2023-05-25: News Headlines

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2023-05-25). Africa Celebrates 60th Anniversary of the African Union (OAU-AU). globalresearch.ca

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-05-25). Leidesdorff Plaza, showcasing California Pioneers of African Descent Historic Folsom. indybay.org May 1966, Leidesdorff Plaza was dedicated by the Sacramento Negro Museum and Library Association, Inc. | May 2023 we are excited to continue the journey towards researching, documenting, preserving and showcasing the salient contributions by people of African Descent in early California History, (1840-1875) for distant future generations.

Lynda Carson (2023-05-25). Blind African American Section 8 tenant fears budget cuts may harm him. indybay.org Image Of Blind Man Using A Cane…

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-05-25). ONU pide acciones para atender crisis en el Cuerno de àÅfrica. telesurtv.net Guterres recordó que desde fines de 2020, la región sufre la peor sequía en cuatro décadas.

teleSUR (2023-05-25). A Fugitive Wanted for Rwandan Genocide is Arrested>. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, former police inspector Fulgence Kayishema, one of the most wanted fugitives from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, was arrested in Paarl in South Africa. | RELATED: | He planned and carried out the murder of some 2,000 people at the Nyange Catholic Church during the genocide against Tutsis, said the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (ICTR), the institution that…


teleSUR (2023-05-25). UN: 2.4 Bln USD by Donors at Event for People in Horn of Africa. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, at a UN-sponsored event, donors declared a sum of 2.4 billion U.S. dollars aimed at supplying crucial sustenance and life-saving aid to approximately 32 million people in the Horn of Africa. | Related: | The successful prevention of famine can be attributed in part to the substantial contributions of local communities, humanitarian agencies and governmental bodies, alongside the generous contributions of don…

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-05-25). Sube a 17 la cifra de muertos por brote de cólera en Sudáfrica. telesurtv.net El portavoz del Departamento de Sanidad de la provincia de Gauteng, Motalatale Modiba, confirmó el número de decesos.

Editor (2023-05-24). Malcolm X's revolutionary trip to Africa. mronline.org African Stream tells the story of Malcolm X's political transformation that led to his assassination a few months after his return.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-24). Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in China. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison Eritrea can chart an exciting new development path through mutually respectful collaboration with China. Any doubt that a new multipolar world has emerged in the Horn of Africa should have dissipated last week with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki's trip to China. President Xi Jinping rolled out the red carpet for Afwerki and his delegation and…

Misión Verdad (2023-05-24). The Architecture of Open Society Foundation's Interference and Looting (+Francia Marquez). orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — May 24, 2023 | In an unprecedented event in Colombian politics, the vice president of Colombia, Francia Márquez, publicly thanked the Open Society Foundations of speculator and financial hit man George Soros for financing her recent tour to Africa, an occurence that invites us to reflect on the mechanisms that his foundation uses to achieve his political and economic goals. | It is well known that Soros owns a vast conglomerate of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and foundations around the world, but Francia Márquez's message is a reminder that this is not the only tool he uses to achi…




Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-05-24). People's Health Tribunal finds Shell and Total Energy guilty of harming African communities. peoplesdispatch.org Environmental, health, and human rights activists deplored the actions of extractive corporations in Africa, who exploit natural resources and sow poverty and disease, during a People's Health Tribunal…

scorinoco (2023-05-24). FBI Indicts US Black Activists on Speech Crimes, International Day of Action Set for May 27 (+Uhuru). orinocotribune.com On May 27, 2023, people around the world will gather publicly to demand "Drop the charges against the Uhuru 3!" | In early May, African People's Socialist Party (APSP) Chairman Omali Yeshitela, 81, was shackled in handcuffs and leg irons after reporting to the Middle District Federal Court in Tampa for his arraignment in a courtroom packed with supporters. | Chairman Yeshitela faces federal charges after a lifetime of organizing dedicated to "the liberation for Africa and African people everywhere." | Penny Hess, 77, and Jesse Nevel, 33, two white persons working under the leadership of the APSP also face charges…

Toward Freedom Editor (2023-05-24). VIDEO: Breaking the Colonial Grip on African Journalism. towardfreedom.org

Julian Cola (2023-05-24). Western Media Distorts Conflict in Sudan, Underplaying U.S. Interests that have Driven its Past Interference in the Country. covertactionmagazine.com "'All-out war' suddenly broke out in Sudan, U.S. traveler says," read the title of an NBC news report published on April 18. Eight days later, The New York Times published an article headlined, "'War Has Just Erupted': Reporting on the Conflict in Sudan." Centered around interviewing the Times's chief Africa correspondent, Declan Walsh, the piece …

MEE staff (2023-05-24). Tunisia: Families of jailed leaders file case at African court. middleeasteye.net Tunisia: Families of jailed leaders file case at African court | The case was filed on Wednesday by families hoping to seek freedom for their loved ones | Wed, 05/24/2023 – 20: 51 | Rached Ghannouchi greets supporters upon arrival at a police station in Tunis, on 21 February 2023 (AFP) | Families of imprisoned opposition members in Tunisia filed a case at the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights in Ta…

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-05-24). People's Health Tribunal finds Shell and Total Energy guilty of harming African communities. peoplesdispatch.org Environmental, health, and human rights activists deplored the actions of extractive corporations in Africa, who exploit natural resources and sow poverty and disease, during a People's Health Tribunal…

scorinoco (2023-05-24). FBI Indicts US Black Activists on Speech Crimes, International Day of Action Set for May 27 (+Uhuru). orinocotribune.com On May 27, 2023, people around the world will gather publicly to demand "Drop the charges against the Uhuru 3!" | In early May, African People's Socialist Party (APSP) Chairman Omali Yeshitela, 81, was shackled in handcuffs and leg irons after reporting to the Middle District Federal Court in Tampa for his arraignment in a courtroom packed with supporters. | Chairman Yeshitela faces federal charges after a lifetime of organizing dedicated to "the liberation for Africa and African people everywhere." | Penny Hess, 77, and Jesse Nevel, 33, two white persons working under the leadership of the APSP also face charges…

Toward Freedom Editor (2023-05-24). VIDEO: Breaking the Colonial Grip on African Journalism. towardfreedom.org

Julian Cola (2023-05-24). Western Media Distorts Conflict in Sudan, Underplaying U.S. Interests that have Driven its Past Interference in the Country. covertactionmagazine.com "'All-out war' suddenly broke out in Sudan, U.S. traveler says," read the title of an NBC news report published on April 18. Eight days later, The New York Times published an article headlined, "'War Has Just Erupted': Reporting on the Conflict in Sudan." Centered around interviewing the Times's chief Africa correspondent, Declan Walsh, the piece …

MEE staff (2023-05-24). Tunisia: Families of jailed leaders file case at African court. middleeasteye.net Tunisia: Families of jailed leaders file case at African court | The case was filed on Wednesday by families hoping to seek freedom for their loved ones | Wed, 05/24/2023 – 20: 51 | Rached Ghannouchi greets supporters upon arrival at a police station in Tunis, on 21 February 2023 (AFP) | Families of imprisoned opposition members in Tunisia filed a case at the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights in Ta…

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-05-24). The Fall of the University of Capetown. thealtworld.com This is the fate that is looming over every University and Faculty in the Western World | The Fall Will Continue | While UCT — and South Africa — remain notionally free societies, there is a deep institutional and national pathology, whereby certain classes of people, defined especially by "race" and "se…

Rick Rozoff (2023-05-24). New aircraft carrier, with four anti-missile warships, is first U.S. carrier to visit Norway in 65 years. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa/U.S. Sixth FleetMay 24, 2023 First U.S. Aircraft Carrier to Visit Norway in 65 Years U.S. Navy's newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), arrived in Oslo, Norway, for a scheduled port visit, May 24.This port visit is the capital ship's first stop while deployed to the U.S. …

teleSUR (2023-05-24). Horn of Africa to Experience Dry June-September Weather. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African bloc, said that dry weather will be experienced in the Horn of Africa region from June to September, amid the risk of worsening an already precarious food security situation. | RELATED: | The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC), based in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, said Djibouti, Eritrea, central and northern Ethiopia, northern…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-05-24). Cuba's FM stands out deep cultural roots with Africa. plenglish.com Havana, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Wednesday spoke about the deep cultural roots that unite this country with Africa, which are everlasting and consolidated.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-25). Aspiring for a better diet? Try asparagus. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Asparagus is a perennial flowering plant brought from Europe to North America hundreds of years ago. However, its history dates back to ancient Egypt, where images of it can be found on the walls of tombs. It originally grew wild along riverbanks or the seashore, preferring a soil too salty for other plants. The world's top producers of asparagus are China, Peru and Germany. Most of the asparagus grown in the U.S. comes from three…

Mera Aladam (2023-05-24). Netflix: Egyptians launch social media campaign over Cleopatra depiction. middleeasteye.net Netflix: Egyptians launch social media campaign over Cleopatra depiction | Egyptians are sharing pictures of themselves next to ancient busts amid continuing backlash over a docu-drama that portrays the queen as Black
| Wed, 05/24/2023 – 12: 39 | This stitched image puts the bust of the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti next to a picture of Egyptian internet personality Nouran Tarek Elsayed (Twitte…

Mohammad Ayesh (2023-05-24). Arabic press review: Egyptian prisoners launch collective hunger strike. middleeasteye.net Arabic press review: Egyptian prisoners launch collective hunger strike | Meanwhile, Qatar is set to boost investments in Egypt while Saudi Arabia tops regional box office revenues | Wed, 05/24/2023 – 13: 53 | A media tour of the Correctional and Rehabilitation Center in Badr City, 70 kilometres northeast of Cairo, on 16 January 2022 (AFP)
| Egypt: Hunger strike begins over jail condi…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-25). Mayo Clinic research on remote hospital care for a rural or urban home setting. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Chad Semling, who is 47 years old, spent 113 days in the hospital for recovery and rehabilitation before being admitted to Advanced Care at Home, a Mayo Clinic program that uses telehealth to provide health care remotely for patients who live in rural and urban areas. Semling, a Mayo Clinic patient in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, suffered multiple compression fractures within his back, a collapsed lung, fractured ribs and severe lung blockage, all due to COVID-19….

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-25). Premio Princesa de Asturias de las Letras para Haruki Murakami. telesurtv.net Los 20 miembros del jurado analizaron este martes qué literato será el premiado en una reunión presidida por el director de la Real Academia Española, Santiago Muñoz Machado,…

Staff (2023-05-24). El hotel Presidente comienza jornada por su 95 aniversario. cubadebate.cu Ha transcurrido casi un siglo desde aquel viernes 28 de diciembre de 1928, día en que se inauguró el hotel Presidente. Dicen que el mismísimo presidente, el tristemente célebre Gerardo Machado, abrió con una simbólica llave de oro su puerta principal. Al momento de su inauguración se consideró el edificio más alto de La Habana, alzando con elegancia sus 10 pisos, que le otorgaron en esa fecha la categoría de "primer rascacielos" de la ciudad.

teleSUR (2023-05-24). UN: DR Congo Heavy Rain Death Toll Rises to 443. telesurenglish.net The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that the official death toll in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached 443 following sustained emergency response efforts to address the ongoing heavy rainfall. | Related: | According to the OCHA, numerous individuals are wounded, while several others remain unaccounted for due to the floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in early May. Rescue and…

Ryan Cristián (2023-05-25). Dual Use: New Aerosolized mRNA-Delivering Nanoparticles Can "Vaccinate" Or They Can Eliminate. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/24/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Matthew Ehret (2023-05-24). The Roots of Modern Eco-Terrorism: From MK Ultra and the Unabomber to Maurice Strong and Yuval Harari. thelastamericanvagabond.com Strange things are happening. Every few days, it has become customary to hear stories of trains carrying toxic waste derailing in rural food producing regions of the USA, or food processing plants going up in flames. Meanwhile propaganda justifying the confiscation of property in the name of the greater good advances within the U.S. Environmental

Prof. Maurice Okoli (2023-05-24). Ghana's Economic Policies Within the Geopolitical Context and the Corona Crisis. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-05-25). Pacific leaders' meeting ramps up US-led anti-China offensive. wsws.org Papua New Guinea and Washington signed an anti-China Defense Cooperation Agreement giving the US military sweeping "boots on the ground" access to the country.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-24). Approval of US Troops to Train Peruvian Armed Forces Proves US Behind Coup. libya360.wordpress.com Clau O'Brien Moscoso Peruvian military training at Fort Hood, Texas in 2021 (Photo: jbsa.mil Donald Sparks) US SOUTHCOM is strengthening ties with Peru's coup government by training that country's military and police force. National Strike, Day 140 Amid continuing social upheaval five months after the parliamentary coup against Pedro Castillo, the Peruvian Congress, controlled by…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-24). Colombian Government Partially Suspends Ceasefire with FARC-EP. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced the partial suspension of bilateral ceasefire between the government and the Estado Mayor Central (EMC) on May 22. Photo: Colombian Presidency/Twitter The Petro government suspended the bilateral ceasefire with the Estado Mayor Central (EMC), a dissident group of the FARC-EP guerilla group, in four departments after the murder…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-24). De-dollarisation Clashes with India-China Border Dispute. libya360.wordpress.com Saheli Chowdhury The global de-dollarisation trend is not totally a bed of roses, or at least there are thorns in the roses that have to be taken into account. While de-dollarisation seems to be an irreversible trend on the global scale, at regional levels it is running into bilateral or regional political tensions. In this…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-24). Haiti's Women Food Suppliers Face Mounting Pressures. libya360.wordpress.com Rose Hurguelle Point du Jour ROSE HURGUELLE POINT DU JOUR, GPJ HAITI Cedeniese Lexima, a wholesale produce buyer known as a Madan Sara, searches for quality produce at the market in Maniche. The Madan Sara provide a vital service by collecting farmers' produce and selling it in urban communities. But natural disasters and growing insecurity…

teleSUR (2023-05-25). UN: 8.5 Mln USD for Cyclone Victims in Madagascar. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the United Nations allocated a sum of 8. 5 million U.S. dollars in order to provide assistance to the 335,000 people residing in the worst-hit areas by storms in Madagascar. | Related: | According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), they are working with the government to continue aiding the southeastern region of the island nation, which was severely hit by cyclonic activities in the precedi…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-25). Consumer Health: Understanding metastatic brain cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about metastatic brain cancer. Overall, the chance that a person will develop a malignant tumor of the brain or spinal cord in their lifetime is less than 1%, according to the American Cancer Society. Nevertheless, nearly 19,000 people in the U.S. will die from brain and spinal cord tumors in 2023. A brain tumor is a growth of cells in the…

teleSUR (2023-05-25). Yemen Faces Financial Hurdles Due to Houthi Attacks. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik said that Yemen is facing financing difficulties following a drop in public revenues caused by Houthi attacks on oil export ports. | RELATED: | The Houthi attacks have caused an estimated US$1 billion in losses, preventing the government from meeting its responsibilities, including improving public services and paying wages across the war-torn country. | To address the challeng…

Editor (2023-05-24). The Limits of Saudi Normalization With Israel. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Biden administration is devoting what energy the State Department has aside from the effort to defend Ukraine to achieving diplomatic normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia. The premise for this entry of the Saudis into the Abraham Accords is that it would seek …

teleSUR (2023-05-24). Over 1 Mln Are Internally Displaced in Somalia in Four Months. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said that severe drought, recurrent conflict and devastating floods have forced more than 1 million people in Somalia to flee their homes in just 130 days. | RELATED: | Conflict was among the main causes of displacement between Jan. 1 and May 10, while more than 408,000 people were displaced by floods sweeping across their villages a…

WSWS (2023-05-24). Australian parliamentary inquiry into Long COVID downplays crisis. wsws.org Despite receiving 566 submissions, many from Long COVID sufferers and concerned scientists and doctors, the report minimalised the impact of this "mass disabling event."

Pavan Kulkarni, Black Agenda Report. (2023-05-25). Sudan: The Left Welcomes Ceasefire. popularresistance.org Heavy shelling in Sudanese capital Khartoum and its sister-cities of Khartoum Bahri (North) and Omdurman continued on the morning of Monday, May 22, hours before a seven-day ceasefire was scheduled to begin at 9: 45 p.m local time. | The "Agreement on a Short-Term Ceasefire and Humanitarian Arrangements" was signed on May 20 by the envoys of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—former allies and partners-in-coup who have been fighting each other since April 15. | By then, the death toll of civilians caught in the crossfire had climbed to 850, while nearly 4,000 others w…

Brittani Banks (2023-05-24). Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Headlines in This News Package: Will the Latest Ceasefire Hold in Sudan? Despite Poor Record, Greece's Ruling New Democracy Emerges as Single Largest Party in Elections Economic Sanctions Hurt the Poor, Sick, and Vulnerable, Shows Report Political Crisis in Ecuador Continues Following Dissolution of Parliament Will the Latest Ceasefire Hold in Sudan? [262 words] …

teleSUR (2023-05-24). Zimbabwe: Voters' Roll Inspection Before General Elections. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Utoile Silaigwana, ZEC's (Zimbabwe Electoral Commission) chief elections officer, said that the voters' roll inspection will be from May 27 to 31 before this year's general elections. | Related: | According to Silaigwana, a total of 11,289 inspection centers have been established throughout the nation's ten provinces. | "Those who registered on or before 28 April 2023, are encouraged to inspect the voters' roll at their ordinary poll…

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