Canada’s Indigenous women still being forcibly sterilized: Report
Canada’s Indigenous women are still being pressured into having their tubes tied decades after other rich countries stopped the appalling practice, a report says. A large number of activists, physicians, politicians, and at least five class-action lawsuits confirmed that the practice of forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women has not ended in Canada, The Associated Press revealed in a report in mid-July. Last year, the Canadian Senate...
Africa and the Global South decoupling from the U.S. and Global North
Addressing the recent 5th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU) in Nairobi, Kenya, African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina mentioned the importance of “decisively tackling Africa’s rising debt challenge.” He urged and expressed concern with Africa’s total debt stock, which stands at $1.3 trillion. “The cost of debt servicing reached $22 billion in 2022 and...
A new hub for ‘anime’ is born in Southern Africa
Zambia, well known for its copper, emeralds, and other pricey gems, may soon have a new feather in its cap as a hub for aspiring Zambian artists and other creators eager to try their hand in the newest Anime scene. For this, capital city Lusaka has been drawing from an immense well of artistic talent to be found in southern...
China’s grievances with the West are echoed by the Global South
On the eve of the upcoming BRICS Summit to be held in August in South Africa, a U.S.-initiated trade war with China over the future of semiconductors has escalated. BRICS is an acronym for the world economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Beijing hit back by playing a trump card: It imposed export controls on two strategic raw materials, gallium and germanium....
While the U.S. celebrated its independence, Rwanda recognized the end of 1994 massacre
America recently celebrated its independence on July 4. Very few are aware that the 4th of July also has special significance for the people of Rwanda. For that African nation, July 4 is “Liberation Day,” the day when Rwanda annually recognizes the end of the horrific Rwandan genocide that in a three-month span claimed over 800,000 lives. Between April...
Sadness, anger in Palestine: Thousands mourn martyrs of Israeli raid on Jenin
Thousands of people turned out for the funeral procession of a dozen Palestinians, among them four minors, killed by Israeli military forces during a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. On July 5, the mourners converged outside Jenin’s governmental hospital as they grieved for the victims of the latest Israeli onslaught....
Türkiye, Egypt reappoint ambassadors and end years of tensions
ANKARA, Türkiye— Egypt and Türkiye took a further step toward restoring full diplomatic ties on July 4 by dispatching ambassadors for the first time in years, the latest step in the reconciliation between the two regional powers. In a joint statement, the two countries announced the appointment of Salih Mutlu Sen as Turkish ambassador to Cairo and of Amr Elhamamy as...
Amazon Indigenous people are leaving the rainforest for cities, and finding urban poverty
ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil—In 1976, Binan Tuku ventured to meet a Brazilian government’s expedition on the banks of the Itui River in a remote area of the western Amazon rainforest. After some initial suspicion, he and his father accepted machetes and soap in what was the beginning of the Matis tribe’s contact with the non-Indigenous world. Nearly 50 years later,...
UN report blasts U.S. rights abuses of detainees at Guantanamo Bay
A report released by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism called out the United States to completely remedy and repair rights violations of past and present detainees held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base since its opening in 2002. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin reported on her “Technical Visit” that...
Kenya’s president urges shift away from U.S. dollar in intra-continental trade
At the recent two-day Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, convened by France and hosted by President Emmanuel Macron, Kenyan President William Ruto made a “compelling case for a new global financial architecture,” according to Today News Africa. Numerous world leaders were in attendance at the summit, including Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados; Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of Germany;...