WATCH: Stray MISSILE fired by Chadian Su-25 pierces fuel tanker, barely misses French C-130 & hits officer's house, killing 5
rt.com | 2020-04-20
In a bizarre and tragic accident, a Chadian Air Force Su-25 parked at the Adji Kossei airbase fired a missile that struck an empty fuel truck, zoomed by a French C-130 Hercules transport plane and hit a house, killing 5 civilians. | …
rt.com/news/486272-chad-jet-missile-tanker/

Ethiopia to Close Refugee Camp Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-19
Ethiopia plans to shut down a camp for Eritrean refugees and resettle thousands in other camps that the United Nations already considers full, an official said Sunday amid fears that COVID-19 could make them more vulnerable. | RELATED: | UN Sends One Million Masks to Africa to Stop COVID-19 Spread | "We are ready to start. But we cannot start with a big number. We can start with a small number," Deputy Director-General of Ethiopia's Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs Eyob Aw…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ethiopia-to-Close-Refugee-Camp-Amid-COVID-19-Pandemic-20200419-0005.html

Is Covid-19 Killing the Coal Industry in Egypt and around the World?
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-04-19
Egypt is one of the countries most vulnerable to the climate emergency and global heating…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/is-covid-19-killing-the-coal-industry-in-egypt-and-around-the-world/

Libya's UN-recognized government downs UAE drone
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-19
Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) announced on Sunday that it had downed a United Arab Emirates unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the north of the country."Our forces successfully shot down an Emirati drone south of Misrata city," said Mohammed Kanunu, the spokesman for the GNA-led Burkan Al-Ghadab Operation (Volcano of Rage)."It was a Chinese-made drone equipped with guided missiles," Kanunu added.Abu Dhabi, which is one of the main backers of warlord Khalifa Haftar, has yet to comment on the incident.This comes a day after GNA's forces launched a military operation to re-capture Tarhuna,…
yenisafak.com/en/world/libyas-un-recognized-government-downs-uae-drone-3517349

'It's War Out Here': Riots Sweep Africa as COVID-19 Fallout Triggers Food Shortages
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-19
As Africa is yet to reach the peak of its confirmed cases of coronavirus, a UNECA-released report claims the continent might become a breeding ground for the pandemic, with COVID-19 expected to soar and the food security of some 25 million Africans threatened by a desert locust crisis…
sputniknews.com/africa/202004191079018472-its-war-out-here-riots-sweep-africa-as-covid-19-fallout-triggers-food-shortages/

Bill Gates and the Depopulation Agenda. Robert F. Kennedy Junior Calls for an Investigation
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-18
For over twenty years Bill Gates and his Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) have been vaccinating foremost children by the millions in remote areas of poor countries, mostly Africa and Asia. Most of their vaccination program had …
globalresearch.ca/bill-gates-and-the-depopulation-agenda-robert-f-kennedy-junior-calls-for-an-investigation/5710021

Nigerian President's Chief of Staff Dies of COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-18
Abba Kyari, the trusted chief of staff to Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari has died from complications related to COVID-19 after a nearly month-long battle with the virus. | RELATED: | Nigeria: Police Brutality Is More Lethal Than COVID-19 | "The Presidency regrets to announce the passage of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari," presidential spokesman Garba Shehu said Friday on Twitter. Kyari had been hospitalized in the commercial capital, Lagos, after testing pos…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nigerian-Presidents-Chief-of-Staff-Dies-of-COVID-19-20200418-0008.html

As US Shale Oil Plunges, Trump Admin Takes Aim at Venezuela
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-17
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5 Million Nigerians Oppose Monsanto's Plans to Introduce GMO Cotton and Corn
Lorraine Chow | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-17
This article was originally published in 2016. | Millions of Nigerians are urging the Nigerian government to reject Monsanto's attempts to introduce genetically modified (GMO) cotton and maize into the country's food and farming systems. | One-hundred organizations representing more than …
globalresearch.ca/5-million-nigerians-oppose-monsantos-plans-introduce-gmo-cotton-corn/5709977

"I Want an Apology": Black Doctor Who Tests Homeless for Coronavirus Handcuffed by Miami Police
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-15
We speak with Dr. Armen Henderson, an African-American doctor who was handcuffed and detained outside his home Friday as he was wearing a mask and preparing for a volunteer shift to test homeless people for COVID-19. "I want the officer held accountable. There's no way that you racially profile me and then you arrest me, detain me, during a pandemic, when you have no mask on, where hundreds of police officers throughout Miami-Dade County have tested positive," says Dr. Henderson, who is an internal medicine physician, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Miami and an organizer with Dream Defenders…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/15/dr_armen_henderson_arrest_miami

Africa mobilizing to minimize losses as COVID-19 pandemic continues worldwide advance
news.un.org | 2020-04-15
From procuring test kits to promoting debt relief, the UN will stand in solidarity with Africa as it braces against the unprecedented economic, social and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Secretary-General António Guterres pledged on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1061862

African Americans hit the hardest by COVID-19 pandemic
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-15
San José, CA – The COVID-19 pandemic that is sweeping through the United States, with over 600,000 confirmed infections and almost 25,000 deaths as of April 14, is hitting African Americans the hardest. While complete data has not been released by the federal government – just one of a long list of failures – early and partial data shows that nationwide, African Americans are dying at twice the rate of other Americans from COVID-19. | The hardest hit in terms of deaths per local population, has not been New York City – although the death toll there has been terrible, with 8000 known dead – but in majority Black c…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/4/15/african-americans-hit-hardest-covid-19-pandemic

United States: The virus is colour blind, humans are not
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-04-14
Anti-racism Healthcare Malik MiahIssue 1261 United States COVID-19April 14, 2020The coronavirus is colour blind. It strikes whites, Blacks, Latinos, indigenous people, Asians and rich, poor. So, why the hig…
greenleft.org.au/content/united-states-virus-colour-blind-humans-are-not

Wash Your Hands? Despite Pandemic, Thousands Still Have No Water in Detroit, a Coronavirus Hot Spot
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-13
Water shutoffs continue amid the coronavirus pandemic in Detroit, despite a moratorium and a program to help thousands of residents restore service last month. The lack of water access comes as nearly 1,500 people in Michigan have died from COVID-19, and 40% of those who have died are African-American, despite making up just 14% of the state's population. We speak with community pastor and activist Rev. Roslyn Bouier, who has been working with residents to restore their water.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/13/detroit_michigan_water_shut_offs

If COVID-19 Doesn't Discriminate, Then Why Are Black People Dying at Higher Rates?
ReNika Moore | aclu.org | 2020-04-08
COVID-19 is ravaging many parts of the United States, but nowhere more than in Black communities. Early data from the Midwest and the South reveal that Black people are contracting and dying from the virus at far higher rates than whites. Louisiana just released data which shows that African Americans account for 70 percent of all deaths in the state. In Milwaukee…
aclu.org/news/racial-justice/if-covid-19-doesnt-discriminate-then-why-are-black-people-dying-at-higher-rates