2023-06-29: News Headlines

Ann Garrison, Black Agenda Report. (2023-06-29). Human Suffering Worsens In DRC, The Heart Of Africa. popularresistance.org It's easy to think that the human suffering in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) couldn't get worse until it does, and it always does. How much more Black life will have to be sacrificed to fuel the industrial world's hunger for Congolese resource riches, meaning most of all the minerals essential to high-tech manufacturing, including state of the art weaponry? Black Africans fight one another in DRC, but all those of us on our phones, sitting in front of our laptops or in the seats of commercial and military aircraft, and in every other way wired to modern technology should know that this is our war, our hi…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-29). South African Police investigate rhino horns theft. plenglish.com Pretoria, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) Officers from the South African Police's Priority Crime Investigation Directorate (Hawks) are probing the theft of 51 rhino horns, worth nearly R9 million (nearly 500,000 dollars), from the North West Tourism and Parks Board in Mahikeng.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-06-29). Mayo Clinic Minute: Preventing cancer for future generations of Black families. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The statistics are staggering. Black people are more likely to die from cancer than other racial and ethnic groups. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African Americans have the highest death rate from cancer overall. National Black Family Cancer Awareness Week is June 15—21. Dr. Kim Barbel Johnson, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician with the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, says educating patients is essential to reducing and preventing cancer deaths…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-29). CBDC Related News: Kill CBDCs and save cash. expose-news.com Recently there has been a concerted push, globally, to implement central bank digital currencies ("CBDCs"). Africa is always the testing ground for global initiatives as they're the toughest nut to crack. As …

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-06-29). Líderes africanos se reúnen para discutir situación en el Congo. telesurtv.net La cumbre adoptó un plan conjunto para armonizar las iniciativas de las organizaciones regionales presentes y de la ONU para rebajar las tensiones en ese territorio.

ecns.cn (2023-06-29). The third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo kicks off in Hunan. ecns.cn The third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE) kicked off on Thursday in Changsha, Central China's Hunan Province, an event which is expected to take China-Africa trade to a new level.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-06-29). Angolan foreign minister attends African organization forum. plenglish.com As reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Council of Ministers will meet on Thursday in Libreville, the capital of Gabon, as a prelude to the 23rd Ordinary Session of the CEEAC Conference of Heads of State and Government, scheduled for July 1st. | The forum will examine, among other issues, the functioning of the Community, and will take stock of the political and security situation in Central Africa, the source said. | The platform is currently composed of 11 states: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sa…

Staff (2023-06-28). Headlines for June 28, 2023. democracynow.org Supreme Court Rejects GOP's Radical "Independent State Legislature Theory", Canadian Wildfire Smoke Brings Hazy Skies to Europe, "Very Unhealthy" Air Alerts in U.S. Cities, Russian Missile Strikes Restaurant in Ukraine's Kramatorsk, Killing 9 and Wounding Dozens, Belarusian President Says He Convinced Wagner Chief to Call Off Mutiny in Russia, U.S. Sanctions Companies Profiting from Wagner Group Mining Concessions in Africa, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio Wins Reelection, Nurses in Texas and Kansas Hold One-Day Strike to Demand Safe Staffing Levels, DOJ Report Finds Mi…

Ajamu Baraka (2023-06-28). US-Based Black Radicals Convene in Atlanta, Georgia to Develop An Agenda for Resistance and Transformation. orinocotribune.com By Ajamu Baraka — Jun 21, 2023 | A conference brought Black radicals together to develop strategies for self-determination, Pan-African solidarity, and liberation. | We are immersed in the irreversible contradictions of the end of the epoch of US and European capitalist domination to a world in which for the first time in more than five hundred years, the Western world will no longer be in a position to establish the rules and enforce its "order" on a global scale without effective opposition from the 90 % that makes up the rest of global humanity. | But the white world is not ready to accept the end of whit…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-28). Fighting Continues in Sudan as Humanitarian Crisis Worsens. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe Sudan And South Sudan Border Crossing Still Open Potential for foreign intervention exists as 2 million are displaced with hundreds of thousands fleeing across several borders In a recent report published by the South African-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS), an argument was made for the mobilization and deployment of an African Union…

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2023-06-28). The Standoff Between Russia's Defense Ministry and Wagner's Prigozhin: Implications for Africa. globalresearch.ca

Middle East Eye (2023-06-28). US Targets Wagner Group Over Gold Smuggling in Africa, UAE Firm Sanctioned. globalresearch.ca

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-28). Access to water, sanitation, hygiene may save millions of lives — WHO. plenglish.com Geneva, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) Improving access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) could prevent at least 1.4 million deaths per year and 74 million disability-adjusted life years in 2019, especially in the African and Southeast Asia regions, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported Wednesday.

WSWS (2023-06-28). PSOE-Podemos enforcement of EU "Let them drown" policy kills another 37 migrants in Spain. wsws.org Of a group of 61 people who were sailing in a rubber boat from Africa on their way to the Canary Islands, only 24 have survived.

_____ (2023-06-29). Moscow-Algeria: on the way to deepening a partnership. journal-neo.org

teleSUR, DRL (2023-06-28). Atentado deja 34 muertos en Burkina Faso. telesurtv.net Desde el pasado septiembre, el país está gobernado por una junta militar dirigida por el capitán Ibrahim Traoré, que llegó al poder tras un golpe de Estado, el segundo en ocho meses.

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-06-29). Falleció Hugo Blanco, histórico luchador social y ecosocialista peruano. indybay.org

Ryan Cristián (2023-06-28). New Ad5 Aerosolized COVID Jab Already Failure, Hotez/Fauci Funding & Was Patriot Front Just Exposed? 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 (6/28/23). 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

Editor (2023-06-28). Remembering Arnest Thiaya, Father of Kenya's Trans Community. scheerpost.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-28). Letter from President Daniel Ortega to UN Secretary General Regarding ICJ 1986 Ruling. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega commemorates the 37th anniversary of Nicaragua's historic victory at the International Court of Justice. June 27, 2023. Photo: JP+ Below is the letter from President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, to United Nations Secretary General António Guterres on the anniversary of the judgement handed down by the International Court of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-28). Prigozhin Goes into Exile but Leaves Behind a Can of Worms. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. Bhadrakumar On Monday night, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the nation for the second time with the intention to bring the curtain down on the coup attempt by Wagner "founder" Yevgeny Prigozhin on June 23-24. It was quintessentially a self-congratulatory speech — well-deserved, perhaps. The speech had four principal elements. First, Putin took note right…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-28). Uncapped China-Russian Cooperation. libya360.wordpress.com Wang Wen Deepening comprehensive China-Russia economic and trade cooperation is actually a puzzle, as the two countries learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses, writes Valdai Club expert Wang Wen. 1) China-Russia cooperation, under the impetus of internal and external factors For many years, China-Russian cooperation has not been seen favourably…

Malik Miah (2023-06-28). United States: India's Modi receives a royal welcome. greenleft.org.au Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Washington DC on June 21, reports Malik Miah, receiving a royal welcome despite his right-wing, anti-Muslim and anti-democratic policies.

teleSUR (2023-06-29). Morocco Recalls Ambassador From Sweden Over Quran Burning. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Morocco has recalled its ambassador from Sweden for indefinite consultations after the burning of the Muslim holy book Quran in Stockholm. | RELATED: | The Swedish government authorized a demonstration outside the Stockholm Mosque at the Medborgarplatsen square in the Swedish capital on Wednesday, the first day of Eid al-Adha, one of the most celebrated festivals on the Islamic calendar. | During the demonstration, a person identified as Salwan…

Leo Earle (2023-06-28). Senegal: Violent clashes as protesters stare down president. greenleft.org.au At least 16 people were killed, hundreds injured and more than 500 arrested, following three days of protest in Senegal in early June, prompting fears of a further crackdown, reports Leo Earle.

Susan Price (2023-06-28). Sudan: Local organising central to responding to war and humanitarian crisis. greenleft.org.au Green Left spoke to Maysoon Elnigoumi, a member of the Sudanese community in Western Sydney, on June 9, to find out more about the grassroots responses to the humanitarian crisis. Susan Price reports.

Farai Mutsaka (2023-06-28). Zimbabwean women fight for sexual freedom; challenge law banning sex toys as 'obscene'. peoplesworld.org HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP)—Sitabile Dewa was content with her sex life when she was married, but after her divorce, she found her prospects for erotic pleasure rather bleak. In socially conservative Zimbabwe, divorced women and single mothers are often cast as undesirable partners for men, and in her frustration, Dewa decided she wanted to use sex …

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