2022-09-17: News Headlines

From UN (2022-09-17). California ready for Unstoppable Africa. indybay.org The entire California Corridor to include or California State Capitol is looking forward to hosting our African Diaspora Spring 2023, building on goals and objectives of the Global Africa Business Initiative…

Scorinoco (2022-09-17). Documentary 'Alex Saab, A Kidnapped Diplomat' Premieres. orinocotribune.com The documentary Alex Saab, A Kidnapped Diplomat, directed by Venezuelan journalist and documentary filmmaker Karen Méndez, which tells the truth about the illegal detention of Venezuelan ambassador Alex Saab, first in Cape Verde and since October 2021 in the United States, premiered on Friday, September 16. | "For years, opinion experts on media have lied about Alex Saab, and they hide the truth that he brought food, medicine and fuel to Venezuela in the midst of the total blockade by the US," Méndez wrote on Twitter. "It is time to listen to lawyers, experts and family members to understand the story of the firs…

Karl-Gàºnter Technau, Ahmad Haeri Mazanderani (2022-09-17). [Comment] Point-of-care HIV diagnosis for infants: the outcomes we need to achieve. thelancet.com Caring for infants and young children living with HIV remains a reality for many families. Despite decades of work leading to a substantial reduction in vertical transmission rates, the stark reality of poor and often late access to HIV diagnosis and subsequent antiretroviral therapy (ART) remains an issue. This is especially true in the African region, where 90% of all HIV-exposed infants reside.1 150‚Äà000 children aged 0—9 years acquire HIV globally each year, but less than two-thirds access early infant testing services.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-09-17). Al menos 21 muertos, entre ellos 19 niños, deja accidente en Sudáfrica. telesurtv.net Un minibús con alumnos de primaria a bordo chocó con un camión de reparto en la tarde del viernes.

Staff (2022-09-17). Agostinho Neto: La claridad política y la firmeza revolucionaria (+ Fotos). cubadebate.cu Sobre el primer presidente de la Angola independiente, el líder de la Revolución Fidel Castro dijo en 1992: "Una de las cualidades excepcionales de Agostinho Neto fue la firmeza revolucionaria, la defensa intransigente de los principios, la tenacidad en su lucha que lo llevó a la victoria".

_____ (2022-09-16). Libya and the Way Out of a Severe Crisis. journal-neo.org Violence has returned to the streets of the Libyan capital Tripoli for the third time this year, as prevailing tensions between the North African country's two parallel governments have again escalated sharply. With 32 people killed and 160 injured, mostly civilians, the warring militias have not even spared hospitals in their attempts to control more …

Staff (2022-09-16). Mundial de lucha: Reineris Andreu estará en el repechaje de los 57 kg. cubadebate.cu El librista Reineris Andreu estará en la repesca de los 58 kg en el Campeonato Mundial de Lucha, tras ganar un combate y caer en octavos de final ante uno de los finalistas de la división. Andreu, doble titular mundial entre menores de 23 años, debutó con éxito por superioridad técnica de 10-0 ante el sudafricano Jakobo Tanki Tau.

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-09-16). Actress Viola Davis: If You Don't Go See 'Woman King' You're Sending Message To Hollywood Black Women Can't Lead. moguldom.com "The Woman King" film has received rave reviews from critics and so has its lead star, award-winning actress Viola Davis. However, some members of the Black community see the film as insulting due to its focus on the all-female warriors who defended the ancient West African Dahomey Kingdom (now Benin) — which attained much of …

Phillip Dexter, Roscoe Palm (2022-09-16). Hiding in Plain Sight: The Capture of South African 'Independent' Media by the U.S. State and Big Capital. towardfreedom.org It is time we knew who the masters of South African media really are, write Phillip Dexter and Roscoe Palm of Pan-African Institute for Socialism.

Staff (2022-09-16). Al Falasteniyeh: New Palestinian media network committed to return and liberation. samidoun.net youtu.be/BfsbtlRZMKQ Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes Al Falasteniyeh Media Network, a new Palestinian media initiative that aims to link Palestinians inside occupied Palestine and everywhere in exile and diaspora together with Arab and international liberation movements, with a clear and principled commitment to anti-normalization, return and liberation. With the slogan, "From the River to …

TeleSUR (2022-09-16). Reconciliation Talks Between Palestinian Factions to Resume. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Wassel Abu Yousef, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee, announced that reconciliation talks between 14 Palestinian factions to end more than 15 years of internal division will resume in Algeria in October. | RELATED: | The Fatah Party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) will join…

TeleSUR (2022-09-16). UN Decries High Child Labor Rates in Africa Amid Rising Poverty. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the International Labour Organization (ILO) decried the high child labor rates in Africa amid the rising poverty. | RELATED: | ILO Country Director for Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda Wellington Chibebe told journalists in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, that Africa accounts for about 92 million out of 160 million child laborers in the world. | "Africa stands out as the region with the highest p…

Editor (2022-09-16). Boyah J. Farah: A Somali Boy's Escape From Somalia's Harrowing Genocide Leads Him To His Dream Paradise—and the Brutality of American Racism. scheerpost.com : Boyah J. Farah seemed most struck by the beautiful green lawns…

TeleSUR (2022-09-16). Zambia Rallies Africa for Common Voice at Climate Negotiations. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Zambian government called for closer collaboration among African countries and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in advancing mutual interests ahead of the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) slated for Egypt in November this year. | RELATED: | The Minister of Green Economy and Environment Collins Nzovu said as chair of the Af…

Robert Inlakesh (2022-09-16). Gaza Follows Lebanon With Claims To Gas Fields. thelastamericanvagabond.com On September 13, different Palestinian political factions in Gaza organized a demonstration, coinciding with the inauguration of a sea passage at the Gaza port. The demonstrators chanted for their rights to Gaza's gas fields, seemingly inspired by Lebanon's own bid to secure its rights to its natural resources. This Tuesday, Palestinians participated in an event,

WSWS (2022-09-16). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Telangana coal mine contract workers strike for higher pay; Kerala government doctors protest wage revision anomalies; Bangladeshi transport workers strike over police harassment; Australia: Northern Territory power and water utility workers strike; New Zealand casino workers rally over pay.

Staff (2022-09-16). Venezuelan Foreign Minister Attends Inauguration of Re-elected Angolan President Joà£o Lourenàßo. orinocotribune.com The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Carlos Faría, participated this Thursday, September 15, in the inauguration ceremony of the re-elected president of Angola, Joà£o Lourenàßo, and the vice president, Esperanàßa Costa. | "We witnessed the official inauguration ceremony of the President of the Republic of Angola, where we expressed a fraternal greeting from our President Nicolás Maduro and the People of Bolivar and Chávez," the Venezuelan foreign minister announced through his Twitter account. | Fuimos testigos de la Ceremonia Oficial de Investidura del Presidente de la Republica de An…

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