Excluded Headlines: US indirect involvement in Niger coup, Sudan, Paraguay, Bolivia, Honduras, Indonesia, and more..
Stay up to date on the global news stories the US- and Eurocentric media overlooks, with journalist and author, Tamara Pearson.
This week’s Global South news, downplayed or ignored by the English-language mainstream media includes:
Niger coup government appoints US-trained military officers - The Pentagon claims “no correlation” between U.S. training and coups, but Intercept research suggests the opposite could be true. The African Union has stated it won’t back an ECOWAS (West African bloc) intervention in Niger. Source, source.
Displaced people’s camp in Syria faces searing temperatures - People in the Zardana camp are struggling with 45°C (113°F) temperatures that increase further by a few degrees inside their tents, where they sleep and often prepare and cook food. Source.
Only 18 of the Sudan’s 89 main hospitals are functioning - Thousands have been killed and 20 million people face hunger in Sudan as the civil war there continues. Source.
New Paraguayan president swears in - Santiago Peña, of the conservative ANR-PC party, was sworn in Tuesday. Left-wing organisations marched as he swore in, demanding fair wages and working conditions, and better health and education. Source, source.
Party leadership breaks with Bolivian president - The leadership of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) ended ties with president Luis Arce, because he is allegedly threatening a trial that would rule Evo Morales out as a future presidential candidate. Source.
Honduras reaches IMF agreement - Despite the government’s left rhetoric, it has reached an agreement with the IMF for the next three years. In exchange for a loan of US$830 million, Honduras will "preserve” and protect economic competitiveness, support productive and social spending, and develop internal debt markets. Source, source, source.
Indonesians go on hunger strike for domestic workers’ rights - On Monday, activists in six cities held a hunger strike to demand a long-awaited domestic workers protection bill be passed. Source.
Growing rebellion in Amhara region of Ethiopia - The Fano have taken several towns and cities in the Ahmara region, several military posts, and government buildings. The government declared a state of emergency in the region. Source.
Israel demolishes Palestinian school in West Bank - On Thursday, Israeli occupation forces demolished a Palestinian school in the occupied West Bank under the pretext that it lacked the necessary building license. Source.
Useful reads:
Human Rights Watch Blesses Foreign Military Intervention into Haiti
Maui wildfire devastation exposes the legacy of colonialism
European Authorities Refuse to Save Migrants From Drowning — So Ordinary Citizens Are Doing It Instead
Statements from various African socialist groups on the coup in Niger
Pan-Africanism, Afrofuturism and Decolonisation: A reading list
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