Continued……Since 2014, portions of US military aid to Egypt have relied on the northeastern African country making human rights reforms, though the US has granted waivers for security concerns. However, recently, a jury found US Senator Bob Menendez guilty of taking bribes to push to release $300 million in aid frozen over Egypt’s human rights record.
Let us know what you think of Egypt’s role in the region.
SOURCES:
1. https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-administration-grants-egypt-13-billion-military-aid-despite-rights-2024-09-11/
2. https://apnews.com/article/egypt-us-military-aid-human-rights-blinken-416c7e79e287c8ff937ba7b7a0be515d
3. https://foreignpolicy.com/sponsored/egypt-and-america-5-things-you-need-to-know/
4. https://apnews.com/article/menendez-bribery-trial-jury-deliberations-bab89b99a77fc6ce95531c88ab26cc4d
5. https://www.npr.org/2024/07/16/g-s1-10487/menendez-jury-verdict-trial
Let us know what you think of Egypt’s role in the region.
SOURCES:
1. https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-administration-grants-egypt-13-billion-military-aid-despite-rights-2024-09-11/
2. https://apnews.com/article/egypt-us-military-aid-human-rights-blinken-416c7e79e287c8ff937ba7b7a0be515d
3. https://foreignpolicy.com/sponsored/egypt-and-america-5-things-you-need-to-know/
4. https://apnews.com/article/menendez-bribery-trial-jury-deliberations-bab89b99a77fc6ce95531c88ab26cc4d
5. https://www.npr.org/2024/07/16/g-s1-10487/menendez-jury-verdict-trial
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On the night of 30 September 1919, some 100 Black people gathered in a local church in Elaine, Arkansas, in the United States, for a meeting called by the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America. The meeting, whose attendees were predominantly African sharecroppers on White plantations, had been called to address the many grievances they faced - including the exploitative payment they received for their cotton. In fear of a possible attack by White-mobs, several guards were deployed outside the church. The meeting took place amid the so-called 'Red Summer,' an outbreak of White-on-Black terrorism across several parts of the US around mid-1919.
As expected, during the meeting, three White men affiliated with local law-enforcement agencies drove to the church and taunted the guards posted outside the venue. When the guards ignored them, the White men reportedly shot at them, leading to a shootout between the two groups.
As expected, during the meeting, three White men affiliated with local law-enforcement agencies drove to the church and taunted the guards posted outside the venue. When the guards ignored them, the White men reportedly shot at them, leading to a shootout between the two groups.
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Continued……. One of the White men was killed, while a second, a deputy sheriff, sustained injuries.
Fake news alleging that Black people were fomenting an insurrection quickly spread. Local White mobs reinforced by law-enforcement officers went on the rampage, lynching Black people, irrespective of their age or gender. Black homes and businesses were also ransacked and torched.
According to conservative estimates, some 200 Black people were killed by the military and vigilante mobs. Some estimates have put the number of killed at over a thousand. It is difficult to arrive at the true number as reporting on the massacre was heavily suppressed by the authorities at the time.
Hundreds of Black people were also arrested and detained in inhumane conditions by soldiers who had been deployed to the town on 2nd October. Most of those detained were eventually freed after their White employers 'vouched' for them. 122 were charged and tried by a grand jury for various offences. Twelve were charged with the murder of five White people who died during the massacre. They were eventually convicted by an all-White jury and sentenced to death by electric chair. Their sentences were, however, quashed by the Supreme Court.
SOURCES:
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/blog/the-elaine-massacre/
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/elaine-arkansas-riot-1919/
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/11/1137090651/elaine-massacre-tulsa-race-riot
https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/brough-scrapbooks/
Fake news alleging that Black people were fomenting an insurrection quickly spread. Local White mobs reinforced by law-enforcement officers went on the rampage, lynching Black people, irrespective of their age or gender. Black homes and businesses were also ransacked and torched.
According to conservative estimates, some 200 Black people were killed by the military and vigilante mobs. Some estimates have put the number of killed at over a thousand. It is difficult to arrive at the true number as reporting on the massacre was heavily suppressed by the authorities at the time.
Hundreds of Black people were also arrested and detained in inhumane conditions by soldiers who had been deployed to the town on 2nd October. Most of those detained were eventually freed after their White employers 'vouched' for them. 122 were charged and tried by a grand jury for various offences. Twelve were charged with the murder of five White people who died during the massacre. They were eventually convicted by an all-White jury and sentenced to death by electric chair. Their sentences were, however, quashed by the Supreme Court.
SOURCES:
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/blog/the-elaine-massacre/
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/elaine-arkansas-riot-1919/
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/11/1137090651/elaine-massacre-tulsa-race-riot
https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/brough-scrapbooks/
Teaching American History
The Elaine Race Massacre
On this day in 1919, white law enforcement and Black union members exchanged gunfire, triggering one of the worst race massacres in US history.
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Singer and songwriter Pharrell Williams recently shared his thoughts on the upcoming US elections in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter. He mentioned that he finds it irritating when celebrities try to influence people's voting decisions. Pharrell, who described himself as apolitical, stated, "I don't do politics. In fact, I get annoyed sometimes when I see celebrities trying to tell you who to vote for." He's keeping his cards close to his chest on his preferred candidate.
However, Pharrell faced criticism online when his supposedly apolitical stance was scrutinised. Social-media snoops were quick to point out that, in 2018, he headlined a fundraiser event for Friends of the Israeli Defence Forces, which raised $60 million for the army. That’s the same IDF that, in its current war on Gaza, has slaughtered over 41,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children (Gaza Heath Ministry).
So is Pharrell a hypocrite or is he just naive?
Let us know in the comments.
However, Pharrell faced criticism online when his supposedly apolitical stance was scrutinised. Social-media snoops were quick to point out that, in 2018, he headlined a fundraiser event for Friends of the Israeli Defence Forces, which raised $60 million for the army. That’s the same IDF that, in its current war on Gaza, has slaughtered over 41,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children (Gaza Heath Ministry).
So is Pharrell a hypocrite or is he just naive?
Let us know in the comments.
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SUDAN’S HUNGER EMERGENCY
25.6-million Sudanese people face food insecurity amid the ongoing war in their country. It’s estimated that hundreds are dying daily from hunger or hunger-related diseases, with the most affected areas being Kordofan, Khartoum and Darfur.
The warring sides have both blocked aid - meaning life-saving items such as cooking oil, salt, grain and lentils cannot reach the people who desperately need them. The Rapid Support Forces paramilitary is accused of using food as a weapon of war. Around 15% of children are acutely malnourished and over 30% are chronically malnourished, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In August, the Global Food Monitor reported that the war in Sudan and restrictions on aid delivery had caused famine in at least one location in the state of North Darfur, and that other areas were potentially experiencing famine.
25.6-million Sudanese people face food insecurity amid the ongoing war in their country. It’s estimated that hundreds are dying daily from hunger or hunger-related diseases, with the most affected areas being Kordofan, Khartoum and Darfur.
The warring sides have both blocked aid - meaning life-saving items such as cooking oil, salt, grain and lentils cannot reach the people who desperately need them. The Rapid Support Forces paramilitary is accused of using food as a weapon of war. Around 15% of children are acutely malnourished and over 30% are chronically malnourished, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In August, the Global Food Monitor reported that the war in Sudan and restrictions on aid delivery had caused famine in at least one location in the state of North Darfur, and that other areas were potentially experiencing famine.
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Continued……In South Kordofan, food stocks were already low before the war. A poor harvest in 2023 was worsened by a locust plague that devoured crops. The war and resulting refugee influx made the situation far worse.
Sudan’s civil war has resulted in the world’s largest displacement crisis and has killed around 19,000 people at a minimum (though the real figure is expected to be much higher: a US envoy estimated in May that it might already be 150,000).
SOURCES:
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/famine-aid-sudan/#:~:text=More%20than%20half%20the%20people,people%20who%20desperately%20need%20it
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/global-food-monitor-says-famine-has-taken-hold-sudans-darfur-2024-08-01/
Sudan’s civil war has resulted in the world’s largest displacement crisis and has killed around 19,000 people at a minimum (though the real figure is expected to be much higher: a US envoy estimated in May that it might already be 150,000).
SOURCES:
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/famine-aid-sudan/#:~:text=More%20than%20half%20the%20people,people%20who%20desperately%20need%20it
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/global-food-monitor-says-famine-has-taken-hold-sudans-darfur-2024-08-01/
Reuters
As famine ravages Sudan, the UN can’t get food to starving millions
Sudan's warring parties are blocking delivery of food aid. The crisis is a grim example of what happens when a key part of the global system for combating famine falters.
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'DO YOU HAVE YOUR PAGER ON YOU?' U.S. CONGRESSMEMBER MOCKS ACTIVISTS
US congress member Harriet Hageman recently shocked many when CodePink activists caught her on camera mockingly asking if they had their pagers on them, appearing to allude to last week's attacks that k*lled at least 37 people and injured more than 3,250 people in Lebanon and Syria.
Unnamed sources in news reports said Israel appeared to carry out the attacks. However, the focus has turned to US elected officials like Hageman because the US has funded Israel since 1948. To many people's dismay, the US continues to arm Israel amidst its military onslaught in the Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023, which has so far killed at least 41,000 Palestinians and as many as 186,000 as of early July, according to the Lancet medical journal.
US congress member Harriet Hageman recently shocked many when CodePink activists caught her on camera mockingly asking if they had their pagers on them, appearing to allude to last week's attacks that k*lled at least 37 people and injured more than 3,250 people in Lebanon and Syria.
Unnamed sources in news reports said Israel appeared to carry out the attacks. However, the focus has turned to US elected officials like Hageman because the US has funded Israel since 1948. To many people's dismay, the US continues to arm Israel amidst its military onslaught in the Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023, which has so far killed at least 41,000 Palestinians and as many as 186,000 as of early July, according to the Lancet medical journal.
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Continued......Last week's attacks appeared to detonate thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies held by Hezbollah members, but it impacted non-Hezbollah members, too.
Meanwhile, Lebanon's Ministry of Health said Israel's airstrikes over the past two weeks have also k*lled more than 1,000 Lebanese and wounded 6,000.
Video credit: @codepink
SOURCES:
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/27/middleeast/israel-pager-attack-hezbollah-lebanon-invs-intl/index.html
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240930-1640-killed-by-israel-in-lebanon-including-104-children
https://www.barrons.com/news/health-ministry-in-hamas-run-gaza-says-war-death-toll-at-41-615-424f56d6
Meanwhile, Lebanon's Ministry of Health said Israel's airstrikes over the past two weeks have also k*lled more than 1,000 Lebanese and wounded 6,000.
Video credit: @codepink
SOURCES:
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/27/middleeast/israel-pager-attack-hezbollah-lebanon-invs-intl/index.html
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240930-1640-killed-by-israel-in-lebanon-including-104-children
https://www.barrons.com/news/health-ministry-in-hamas-run-gaza-says-war-death-toll-at-41-615-424f56d6
CNN
Israel concealed explosives inside batteries of pagers sold to Hezbollah, Lebanese officials say | CNN
Israel carried out part of its device attack targeting Hezbollah by concealing explosives inside the batteries of pagers brought into Lebanon, according to two high-ranking Lebanese security officials, who said the technology was so advanced that it was virtually…
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DIPLOMATS WALK OUT AHEAD OF NETANYAHU'S UN SPEECH
Delegations appeared to walk out in protest when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the podium to address the 79th session of the UN General Assembly on 27 September. The move could be a manifestation of frustration with Israel's flagrant violation of UN resolutions. For example, earlier last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemned the UN for allowing a 'criminal' like Netanyahu to address the General Assembly.
The UN's high court, the International Court of Justice, ordered Israel in January to stop its activities in the Gaza Strip that amount to g*nocide, ordered Israel in May to stop its invasion of Rafah, and it issued an advisory opinion in July calling for Israel to end its occupation of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. However, Israel has not abided by any of this. Instead, Netanyahu referred to the UN General Assembly as a 'swamp of anti-Semitic bile' after the delegations walked out..
Delegations appeared to walk out in protest when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the podium to address the 79th session of the UN General Assembly on 27 September. The move could be a manifestation of frustration with Israel's flagrant violation of UN resolutions. For example, earlier last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemned the UN for allowing a 'criminal' like Netanyahu to address the General Assembly.
The UN's high court, the International Court of Justice, ordered Israel in January to stop its activities in the Gaza Strip that amount to g*nocide, ordered Israel in May to stop its invasion of Rafah, and it issued an advisory opinion in July calling for Israel to end its occupation of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. However, Israel has not abided by any of this. Instead, Netanyahu referred to the UN General Assembly as a 'swamp of anti-Semitic bile' after the delegations walked out..
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More than a year before the events of 7 October, the UN condemned Israel via resolutions more than other countries combined in 2022. Meanwhile, in 2020, the General Assembly heaped almost three times the number of resolutions condemning Israel.
In the past year, Israel has conducted a military onslaught in the besieged Gaza Strip, k*lling more than 41,000 and as many as 186,000 as of early July, according to the Lancet medical journal. Israeli soldiers have k*lled UN staff providing humanitarian relief, destroyed Gaza’s healthcare and tortured hospital workers. Despite UNSC and UN resolutions, as well as ICJ orders, Israel has expanded illegal settlements in the West Bank. In recent months, it has turned its attention to Lebanon, with airstrikes on residential areas, including one k*lling Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. According to Israeli officials, Nasrallah was targeted for his refusal to engage in negotiations with Israel unless it included the Gaza Strip. Unnamed news sources claimed Israel sabotaged pagers and walkie-talkies with explosives that detonated last week.
Much of this has only been possible with Western complicity. Countries like the US and the UK have vetoed multiple ceasefire resolutions at the UN and provided billions of dollars of arms and funding
More than a year before the events of 7 October, the UN condemned Israel via resolutions more than other countries combined in 2022. Meanwhile, in 2020, the General Assembly heaped almost three times the number of resolutions condemning Israel.
In the past year, Israel has conducted a military onslaught in the besieged Gaza Strip, k*lling more than 41,000 and as many as 186,000 as of early July, according to the Lancet medical journal. Israeli soldiers have k*lled UN staff providing humanitarian relief, destroyed Gaza’s healthcare and tortured hospital workers. Despite UNSC and UN resolutions, as well as ICJ orders, Israel has expanded illegal settlements in the West Bank. In recent months, it has turned its attention to Lebanon, with airstrikes on residential areas, including one k*lling Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. According to Israeli officials, Nasrallah was targeted for his refusal to engage in negotiations with Israel unless it included the Gaza Strip. Unnamed news sources claimed Israel sabotaged pagers and walkie-talkies with explosives that detonated last week.
Much of this has only been possible with Western complicity. Countries like the US and the UK have vetoed multiple ceasefire resolutions at the UN and provided billions of dollars of arms and funding
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SOURCES:
Israeli most condemned 2022
https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-condemned-israel-more-than-all-other-countries-combined-in-2022-monitor/
Israel most condemned 2020
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/24/un-condemns-israel-most-in-2020-almost-three-times-rest-of-world
Lancet report on casualties
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/8/gaza-toll-could-exceed-186000-lancet-study-says
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00135-1/fulltext
Israel killing UN staff
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/24/israeli-strikes-kill-un-staff-more-than-70-of-his-extended-family-in-gaza
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/middleeast/world-central-kitchen-strike-analysis-intl/index.html
Israel destroys Gaza healthcare
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1148316
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/world/middleeast/gaza-israel-hospitals-medical-system.html
Israel tortured medics
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/26/israel-palestinian-healthcare-workers-tortured
Israeli settlements in West Bank
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/7/19/how-israeli-settlements-are-taking-over-the-west-bank-as-gaza-war-rages
Israeli sabotage of pagers
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/world/middleeast/israel-exploding-pagers-hezbollah.html
Israeli killing of Hassan Nasrallah
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/28/middleeast/hezbollah-nasrallah-killed-israel-strikes-intl/index.html
Why Israel targeted Nasrallah
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/lebanon-live-updates-rcna173122#rcrd57180
Complicity of West
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-has-undeniable-complicity-gaza-war-killings-say-former-us-officials-2024-07-03
Anti-Semitic bile comment
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/netanyahu-un-israel-antisemitism-gaza-lebanon-hezbollah-rcna172977
ICJ provisional ruling in January
https://www.icj-cij.org/node/203454
ICJ order in May on Rafah
https://www.icj-cij.org/node/204091
ICJ advisory opinion
https://www.icj-cij.org/node/204176
Israeli most condemned 2022
https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-condemned-israel-more-than-all-other-countries-combined-in-2022-monitor/
Israel most condemned 2020
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/24/un-condemns-israel-most-in-2020-almost-three-times-rest-of-world
Lancet report on casualties
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/8/gaza-toll-could-exceed-186000-lancet-study-says
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00135-1/fulltext
Israel killing UN staff
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/24/israeli-strikes-kill-un-staff-more-than-70-of-his-extended-family-in-gaza
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/middleeast/world-central-kitchen-strike-analysis-intl/index.html
Israel destroys Gaza healthcare
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1148316
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/world/middleeast/gaza-israel-hospitals-medical-system.html
Israel tortured medics
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/26/israel-palestinian-healthcare-workers-tortured
Israeli settlements in West Bank
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/7/19/how-israeli-settlements-are-taking-over-the-west-bank-as-gaza-war-rages
Israeli sabotage of pagers
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/world/middleeast/israel-exploding-pagers-hezbollah.html
Israeli killing of Hassan Nasrallah
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/28/middleeast/hezbollah-nasrallah-killed-israel-strikes-intl/index.html
Why Israel targeted Nasrallah
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/lebanon-live-updates-rcna173122#rcrd57180
Complicity of West
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-has-undeniable-complicity-gaza-war-killings-say-former-us-officials-2024-07-03
Anti-Semitic bile comment
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/netanyahu-un-israel-antisemitism-gaza-lebanon-hezbollah-rcna172977
ICJ provisional ruling in January
https://www.icj-cij.org/node/203454
ICJ order in May on Rafah
https://www.icj-cij.org/node/204091
ICJ advisory opinion
https://www.icj-cij.org/node/204176
The Times of Israel
UN condemned Israel more than all other countries combined in 2022 — monitor
General Assembly resolution backing ICJ probe capped year that saw 15 anti-Israel measures, compared to 13 against rest of world, reinforcing claims of bias at Turtle Bay
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Members of West Africa's anti-imperialist bloc - the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) - have made multiple headlines this year by taking back control of their mining resources. Burkina Faso recently nationalised two gold mines; Niger expelled French mining company Orano from its uranium mines earlier this year; and now Mali is coming for one of the biggest exploiters of gold in the country - Canadian company Barrick Gold.
On 25 September 2024, four of its employees were arrested for alleged financial crimes. The company and the government are reportedly in a dispute concerning a new audit that states that Barrick Gold owes Mali hundreds of millions of dollars. Barrick Gold labels the audit “legally and factually flawed and without merit.” The company owns 80% of Mali’s Loulo-Gounkoto Gold Mine Complex, while the Malian state owns the remaining 20%.
On 25 September 2024, four of its employees were arrested for alleged financial crimes. The company and the government are reportedly in a dispute concerning a new audit that states that Barrick Gold owes Mali hundreds of millions of dollars. Barrick Gold labels the audit “legally and factually flawed and without merit.” The company owns 80% of Mali’s Loulo-Gounkoto Gold Mine Complex, while the Malian state owns the remaining 20%.
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Continued........According to a recent Business Insider article, Mali is Africa's second-largest gold producer, yielding 105 tonnes between 2010 and 2024. The Observatory for Economic Complexity determined that gold made up 95.9% of Mali's exports in 2022, the latest year on record.
SOURCES:
https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/top-gold-producing-countries-in-africa/z3kmxbz
https://oec.world/en/profile/country/mli
https://www.barrons.com/news/canadian-mining-firm-employees-arrested-in-mali-sources-3e682292
https://en.sputniknews.africa/20240928/four-employees-of-canadian-miner-barrick-gold-reportedly-arrested-in-mali-for-financial-crimes-1068456430.html
https://archive.ph/BDsaN
SOURCES:
https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/top-gold-producing-countries-in-africa/z3kmxbz
https://oec.world/en/profile/country/mli
https://www.barrons.com/news/canadian-mining-firm-employees-arrested-in-mali-sources-3e682292
https://en.sputniknews.africa/20240928/four-employees-of-canadian-miner-barrick-gold-reportedly-arrested-in-mali-for-financial-crimes-1068456430.html
https://archive.ph/BDsaN
Business Insider Africa
Top 10 gold-producing countries in Africa
Gold has come to stay as a major commodity amid its rising significance as a safe haven asset with prices skyrocketing globally, climbing to US$2,468
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HAITI PUNISHED FOR INSPIRING HUMAN RIGHTS
Haiti's transitional leader, Edgard Leblanc Fils, says it is time for France to pay reparations to the island nation, whose slave rebellion inspired the idea of universal human rights.
He emphasised that Haiti, whose historic anti-slavery revolution triumphed in 1804, was still paying for the punishment inflicted by colonial powers through decades of underdevelopment and crushing poverty. In July 1825, France forced Haiti at gunpoint to pay 150-million francs to secure its independence, or suffer the consequences. For context, that exorbitant amount was 10 ten times what the US paid France in 1803 to purchase the state of Louisiana. It took Haiti more than a century to pay off their former oppressors and slave-owners.
Haiti's transitional leader, Edgard Leblanc Fils, says it is time for France to pay reparations to the island nation, whose slave rebellion inspired the idea of universal human rights.
He emphasised that Haiti, whose historic anti-slavery revolution triumphed in 1804, was still paying for the punishment inflicted by colonial powers through decades of underdevelopment and crushing poverty. In July 1825, France forced Haiti at gunpoint to pay 150-million francs to secure its independence, or suffer the consequences. For context, that exorbitant amount was 10 ten times what the US paid France in 1803 to purchase the state of Louisiana. It took Haiti more than a century to pay off their former oppressors and slave-owners.
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Continued........A group of 20 non-governmental organisations met in Geneva, Switzerland, in April for a UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (PFPAD) to seek ways of recovering the money paid by Haiti, which they referred to as a ransom. Jemima Pierre, a professor of global race at the University of British Columbia, estimates the ransom could be as high as $200 billion or more, taking into account 200 years of interest since 1825.
In his UN speech, interim president Leblanc Fils reminded the world that the bicentenary of "history's greatest heist" (in the words of Marlene Daut, a scholar at the University of Virginia) is around the corner, and now would be a good time for the UN to ensure justice is done.
What do you think?
SOURCES:
https://www.gu.se/en/news/haitian-revolution-shows-that-human-rights-do-not-protect-against-inequality#:~:text=The%20origins%20of%20human%20rights,for%20these%20ideas%20and%20institutions.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/05/23/world/haiti-france-ransom
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/louisiana-purchase-treaty#:~:text=In%20this%20transaction%20with%20France,size%2C%20expanding%20the%20nation%20westward.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/18/haiti-france-reparations
https://www.bankingonsolidarity.org/citibank-and-haitians-a-violent-history/
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/10/05/1042518732/-the-greatest-heist-in-history-how-haiti-was-forced-to-pay-reparations-for-freed
https://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/14/haiti-crisis-intervention-gangs-colonialism-france-us-history-monetary-policy/
In his UN speech, interim president Leblanc Fils reminded the world that the bicentenary of "history's greatest heist" (in the words of Marlene Daut, a scholar at the University of Virginia) is around the corner, and now would be a good time for the UN to ensure justice is done.
What do you think?
SOURCES:
https://www.gu.se/en/news/haitian-revolution-shows-that-human-rights-do-not-protect-against-inequality#:~:text=The%20origins%20of%20human%20rights,for%20these%20ideas%20and%20institutions.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/05/23/world/haiti-france-ransom
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/louisiana-purchase-treaty#:~:text=In%20this%20transaction%20with%20France,size%2C%20expanding%20the%20nation%20westward.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/18/haiti-france-reparations
https://www.bankingonsolidarity.org/citibank-and-haitians-a-violent-history/
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/10/05/1042518732/-the-greatest-heist-in-history-how-haiti-was-forced-to-pay-reparations-for-freed
https://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/14/haiti-crisis-intervention-gangs-colonialism-france-us-history-monetary-policy/
University of Gothenburg
Haitian Revolution shows that human rights do not protect against inequality
Analysing the Haitian Revolution offers new perspectives on our times. Research from the University of Gothenburg shows that it was during this revolution that the relationship between political rights and inequality first came to a head, as reflected in…
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A WORLD FREE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Actress Viola Davis - who starred in The Woman King - uses her voice to champion women’s rights, drawing on her own experiences growing up to highlight the profoundly negative impact of violence against women. In this clip, she shares her insights into, as well as some disturbing stats on, violence against women.
In the devastating war in Congo, women are bearing a heavy burden. According to MSF, near the city of Goma, North Kivu, around 48 women a day report having been victims of sexual violence - most, within the last 72 hours. Those who manage to escape often seek refuge in makeshift tent camps lacking proper facilities and security, leaving them vulnerable to further assault. According to a UNICEF report, sexual violence in Congo surged by 37% in the first three months of 2023 compared with the previous year, with over 38,000 cases of gender-based violence reported in North Kivu alone in 2022.
Actress Viola Davis - who starred in The Woman King - uses her voice to champion women’s rights, drawing on her own experiences growing up to highlight the profoundly negative impact of violence against women. In this clip, she shares her insights into, as well as some disturbing stats on, violence against women.
In the devastating war in Congo, women are bearing a heavy burden. According to MSF, near the city of Goma, North Kivu, around 48 women a day report having been victims of sexual violence - most, within the last 72 hours. Those who manage to escape often seek refuge in makeshift tent camps lacking proper facilities and security, leaving them vulnerable to further assault. According to a UNICEF report, sexual violence in Congo surged by 37% in the first three months of 2023 compared with the previous year, with over 38,000 cases of gender-based violence reported in North Kivu alone in 2022.
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Continued.......Sudan’s civil war has also seen widespread sexual violence against women and girls, with a Human Rights Watch report detailing cases amounting to ‘war crimes’ in the Khartoum region, involving victims as young as nine and as old as 60.
In Gaza, over 41,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have suffered the consequences of the conflict.
Davis emphasises that creating a world free of violence against women starts with love, a crucial element missing from every ongoing war in Africa and the world at large.
Video credit: @violadavis and @keringfoundation
SOURCES:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/28/sudan-widespread-sexual-violence-capital
https://www.msf.org/msf-survey-shows-scale-violence-against-displaced-women-eastern-drc
https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/alarming-numbers-sexual-violence-victims-camps-around-goma
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/unicef-calls-urgent-action-respond-alarming-levels-increasing-sexual-violence-0#:~:text=Reports%20of%20gender%2Dbased%20violence,2022%20in%20North%20Kivu%20alone
https://www.africanews.com/2023/05/10/drc-around-goma-48-victims-of-sexual-violence-per-day//
In Gaza, over 41,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have suffered the consequences of the conflict.
Davis emphasises that creating a world free of violence against women starts with love, a crucial element missing from every ongoing war in Africa and the world at large.
Video credit: @violadavis and @keringfoundation
SOURCES:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/28/sudan-widespread-sexual-violence-capital
https://www.msf.org/msf-survey-shows-scale-violence-against-displaced-women-eastern-drc
https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/alarming-numbers-sexual-violence-victims-camps-around-goma
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/unicef-calls-urgent-action-respond-alarming-levels-increasing-sexual-violence-0#:~:text=Reports%20of%20gender%2Dbased%20violence,2022%20in%20North%20Kivu%20alone
https://www.africanews.com/2023/05/10/drc-around-goma-48-victims-of-sexual-violence-per-day//
Human Rights Watch
Sudan: Widespread Sexual Violence in the Capital
Sudan’s warring parties, particularly the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have committed widespread acts of rape, including gang rape, and forced women and girls into marriages in Khartoum, the country’s capital, since the current conflict’s onset.
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GOOGLE BANS AFRICAN STREAM
Gmail has become the latest instrument of tech giant Google to censor African Stream. On 1 October, the multinational US corporation locked us out of its Workspace application, causing us to lose access to two years of email messages and files stored in the giant's cloud-based storage facilities.
Like other technology and social media platforms, such as YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and Threads, all of which have given us the boot in the last two weeks, Google did not provide any credible reason for banning us other than saying we 'violated Google Workspace policy,' which includes 'sending spam or using the account for any kind of fraud.' We have never at any point engaged in the activities mentioned above.
Of course, we did not expect a reasonable explanation because there is simply none; we can only conclude they took us down based on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's unsubstantiated allegation on 13 September that we are 'Kremlin propagandists.'
Gmail has become the latest instrument of tech giant Google to censor African Stream. On 1 October, the multinational US corporation locked us out of its Workspace application, causing us to lose access to two years of email messages and files stored in the giant's cloud-based storage facilities.
Like other technology and social media platforms, such as YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and Threads, all of which have given us the boot in the last two weeks, Google did not provide any credible reason for banning us other than saying we 'violated Google Workspace policy,' which includes 'sending spam or using the account for any kind of fraud.' We have never at any point engaged in the activities mentioned above.
Of course, we did not expect a reasonable explanation because there is simply none; we can only conclude they took us down based on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's unsubstantiated allegation on 13 September that we are 'Kremlin propagandists.'
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Continued... Is this the rules-based order the US and other Western states passionately discuss? How can Big Tech bow down after one speech by a US official? How is that democratic?
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