(2023-07-06). BRICS Health and Pharmaceutical Association of Africa Launches. infobrics.org BRICS Health and Pharmaceutical Association of Africa has been launched in South Africa to help the African continent improve its health systems and be prepared for future pandemics…
(2023-07-06). A brutal colonial legacy is tinder for the fires that are sweeping across France. peoplesdispatch.org Racism against people of Arab and African descent in France has become almost banal, something that takes place and no longer raises an eyebrow. The killing of Nael was absolutely explicable — the result of a general social toxicity towards minorities and one that is given expression through the police…
(2023-07-06). Human suffering worsens in DRC, the heart of Africa. mronline.org 
A million more Congolese people have been displaced to satisfy the resource hunger of the industrialized world.
(2023-07-06). What To The Exploited Working Class And Poor In A Capitalist Dictatorship Is The Fourth Of July? popularresistance.org Here's a little Fourth of July Critical Race and Labor History for you: On July 2, 1777 , Vermont became the first colony to abolish slavery when it ratified its first constitution and became a sovereign country, a status it maintained until its admittance to the union in 1791 as the 14th state in the United States. However, Harvey Amani Whitfield , author of The Problem of Slavery in Early Vermont, 1777-1810, writes that slavery in Vermont was gradually phased out over a period of multiple decades. Additionally, the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) staff write in "Vermont 1777: Ea…
(2023-07-06). Nitrate Gas Inhalation Leaves 16 Dead in South Africa. telesurenglish.net At least 16 people were confirmed dead on Wednesday evening following suspected gas inhalation at an informal settlement in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. | Related: | Initial investigation indicates that it could be linked to illegal gold mining in the area, local media quoted emergency authorities as saying. | Nitrate oxide gas is often used by illegal gold miners to extract gold from soil stolen from abandoned mine shafts. | One of the gas cylin…
(2023-07-06). Fuga de gas deja al menos 17 muertos en norte de Sudáfrica. telesurtv.net Al llegar al lugar, los servicios de emergencia detectaron que era una fuga de nitrato de óxido, un gas muy venenoso.
(2023-07-06). Doce países africanos recibirán vacuna contra la malaria. telesurtv.net Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Camerún, República Democrática del Congo, Liberia, Níger, Sierra Leona y Uganda figuran entre los beneficiados.
(2023-07-06). Lawsuit Uses SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling to Go After Legacy Admissions. truthout.org A Boston nonprofit, Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR), filed a lawsuit on behalf of multiple Black and Latinx community groups on Monday, alleging that legacy admissions at Harvard University violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The parties being represented in the lawsuit — the Chica Project, the African Community Economic Development of New England, and the Greater Boston Latino… |
(2023-07-05). BRICS Summit Will Go On As Planned, Confirms Host South Africa. towardfreedom.org The International Criminal Court's arrest warrant issued against Russian President Vladimir Putin had led to speculation about the BRICS summit being shifted to China or another country to avoid his arrest. Peoples Dispatch reports.
(2023-07-05). "Inflection Point": Uprising over French Teen's Killing in Traffic Stop & Pattern of Racist Policing. democracynow.org 
In France, more than 3,000 people have been arrested after a week of nationwide protests following the police killing of Nahel Merzouk, a teenager of North African descent, captured on video. Nahel's family and friends held his funeral Saturday at a mosque in Nanterre. We speak with Rokhaya Diallo, a French journalist in Paris, who explains this killing is part of a long pattern of racist policing that has divided the country. "I wish there was a real and profound discussion about police brutality, about racialized policing," says Diallo.
(2023-07-06). Egyptian, German FMs discuss Sudan and Palestine. plenglish.com Cairo, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock reportedly discussed several issues of common interest, especially the crisis in Sudan and Palestine.
(2023-07-06). Headlines for July 6, 2023. democracynow.org IAEA Sees No Evidence of Explosives Planted at Russian-Held Nuclear Plant in Ukraine, Belarus President Says Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin Is in Russia, Biden Welcomes Swedish PM to White House, Pressing NATO Membership for Sweden, U.S. Judge Restricts Biden Administration's Ability to Stem Misinformation on Social Media, Meta Launches Twitter Competitor "Threads"; Canada Blocks Facebook and Instagram Ads, Biden Nominates Elliott Abrams, Death Squad Backer Convicted of Lying to Congress, to Gov't Commission, Hunger and Malnutrition Surge in Ethiopia's War-Torn Tigray After U.S. and…
(2023-07-06). Over 60,000 People Cross Into Ethiopia From Sudan. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that some 60,046 people have fled the conflict in Sudan into neighboring Ethiopia. | RELATED: | The UN migration agency said that over 60,000 people have arrived in Ethiopia through multiple border crossing points in Amhara, Benishangul Gumz and Gambella Regions. | It said the armed conflict in Sudan has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to neighbo…
(2023-07-06). Tunisia deports hundreds of sub-Saharan migrants across the border to Libya. peoplesdispatch.org Human rights group have expressed concern over the migrants' safety and health in the border areas where they face multiple risks including physical and sexual violence…
(2023-07-05). Gaddafi's Son Jailed in Lebanon Without Trial Hospitalized Due to Hunger Strike. orinocotribune.com Hannibal Gaddafi, son of the murdered Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been hospitalized in critical condition due to his hunger strike at the prison of the Lebanese internal security forces, Al-Hadath TV reported citing informed sources. | Last month, Gaddafi's son Hannibal went on a hunger strike to protest his incarceration without trial in Lebanon since 2015, his lawyer said. | Al-Hadath TV reported on Sunday, July 2, that Hannibal Gaddafi suffered a sharp dro…
(2023-07-06). Making Madness Normal in Wartime. indybay.org Normalized baselines, basically insane…
(2023-07-06). How Syria Profits from Trafficking Captagon, Highly Addictive Amphetamine Propping Up Assad Regime. democracynow.org 
We speak with BBC Arabic correspondent Rasha Qandeel, whose new documentary investigates Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's role in producing the highly addictive amphetamine known as Captagon and how this is impacting his relations with other states in the region. "This is going to be a main factor in a lot of changes in the Middle East," says Qandeel, who notes that curbing the drug trade has already played a role in recent moves by Arab states to normalize relations with Syria.
(2023-07-06). UN: 43 Mln USD To Mitigate Drought Impact in Somalia. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, United Nations (UN) humanitarians said that 43 million U.S. dollars have been allocated to aid Somalia in fighting the effects of drought, mainly food insecurity. | Related: | The UN has said that the allocations support the 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for Somalia. | According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) put 25 million…
(2023-07-06). Rwanda willing to support multilateral force requested by Haiti. plenglish.com Port-au-Prince, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) The President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, assured that he is willing to support the multilateral force requested by Haiti to combat the gangs in the face of the upsurge in violence.
(2023-07-06). Alertan sobre más de 60.000 refugiados del conflicto en Sudán. telesurtv.net La OIM destaca la barrera del idioma como el desafío clave para proporcionar servicios necesarios a los desplazados.
(2023-07-06). Más de 20 muertos tras otra jornada de combates en Sudán. telesurtv.net Varios barrios capitalinos recibieron ataques terrestres y aéreos, lo que provocó grandes pérdidas humanas y materiales.