Excluded Headlines: Israel bombs Syria, inflation in Iran, Cuba protests ...
Stay up to date on the Global South news stories the US- and Eurocentric media overlook, with author and journalist, Tamara Pearson.
In this week’s Global South news:
Israel bombs Syria while also calling on it to demilitarise; Syrians protest - The Israeli army said it carried out air strikes on southern Syria on Tuesday. The Syrian government has demanded Israel leave the country. The strikes Tuesday followed comments by Netanyahu on Sunday that southern Syria must be "completely demilitarised", warning that Israel would not allow the new Syrian army to operate near its border. In response to the call, Syrians protested in the southern city of Daraa and in Bosra al-Sham, Nawa, Damascus, and Khan Arnabeh, against what they said is blatant “interference” in Syrian affairs. Source, source, source, source, source.
Cubans protesting transporting migrants to Guantanamo - Yesterday, thousands of Cubans protested against Guantanamo from within the city. They were protesting both the illegal occupation by the US of Cuban soil, and the deporting of migrants to the prison. Meanwhile, Venezuelans deported to Guantanamo said they were mistreated there; beaten up so badly that one tried to die by suicide. Source, source.
Plunging value of Iranian currency affects cost of living - The prices of medicines have gone up significantly over the past month. A lot of medicine in Iran is produced locally, and the government subsidises it, but says it needs to increase prices in order to pay producers. The Iranian currency recently reached its lowest point in 46 years compared to the USD, as Trump applied “maximum pressure” on existing sanctions the US has against the country. Source, source.
Conflict in Congo impacts mpox treatment - The conflict is affecting all aspects of life and displacing hundreds of thousands (5.6 million in total during the course of the conflict). The impact includes 300 treatment centres. Monitoring for mpox in regions recently taken over or impacted by the M23 has also stopped. Yet, the WHO has extended the mpox emergency in the DRC as a more transmissible clade 1a variant has been identified there. Source, source.
Struggling with cholera in Sudan - Somewhat similarly, there is also a cholera outbreak in Sudan. Some 800 people have been hospitalised recently, with over 2200 cases, and dozens have died. The cases are concentrated in the White Nile state, where a drone attack on an electricity station led to the clean-water supply to the region being cut. Source, source.
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