2020-04-24: Social Media Postees

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Some Progressives Are in Denial About Trump's Fascist Momentum
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-04-24
"Get rid of the malignancy in the White House"
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/23/18832600.php

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
wsws.org | 2020-04-24
Workers protests continued over lack of protective equipment as South African miners mobilized to oppose a premature return to work.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/24/work-a24.html

Lets Rid Ourselves of the War Virus. Liberiamoci del Virus della Guerra
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
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globalresearch.ca/lets-rid-ourselves-of-the-war-virus-liberiamoci-del-virus-della-guerra/5710218

Covid-19 Highlights Trump's Malignant Narcissism
James Risen | zcomm.org | 2020-04-24
— And Proves Americans Will Survive Despite Him…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/covid-19-highlights-trumps-malignant-narcissism/

Trump is a f**king idiot
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-04-24
Donald Trump has been widely condemned after suggesting disinfectant could be injected into patients as a possible treatment for coronavirus (Covid-19). But condemned isn't good enough. We need to go further and reject the normalisation of Trump's ludicrous and dangerous rhetoric and say it loud and clear: Trump is a fucking idiot. | 'Mind-blowing…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/04/24/trump-is-a-fking-idiot/

Africa could become coronavirus epicentre after 43% rise in cases
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-23
Africa has seen a 43% jump in reported coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in the last week, following a warning from the World Health Organization (WHO) that the continent of 1.3 billion people could become the next epicentre of the pandemic. | Around 183,770 global coronavirus deaths had been recorded at the time of writing. So far, Africa has escaped the worst of the pandemic, recording just 1,243 of those deaths. The continent, however, has a "very, very limited" and "very, very strained" testing capacity, according to John Nkengaso…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/04/23/africa-could-become-coronavirus-epicentre-after-43-rise-in-cases/

Africa Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
There are 55 member-states within the African Union (AU) where 1.2 billion people reside. | Governments throughout the continent have taken initiatives to reduce the threat of COVID-19 cases which have been confirmed in a majority of countries. | The Republic of …
globalresearch.ca/africa-responds-covid-19-pandemic/5710580

Public health emergency declared at US military base in Horn of Africa over Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-04-23
A public health emergency is in effect at a US military base in the East African nation of Djibouti over coronavirus concerns. The 30-day health emergency concerns US personnel, whether contracted civilians or soldiers, working at the Camp Lemonnier Djibouti, Chabelley Airfield and the Port of Djibouti. | US Army Maj. Gen. Michael D. Turello, commander of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, said combating Covid-19 is a "top priority" in a statement, adding the order will keep "our forces, and those of o…
rt.com/newsline/486719-djibouti-military-base-health-emergency/

Protect civilians in the Sahel and Lake Chad regions, urges UN refugee agency
news.un.org | 2020-04-23
An upsurge in military action against armed groups in West Africa's vast Sahel and Lake Chad regions has prompted the United Nations refugee agency to call on all warring parties to protect people caught up in the violence.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062482

Brazilian Communists sneak in ventilators to avoid confiscation by Bolsonaro or U.S
Morning Star | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-23
The Communist-run Brazilian state of Maranhà£o has brought much-needed ventilators from China via Ethiopia in a "war operation" against coronavirus. Governor Flávio Dino bought more than 100 of the artificial respiration machines for the northeastern state but, fearing that they would be confiscated en route by the United States or Brazil's federal government, he had …
peoplesworld.org/article/brazilian-communists-sneak-in-ventilators-to-avoid-confiscation-by-bolsonaro-or-u-s/

Intensifying shelling and COVID-19 pandemic creates 'perfect storm' in Libya
news.un.org | 2020-04-23
In Libya, ongoing heavy fighting has raised concerns yet further, about the likely devastating impact of the new coronavirus on people there, particularly those repeatedly forced to flee violence.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062432

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 in the Horn of Africa country.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062312

"Frightening Moment": On Earth Day, Kumi Naidoo on Africa's Twin Pandemics of Coronavirus & Hunger
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-22
Some 265 million people are expected to face acute hunger as the coronavirus crisis could trigger a second pandemic of hunger. The crisis is projected to disproportionately affect Africa, where there is already widespread hunger. This comes as the World Health Organization estimates the number of COVID-19 cases in Africa could rise to 10 million in the next three to six months. Ten African countries don't have a single ventilator. "This is an extremely terrifying and frightening moment for the people of Africa. … We were already facing a major food crisis

Economic impact of coronavirus threatens hard-won progress across Africa's Great Lakes region
news.un.org | 2020-04-22
Sweeping preventative measures seem to be curbing the spread of COVID-19 in the Great Lakes region of Africa, but the economic impact of the global pandemic threatens hard-won gains made along the long road back to peace and stability, the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the region said on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062422

UN rights chief rejects killings acknowledged by Cameroon, and Iran's execution of child offenders
news.un.org | 2020-04-22
The UN's human rights chief has been weighing in on recent killings committed by State authorities, or by rogue members of State military forces, emphasizing that all Governments must strictly abide by international law and hold those who serve, accountable for any violations.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062402

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

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

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

New coronavirus death in Libya, cases rise in Oman, Sudan
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-24
Health authorities in Oman, Libya, and Sudan recorded more coronavirus fatalities and cases on Friday.In Oman, 47 coronavirus cases were recorded, bringing the total to 1,790, including nine deaths and 325 recoveries, the Health Ministry tweeted.Sudan's Health Ministry said another 12 cases were recorded in the capital Khartoum, pushing the total to 174, including 16 deaths and 14 recoveries.Health authorities in war-battered Libya confirmed the country's second coronavirus death while no new cases were recorded, keeping the total at 60 including 15 recoveries.After emerging last December in the Chinese city of W…
yenisafak.com/en/world/new-coronavirus-death-in-libya-cases-rise-in-oman-sudan-3517830

Saudi-led coalition announces 1-month extension of ceasefire in Yemen
rt.com | 2020-04-24
The Saudi-led coalition said on Friday it was extending a unilateral ceasefire in Yemen by one month to support efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic. | "The coalition's command reaffirms that there is still an opportunity to focus all efforts in order to achieve a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire," coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki was quoted as saying by the the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA). | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last month called for ceasefires in conflicts across the world to allow countries to focus on the pandemic. | A two-week ceasefire announced by the coali…
rt.com/newsline/486786-saudi-extension-ceasefire-yemen/

US Role in Destabilizing Yemen and Somalia Could Spark "Famine of Biblical Proportions"
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-22
The World Food Program is warning that Yemen and countries in the Horn of Africa

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

African Muslims welcome Ramadan under pandemic lockdown
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-24
As Muslims begin the holy month of Ramadan under a lockdown due to the novel coronavirus, they say they will miss congregational prayers and feasting with communities during fast-breaking at sunset."This is an unprecedented beginning of Ramadan for South Africans and most of the 1.6 billion Muslims throughout the world," Dr. Faisal Suliman, chairman of the South Africa Muslims Network (SAMNET), told Anadolu Agency in an interview Thursday.Suliman said although Muslims who are fasting will continue performing their daily prayers at home during the lockdown, they will sorely miss congregational prayers at mosques."
yenisafak.com/en/world/african-muslims-welcome-ramadan-under-pandemic-lockdown-3517838

Coronavirus cases rise in Morocco, Lebanon
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-24
Health authorities in Morocco and Lebanon on Friday confirmed more cases of the novel coronavirus.In Morocco, 124 fresh cases were registered, bringing the total to 3,692. The country's health Ministry said a total of 155 people have died of the virus, while as many as 478 patients have recovered.Lebanon's Health Ministry registered eight new cases in the country, pushing the tally to 696. The ministry says 22 people have so far lost their lives due to the coronavirus and while 140 have recovered.After originating in China last December, COVID-19 has spread to at least 185 countries and regions across the world.T…
yenisafak.com/en/world/coronavirus-cases-rise-in-morocco-lebanon-3517839

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

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