(2021-07-24). Can East African workers overcome cooptation and suppression? roarmag.org 
Young man selling padlocks in the streets of Kisumu, Kenya. Photo : Marcel Crozet / ILO / | In early November 2020, four Kenyan doctors died within a span of 24 hours. Up to that point, East Africa had remained comparatively under-harmed by COVID-19, but this was a wake-up call to the nearly 8,000 members of the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU…
(2021-07-24). Nigeria's President Buhari clampdown on reporting of "security issues" amid mounting turmoil. wsws.org The media clampdown is part of a broader effort by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to keep a lid on the social tinderbox that is Africa's most populous country and largest economy.
(2021-07-24). UN Human Rights Council sets up team to probe violations in Israel and OPT. peoplesdispatch.org The three-member commission of inquiry will be headed by Navi Pillay from South Africa, who was the head of the UNHRC from 2008-2014. Miloon Kothari from India and Chris Sidoti from Australia will be the other members…
(2021-07-24). July 26th Became a Movement: The Cuban Masses Make History. libya360.wordpress.com Gregory E. Williams Members of Cuba's 26th of July Movement. Today the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba is a museum and a school—fitting, given the Cuban Revolution's well-known commitment to education. But this was the site of a battle that radically altered the course of history on the island. In the early morning hours…
(2021-07-24). [World Report] Social unrest disrupts South African health care. thelancet.com Riots and looting have prevented medical care and cut supply chains of food, medicines, and COVID-19 vaccines. Munyaradzi Makoni reports from Cape Town.
(2021-07-24). [Perspectives] Cheryl Moyer: egalitarian in global health research. thelancet.com When we meet on Zoom, Cheryl Moyer joins from her new office—the home gym above her garage in Ann Arbor, MI, USA. She is used to being on the road for much of the year for global health research, and she misses her African friends and colleagues. But she says that while the COVID-19 pandemic stopped her regular field trips to Ghana, it has empowered her local partners to "grab the ball and run with it. They may not need us high-income country partners after all", she laughs. "That's how it should be and I feel good about that."
(2021-07-24). Expert Alert: Mayo Clinic experts available to comment on Olympics. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic experts are available to offer comments throughout the Olympics on everything from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on training and competition to injuries that athletes may be dealing with. Here is a sampling: Chad Asplund, M.D.Dr. Asplund is a primary care sports medicine physician. He can discuss endurance sports, rhabdomyolysis, heat injury, sleep and athletic performance. Elijah Behr, M.D.Dr. Behr is a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London…
(2021-07-24). [World Report] Inquest begins over South African mental health failings. thelancet.com An inquest has begun into the deaths of 144 patients deinstitutionalised from Life Esidimeni psychiatric care facilities. Marion Scher reports from Johannesburg.
(2021-07-24). Biden's Second Drone Strike Hit Al-Shabaab In Somalia. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | On July 23, the US military carried out an airstrike in Somalia, targeting al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab militants. It was the second airstrike carried out by the US military in Somalia under the presidency of Joe Biden. | According to Pentagon spokeswoman Cindy King, the Military Command for Africa (Africom) carried out a drone strike in the vicinity of the town of Qeycad, 500 km northeast of Mogadishu. She also stressed that there were no US forces on the ground, alongside the Somali army, the spo…
(2021-07-24). The Role of the Writer in Political Reform. zcomm.org Nigerians have experienced negative changes in all three areas. Nigerians now clamour for reform, beginning with the structural foundation of the country…
(2021-07-24). Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: A unifying Peoples Project. nationofchange.org Ethiopians are faced with a choice: unite and prosper or withdraw into ethnic rivalries and fall into further conflict and discord.
(2021-07-24). [Correspondence] Heterogeneity of treatment effects in malignant pleural mesothelioma. thelancet.com The results from CheckMate 7431 are a relevant advance for the systemic treatment of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. However, we have concerns about the presentation and interpretation of subgroup analyses. Some further clarity would be helpful for the applicability of the study results in clinical practice, beyond the unequivocal clinically relevant effect observed in the whole population.
(2021-07-23). Israel Granted Observer Status at the African Union. telesurenglish.net The Jewish state was not admitted as an observer back in 2002 when the African Union was founded, and it has tried ever since to get a seat at the continental organization. Although the AU has condemned the Israeli attacks on Palestine, Israel seeks to strengthen the commercial ties with the block.
(2021-07-23). COVID + Capitalism = Death. liberationnews.org 
In a shocking new report, the Centers for Disease Control just announced the largest single-year drop in life expectancy in the United States since World War Two. Life expectancy for people in the United States dropped by an astonishing one-and-a-half years from 2019 to 2020. Life expectancy for Black and Latino people dropped by a …
(2021-07-23). "Summer of Soul," a look back at 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. peoplesworld.org 
Soul, gospel, blues, jazz, R & B, funk, and rock. The music scene of the late sixties and early seventies was a zenith for these styles, and African Americans were a vital part of it all. The sheer volume of talent at the time was overwhelming. Wattstax, the 1973 film of the August 20, 1972 …
(2021-07-23). 'Summer of Soul,' a look back at the pulsating 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. peoplesworld.org Soul, gospel, blues, jazz, R & B, funk, and rock. The music scene of the late sixties and early seventies was a zenith for these styles, and African Americans were a vital part of it all. The sheer volume of talent at the time was overwhelming. Wattstax, the 1973 film of the August 20, 1972, …
(2021-07-23). Cape Verde Admits Alex Saab's Arrest Warrant was in Someone Else's Name (Kidnapping). orinocotribune.com A year after the arrest of the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, Cape Verde's Attorney General (PGR), Luis Jose Landim, admitted that the warrant used to arrest him on June 12, 2020, was actually issued in somebody else's name. | In the counter-allegations presented before the Constitutional Court, the PGR requested a correction in these terms: "It was mentioned that there was an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol against the appellant, issued by the US judicial authorities in the file. The name on the order is the name of àÅlvaro Enrique Pulido-Vargas." | Later, the PGR stated that the documents…
(2021-07-23). U.S. bombs four countries in 25 days. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Afghanistan Somalia Syria Iraq…
(2021-07-23). The TPLF Attack on Ethiopia Contains the Accumulated Evil of the War. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison The western nations that Ethiopia previously kow-towed to claim national government forces attacked Tigrayan troops first, when precisely the opposite occurred. "The US and its allies haven't even been able to get past the first step—UN Security Council censure—with regard to Syria, then Burundi, and now, Ethiopia." "War is essentially an evil thing….
(2021-07-23). Increased jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso spark record-breaking displacement: UNHCR. news.un.org Rising violent attacks by jihadist groups in Burkina Faso are forcing record-breaking numbers of people to flee both inside the country and across international borders, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, reported on Friday.
(2021-07-23). Sanders, Lee, and Murphy Slam Biden Administration's First Drone Strike in Somalia. commondreams.org "Not so incidentally, the $25 billion spending increase approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee exactly matches the cost to scale up Covid-19 vaccine production to meet global demand."
(2021-07-23). Headlines for July 23, 2021. democracynow.org Tokyo Olympics Kick Off Amid COVID Surge, Protests; Italy Unveils New Pass for Vaccinated People, Missouri Hospital Worker Warns COVID Surge Will Get Worse; 20% of L.A.'s Cases Are Vaccinated People | , U.S. Imposes New Cuba Sanctions as 400+ Noted Activists, Political Figures Call for End to Embargo, Rep. Hank Johnson, Prominent Black Voting Rights Advocates Arrested at Pro-Democracy Demonstration, Indian Farmworkers Renew Protests Against Neoliberal Agricultural Reforms, South Africa Updates Death Toll from Unrest to at Least 337 People, 20 Refugees Likely Dead After Mediterranean Shipwreck, U.S. Launches Airst…
(2021-07-23). El Salvador ordena arresto de expresidente Sánchez Cerén. telesurtv.net La FGR indicó que pedirá a la Policía Internacional (Interpol) que gire una alerta roja, a fin de arrestar a Sánchez Cerén (2014-2019).
(2021-07-23). Putin's strategic partner Turkey blasts him over Libya, echoing AFRICOM accusation. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahJuly 23, 2021 'Regular Russian troops stationed in Libya' [T]here will be no future for freedom, democracy, or human rights "in regions where Putin maintains military bases, trades his veto power for influence and engages in media and electoral sabotage." Russia has been one of the biggest supporters of the putschist Gen Khalifa Haftar …
(2021-07-23). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Continuing pay strike by 60,000 Iranian contract oil workers as economy buckles under US sanctions; resident doctors on indefinite strike over lack of pay in Ekiti state, Nigeria; metalworkers' strikes and protests in Italy against layoffs and closures…
(2021-07-23). Colombia: An Unusual and Extraordinary Threat to Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Since 2016, more than 900 social leaders have been killed in Colombia. Between 2020 and 2021, 78 massacres have been recorded, in which 292 people were killed. Since the beginning of the strike, the figures of repression are grotesque: 84 people murdered, 75 disappeared, 3,274 detained, 1,790 people injured. With 70% of the world production,…
(2021-07-23). Bolivian General Arrested for Coup Massacre. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Former military general Iván Patricio Inchauste Rioja has been arrested for his role in the massacre of protesters in Senkata, carried out on orders of the Añez regime, just days after the coup against Evo Morales in November 2019. Incahuaste Rioja was promoted to Brigadier General by Jeanine Añez on November 13th, three…
(2021-07-23). This Is Where The US Might Invade Next. popularresistance.org Lee Camp sits down with investigative journalist Ann Garrison to learn about the U.S.'s imperialist goals in Ethiopia. Garrison is a contributing editor at Black Agenda Report who has been reporting on the civil war inside Ethiopia. The U.S.'s intentions in Ethiopia can be mapped out with a look at its history of "humanitarian" intervention and its actions during the genocide in Rwanda.
(2021-07-23). [Research Paper] A prospective observational safety study on ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 corona virus vaccine (recombinant) use in healthcare workers- first results from India. thelancet.com COVISHIELD carries an overall favourable safety profile with AEFI rates much less than reported for other adenoviral vaccines. Females, those with hypertension, individuals with history of allergy and hypothyroidism may need watchful vaccine administration. This being an interim analysis and based on healthcare workers who may not reflect the general population demographics, larger inclusive studies are warranted for confirming the findings.
(2021-07-23). Ilhan Omar Demands Answers After First Somalia Airstrike of Biden Era. commondreams.org When used by police and immigration enforcement, biometric surveillance technology can perpetuate an already dangerous racist system.
(2021-07-23). Biden Admin's Drone Strike in Somalia Draws Fire From Sanders, Lee and Murphy. truthout.org 
A trio of senators, including Bernie Sanders of Vermont, issued a statement late Thursday condemning the U.S. military's "We're troubled that no one in the administration sought the required legal authorization from Congress for Tuesday's drone strike in…
(2021-07-23). 60 años del FSLN: nacido y pensado por la libertad de Nicaragua. telesurtv.net El Gobierno nicaragüense liderado por el comandante Daniel Ortega ostenta logros económicos.
(2021-07-23). Pegasus: Espionaje y lavado de dinero, doble agravio neoliberal a los mexicanos. globalizacion.ca Para desarrollar el software de espionaje Pegasus, comprado por el gobierno de Enrique Peña Nieto a la firma israelí NSO por 32 millones de dólares, se desarrolló en México una red de transferencias financieras a través de empresas fachadas, que…
(2021-07-23). Operation Condor II: "The Right-Wing Coalitions in the Region Have Washington's Backing" libya360.wordpress.com Revista Zoom Revista zoom interviewed Stella Calloni, a specialist in international affairs who analyzed the current situation in the region. R.Z.—The region and the continent are going through a very particular moment. Specifically, we wanted to talk about Cuba, Bolivia and Haiti. We would like to talk about everything that is happening in these places,…
(2021-07-23). Statement of the International Delegation to Nicaragua, July 18-25 2021. libya360.wordpress.com We have come to Nicaragua this week to see for ourselves the lived reality of the Nicaraguan people. We are here from the United States, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico. From July 18 to July 25 our delegation, organized by the Nicaragua Network, had the opportunity to visit Managua,Granada, Estelí and Masaya. We have seen the…
(2021-07-23). Deadly Disparity: Closing the Tree Equity Divide. commondreams.org "It is critical that we realize we are not going to simply drone the al-Shabaab problem to death," the Somali-American congresswoman asserted.