Excluded Headlines: An invisible massacre, Latin American medicines, Sudan..
Stay up to date on the global news stories the US- and Eurocentric media overlooks, with journalist and author, Tamara Pearson.
Welcome to another week of overlooked, distorted, and ignored news from the Global South:
Massacre of 150 people in Burkina Faso - A massacre of this size in the Global North would get a lot of attention. But in the South, that isn’t the case. On April 20, armed and uniformed men, allegedly security forces and paramilitaries, randomly shot at people in the village of Karma. Local versions of the event suggest 150 people were murdered and others injured. Supposedly, the attackers accuse Karma villagers of sheltering members of non-state armed groups. Conflict in Burkina Faso has displaced nearly 2 million people in two years. There are gold mines in the country, and key trade routes, that different forces would like control of. Source, source, source.
Mexico, Cuba, and Colombia create their own medicine agency - The three countries formalised the creation of Amlac (Medicines of Latin America and the Caribbean) on Wednesday. The agency aims to facilitate self sufficiency in the region in the development of medicines and vaccines. Ten other countries immediately signed on to the agreement. It should simplify trade in the region in ingredients necessary for manufacturing medicines, promote the development of medical technology, and improve the process for approving medicines. Source, source.
Inflation hurting Nigerians - As with many countries globally, and particularly in the northern half of Africa, inflation is seeing more Nigerians facing hunger and poverty. Food inflation is at 24%, transport costs are high, and insecurity is affecting farmers’ access to their land and their ability to provide produce. Source.
Sudanese people are terrified and lack access to basics - As usual with the Global South, mainstream media coverage of Sudan has focused recently on the perspective of foreigners, particularly those that are being evacuated. But what they aren’t talking about is how the well-organised resistance committees are rescuing injured people, and helping to provide and distribute food. And that while other countries are getting their residents out, inside Sudan there is a need for local transportation like carts to move people from their homes. That ships to Sudan have been cancelled, risking an acute food shortage soon. People are staying at home, turning the lights off and lying on the floor all day to try to avoid air strikes, and many don’t have access to electricity or water. “Everyone is unsafe, you are risking your life if you go out,” said Sudanese Australian Souzan. Source, source, source, source.
Thousands of Indigenous Brazilians want land demarcation - 6,000 Indigenous people are currently in Brasilia for a conference and marches, where they are demanding land demarcation, an end to violence, and that a climate emergency be declared. Source.
Venezuelan non-president goes to the US - Juan Guaidó, who declared himself president of Venezuela, with US support, claimed he was expelled from Colombia to the US. In actual fact, he fled to the US on Monday, and was accompanied by US agents to Miami. Source.