Excluded Headlines for 14-20 October
Stay up to date on the global news stories the US- and Eurocentric media overlooks, with journalist and author, Tamara Pearson
This week’s ignored and under-reported news includes:
Haiti: Widespread protests against current and future US intervention – Police used tear gas and bullets against protesters outside the US embassy in Haiti, this week. Hundreds of thousands marched on 17 October, demanding the resignation of the acting and US-backed president and rejecting his request for international military assistance. The pretext for the request is gang violence in Haiti, but local police were well equipped when it came to repressing protests. Protests are also a response to the announcement of increased fuel prices. The UN was to vote on sanctioning Haiti today, because of gang violence, but the vote has been delayed. US military intervention will only worsen the violence and poverty Haitians are facing. Some 4.7 million people are facing acute hunger. Source, source, source, source, source, source.
Somalia: Hundreds of thousands face famine – The UN predicts that over 300,000 people in Somalia will be facing famine by December. This follows extreme drought (four rainy seasons didn’t happen), the impacts of the pandemic, flash flooding, plagues, and wars. Source.
Colombia: President calls for Latin American unity – Colombian president Gustavo Petro called for Latin American countries to unite in light of the global economic crisis and increasing hunger, as well as to address the situation of migrants. Source.
Kurdistan: Turkey uses banned chemical weapons against Kurds - Some 17 people were killed this week. Turkey has an ongoing war against Kurds in northern Iraq and southern Kurdistan. First, they explode bombs, then they use poisonous gases and irritants. Victims may suffer memory loss, erratic behaviour, uncontrolled speech, then die. Chemical weapons have been used against the Kurdish liberation movement since 1999. Source,source.
Honduras: President pushes for alternative economic system – President Xiomara Castro, speaking at the World Food Forum, called for a more humane, fair, anticolonial, anti-racist, and feminist economic model. Before she was elected last year, Castro made numerous promises to her country regarding women’s rights, environmental justice, and Indigenous rights, but has not kept many of them so far. Source.
Morocco: Protests demand economic justice - People protested in over 20 cities for three days this week, rejecting neo-liberal polices that have led to price hikes, while wages stay the same. Two thirds of the country live in poverty, but food prices only continue to increase as the country, dependent on agriculture, faces its worse drought in over three decades. Source.
Sudan: Protestors killed and injured since coup – In less than a year since the military coup in Sudan last October, at least 116 protestors have been killed by security forces and over 7,000 seriously injured. The figures come from a Hadhreen report, which only goes through to August 4, and more have been injured or killed since then. Source.
Bangladesh: Millions affected by floods – So far this year, floods have killed 100 people, and affected around 7.2 million. Bangladesh is the seventh country most affected by climate change. Source, source.
Syria: Cholera spreading – Severe water shortages are one of the reasons behind a cholera outbreak in northern Syria. Since last month, there have been 13,000 suspected cases, and at least 60 deaths. The area had been free of cholera since 2007. Northern Syria is facing poverty and food insecurity, and millions of people there have been displaced due to the war, but humanitarian groups have only received 25% of necessary funding. Source, source.
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