Daily Archives: 2023-02-17

2023-02-17: News Headlines

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-02-17). Mueren seis personas por intensas lluvias en Sudáfrica. telesurtv.net Sudáfrica declaró por segunda ocasión el estado de desastre, desde el jueves de la semana pasada.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-02-16). African American Resistance in the Rural South. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-16). US Launches Another Airstrike in Somalia, Claims 5 al-Shabaab Killed. news.antiwar.com US Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced it launched an airstrike in Somalia against al-Shabaab on Wednesday, the second known US airstrike in the country this month. In a press release on Thursday, AFRICOM claimed the strike killed five al-Shabaab fighters and said it "assessed" no civilians were killed due to the remote location of the strike. …

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-02-17). Mueren seis personas por intensas lluvias en Sudáfrica. telesurtv.net Sudáfrica declaró por segunda ocasión el estado de desastre, desde el jueves de la semana pasada.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-02-16). African American Resistance in the Rural South. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-16). US Launches Another Airstrike in Somalia, Claims 5 al-Shabaab Killed. news.antiwar.com US Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced it launched an airstrike in Somalia against al-Shabaab on Wednesday, the second known US airstrike in the country this month. In a press release on Thursday, AFRICOM claimed the strike killed five al-Shabaab fighters and said it "assessed" no civilians were killed due to the remote location of the strike. …

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2023-02-16). "African Unity" and the Failure of Regional Integration, Current Geopolitical Changes. globalresearch.ca

Ngakiya Camara (2023-02-16). Decades of Racial Bias Preceded College Board's AP Black History Course Changes. truthout.org For weeks, prominent scholars and educators, including Ta-Nehisi Coates, Kimberlé Crenshaw and David J. Johns, have called out the College Board for removing contemporary topics and scholarship in Black history from the new Advanced Placement (AP) African American History course being piloted across 60 U.S. schools. Some of these revisions — regarding topics like Black Lives Matter… |

WSWS (2023-02-16). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Doctors' strike continues in Madrid, Spain, with mass demonstration; Three day nationwide strike by UK university academics over pay and conditions; French workers continue strikes against pension reform; National strike in Belgium in defence of wages; Municipal workers strike in cities across the Netherlands; Lebanese teachers' strike over pay and conditions enters seventh week; Strikes and protests by Iranian workers; Residents in Zenzele, South Africa march to demand public services…

WSWS (2023-02-16). US College Board capitulates before Florida governor's attack on AP African American Studies curriculum. wsws.org The censorship of the AP African American Studies course in the state is part of a much broader attack by the far right on public education and democratic rights.

Tanupriya Singh (2023-02-16). Burkina Faso, Guinea y Mali proponen un eje estratégico en medio de la destitución militar francesa. peoplesdispatch.org Los tres países de àÅfrica Occidental, que han sufrido recientemente un golpe militar en medio de la creciente indignación pública contra Francia, han acordado un eje Bamako-Conakry-Uagadugú, para una mayor cooperación en asuntos que van desde el comercio a la lucha contra la inseguridad.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-16). Daily Round-up | Rights groups sue Peru's president for protesters' killings & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode, we bring you stories of Colombians marching in support of President Gustavo Petro's government, Palestinian prisoners launching a civil disobedience movement, Amnesty criticizing a British firm for its role in evictions in Kashmir, and the US and Papua New Guinea in talks over a defense agreement…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-16). How the West Planned to Use Ukraine to Fight a Proxy War with Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Olga Sukharevskaya Since the beginning of Russia's military offensive, almost one year ago, Ukraine has received tens of billions of dollars from the West. These funds are directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of people, including civilians in the east of Ukraine. Primarily focused on their own interests, the US and its allies are full…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-16). Russian State Duma Demands Urgent International Investigation into the US Terrorist Attack on Nord Stream II. libya360.wordpress.com Appeal of the State Duma of the Russian Federation to the United Nations with a Proposal for an Urgent Investigation by the International Community into the Crime Committed by the USA in the Baltic Sea on 26 September 2022 An appeal was unanimously supported by all factions of the State Duma The results of an…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-16). Sevim Dagdelen: Germany Must Investigate Nord Stream II Sabotage Claims. libya360.wordpress.com Lawmaker Sevim Dagdelen made her appeal after a report alleged that the US was behind the Nord Stream blasts Berlin must not obstruct the creation of an international inquiry into the explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, Sevim Dagdelen, a German MP from the Left Party (Die Linke), said on Tuesday. Dagdelen's appeal came…

_____ (2023-02-16). Iraq: Dismal results of the first 100 days of the new government. journal-neo.org In its first 100 days in power, the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani has already left the first, and not very positive, signs of what may await the country in the near future. To say the least, the government's heavy-handed actions have largely deviated from the promises al-Sudani made before taking office, resulting in …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-02-16). U.S. Sanctions Against Zimbabwe Condemned as "Crime Against Humanity" covertactionmagazine.com The U.S. is blaming Zimbabwe's government (which it is conveniently trying to overthrow) for the tragic humanitarian crises afflicting its suffering people. But the International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism has now placed responsibility directly on the harsh economic sanctions that the U.S. has been imposing on Zimbabwe for the last 22 years. Just two …

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