African Americans & The Vote: Film Screening & Exhibit Opening
Citizen Film | indybay.org | 2020-01-29
San Francisco African American Historical & Cultural Society | 762 Fulton Street, 2nd Floor | San Francisco, CA 94102…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/27/18830116.php

In impeachment crisis, Trump continues fascistic appeals, Democrats promote warmonger John Bolton
wsws.org | 2020-01-29
An architect of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Bolton has advocated wars for regime change in Iran, Syria, Libya, Venezuela, Cuba, Yemen and North Korea.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/29/impe-j29.html

President Erdogan slams Trump's so-called deal on Mideast
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-29
U.S. President Donald Trump's so-called Middle East peace plan ignores Palestinians' rights and attempts to legitimize Israel's occupation, said Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday.Answering the questions of reporters on a return flight from his Africa tour, Erdogan said the plan will not serve peace and solution in the region. It ignores Palestinians' rights and attempts to legitimize Israel's occupation, he stressed."Jerusalem is sacred for Muslims and Trump's so-called peace plan proposing to leave Jerusalem to Israel is never acceptable," Erdogan added.On Tuesday, Trump released his oft-delay…
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Erdogan says patience with Russia 'running out' over Syria bombardment
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-29
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Russia was not abiding by the Sochi or Astana agreements regarding Syria's northwestern Idlib province, broadcaster NTV reported on Wednesday.Renewed bombardments by Russia-backed Syrian regime forces on Idlib have raised concern of a new refugee wave from the area, where some 3 million people live.Erdogan made the comments to reporters on his flight back from Senegal. He was also quoted as saying Turkey had told Russia that Ankara is running out of patience with the bombardments, adding that it would do what is necessary.
yenisafak.com/en/news/erdogan-says-patience-with-russia-running-out-over-syria-bombardment-3510764

FROM THE FIELD: Sourcing clean water in Ghana
news.un.org | 2020-01-28
Communities in northern Ghana are benefiting from the rehabilitation of water sources which is expected to boost livelihoods and build resilience against climate change, thanks to a project supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1056072

Horn of Africa Locust Outbreak Threatens Food Security
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-28
A massive locust invasion is currently threatening food security for the already vulnerable communities of the Horn of Africa, from Ethiopia to Kenya to Somalia, the United Nations (U.N.) said. | RELATED: | World's Most Under-Reported Crises Are in Africa: CARE | Ethiopia and Somalia had not seen such swarms in 25 years, and Kenya had not faced a threat of this magnitude in 70 years. | A report released last week by a U.N. ag…
telesurenglish.net/news/Horn-of-Africa-Locust-Outbreak-Threatens-Food-Security–20200128-0021.html

World's Most Under-Reported Crises Are in Africa: CARE
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-28
Of the top 10 most forgotten 2019 humanitarian crises fuelled by the climate emergency nine were in Africa, according to a new analysis entitled "Suffering in Silence" and released Tuesday by CARE International. | RELATED: | Water-Related Violence Increased More Than 50% in 2010s: Report | "In 2019, over 51 million people suffered in 10 crises away from the public ey…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-Worlds-Most-Under-Reported-Crises-Are-in-Africa-CARE-20200128-0017.html

West Darfur tensions could see 30,000 flee across Sudanese border to Chad: UN refugee agency
news.un.org | 2020-01-28
The number of people fleeing to Chad to escape ongoing tensions in Sudan's West Darfur state, could reach 30,000 in the coming weeks, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
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Largely Driven by Climate Crisis, 9 Out of 10 Least-Reported Humanitarian Crises of 2019 Were in Africa
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-28
Out of the top 10 most under-reported humanitarian crises in the world, nine are on the African continent, according to a new report—and a majority of them have been at least partially driven by the climate crisis, which is affecting daily life in Africa more than in other continents. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-01-28_at_1.18.08_pm.jpg …
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Libya: UN report urges accountability for deadly attack against migrant centre
news.un.org | 2020-01-27
Warring parties in Libya, as well as foreign governments supporting them, are being urged to investigate deadly airstrikes last July which killed at least 53 migrants and refugees at a detention centre in the northwest of the country.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1056052

FROM THE FIELD: Niger supporting the most vulnerable, as crises mount
news.un.org | 2020-01-24
The number of people requiring humanitarian assistance in Niger, a country which the UN humanitarian agency, OCHA, says is "being assaulted on all fronts", is expected to increase in 2020.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1055831

"The New Colossus": In New Play, Tim Robbins Tackles Immigration & Xenophobia
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-23
President Trump said Wednesday that he would expand his highly controversial travel ban, which already bars citizens from seven countries, most of which have Muslim-majority populations

'Abolish the billionaires' say high school climate activists
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-23
Climate Pip HinmanIssue 1250 AustraliaJanuary 23, 2020″It is time to abolish billionaires … because we cannot afford them, the planet cannot afford billionaires," Kenyan climate activist Njoki Njoroge Njehu told 10,000 protesters in Lausanne, Switzerland on January 17. She is right. It is the billionaire class that is blocking moves to make t…
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