | The CMA had started its investigation after noticing irregular share trades around the announcement of a takeover offer for…

Kiwanuka Lawrence Nsereko (2019-07-07). At Jesse Jackson U.S. Global Gathering, Honoree Bobi Wine Describes Gen. Museveni's Brutal Dictatorship. blackstarnews.com May the torch be with you. Civil and human rights veteran Rev. Jesse Jackson honors Bobi Wine and offers words of wisdom. | | The civil rights struggle continues with the resistance against tyrants around the world, Ugandan political and human rights leader Robert Sentamu Kyagulanyi, told a U.S. gathering while receiving an award from Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr., in Chicago. | | Kyagulanyi, musician-turned-leader, commonly known by his stage moniker Bobi Wine, spoke last week at the Rainbow Push coalition annual convention. He was recognized for standing up for civil rights in Uganda and was one of six honorees fr…

teleSUR (2019-07-07). Sudan to Establish Joint Civilian-Military Governing Body. telesurenglish.net Sudan's ruling military council reached an agreement with the leaders of the opposition on Friday, to establish a joint civilian-military governing body. | RELATED: | Sudan's Ruling Military Admits 'Outrageous' Acts on Protesters | As the country takes its first step toward a democratic transition, after months of political impasse. The body will supervise the formation of a transitional civilian administration that will rule for a three years period, which was the opposition's m…

teleSUR (2019-07-07). Ebola Outbreak in Congo an Emergency: UK Development Secretary. telesurenglish.net The United Kingdom's (U.K.) international development secretary, Rory Stewart, has called to declare Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) an emergency, after a two-day visit to the emergency health centers for Ebola virus victims in the northeastern cities of Butembo and Beni. | RELATED: | Political Games Hinder Efforts to End Ebola in Congo: WHO | "We are on the edge with this crisis. We keep pulling it back from the brink but it is very dangerous. The very…

Staff (2019-07-07). High-Impact Opportunities Exist to Restore Tropical Rainforests Around the World. truthout.org The green belt of tropical rainforests that covers equatorial regions of the Americas, Africa, Indonesia and Southeast Asia is turning brown. Since 1990, Indonesia has lost 50% of its original forest, the Amazon 30% and Central Africa 14%. Fires, logging, hunting, road building and fragmentation have heavily damaged more than 30% of those that remain. | These forests provide many benefits: They store large amounts of ca…

Kiana Calloway (2019-07-06). I Spent 16 Months in Solitary Confinement and Now I'm Fighting to End It. commondreams.org I was just 17 years old when I was sent to solitary confinement in "Camp J," one of the most severe lockdown units at one of America's most brutal prisons, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. I languished in solitary for 16 months.

Kiki Monifa (2019-07-06). As a Lesbian of African Descent, I Am Not an American—Not Completely. commondreams.org The Fourth of July, Independence Day, is a conundrum for me. I am happy to have it as a federal holiday but do not celebrate it, for reasons I will try to explain.

Robin Chazdon (2019-07-06). Experts Mapped Global Hotspots Where Restoring Tropical Rainforests Would Be Most Beneficial and Least Costly and Risky. commondreams.org The green belt of tropical rainforests that covers equatorial regions of the Americas, Africa, Indonesia and Southeast Asia is turning brown. Since 1990, Indonesia has lost 50 percent of its original forest, the Amazon 30 percent, and Central Africa 14 percent. Fires, logging, hunting, road building, and fragmentation have heavily damaged more than 30 percent of those that remain.

Special To The Black Star News (2019-07-06). AFRICAN DIASPORA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEATURES SUNDAY SHOWING OF "GURUMBE: AFRO-ANDALUSIAN MEMORIES" ILLUSTRATING AFRICANS CONTRIBUTIONS TO FLAMENCO MUSIC. blackstarnews.com On Sunday, July 7, at 2: pm the African Diaspora International Film Festival will present Gurumbe: Afro-Andulusian Memories at Teachers College, Columbia University, at 525 west 120th street. This film explores the essential contributions Africans made to the development of Flamenco music. | Flamenco is synonymous with Spanish culture. Yet, since its inception, theorists have sidelined the fundamental contribution of Afro-Andalusians to this art form. | Commercial exploitation of the American colonies brought hundreds of Africans to Spain to be sold as slaves, forming a population which, over time, managed to gai…

Special To The Black Star News (2019-07-06). Protest At Italy's New York Consulate–Discriminatory Treatment Against African Migrants. blackstarnews.com At 12 noon today there will be a protest in front of the Italian Consulate in New York City, calling on the government of Italy to drop charges against captain Carola Rackete and the crew of the Sea-Watch 3, to release the boat from impound, and reverse the policy of closing Italian ports to humanitarian vessels. | Every year, thousands of migrants from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East die while crossing the Mediterranean. The crossing has grown more dangerous since Italy closed its ports to humanitarian vessels a year ago. Carola Rackete and the crew of the Sea-Watch 3 rescued 41 migrants from the Mediterranean…

Special To The Black Star News (2019-07-05). IAAF'S 30 ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND THE AFRICAN STRUGGLE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY IN BROOKLYN. blackstarnews.com One of Saturday's main events will be a film on Pan-African historian Dr. Walter Rodney–another will be a film on former President of Tanzania Julius Nyerere… | The New York Chapter of the National Association of Kawaida Organizations (NAKO) in conjunction with the International African Arts Festival (IAAFestival) will host the 30th Annual Symposium on Culture, Community and Struggle on Saturday July 6, at 50 Navy Street, in Brooklyn, New York. | The Symposium serves as the intellectual component of the International African Arts Festival. Thus, the Symposium is designed to bring together a variety of sc…

United Nations (2019-07-05). UN chief welcomes power-sharing deal between Sudanese military and opposition. un.org UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday he was "encouraged" by reports of a newly-inked power-sharing deal between the Forces for Freedom and Change — a coalition of opposition and protest groups — and Sudan's ruling military council.

CGTN America (2019-07-05). What's really happening in Sudan? cgtn.com On the latest episode of The Heat Podcast, guest host Mike Walter joins columnist and activist Azaz El Shami to discuss the uprisings in Sudan and the road toward peace.

United Nations (2019-07-05). Friday's Daily Brief: Sudan power-sharing deal welcomed, hope for Venezuela talks, Rohingya camps flooded, Libya airstrikes update. un.org Friday's main news stories include: Guterres welcomes Sudan power-sharing deal; six children are among 53 confirmed dead after Libya detention centre airstrikes; Monsoon rains wreak havoc in Rohingya camps; and Bachelet calls for "time and space" in Venezuela.

Middle East Eye (2019-07-05). Canadian Firm's Lobbying Contract with Sudan Military Rulers May Face Police Probe. globalresearch.ca Canada's government has referred a lobbying contract between a Montreal-based firm and Sudan's ruling military council to federal police to determine whether the deal violates Canadian sanctions on the country. | A spokeswoman for the Canadian foreign ministry, Global Affairs Canada, …

United Nations (2019-07-05). Six children among 53 confirmed fatalities after Libya detention centre airstrikes: Security Council condemns attack. un.org The toll from Tuesday's reported airstrikes on a detention centre in the suburbs of Tripoli has risen to 53 dead and more than 130 injured among the "severely traumatized" surviving migrants and refugees, UN aid agencies said on Friday, reiterating their appeal to close all such facilities in the embattled country.

Tyler Durden (2019-07-05). Iran Threatens Seizure of UK Oil Tanker if Iranian Oil Tanker Not Released. theantimedia.com (ZH) — Iran has called for the "immediate release" of its oil tanker after British Royal Marines boarded and seized it off Gibraltar a day ago after it took a long 90-day trek around the tip of Africa, presumably to evade sanctions enforcement en route to Syria. Authorities had accused the Grace 1 supertanker of illegal smuggling …

Rémi Carayol (2019-07-05). What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger. thenation.com What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger…

Staff (2019-07-04). Libya's Civil War is Becoming a Proxy War. therealnews.com The shooting down of a Turkish drone near Tripoli and the capture of six Turkish sailors by Gen. Haftar's forces reveals the Turkey's and Egypt's involvement on both sides of the civil war. Meanwhile Haftar's forces are accused of bombing a migration detention center near Tripoli, killing 44 and injuring 130…

pip.hinman (2019-07-04). Freedom, justice and peace for Sudan. greenleft.org.au The Sudanese community and supporters turned out across Australia on June 22 and 30 in support of the revolution in Sudan. | Rallies in Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney have featured energetic dancing, poetry and singing, with protesters chanting "Peace, justice, freedom in Sudan" and "End the killings now". | Dozens of protesters have been killed by the military regime in Sudan. One of the victims was 26-year-old engineer Mohamed Mattar, whose favourite color was blue. This prompted #BlueForSudan, with people wearing blue clothes at rallies around the world to remember the victims. | Speakers call…

Staff (2019-07-04). Danny Glover & Ta-Nehisi Coates Make the Case for Reparations at Historic Congressional Hearing. democracynow.org On June 19, a subcommittee of the House Judiciary held a historic hearing on reparations for slavery—the first of its kind in over a decade. The hearing coincided with Juneteenth, a day that commemorates June 19, 1865, when slaves in Galveston, Texas, finally learned that the Emancipation Proclamation had abolished slavery. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the transatlantic slave trade. Lawmakers are considering a bill titled the "Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act." It was introduced by Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston, after former Congressm…

Vijay Prashad (2019-07-04). Burnt workers are the newest wave of climate casualty. mronline.org The International Labor Organization (ILO) has just released a brief—but very important—report on the impact of heat stress on workers. What the ILO finds is that the areas of the world most threatened by heat deaths of workers are Southern Asia and Western Africa. | Source

Staff (2019-07-03). Headlines for July 3, 2019. democracynow.org DHS Watchdog: "Dangerous Overcrowding" and Dire Conditions at Texas Migrant Jails, 30-Year-Old Honduran Migrant Dies in U.S. Custody, Federal Judge Blocks Trump Plan to Deny Bail to Asylum Seekers, DHS Fining Immigrants Up to $500,000 for Not Leaving the U.S., Nationwide Protests Demand Lawmakers #CloseTheCamps, Cory Booker Vows to End Immigrant Detention in 2020 Proposal, In Defeat for Trump Admin, 2020 Census Will Not Include Citizenship Question, House Dems Sue Treasury and IRS over Trump's Tax Returns, Airstrike Hits Migrant Detention Center in Libya, Killing At Least 40, Ethiopian-Israeli Community Protests…

United Nations (2019-07-03). Wednesday's Daily Brief: Libya 'war crime' attack, Sudan, Myanmar rights violations continue, 'xenophobia' in Assam, South Sudan update. un.org In the news this Wednesday: "Outraged" Guterres demands independent inquiry into fatal Libya migrant centre airstrike deaths; Violence and broken promises in Sudan and South Sudan, while Rohingya violations continue in Myanmar; "xenophobia" and citizenship in India's Assam state.

United Nations (2019-07-03). Restrictions, unmet promises, unbridled violence in Sudan, a 'recipe for disaster', says Bachelet. un.org After nationwide protests across Sudan on Sunday, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday called on Sudanese authorities to lift restrictions on the internet and launch independent investigations into all acts of violence against demonstrators, and allegations of excessive force, including attacks on hospitals.

ACLU (2019-07-03). I Spent 16 Months in Solitary Confinement and Now I'm Fighting to End It. aclu.org A new report proves that the degrading conditions in solitary confinement continue to harm people and communities. | I was just 17 years old when I was sent to solitary confinement in "Camp J," one of the most severe lockdown units at one of America's most brutal prisons, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. I languished in solitary for 16 months. | Back then I didn't know that Louisiana was the solitary confinement capital of the world. All I knew was that I'd been convicted of a crime I didn't commit, and I had to maintain my humanity in one of the most dehumanizing places on earth. | It's called "23 and…

United Nations (2019-07-03). Libya detention centre airstrike could amount to a war crime says UN, as Guterres calls for independent investigation. un.org An airstrike on a detention centre in Tripoli that killed scores of migrants and refugees "deserves more than condemnation", UN agencies said on Wednesday, as both the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the head of the UN mission in Libya (UNSMIL), insisted that it may amount to a war crime.

Ramzy Baroud (2019-07-03). Africa and Palestine: A Noble Legacy That Must Never Be Betrayed. mintpressnews.com Netanyahu's diplomatic conquests in Africa have been celebrated by Israeli media as "historic", while the Palestinian leadership remains oblivious to the rapidly changing political landscape.

Kiki Monifa (2019-07-03). Waiting to Be An American. progressive.org In terms of how I feel, as a lesbian of African descent, I am not an American, not completely.

United Nations (2019-07-02). Tuesday's Daily Brief: Hunger crisis in DR Congo, Swine Fever in Asia, Venezuela death investigation call, updates on Eritrea and Syria. un.org This Tuesday, UN News covers: Growing food crisis in DR Congo; Swine Fever threatens millions of livelihoods in Asia; Human Rights Council told of persistent violations in Eritrea; and the humanitarian impact of on-going fighting in Syria.

United Nations (2019-07-02). DR Congo: UN food agency triples aid in strife-hit Ituri province. un.org Food aid is being tripled for troubled Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to respond to what the World Food Programme (WFP) has described as the world's second largest hunger crisis in the world, after Yemen.

Nawal Arjini (2019-07-02). Namwali Serpell's Postcolonial Epic. thenation.com The Old Drift tells the multigenerational story of Zambia coming into being.

United Nations (2019-07-02). Livelihoods of millions in East and Southeast Asia at risk from Swine Fever epidemic. un.org The rapid spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) across East and Southeast Asia is threatening the food security and livelihoods of millions of households in the region which rely on pig farming, The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, reported on Tuesday.

susan_p (2019-07-02). US Scholars: 'An American attack on Iran would be an unmitigated disaster for the US, Iran, and the world'. greenleft.org.au A number of Middle East and Islamic Studies scholars in the United States have signed this open letter below, calling on US President Donald Trump to pull back from war with Iran. | We, the undersigned scholars of the Middle East and North Africa and broader Muslim world, call on President Trump to immediately pull back from the brink of a war with the Islamic Republic of Iran. | It is clear to us that the human, diplomatic, legal, political, and economic costs to both countries, the Persian Gulf and larger Middle East, the global economy and the global system of international humanitarian law of a US attack woul…

Staff (2019-07-01). Headlines for July 1, 2019. democracynow.org Trump Sets Foot in North Korea in Historic First, Hong Kong Protesters Take to Streets, Enter Gov't Building, U.S. and China Ease Trade Tensions, Trump Lavishes Praise on MBS at G20 Summit, At Least 10 Killed in Sudanese Anti-Gov't Protests, Afghanistan: Violent Attacks Kill 100s in Recent Days as U.S.-Taliban Peace Talks Resume, Italian Police Arrest Captain of Migrant Ship After She Rescues 53 Refugees, Senate Rejects Effort to Prevent Trump from Attacking Iran Without Congressional Approval, Charles Koch and George Soros Team Up to Fund New Anti-Interventionist Think Tank, SCOTUS Rejects Alabama Ban on Most Co…

Vanessa Mbonu (2019-07-01). What's Trending: Black News Weekly. naacp.org NPR: How Texas Prevented Black Women From Voting Decades After The 19th Amendment In 1918, when she was 25 years old, Christia Adair went door-to-door organizing for women's right to vote in Texas. "This effort was to pass a bill where women would be able to vote like men," Adair remembered later in a 1977 oral …

Rachel Janik (2019-06-28). Florida Man Arrested for Racist Threats Once Attacked an African American Police Officer. splcenter.org A long string of felony charges and a tip-off from the Department of Homeland Security led to the arrest of a Florida man for racist and antisemitic threats posted to Gab and Bitchute.

2019-07-08: Social Media Postees

Ghana to donate $10 for AfCFTA secretariat operationalization
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-07-08
Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo | Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday pledged to donate 10 million U.S. dollars to the African Union to support the operationalization of the secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). | The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of AU on Sunday selected Ghana as the host country for AfCFTA. | The decision was announced at the 12th AU Extraordinary Summit held in Niamey, Niger after Ghana beat off competition from the other six countries including Egypt and Ethiopia. | In his acceptance speech, the president thanked the A…
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Mass protests against police shooting of Ethiopian Israeli
wsws.org | 2019-07-08
The authorities arrested the off-duty police officer before releasing him into "protective custody" under house arrest, further inflaming tensions over the killing.
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SA man set for space dies in motorbike accident
Sarah Mukabana | cgtn.com | 2019-07-08
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY SUSAN NJANJI | Mandla Maseko speaks to a journalist in front of two hanged NASA spacesuits on January 9, 2014, in Mabopane, north of Pretoria. 25-year-old Maseko has landed a coveted seat to fly 103-kilometres (64 miles) into space in 2015, after winning a competition organised by a US-based space academy. He beat off a million other entrants from 75 countries to win the $100,000 seat. The South African "typical township boy" was named one of the 23 winners worldwide shortly after the announcement of the death of icon and first black president Nelson Mandela. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE (…
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IGAD lauds integration of moderate Islamic group into Somali army
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-07-08
East African bloc, IGAD on Sunday welcomed the launch of an exercise to integrate forces of moderate Islamic group Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a (ASWJ) into Somali security forces. | IGAD Executive Secretary, Mahboub Maalim | Mahboub Maalim, executive secretary of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), reaffirmed the bloc's support for the integration exercise and also the ongoing political dialogue and reconciliation in Galmudug State. | "The launch of the integration exercise marks an important milestone in the implementation of the Somalia security architecture and transition plan, which are essential to en…
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68 arrested for post-election violence in Malawi
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-07-08
Malawi Police Service arrested 68 people for looting and injuring police officers during…
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Second pay raise possible for Zimbabwe civil servants
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-07-08
The Zimbabwean government is ready to raise civil servants' wages for the second time in three months. | Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube | Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Monday, that the threat of more protests prompted him to make the decision. Zimbabweans are angry as year-on-year inflation of around 100% has eroded the value of their wages and savings, recalling the horrors of the hyperinflation era in 2008. | "I have a (wage increase) figure already, and I am just waiting to hear from the unions. We will be meeting them tomorrow to hear their figures," Ncube told a meeting with local businesse…
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Zimbabwe mulls plans to raise public sector wages
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-07-08
The Zimbabwean government is ready to raise civil servants' wages for the second time in three months, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Monday, after a labour group threatened protests. | Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube, speaks to the press after the swearing in ceremony for Zimbabwe's new cabinet ministers at State House, Harare, on September 10, 2018. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images) | Zimbabweans are angry as year-on-year inflation of around 100% has eroded the value of their wages and savings, recalling t…
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Algerian senator Djamel Ould Abbes arrested in anti-graft sweep
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-07-08
Djamel Ould Abbes, the former Algerian Minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform speaks during a press conference in Algiers on April 2, 2012. AFP PHOTO / FAROUK BATICHE (Photo credit should read FAROUK BATICHE/AFP/GettyImages) | An Algerian senator close to ex-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been jailed on accusations of corruption. | A Supreme Court judge ordered Djamel Ould Abbes incarcerated in Algiers on Sunday over charges that include the squandering of public funds, illegally signing deals, and falsifying official documents when he was a government minister during Bouteflika's first term,1999-…
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ICC convicts DR Congo's rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda of war crimes
Sarah Mukabana | cgtn.com | 2019-07-08
Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda sits in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) during the first day of his trial in the Hague, on September 2, 2015. The trial of former Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda opened at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, where the ex-rebel dubbed "The Terminator" faces 18 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ntaganda, who surrendered to the US embassy in Kigali in 2013, stands accused of orchestrating hundreds of deaths in savage attacks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as recruiting and raping child soldiers. (Photo credit MICHAEL…
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What next after the continental free trade area launch?
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-07-08
Leaders from across Africa launched the operational phase of the biggest trade area, by members, in the world. | General view of conference room of the 35th Ordinary Session of the Executive Committee of the Meeting of the African Union at the Palais des Congres in Niamey, on July 5, 2019. — The launch of an African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will be the focus of the two-day summit in the capital Niamey. (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP) (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images) | Covering a population of 1.2 billion people, the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) aims to boost intra-Af…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/07/08/what-next-after-the-continental-free-trade-area-launch/

Charges Dropped Against Pregnant Shooting Victim Amid Outcry over the Criminalization of Pregnancy
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-08
Following immense public pressure, prosecutors in Alabama have dropped manslaughter changers against Marshae Jones, a 28-year-old African-American woman whose pregnancy ended after she was shot in the stomach by a coworker. Local police accused Jones of starting the fight that led to the shooting in the parking lot of a Dollar General store outside of Birmingham. A grand jury then indicted Jones on manslaughter but dismissed any charges against the shooter. The case drew national outcry from women's rights advocates concerned about the criminalization of pregnant women and the legal implications of so-called feta…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/8/seg_3

Former CEO of Kenya's Kestrel Capital fined KSH 2.5 million
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-07-08
The former head of one of Kenya's biggest stockbrokers faces a 2.5 million shillings ($24,354.60) fine by the market regulator for sharing price-sensitive information with two traders. | Andre DeSimone, former CEO of Kestrel Capital | Andre DeSimone, who left his post as chief executive of Kestrel Capital in April after the insider trading allegations, has also been banned by the Capital Markets Authority of Kenya (CMA) from holding a senior role in a listed firm or a brokerage for a year | The CMA had started its investigation after noticing irregular share trades around the announcement of a takeover offer for…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/07/08/former-head-of-kenyas-kestrel-capital-fined-ksh-2-5-million/

Charges Dropped Against Pregnant Shooting Victim
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-08
Following immense public pressure, prosecutors in Alabama have dropped manslaughter changers against Marshae Jones, a 28-year-old African-American woman whose pregnancy ended after she was shot in the stomach by a coworker. Local police accused Jones of starting the fight that led to the shooting in the parking lot of a Dollar General store outside of Birmingham. A grand jury then indicted Jones on manslaughter but dismissed any charges against the shooter. The case drew national outcry from women's rights advocates concerned about the criminalization of pregnant women and the legal implications of so-called f…
truthout.org/video/charges-dropped-against-pregnant-shooting-victim/

At Jesse Jackson U.S. Global Gathering, Honoree Bobi Wine Describes Gen. Museveni's Brutal Dictatorship
Kiwanuka Lawrence Nsereko | blackstarnews.com | 2019-07-07
May the torch be with you. Civil and human rights veteran Rev. Jesse Jackson honors Bobi Wine and offers words of wisdom. | | The civil rights struggle continues with the resistance against tyrants around the world, Ugandan political and human rights leader Robert Sentamu Kyagulanyi, told a U.S. gathering while receiving an award from Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr., in Chicago. | | Kyagulanyi, musician-turned-leader, commonly known by his stage moniker Bobi Wine, spoke last week at the Rainbow Push coalition annual convention. He was recognized for standing up for civil rights in Uganda and was one of six honorees fr…
www.blackstarnews.com/global-politics/africa/at-jesse-jackson-us-global-gathering-honoree-bobi-wine

Sudan to Establish Joint Civilian-Military Governing Body
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-07
Sudan's ruling military council reached an agreement with the leaders of the opposition on Friday, to establish a joint civilian-military governing body. | RELATED: | Sudan's Ruling Military Admits 'Outrageous' Acts on Protesters | As the country takes its first step toward a democratic transition, after months of political impasse. The body will supervise the formation of a transitional civilian administration that will rule for a three years period, which was the opposition's m…
telesurenglish.net/news/Sudan-EstablishJoint-Civilian-Military-Governing-Body-20190707-0016.html

Ebola Outbreak in Congo an Emergency: UK Development Secretary
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-07
The United Kingdom's (U.K.) international development secretary, Rory Stewart, has called to declare Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) an emergency, after a two-day visit to the emergency health centers for Ebola virus victims in the northeastern cities of Butembo and Beni. | RELATED: | Political Games Hinder Efforts to End Ebola in Congo: WHO | "We are on the edge with this crisis. We keep pulling it back from the brink but it is very dangerous. The very…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ebola-Outbreak-in-DRC-an-Emergency-20190707-0015.html

High-Impact Opportunities Exist to Restore Tropical Rainforests Around the World
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-07
The green belt of tropical rainforests that covers equatorial regions of the Americas, Africa, Indonesia and Southeast Asia is turning brown. Since 1990, Indonesia has lost 50% of its original forest, the Amazon 30% and Central Africa 14%. Fires, logging, hunting, road building and fragmentation have heavily damaged more than 30% of those that remain. | These forests provide many benefits: They store large amounts of ca…
truthout.org/articles/high-value-opportunities-exist-to-restore-tropical-rainforests-around-the-world/

I Spent 16 Months in Solitary Confinement and Now I'm Fighting to End It
Kiana Calloway | commondreams.org | 2019-07-06
I was just 17 years old when I was sent to solitary confinement in "Camp J," one of the most severe lockdown units at one of America's most brutal prisons, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. I languished in solitary for 16 months.
commondreams.org/views/2019/07/06/i-spent-16-months-solitary-confinement-and-now-im-fighting-end-it?cd-origin=rss

Protest At Italy's New York Consulate–Discriminatory Treatment Against African Migrants
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-07-06
At 12 noon today there will be a protest in front of the Italian Consulate in New York City, calling on the government of Italy to drop charges against captain Carola Rackete and the crew of the Sea-Watch 3, to release the boat from impound, and reverse the policy of closing Italian ports to humanitarian vessels. | Every year, thousands of migrants from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East die while crossing the Mediterranean. The crossing has grown more dangerous since Italy closed its ports to humanitarian vessels a year ago. Carola Rackete and the crew of the Sea-Watch 3 rescued 41 migrants from the Mediterranean…
www.blackstarnews.com/global-politics/europe/protest-at-italys-new-york-consulate-discriminatory-treatment

Experts Mapped Global Hotspots Where Restoring Tropical Rainforests Would Be Most Beneficial and Least Costly and Risky
Robin Chazdon | commondreams.org | 2019-07-06
The green belt of tropical rainforests that covers equatorial regions of the Americas, Africa, Indonesia and Southeast Asia is turning brown. Since 1990, Indonesia has lost 50 percent of its original forest, the Amazon 30 percent, and Central Africa 14 percent. Fires, logging, hunting, road building, and fragmentation have heavily damaged more than 30 percent of those that remain.
commondreams.org/views/2019/07/06/experts-mapped-global-hotspots-where-restoring-tropical-rainforests-would-be-most?cd-origin=rss

AFRICAN DIASPORA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEATURES SUNDAY SHOWING OF "GURUMBE: AFRO-ANDALUSIAN MEMORIES" ILLUSTRATING AFRICANS CONTRIBUTIONS TO FLAMENCO MUSIC
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-07-06
On Sunday, July 7, at 2: pm the African Diaspora International Film Festival will present Gurumbe: Afro-Andulusian Memories at Teachers College, Columbia University, at 525 west 120th street. This film explores the essential contributions Africans made to the development of Flamenco music. | Flamenco is synonymous with Spanish culture. Yet, since its inception, theorists have sidelined the fundamental contribution of Afro-Andalusians to this art form. | Commercial exploitation of the American colonies brought hundreds of Africans to Spain to be sold as slaves, forming a population which, over time, managed to gai…
www.blackstarnews.com/entertainment/movies/african-diaspora-international-film-festival-features-sunday

As a Lesbian of African Descent, I Am Not an American—Not Completely
Kiki Monifa | commondreams.org | 2019-07-06
The Fourth of July, Independence Day, is a conundrum for me. I am happy to have it as a federal holiday but do not celebrate it, for reasons I will try to explain.
commondreams.org/views/2019/07/06/lesbian-african-descent-i-am-not-american-not-completely?cd-origin=rss

IAAF'S 30 ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND THE AFRICAN STRUGGLE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY IN BROOKLYN
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-07-05
One of Saturday's main events will be a film on Pan-African historian Dr. Walter Rodney–another will be a film on former President of Tanzania Julius Nyerere… | The New York Chapter of the National Association of Kawaida Organizations (NAKO) in conjunction with the International African Arts Festival (IAAFestival) will host the 30th Annual Symposium on Culture, Community and Struggle on Saturday July 6, at 50 Navy Street, in Brooklyn, New York. | The Symposium serves as the intellectual component of the International African Arts Festival. Thus, the Symposium is designed to bring together a variety of sc…
www.blackstarnews.com/entertainment/others/iaaf%E2%80%99s-30-annual-symposium-on-culture-community-and-the-african

What's really happening in Sudan?
CGTN America | cgtn.com | 2019-07-05
On the latest episode of The Heat Podcast, guest host Mike Walter joins columnist and activist Azaz El Shami to discuss the uprisings in Sudan and the road toward peace.
america.cgtn.com/2019/07/05/whats-really-happening-in-sudan

Friday's Daily Brief: Sudan power-sharing deal welcomed, hope for Venezuela talks, Rohingya camps flooded, Libya airstrikes update
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-05
Friday's main news stories include: Guterres welcomes Sudan power-sharing deal; six children are among 53 confirmed dead after Libya detention centre airstrikes; Monsoon rains wreak havoc in Rohingya camps; and Bachelet calls for "time and space" in Venezuela.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1041951

UN chief welcomes power-sharing deal between Sudanese military and opposition
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-05
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday he was "encouraged" by reports of a newly-inked power-sharing deal between the Forces for Freedom and Change — a coalition of opposition and protest groups — and Sudan's ruling military council.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1041941

Canadian Firm's Lobbying Contract with Sudan Military Rulers May Face Police Probe
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
Canada's government has referred a lobbying contract between a Montreal-based firm and Sudan's ruling military council to federal police to determine whether the deal violates Canadian sanctions on the country. | A spokeswoman for the Canadian foreign ministry, Global Affairs Canada, …
globalresearch.ca/canadian-firms-lobbying-contract-sudan-military-rulers-may-face-police-probe/5682799

Six children among 53 confirmed fatalities after Libya detention centre airstrikes: Security Council condemns attack
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-05
The toll from Tuesday's reported airstrikes on a detention centre in the suburbs of Tripoli has risen to 53 dead and more than 130 injured among the "severely traumatized" surviving migrants and refugees, UN aid agencies said on Friday, reiterating their appeal to close all such facilities in the embattled country.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1041911

Iran Threatens Seizure of UK Oil Tanker if Iranian Oil Tanker Not Released
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-05
(ZH) — Iran has called for the "immediate release" of its oil tanker after British Royal Marines boarded and seized it off Gibraltar a day ago after it took a long 90-day trek around the tip of Africa, presumably to evade sanctions enforcement en route to Syria. Authorities had accused the Grace 1 supertanker of illegal smuggling …
theantimedia.com/iran-threatens-seizure-uk-oil-tanker/

What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger
Rémi Carayol | thenation.com | 2019-07-05
What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger…
thenation.com/article/niger-agadez-migration/

What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger
Rémi Carayol | thenation.com | 2019-07-05
What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger…
thenation.com/article/niger-agadez-migration/

Libya's Civil War is Becoming a Proxy War
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-04
The shooting down of a Turkish drone near Tripoli and the capture of six Turkish sailors by Gen. Haftar's forces reveals the Turkey's and Egypt's involvement on both sides of the civil war. Meanwhile Haftar's forces are accused of bombing a migration detention center near Tripoli, killing 44 and injuring 130…
therealnews.com/stories/libyas-civil-war-is-becoming-a-proxy-war

Freedom, justice and peace for Sudan
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-04
The Sudanese community and supporters turned out across Australia on June 22 and 30 in support of the revolution in Sudan. | Rallies in Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney have featured energetic dancing, poetry and singing, with protesters chanting "Peace, justice, freedom in Sudan" and "End the killings now". | Dozens of protesters have been killed by the military regime in Sudan. One of the victims was 26-year-old engineer Mohamed Mattar, whose favourite color was blue. This prompted #BlueForSudan, with people wearing blue clothes at rallies around the world to remember the victims. | Speakers call…
greenleft.org.au/content/freedom-justice-and-peace-sudan

Danny Glover & Ta-Nehisi Coates Make the Case for Reparations at Historic Congressional Hearing
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-04
On June 19, a subcommittee of the House Judiciary held a historic hearing on reparations for slavery–the first of its kind in over a decade. The hearing coincided with Juneteenth, a day that commemorates June 19, 1865, when slaves in Galveston, Texas, finally learned that the Emancipation Proclamation had abolished slavery. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the transatlantic slave trade. Lawmakers are considering a bill titled the "Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act." It was introduced by Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston, after former Congressm…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/4/ta_nehisi_coates_danny_glover_make

Burnt workers are the newest wave of climate casualty
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-07-04
The International Labor Organization (ILO) has just released a brief–but very important–report on the impact of heat stress on workers. What the ILO finds is that the areas of the world most threatened by heat deaths of workers are Southern Asia and Western Africa. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/04/burnt-workers-are-the-newest-wave-of-climate-casualty/

Danny Glover & Ta-Nehisi Coates Make the Case for Reparations at Historic Congressional Hearing
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-04
On June 19, a subcommittee of the House Judiciary held a historic hearing on reparations for slavery–the first of its kind in over a decade. The hearing coincided with Juneteenth, a day that commemorates June 19, 1865, when slaves in Galveston, Texas, finally learned that the Emancipation Proclamation had abolished slavery. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the transatlantic slave trade. Lawmakers are considering a bill titled the "Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act." It was introduced by Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston, after former Congressm…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/4/ta_nehisi_coates_danny_glover_make

Restrictions, unmet promises, unbridled violence in Sudan, a 'recipe for disaster', says Bachelet
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-03
After nationwide protests across Sudan on Sunday, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday called on Sudanese authorities to lift restrictions on the internet and launch independent investigations into all acts of violence against demonstrators, and allegations of excessive force, including attacks on hospitals.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1041802

Wednesday's Daily Brief: Libya 'war crime' attack, Sudan, Myanmar rights violations continue, 'xenophobia' in Assam, South Sudan update
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-03
In the news this Wednesday: "Outraged" Guterres demands independent inquiry into fatal Libya migrant centre airstrike deaths; Violence and broken promises in Sudan and South Sudan, while Rohingya violations continue in Myanmar; "xenophobia" and citizenship in India's Assam state.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1041832

I Spent 16 Months in Solitary Confinement and Now I'm Fighting to End It
aclu.org | 2019-07-03
A new report proves that the degrading conditions in solitary confinement continue to harm people and communities. | I was just 17 years old when I was sent to solitary confinement in "Camp J," one of the most severe lockdown units at one of America's most brutal prisons, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. I languished in solitary for 16 months. | Back then I didn't know that Louisiana was the solitary confinement capital of the world. All I knew was that I'd been convicted of a crime I didn't commit, and I had to maintain my humanity in one of the most dehumanizing places on earth. | It's called "23 and…
aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/solitary-confinement/i-spent-16-months-solitary-confinement-and-now-im

Libya detention centre airstrike could amount to a war crime says UN, as Guterres calls for independent investigation
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-03
An airstrike on a detention centre in Tripoli that killed scores of migrants and refugees "deserves more than condemnation", UN agencies said on Wednesday, as both the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the head of the UN mission in Libya (UNSMIL), insisted that it may amount to a war crime.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1041792

Africa and Palestine: A Noble Legacy That Must Never Be Betrayed
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-03
Netanyahu's diplomatic conquests in Africa have been celebrated by Israeli media as "historic", while the Palestinian leadership remains oblivious to the rapidly changing political landscape.
mintpressnews.com/africa-palestine-solidarity-legacy-betrayed/260187/

Waiting to Be An American
Kiki Monifa | progressive.org | 2019-07-03
In terms of how I feel, as a lesbian of African descent, I am not an American, not completely.
progressive.org/dispatches/waiting-to-be-american-monifa-190703/

Africa and Palestine: A Noble Legacy That Must Never Be Betrayed
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-03
Netanyahu's diplomatic conquests in Africa have been celebrated by Israeli media as "historic", while the Palestinian leadership remains oblivious to the rapidly changing political landscape.
mintpressnews.com/africa-palestine-solidarity-legacy-betrayed/260187/

Waiting to Be An American
Kiki Monifa | progressive.org | 2019-07-03
In terms of how I feel, as a lesbian of African descent, I am not an American, not completely.
progressive.org/dispatches/waiting-to-be-american-monifa-190703/

Tuesday's Daily Brief: Hunger crisis in DR Congo, Swine Fever in Asia, Venezuela death investigation call, updates on Eritrea and Syria
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-02
This Tuesday, UN News covers: Growing food crisis in DR Congo; Swine Fever threatens millions of livelihoods in Asia; Human Rights Council told of persistent violations in Eritrea; and the humanitarian impact of on-going fighting in Syria.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1041782

DR Congo: UN food agency triples aid in strife-hit Ituri province
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-02
Food aid is being tripled for troubled Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to respond to what the World Food Programme (WFP) has described as the world's second largest hunger crisis in the world, after Yemen.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1041712

Namwali Serpell's Postcolonial Epic
Nawal Arjini | thenation.com | 2019-07-02
The Old Drift tells the multigenerational story of Zambia coming into being.
thenation.com/article/namwali-serpell-the-old-drift-novel-review/

Livelihoods of millions in East and Southeast Asia at risk from Swine Fever epidemic
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-02
The rapid spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) across East and Southeast Asia is threatening the food security and livelihoods of millions of households in the region which rely on pig farming, The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, reported on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1041722

US Scholars: 'An American attack on Iran would be an unmitigated disaster for the US, Iran, and the world'
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-02
A number of Middle East and Islamic Studies scholars in the United States have signed this open letter below, calling on US President Donald Trump to pull back from war with Iran. | We, the undersigned scholars of the Middle East and North Africa and broader Muslim world, call on President Trump to immediately pull back from the brink of a war with the Islamic Republic of Iran. | It is clear to us that the human, diplomatic, legal, political, and economic costs to both countries, the Persian Gulf and larger Middle East, the global economy and the global system of international humanitarian law of a US attack woul…
greenleft.org.au/content/us-scholars-american-attack-iran-unmitigated-disaster-us-iran-and-world

Florida Man Arrested for Racist Threats Once Attacked an African American Police Officer
Rachel Janik | splcenter.org | 2019-06-28
A long string of felony charges and a tip-off from the Department of Homeland Security led to the arrest of a Florida man for racist and antisemitic threats posted to Gab and Bitchute.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/06/28/florida-man-arrested-racist-threats-once-attacked-african-american-police-officer