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2022-04-18: News Headlines

xinhuanet (2022-04-18). UN roots for enhanced data collection to fix food security crises in Africa. xinhuanet.com The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will avail financial resources and technical expertise to help African countries collect data on agriculture that is key to addressing food security crises in the continent, an official said on Monday.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-18). Sudáfrica en estado de máxima alerta ante lluvias torrenciales. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con las autoridades locales las lluvias torrenciales en la provincia oriental de KwaZulu-Natal han dejado 13 mil damnificados.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-18). Pres. Raesi felicitates Zimbabwe on Natioanl Day. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi felicitated the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe on National Day in this African country.

ecns.cn (2022-04-18). Chinese companies in Egypt donate to those in need in Ramadan. ecns.cn More than 30 Chinese companies in Egypt have taken the chance of a Ramadan charity event in Cairo to donate 1 million Egyptian pounds (about 54,245 U.S. dollars) to help local families in need, said the organizers on Saturday.

xinhuanet (2022-04-18). Egypt-U.S. joint drill Bright Star simulates real battles. xinhuanet.com Conditions similar to real battles were created in the Egyptian-U.S. joint drill "Bright Star 2017," which are being conducted at Egypt's Mohamed Naguib Military Base and will last until Sept. 20, local media reported on Monday.

WSWS (2022-04-18). French presidential candidate Le Pen threatens Germany and Algeria. wsws.org The aggressive international policy of the two presidential candidates, Le Pen and Macron, vindicates the SEP's call to build a movement to boycott the elections.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-18). Seven protesters injured in latest Sudan demonstrations. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) — Central Committee Of Sudan Doctors (CCSD) said in a statement on Monday that as many as seven demonstrators were injured in Omdurman near Khartoum on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2022-04-17). Chinese-invested enterprises in South Africa hold job fair to pursue localized development. ecns.cn Thousands of job seekers on Thursday swarmed into the Gallagher Convention Center in Johannesburg, where Chinese-invested enterprises in South Africa threw a job fair in hopes of hiring local talent for localized development.

_____ (2022-04-17). Egypt Decides to Save Itself from Hunger on its Own. journal-neo.org Video reports on national TV channels and the Internet about half-empty supermarket shelves in the US and Western Europe are causing widespread nervousness about the world's food security prospects. Despite warnings from Moscow, no one in Europe took into account that with the introduction of provocative Russophobic sanctions, designed to cripple the Russian economy, essential …

ecns.cn (2022-04-17). China sponsored vaccine cold storage facility starts construction in Egypt. ecns.cn A vaccine cold storage facility sponsored by China's Sinovac has started construction this week, the Chinese Embassy in Egypt said in a statement on Saturday.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-17). Papa Francisco pide restablecer la paz en Ucrania y en el mundo. telesurtv.net Después de su mensaje pascual, el Papa impartió la Bendición Urbi et Orbi desde el balcón central de la fachada de la Basílica de San Pedro.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-17). Fallece luchadora social Rosario Ibarra de Piedra en México. telesurtv.net El presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador expresó su pesar por la muerte de Rosario Ibarra de Piedra.

_____ (2022-04-17). Notes From Wartorn Ethiopia. popularresistance.org I'm writing from Ethiopia, where the war that began in November 2020 continues, with the US backing their former puppet, the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF), who ruled Ethiopia with an iron fist from 1991 to 2018, when they were finally overthrown by a popular uprising. | The TPLF started the war by attacking the national army's five Northern Command bases in Tigray on November 3rd and 4th, 2020, but the West's dominant state and corporate press narrative quickly became that Prime Minister Abiy had started the war by sending troops into Tigray, alleging the attack as his excuse. This was one of many ear…

Daniel Borgstrom (2022-04-17). KPFA journalist in Ethiopia. indybay.org Ann Garrison, a KPFA journalist, is in Ethiopia…

Staff (2022-04-17). 70 ISIL forces killed in Nigerian army operation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — The Nigerian army said that 70 ISIL members have been killed during an operation launched in the north of the country.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-17). Iran hosted Afghan refugees even under sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — Iran has hosted Afghan refugees and immigrants for years, even under sanctions without the usual international assistance, Government Spokesperson said in reaction to sending refugees to Rwanda by the UK government.

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