'Measles Has Killed 4,500 Children in DR Congo' MSF Recalls
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-06
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Thursday reported that around 4,500 children died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2019 as a result of the worst measles outbreak of the last decade. | RELATED: | DR Congo Suffers World's Largest Measles Outbreak Ever: WHO | Three of four deaths of minors occurred due to a contagious di…
telesurenglish.net/news/Measles-Has-Killed-4500-Children-in-DR-Congo-MSF-Recalls-20200206-0006.html

Syrian Army's Offensive in Idlib Deepens Rift Between Russia and Turkey
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-06
Major strains are appearing in Russian-Turkish relations, particularly over the Syrian Army's latest offensive against Turkish-backed jihadists in Idlib and Russia's non-agreeance with Turkey's support for the Muslim Brotherhood government based in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. Last week Turkish…
globalresearch.ca/syrian-army-offensive-idlib-deepens-rift-between-russia-turkey/5702948

Draft UN Resolution Condemns Trump Middle East 'Peace' Plan
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-06
A draft United Nations Security Council resolution rebuked Tuesday President Donald Trump's pro-Israel peace proposal and condemned Israeli plan to annex its illegal settlements in Palestinian territories. | Tunisia and Indonesia circulated the draft text to council members. Though it …
globalresearch.ca/draft-un-resolution-condemns-trump-middle-east-peace-plan/5702925

The Divided States of Trumpistan?
Wim Laven | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-06
With the end of the Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump the partisan divide is deepened and acquittal a mere formality. Mitch McConnell promised to quickly acquit Trump of the charges, he did so with no witnesses or evidence provided. It leaves me wondering what this leaves of American democracy, the Constitution, and where is the…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/06/the-divided-states-of-trumpistan/

Cocktails, on the house: Kitchen taps in Indian town flow with BOOZE after well contamination mishap
rt.com | 2020-02-06
Residents in one Indian town are abuzz after their kitchen taps began gushing with the hard stuff, with an ill-fated attempt by local officials to dispose of confiscated liquor turning one neighborhood into a speakeasy. | Apartment complex owner Joshy Maliyekkal was among the first to notice the strange brown liquid oozing from the taps at his flat in Chalakudy, which he first believed was caused by a rusting pipe. | "I had barely switched on my water pump to fill the overhead tank on Sunday afternoon when the sight of the water got me really scared," Maliyekkal said, adding that the smell was "unmistakable,"
rt.com/news/480189-india-water-taps-alcohol/

Libya is being torn apart by outsiders
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-02-05
Ghassan Salamé is the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. He took over this job in 2017, six years after the catastrophic NATO war on Libya. What Salamé inherited was a country torn into shreds, two governments in place–one in Tripoli and one in Tobruk–and one civil war that had too many […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/05/libya-is-being-torn-apart-by-outsiders/

FROM THE FIELD: Chad returnees' reluctant homecoming
news.un.org | 2020-02-05
Citizens of Chad who have spent most of their lives as refugees in neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR) have been talking to the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, about the challenges they have faced returning to their home country.
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Africa's Sahel: Act now before the crisis 'becomes unmanageable', urges Grandi
news.un.org | 2020-02-05
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is stepping up response in Africa's Sahel region where escalating violence has forced a rising number of people to flee their homes.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1056782

Netanyahu-Burhan Meeting Blasted in Sudan
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-05
News of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Monday meeting with the head of Sudan's sovereign council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, prompted protests in Khartoum, as even the country's ministers said they were unaware of the meeting and heard about it through media. | RELATED: | Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teen as Tension Rise Over US Plan | I…
telesurenglish.net/news/Netanyahu-Burhan-Meeting-Blasted-in-Sudan–20200205-0017.html

State of the union 'boycott': AOC & Ayanna bravely skip, Ilhan & Tlaib bravely go, but either way it's #Resistance
rt.com | 2020-02-04
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley will skip Trump's State of the Union address, while Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib will attend as an act of "resistance." | It appears the congressional "squad" of freshman Democrats is divided on how best to resist President Donald Trump. | The New York Democrat known as AOC announced she will not be attending Tuesday night's State of the Union address from the president. She says her presence will "legitimize" Trump. | After much deliberation, I have decided that I will not use my presence at a state ceremony to normalize Trump's lawless conduct & subversion of the…
rt.com/usa/480081-aoc-trump-sotu-squad/

FROM THE FIELD: 'A piece of me' was taken
news.un.org | 2020-02-04
"My flesh has been taken away, but I can never give away my heart"; those are the powerful words of resolve from Abida Dawud, one of three women survivors of female genital mutilation, or FGM, from Ethiopia, who have been speaking to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) about their experiences.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1056462

Both sides in Libya conflict agree need for lasting ceasefire: UN negotiator
news.un.org | 2020-02-04
The UN negotiator leading talks in Geneva to secure an end to fighting in Libya said on Tuesday that high-ranking officials from both sides of the conflict have agreed on the need for a "permanent and lasting" ceasefire to replace an uncertain truce.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1056642

Anti-Colonialism and anti-Semitism in Harlem
Yoav Litvin | mronline.org | 2020-02-04
The strong anti-colonial, anti-Zionist sentiment within the African-American community renders it impossible for organizations such as the Anti-Defamation-League (ADL) to assess its anti-Semitism accurately, as they conflate Judaism with Zionism and Israel, and anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. Jews and African-Americans can be natural allies who combat all forms of racism if and only if Jews also […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/04/anti-colonialism-and-anti-semitism-in-harlem/

Anti-Colonialism and anti-Semitism in Harlem
Yoav Litvin | mronline.org | 2020-02-04
The strong anti-colonial, anti-Zionist sentiment within the African-American community renders it impossible for organizations such as the Anti-Defamation-League (ADL) to assess its anti-Semitism accurately, as they conflate Judaism with Zionism and Israel, and anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. Jews and African-Americans can be natural allies who combat all forms of racism if and only if Jews also […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/04/anti-colonialism-and-anti-semitism-in-harlem/

South Sudan: UN official welcomes release of women and children abducted by armed group
news.un.org | 2020-02-04
The expert leading UN efforts to stamp out sexual violence committed during wartime has welcomed the release of 78 women and 50 children by an armed group in South Sudan.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1056712

ACLU: Trump Is Expanding His Racist Travel Ban, This Time Targeting Africans
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-03
The Trump administration has expanded its contested travel ban to six additional countries

Generals, Princes, and Black Snakes
James Lamont | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-02
Damn The Man, Damn The Empire (January 16th) In 2012 Barack Obama was reelected following the disastrous US-led war on Libya that he began without approval from Congress, and two years after the assassination of Osama Bin Laden, without trial, inside a sovereign nation. In 2011 Obama also came out with this progressive chestnut: "Unlike …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/generals-princes-and-black-snakes/

"Coded Bias": New Film Looks at Fight Against Racial Bias in Facial Recognition & AI Technology
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-30
A new documentary looks at the dangers of artificial intelligence and its increasing omnipresence in daily life, as new research shows that it often reflects racist biases. Earlier this month, Cambridge, Massachusetts, became the latest major city to ban facial recognition technology, joining a growing number of cities, including San Francisco, to ban the artificial intelligence, citing flawed technology and racial and gender bias. A recent study also found that facial recognition identified African-American and Asian faces incorrectly 10 to 100 times more than white faces. The film "Coded Bias" begins with Joy B…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/30/coded_bias_shalini_kantayya_joy_buolamwini

Headlines for January 29, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-29
McConnell Tries to Secure Votes to Block Impeachment Witnesses, "Our Rights Are Not for Sale": Palestinians Reject Trump's Middle East Plan, Trump Praises Pompeo for Shouting and Cursing at NPR Reporter, WaPo Reinstates Reporter Suspended for Tweeting About Kobe Rape Case, Death Toll from Coronavirus Virus Hits 132, with 6,000 Infected, Over 100,000 Syrian Civilians Flee Regime Offensive in Idlib, Floods Kill 30, Displace 16,000 in Madagascar, Mississippi to Shut Down Unit of Parchman Prison After Deaths of 9 Prisoners, Maryland Cop Charged with Murder for Killing Handcuffed Man in Police Car…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/29/headlines

Weekend Read: 2020: African Americans and the Vote
splcenter.org | 2020-01-29
Historian Carter G. Woodson in 1926 established "Negro History Week" to celebrate the contributions to our nation made by Black people.
splcenter.org/news/2020/02/01/weekend-read-2020-african-americans-and-vote