Egypt's Secret War in Northern Sinai
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-09
Reports are now coming in from a bombing and counter-bombing in northern Sinai by extremist Islamists and the Egyptian armed forces that happened in late March. The explosions were recorded by journalists in the nearby Gaza Strip.
therealnews.com/stories/egypts-secret-war-in-northern-sinai
The Pandemic Has Accelerated the Global Economic "Slowbalization"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-09
COVID-19 has now reached dozens of countries including in the Middle East and Africa, and over 1 million global citizens have been infected. The global pandemic continues to impact United States domestic and foreign policy at every level of government while creating new norms in both social a…
truthout.org/articles/the-pandemic-has-accelerated-the-global-economic-slowbalization/
Preserving the legacy of the townsite of Negro Bar, Alta California established in 1849
Michael Harris from Wikipedia | indybay.org | 2020-04-09
Genesis 15: 12-14 speaks of a people enslaved and afflicted for 400 years. For 400 years people of Pan African Ancestry have been enslaved and afflicted throughout the United States of America. Rancho Rio de Los Americans begins to share the legacy along the American River Parkway.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/07/18832147.php
Ghebreyesus: 'Africa Will Not Be Testing Ground for Any Vaccine'
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-09
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization leader, condemned the suggestion of testing an anti-COVID vaccine on the African population. These statements, qualified as racism, were made by two doctors who were live on French television. | RELATED: New York Lives Its Deadliest Day With 799 Deaths by COVID-19 | The main argument for the hypothetical vaccine testing is Africa does not have the defense and preventive resources as other regions. Jean-Paul Mira and Camille Loc…
telesurenglish.net/news/-ghebreyesus-africa-will-not-be-the-testing-ground-for-any-vaccine-20200409-0014.html
UN Seeks $130 Million To Prevent Hunger Catastrophe in Zimbabwe
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-09
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said Wednesday it needed US$130 million to fund emergency operations in Zimbabwe until August and prevent a catastrophe in the southern African nation, as climate- and recession-induced food shortages deepened. | RELATED: | Uganda: Unqualified Woman Ran Health Center, 105 Children Died | The WFP added 7.7 million Zimbabweans, half the population, need food aid after a devastating drought and cyclone last year. A lack of predictable…
telesurenglish.net/news/UN-Seeks-130-Million-To-Prevent-Hunger-Catastrophe-in-Zimbabwe-20200409-0020.html
Uganda on Alert, Fight Locusts Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-09
Desert locusts swarm into Uganda from neighboring Kenya, threatening food security and livelihoods, while the country also faces another problem, the new coronavirus, COVID-19. | RELATED: | UN Warns Desert Locusts Spreading in East Africa | Farmers in Uganda are bracing for a fresh onslaught of desert locusts after two swarms entered the country from neighboring Kenya last week, threatening to destroy crops and intensify hunger amid the struggle to contain the COVID-19 pande…
telesurenglish.net/news/Uganda-on-Alert-Fight-Locusts-Amid-the-COVID-19-Pandemic-20200409-0021.html
COVID-19: New Battle in Capitalism's War on the Black Working Class
Black Alliance for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-09
"No Retreat, No Compromise: Defeat the War Against the African/Black Working Class," announced the campaign of the Black Alliance for Peace before coronavirus, before the collapse of the global economy, before the lockdowns and calls for militarization of our communities, …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-new-battle-in-capitalisms-war-on-the-black-working-class/5709152
Gradual return to normality in Germany possible 'if infection trend continues'
rt.com | 2020-04-09
German Health Minister Jens Spahn has said the country's coronavirus infection numbers are showing a "positive trend," and if that continues it will be possible to talk about a gradual return to normality after the Easter break. | He told the Handelsblatt newspaper that citizens sticking to the restrictions on public life over the Easter holiday was a necessary condition for a possible easing of the lockdown. | Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Germany will re-evaluate the situation after the Easter holiday. | The German Labor Office said on Thursday that some 650,000 companies had applied for short-time work…
rt.com/newsline/485363-return-normality-germany-trend/
Libya War Was Based on Lies, Bogus Intelligence, NATO Supported and Armed the Rebels. British Parliamentary Report
Washington's Blog | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-09
Originally published in September 2016: | Parliamentary Report Confirms What the Alternative Media Has Been Saying for Years: | The UK Parliament just confirmed what the alternative media has been saying for years. | Specifically, a new report from the bipartisan House …
globalresearch.ca/libya-war-was-based-on-lies-bogus-intelligence-nato-supported-and-armed-the-rebels-british-parliamentary-report/5547356
Second COVID-19 death in Zimbabwe reveals extent of government unpreparedness
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-09
The 79-year-old victim died on April 4 but the cause of death was determined to be COVID-19 only on April 7. The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights has demanded the government clarify the true state of preparedness…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/09/second-covid-19-death-in-zimbabwe-reveals-extent-of-government-unpreparedness/
Congressional Black Caucus tackles outsized coronavirus impact on African Americans
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-09
CHICAGO–One of every seven Illinoisans is an African-American. One of every three Chicagoans is an African-American. And 72% of the deaths in the Windy City from the coronavirus pandemic are of African-Americans. It's horrifying contrasts like that, duplicated–though not to such an extreme–in cities from New York to Milwaukee to Detroit to D.C., that have …
peoplesworld.org/article/congressional-black-caucus-tackles-outsized-coronavirus-impact-on-african-americans/
Albert Woodfox: COVID-19 Offers Public a "Small Window" into What Prisoners Face in Solitary Confinement
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-08
As millions shelter in place around the world, we speak with Albert Woodfox, who served the longest time in solitary confinement of any prisoner in the United States. Known as one of the Angola Three, along with Robert King and Herman Wallace, Woodfox was held in isolation for nearly 44 years at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola. He was convicted of killing a guard in jail, but always maintained his innocence. He says he was targeted for co-founding the first Black Panther chapter in Angola. He was released in 2016 and is now 73 years old. His memoir is "Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solit…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/8/albert_woodfox_solitary_confinement
COVID-19 in Democratic Republic of the Congo (CRC): Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst
Dr. Jean-Claude Maswana | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
This week I spoke to Congolese native Jean-Claude Maswana, economics professor at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, about COVID-19 in DRC. | ANN GARRISON: Jean-Claude, reporting on your homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is always daunting. It's not …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-drc-hoping-best-preparing-worst/5709047
"A Systematic Issue of Disparity": Black People in Louisiana Account for 70% of COVID-19 Deaths
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-08
Louisiana faces one of the worst outbreaks of the coronavirus in the United States. New data shows black people account for 70% of all the state's coronavirus deaths, though they comprise just 32% of the state's population. Louisiana also has the highest incarceration rate in the country, and more than 65% of the people in its jails and prisons are black. At least 28 people are infected, and 22 corrections staff have tested positive. State corrections officials are sending infected prisoners to the Louisiana State Penitentiary
The African Union Defends WHO Against President Trump's Attacks
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-08
The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat defended the World Health Organization (WHO) after President Donald Trump attacked this international agency. | RELATED: | Africa to Face the COVID-19 Pandemic Amid a Food Crisis | Mahamat said he was surprised by the campaign that the U.S. is implementing against WHO and its Director-General,…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-African-Union-Defends-WHO-Against-President-Trumps-Attacks-20200408-0006.html
If COVID-19 Doesn't Discriminate, Then Why Are Black People Dying at Higher Rates?
ReNika Moore | aclu.org | 2020-04-08
COVID-19 is ravaging many parts of the United States, but nowhere more than in Black communities. Early data from the Midwest and the South reveal that Black people are contracting and dying from the virus at far higher rates than whites. Louisiana just released data which shows that African Americans account for 70 percent of all deaths in the state. In Milwaukee…
aclu.org/news/racial-justice/if-covid-19-doesnt-discriminate-then-why-are-black-people-dying-at-higher-rates
New Outbreak Might Happen in the Fall, Chinese Expert Says
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-08
Shanghai's COVID-19 Clinical Expert Team director Zhang Wenhong warned of the high probability of a second international wave of infections occurring next fall. | RELATED: | China To Keep Supporting US in Fighting Epidemic: Spokesperson | "Europe and the U.S. have not been effectively controlled for the time being. In Africa, South America and India, where the economy is less developed and medical resources are insufficient, new cases have increased exponentially, which brings g…
telesurenglish.net/news/New-Outbreak-Might-Happen-in-the-Fall-Chinese-Expert-Says-20200408-0001.html
US Gov Gives 1M Masks To Israel During Shortage, Coronavirus Censorship & Trump 'Holds' WHO Funding
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-08
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 (4/7/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/us-gov-gives-1m-masks-israel-during-shortage-coronavirus-censorship-trump-holds-who-funding/
Nigeria's Realtime filmfest. to host 5 Iranian titles
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-08
TEHRAN, Apr. 09 (MNA)
Over 10,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa; Zimbabwe and South Sudan among most vulnerable
news.un.org | 2020-04-08
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday that the number of COVID-19 cases in Africa has now risen to more than 10,000, claiming more than 500 lives.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1061352
Course of coronavirus pandemic across Libya, depends on silencing the guns
news.un.org | 2020-04-07
Fighting must stop immediately in Libya if it is to have any chance of staving off the COVID-19 outbreak, the top United Nations official in the North African country said on Tuesday as he condemned an attack on a major Tripoli hospital.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1061272
Mali: UN mission fulfills mandate, aids battle against coronavirus
news.un.org | 2020-04-07
As the COVID-19 pandemic plagues the world, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali told the Security Council on Tuesday that the mission continues to fulfill its mandate while doing whatever it can to prevent the coronavirus outbreak from overrunning the country.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1061312
Coronavirus Is Being Covered Up & Suppressed Just Like The 1918 Spanish (Kansas) Flu
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-07
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 (4/6/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/coronavirus-being-covered-up-suppressed-like-1918-spanish-kansas-flu/
Deaths of Inequality: AOC on Black and Latinx Communities at Epicenter of Epicenter of the Pandemic
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-07
As COVID-19 deaths spike in African-American and immigrant communities, almost a third of New York City's infections are in Queens, one of the most diverse places in the world, and many in the hardest-hit neighborhoods are undocumented and working-class. We speak with Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who represents the neighborhoods at the epicenter of the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, about how the Trump administration's response to the pandemic is causing "deaths of incompetence," "deaths of science denial" and "deaths of inequality."
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/7/aoc_coronavirus_queens_bronx
The COVID-19 pandemic and the African American Nation
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-06
San José, CA – Much of the day-to-day news coverage on the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States has been on the plight of New York City, which has been the hardest hit to date. With more than 8 million people, NYC is the largest city in the United States, but the number of COVID-19 infections, at more than 63,000, is more than any other entire country in the world except for the United States, Spain, Italy, Germany, France and China. The death toll of more than 2500 is more than every other country in the world except for Italy, Spain, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Iran and China. | Without try…
fightbacknews.org/2020/4/6/covid-19-pandemic-and-african-american-nation
US Gov Accused Of 'Hijacking' Coronavirus PPE, Medical Martial Law Is Here & US Uses COVID19 For War
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-05
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 (4/4/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/us-gov-accused-hijacking-coronavirus-ppe-medical-martial-law-here-us-uses-covid19-for-war/
Protect Immigrant Communities: Fear Mounts of Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak in U.S. Border Camps, ICE Jails
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-03
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has joined thousands of medical professionals and immigration rights groups to demand that Immigration and Customs Enforcement release all prisoners from immigration jails as the coronavirus continues to spread. Meanwhile, immigration advocates are working to prepare crowded encampments of asylum seekers across the U.S.-Mexico border for a potentially catastrophic outbreak of COVID-19. Since the implementation of the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy, tens of thousands of asylum seekers from regions like Central America and Africa have been stranded in Mexican bord…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/3/covid_us_mexico_border_immigration_jails
Mauritius Leaks Expose Exploitation of African Nations
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
In August 2019, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists announced that businesses have used Mauritius as a tax shelter from 1992 to the present. Mauritius originally set up a series…
projectcensored.org/mauritius-leaks-expose-exploitation-of-african-nations/
International JUULs: E-Cigarette Giant Courts Foreign Governments
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
Since coming under major scrutiny for many marketing scandals, leading e-cigarette company JUUL has begun looking to enter new markets in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South America, and Asia….
projectcensored.org/international-juuls-e-cigarette-giant-courts-foreign-governments/
Uganda's 'Kill the Gays' Bill and Chick-Fil-A
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
In 2014 Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signed an Anti-Homosexuality bill which criminalized homosexuality and any person who keeps a place of any kind for purposes of homosexuality, as well as…
projectcensored.org/ugandas-kill-the-gays-bill-and-chick-fil-a/
