Kim Ives, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-04-13). Revolution's Human Costs And Unintended Consequences. popularresistance.org On the night of August 21, 1791, the enslaved men and women of the French colony of Saint Domingue, then the richest in the Western Hemisphere, rose up in fury. | They had been kidnapped from Africa, survived the deadly "middle passage," seen their families separated, enslaved under inhuman conditions, worked around the clock, tortured, raped, abused, and humiliated. | When the day of reckoning came, three centuries of anger erupted in a geyser of violence. | The rampaging slaves burned the plantations and homes of their European enslavers.

Rhoda Wilson (2024-04-13). Bill Gates and the UN impose their digital IDs on Sierra Leoneans. expose-news.com The West African nation of Sierra Leone is at full throttle with its digital transformation efforts, and its MOSIP-based foundational identity system is the nucleus of this project. The Modular Open Source …

The Independent (2024-04-13). Ukraine opens embassy in Cote d'Ivoire. independent.co.ug ABIDJAN | Xinhua | Ukraine on Thursday inaugurated an embassy in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, in an attempt to expand its diplomatic presence in Africa. "The opening of the embassy in Cote d'Ivoire, a country rightly considered one of the leaders in the West African region, is explained above all by our desire to intensify global …

| Name (2024-04-13). Mali's media regulator bans outlets from covering political groups. malijet.com

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-04-13). Unleashing CAR-T cell therapy to destroy solid tumors in thyroid cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic researchers will jump four hurdles to apply chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) to solid tumors in thyroid cancer. This regenerative immunotherapy has shown promising results in blood cancers, and new research is focused on using this treatment on more types of malignancies. "CAR-T cell therapy is unlike other therapeutics," says Saad Kenderian, M.B., Ch.B., a hematologist and cancer researcher. "Other therapies may slow down cancer. CAR-T cell therapy has shown…

The Independent (2024-04-13). Parliament delays allocation of Shs200 billion for UNRA staff. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has rejected and re-allocated Shs200 billion budgeted to compensate Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) staff that will be affected by rationalisation. The funds have now been earmarked for debt repayment. This decision came amidst deliberations led by Dan Atwijukire, the Chairperson of the Committee on Physical Infrastructure, during the …

The Independent (2024-04-13). Parliament approves salary enhancement for UPDF officers. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a significant move aimed at boosting the welfare of Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) officers, Parliament has approved a Shs962.23 billion for the enhancement of their salaries. This decision was presented by Wilson Kajwengye, the Chairperson of the Defence Committee of Parliament as the House considered the defence ministerial …

| Namearlene Getz (2024-04-13). Togolese authorities release journalist Apollinaire Mewenemesse with conditions. Arlene Getz/CPJ Editorial Director

| Namecpj Middle East, North Africa Program (2024-04-13). One year into Sudan's civil war, its media faces grave threats. CPJ Middle East and North Africa program

Gijs Walraven, Harrison Chuwa, Alain Fourquet, Paschal Rugajjo (2024-04-13). Correspondence] Primary health care and the Tanzania Comprehensive Cancer Project. thelancet.com In his Offline,1 Richard Horton argues that "the global health community's emotional attachment to the 1978 Declaration of Alma-Ata, which codified a commitment to primary healthcare, is stifling" efforts to realise universal health coverage and hinders the inclusion of hospital-based services and specialist health care to address more complex health problems, such as cancer care in sub-Saharan Africa.1…

teleSUR, ahf, YSM (2024-04-13). Inundaciones dejan al menos 13 muertos en Kenia. telesurtv.net Las autoridades kenyanas han reportado inundaciones en solo nueve de los 47 condados que conforman el país.

teleSUR, dcdc, SH (2024-04-13). Alertan que 55 millones de africanos podrían sufrir de hambre. telesurtv.net Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leona y Mali serán los países más afectados de África, debido a factores como los conflictos, la inflación creciente o las barreras comerciales.

teleSUR, dcdc, YSM (2024-04-13). OMS: miles de niños y mujeres pueden morir pronto de hambre en Sudán. telesurtv.net En general, cinco millones de personas están "al borde de la hambruna" en las zonas afectadas por el conflicto.

newarab (2024-04-13). US-Iraq defence ties part of talks next week, official says. newarab.com The security and defence relationship between the The official, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity, said the emphasis of Al-Sudani's visit would be economic ties, even as Washington and…

newarab (2024-04-13). US pleads for world to care more about Sudan year into war. newarab.com

newarab (2024-04-13). Sudanese women: The backbone of society in the face of war. newarab.com "I know a 30-something woman from Al Geneina [in West Darfur] whose kids were shot dead in front of her eyes while they were on their way to the border with Chad trying to escape from the country," begins Dallia Abdelmoneim, a political commentator from Khartoum. | Dallia, who currently works at the Sudanese think-tank Fikra for Studies and Development, tells The New Arab that the young woman, a lawyer and activist, now helps refugees in Chad offering them legal assistance and ensuring they have access to food and healthcare. | "Millions of women in Sudan have been bearing the brunt of violence and displacemen…