2022-09-02: News Headlines

G. Dunkel (2022-09-02). Hungry Haitians have had enough. workers.org August 22 is the day the Haitian revolution began in 1791. The date commemorates the fact that an enslaved people, a majority of whom were born in Africa, organized an army that defeated the highly praised, veteran French military, on the battlefields of Vertières and elsewhere — giving the oppressed . . . |

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-09-02). Inicia primer Foro de Inversión y Comercio Afrocaribeño. telesurtv.net La presente edición es organizada por el Banco Africano de Importación y Exportación y el Gobierno de Barbados.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-09-02). Venezuela y Colombia trabajan en reabrir frontera común. telesurtv.net Este es uno de los pasos del proceso de normalización de las relaciones entre Bogotá y Caracas luego de la juramentación del presidente colombiano, Gustavo Petro.

Ann Garrison (2022-09-01). WHO chief, TPLF leader Tedros silent about Tigrayan theft of World Food Program fuel. thegrayzone.com UN World Health Organization chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom is also the world's most prominent advocate of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front. He has said nothing about the TPLF's recent theft of fuel intended for UN relief efforts in Ethiopia. On the morning of August 24th, fighting in Ethiopia's Amhara Region shattered a ceasefire in a nearly two-year war between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Then, in the late afternoon of August 24th, UN World Food …

Anonymous103 (2022-09-01). Military Situation In Ukraine On September 1, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the 14th mechanized brigade of the AFU near Ruski Tyshky with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the 93rd mechanized brigade of the AFU near Chasov Yar with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the 72nd mechanized brigade of the AFU near Artemovsk with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Andriivka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Malinovka with high-precision missil…

WSWS (2022-09-01). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Airline and airport workers in Portugal, Spain, Belgium and Germany continue fight to reverse cuts to pay and conditions; educators begin pay and conditions strikes in France, Hungary, Poland and Serbia as new school term begins; refuse workers in Newham, London walk out and further bin strikes planned across Scotland as inflation hits low paid; protests in Soweto, South Africa against energy cut-offs to poverty-stricken workers making illegal connections to electricity grid…

Ann Brown (2022-09-01). Jackson, Miss. Facing Drinking Water And Flooding Crisis, Calls Go Out For US Government Intervention. moguldom.com Jackson, Miss., is dealing with massive flooding and drinking water shortages. Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba urged residents to evacuate as soon as possible. He made an announcement warning locals to "get out now," ahead of rising river waters. Jackson is the state's biggest city. Jackson is 82.47 percent Black or African American and 6.19 percent …

TeleSUR (2022-09-01). Sudan Warns of Nile's Rising Water Level Amid Heavy Flooding. telesurenglish.net The Nile River's water level is rising alarmingly in its sections in Sudan, local authorities warned on Wednesday, prompting new flood concerns in areas that have already been fighting floodwater or battered by torrential rains since June. | RELATED: | "All sections on the Blue Nile River, a major tributary of the Nile River, are witnessing a rise and nearing the flood level," the Sudanese Irrigation and Water Resources Ministry announ…

Anonymous103 (2022-09-01). France's Neocolonial Attempt To Exploit Algerian Gas Likely To Fail. southfront.org Macron in AlgeriaAnalysts believe Algeria is not able to replace Russian gas. | Written by Amid the search for diversification of energy sources, France seems ready to resume some of its colonial ties with Algeria. The African country is an important gas producer and can help Europe with supplies at this time of widespread shortages as consequenc…

TeleSUR (2022-09-01). WHO Calls on Taking Advantage of Traditional Medicine in Africa. telesurenglish.net The World Health Organization has revealed Wednesday that African countries must take advantage of traditional medicine to treat and cure the diseases affecting most of the population of the region, as it has proved its effectiveness against several health problems. | RELATED: | Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, revealed the critical role herbal medicine plays in the continent of the burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases. | "T…

Staff (2022-09-01). Workers' Party leads the battle to save democracy in Tunisia. peoplesdispatch.org Hamma al-Hammami, the general secretary of the Workers' Party of Tunisia (WP), has asserted that his party, along with its allies, will soon launch a national campaign to overthrow President Kais Saied's political and constitutional system. According to the WP, Saied's so-called reforms exploit the popular anger against the established ruling class, which has failed …

____ (2022-09-01). Tanker refloated after running aground in Egypt's Suez Canal. ecns.cn A large oil tanker stranded in Egypt's Suez Canal was refloated late Wednesday, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said on Thursday.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-09-01). Canciller colombiano recibe cartas credenciales del embajador de Venezuela. telesurtv.net Con la entrega de las cartas credenciales se formaliza el restablecimiento de las relaciones diplomáticas bilaterales.

_____ (2022-08-31). The Symbolism of the "Warm" Reception Macron Faced in Algeria. journal-neo.org Africa as a whole and its northern and western parts especially have recently been turned into a political Mecca. Caravans of representatives of the ruling European political elite would head there in a bid to find a way out of the energy crisis unleashed by the US and the EU upon the world. This crisis …

Abayomi Azikiwe (2022-08-31). Washington's "Modern Cold War" against Africa. SADC Summit Rejects Anti-Russian Bill in U.S. Congress. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2022-08-31). University of Minnesota Teamsters picket, march against poverty wages. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — More than 300 University of Minnesota (UMN) service workers represented by Teamsters Local 320, along with members AFSCME, students, faculty, and others, protested on the school's campus, August 30, to demand an end to poverty wages and abusive employment practices. | Local 320 represents 1500 workers at UMN who clean buildings, service dormitories, maintain grounds, prepare food, maintain HVAC systems, care for research animals, drive trucks, and perform other activities across the university's five campuses. Many of the workers are Black, including immigrants from Somalia, Ethiopia and…

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