FROM THE FIELD: Migrants use digital 'fab labs' to address Djibouti health protection shortages
news.un.org | 2020-04-22
With Djibouti's health system under enormous strain from the COVID-19 pandemic, young migrants in the country are using 3D-printers to make face shields, and ease the shortfall inside medical facilities.
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Assistance ramped up to DR Congo's South Kivu as floods kill dozens
news.un.org | 2020-04-21
Aid is being rushed to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where deadly flooding has swept away people and homes and affected tens of thousands more, including many displaced by violence, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday…
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062242

Public asked to vote for new 'Big Five' of wildlife photography
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-21
People are being asked to vote for animals they think should be part of a new "Big Five" of the natural world's top creatures to photograph. And while it could be something that lives on the other side of the world, creatures closer to home are also eligible.Unlike the old Big Five, based on the five toughest animals in Africa for colonial hunters to shoot and kill, the new list will be animals to see in the wild and shoot with a camera.The initiative by photographer and journalist Graeme Green, which is backed by conservation organisations, photographers and experts, aims to celebrate nature and create a "bucket…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/04/21/public-asked-to-vote-for-new-big-five-of-wildlife-photography/

Amid the Pandemic: Over 50% of Students Do Not Have a Computer
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) published an investigation holding that 826 million of 1,580 million students do not have a computer worldwide and 706 million do not have Internet access in their homes. | RELATED: | Africa: COVID Positive Cases Exceed 16,500 | The UNESCO-IT…
telesurenglish.net/news/Amid-the-Pandemic-Over-50-of-Students-Do-Not-Have-a-Computer-20200421-0013.html

Cameroon Admits Army Role in Massacre of 13 Civilians
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
Cameroon's presidency admitted Tuesday that its army did kill 13 civilians including 10 children in an anglophone region in the west of the country back in February. | RELATED: | Cameroon Opposition Leader Accused of Inciting Rebellion | According to the United Nations, the massacre on the night of Feb. 13 left 23 civilians dead including 15 children in the village of Ntumbo. Nine of the children were aged under five and that two of the victims were pregnant women. | The government…
telesurenglish.net/news/Cameroon-Admits-Army-Role-in-Massacre-of-13-Civilians-20200421-0016.html

Trump to Direct Workers to Die
John Stanton | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-21
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Donald Trump is no George Washington, but his descent from commander-in-chief to vector-in-chief is nonetheless dizzying. Trump's narcissism, mendacity, bullying, and malignant incompetence were obvious before the coronavirus crisis and they have been magnified rather than moderated in his surreal response to a catastrophe whose full gravity he …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/trump-to-direct-workers-to-die/

Boosting Rwanda's Health Workforce
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-21
Rwanda's physician specialist workforce tripled and the ranks of nurses and midwives grew substantially as a result of the country's Human Resources for Health (HRH) Program, according to an evaluation by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764721

Iran ready to deepen ties with Uganda: Pres. Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-21
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) –Iranian President Hassan Rouhani described relations between Iran and Uganda very good and based on mutual respect and said, "we are ready to develop bilateral relations in all fields without any restrictions and use all capacities and capabilities in the two countries in the direction of friendly relations."
en.mehrnews.com/news/157875/Iran-ready-to-deepen-ties-with-Uganda-Pres-Rouhani

Privacy must be at the heart of Covid-19 contact tracing apps, governments told
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-20
Contact tracing apps must be made with privacy at their heart and only keep data as long as necessary, governments have been told.Countries including the UK are looking to contact tracing technologies in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and a possible way to help end lockdown.As already seen in places like Singapore, this would use Bluetooth to keep an anonymous log of every person an individual has been in close contact with and alert them if one should test positive for Covid-19.While the technology has been welcomed as one potential solution to ease in a return to normality, it has also been met with…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/04/20/privacy-must-be-at-the-heart-of-covid-19-contact-tracing-apps-governments-told/

Bringing Nollywood star power to Nigeria's fight against COVID-19: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
news.un.org | 2020-04-20
All of the UN bodies in Nigeria are working closely together, to ensure that the country's response to the COVID-19 pandemic is effective, and saves as many lives as possible. By the UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062162

As US Shale Oil Plunges, Trump Admin Takes Aim at Venezuela
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-17
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Coronavirus and the crisis of African American human rights
Ajamu Baraka | mronline.org | 2020-04-21
With the overwhelming evidence that the capitalist system is fundamentally antithetical to the realization of human rights, including what should be an elementary right–access to healthcare–the presidency of Donald J. Trump has been a godsend for the capitalist rulers.
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Handcuffed: Black Miami Doctor Who Works with Homeless Says He Was Racially Profiled by Police
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-20
We continue our conversation with Dr. Armen Henderson, an African-American doctor in Miami who was handcuffed outside his home while preparing for a volunteer shift to help protect homeless people from the spread of COVID-19. The encounter has sparked widespread outrage, and Miami's police chief has now tested positive for COVID-19 and is in self-isolation. Dr Henderson has taken a test himself and is waiting for results

"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

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

Beyond Expectations: ESA Exoplanet Hunter All Set to Search for Distant Alien Worlds
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-22
CHEOPS, a mission named after the iconic Egyptian pharaoh and commissioner of the big Giza pyramid, will zero in on previous observations of already known extrasolar planets.
sputniknews.com/science/202004221079055838-beyond-expectations-esa-exoplanet-hunter-all-set-to-search-for-distant-alien-worlds/

Juan González: "Make No Mistake: This Country Is Edging Closer to Neo-Fascist Authoritarianism"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-21
We get an update from Democracy Now! co-host Juan González about his mother and wife, who were infected with COVID-19, and discuss how right-wing Trump supporters are brandishing automatic weapons at protests to demand an end to coronavirus shutdowns and are being egged on by the president. "We should make no mistake, that this country is edging closer and closer to neo-fascist authoritarianism," says González, expressing concern these actions will become normalized in the lead-up to a bitter national election in November.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/21/juan_gonzalez_coronavirus_update

Trump Supporters Are Brandishing Automatic Weapons at Anti-Shutdown Protests
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-21
We get an update from Democracy Now! co-host Juan González about his mother and wife, who were infected with COVID-19, and discuss how right-wing Trump supporters are brandishing automatic weapons at protests to demand an end to coronavirus shutdowns and are being egged on by the president. "We should make no mistake, that this country is edging closer and closer to neo-fascist authoritarianism," says González, expressing concern these actions will become normalized in the lead-up to a bitter na…
truthout.org/video/trump-supporters-are-brandishing-automatic-weapons-at-anti-shutdown-protests/