(2021-04-23). Reflections on Genocide as the Ultimate Crime. counterpunch.org 
The misuse of the word genocide is disdainful toward relatives of the victims of the Armenian massacres, the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide — and as well a disservice to both history, law, and the prudent conduct of international relations. We already knew that we were adrift in an ocean of fake news. It is far more dangerous to discover that we are also at risk of being immersed in the turbulent waters of "fake law". We must push back with a sense of urgency. Such a development is not tolerable.
(2021-04-23). France Supports Chad's Military Government, As Rebels March On The Capital. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On April 22nd, France backed the Chadian Army's takeover of the country, after the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby. | Any other choice allegedly undermines its superficial fight against militants in the Sahel. | Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian justified the installation of a military council headed by Deby's son on the grounds that stability and security were paramount at this time."There are exceptional circumstances," Le Drian said. | Deby's son Mahamat t…
(2021-04-23). ISIS Shared Summery Of Its Attacks In Iraq, Western Africa In Last Ten Days. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | On April 22, ISIS news agency Amaq released an infographic summarizing the group's attacks in Iraq and West Africa over the last ten days, which were the first quarter of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan. | According to the infographic, ISIS cells carried out 40 operations in Iraq, including the April 15 car bomb attack in Sadr city in the capital Baghdad and the April 17 raid on three positions of the Iraqi military and tribal forces near al-Hliwah Aiport in Kirkuk. | As a result of the attacks: | 7…
(2021-04-23). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Spanish steelworkers at Tubacex in Alva province continue strike begun February against redundancies; UK bus strikes continue at Go North West in Manchester and London United over fire and rehire and attacks on pay and conditions; Italian students at high school in Naples refuse in person and online lessons over lack of Covid safety; delivery workers at Uber Eats and Deliveroo strike in Nantes, France over low pay…
(2021-04-23). Pandemic produced a "catastrophic year" for Middle East and North Africa. wsws.org The pandemic has inflicted a horrendous toll, with more than 7.3 million recorded cases and 150,000 fatalities, a pale reflection of the real losses and suffering given the lack of testing and recording systems.
(2021-04-23). Turkey summons Greek, French ambassadors over Mediterranean incident. wsws.org The naval incident points to mounting conflicts among rival NATO alliance members in the eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East and Africa.
(2021-04-23). San Leandro Calls for Justice for Steven Taylor and Other N. California Victims of Police. indybay.org Steven Taylor was an African American resident of San Leandro who was killed by the police in a Walmart on 4/18/20. The officer who shot Taylor has been charged with manslaughter and is awaiting trial. A rally on the anniversary of Taylor's death called for an end to police violence against African Americans and other people of color.
(2021-04-23). A Closer Look At China's Controversial Lending Practices Around The World — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Reid Standish* | ( It has issued massive loans through its flagship foreign policy project, the Belt and Road Initiative. It has inked contracts with governments from Latin America to Africa and Eastern Europe to South Asia. | But despite being the world's largest official creditor, many of the basic facts around Beijing's foreign lending are still unknown. | Crucial details about the terms and conditions of China and its stat…
(2021-04-23). LA Priest Tells How He Survived Shooting In Nigeria. eurasiareview.com By Michelle McDaniel | Father Aloysius Ezoenyeka didn't know how long he had been unconscious. A gentle slapping on his face stirred him, and his eyelids flicked open to an African hospital room filled with people clapping and cheering. | "Father, Happy New Year. Welcome to 2021." Joy flooded the faces of the weary doctors, nurses, friends, and family who surrounded his bed. | The news of the new year wasn't the only surprise awaiting his waking moments. The medical staff recounted everything that had happened to him over the past 24 hours, relaying the harrowing tale of the father-and-son rescue team that bro…
(2021-04-23). Taking Down Human Traffickers Through Online Ads. eurasiareview.com Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and McGill University have adapted an algorithm first developed to spot anomalies in data, like typos in patient information at hospitals or errant figures in accounting, to identify similarities across escort ads. | The algorithm scans and clusters similarities in text and could help law enforcement direct their investigations and better identify human traffickers and their victims, said Christos Faloutsos, the Fredkin Professor in Artificial Intelligence at CMU's School of Computer Science, who led the team. | "Our algorithm can put the millions of advertisements tog…
(2021-04-22). Another false start in Africa sold with green revolution myths. mronline.org 
AGRA was started, with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, to double yields and incomes for 30 million smallholder farm households while halving food insecurity by 2020. | April 22, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-22). Middle East-North Africa most dangerous for journalists, says RSF's 2021 press freedom index. peoplesdispatch.org Press freedoms in almost 75% of the 180 countries evaluated in the index have significantly declined. This has been aggravated by the COVID-19 outbreak which many countries have used as justification for exercising more control over the news media…
(2021-04-22). New Report Highlights COVID-19 Impact On African Trade Finance. eurasiareview.com African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Making Finance Work for Africa Partnership (MFW4A) released on 15 April the African Trade Finance Survey Report which provides a better understanding of the trade finance landscape across Africa and how it has evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report is the first of its kind, surveying 185 banks from across Africa, representing more than 58% of total assets held by African banks. | In his opening remarks, Professor Benedict Oramah, President of…
(2021-04-22). Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 4.43 mln: Africa CDC. ecns.cn The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,439,823 as of Tuesday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
(2021-04-22). West Asian countries lead in global execution list, says Amnesty report. peoplesdispatch.org A scathing new report released by international human rights organization Amnesty International has revealed that countries in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region carried out the highest number of death penalties in 2020, reported Associated Press yesterday, April 21. The Amnesty report also stated that four countries in the MENA region, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, carried out an overwhelming 88% of all known executions worldwide last year. | According to the report, Iran executed 246 people, Egypt 107, Iraq 45, and Saudi Arabia 27, on a wide range of "vague and overly broad terror-related and othe…
(2021-04-22). Big Pharma's 'appalling' $26 billion in shareholder payouts could fund vaccines for all of Africa. nationofchange.org "Instead of creating new vaccine billionaires, we need to be vaccinating billions in developing countries."
(2021-04-22). Tucker Carlson Warns Political Actors 'Harnessed' Floyd's Death to 'Control, Change US Forever'. sputniknews.com In a trial that lasted over a month, on 20 April former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of African-American man George Floyd on 25 May 2020.
(2021-04-22). Commander Says Africa Too Important For US To Ignore. eurasiareview.com By Jim Garamone | Africa is a fascinating continent of tremendous possibilities but also tremendous dangers, and the U.S. ignores the nations of Africa at its own peril, the commander of the U.S. Africa Command said during an interview. | "China and Russia don't ignore Africa, and that alone should say something," Army Gen. Stephen J. Townsend said. | Africa has 13 of the 25 fastest growing economies in the world, Townsend said. In a time of climate change, Afri…
(2021-04-22). AFRICOM Commander Says US Troops Have Been 'Commuting' to Somalia Since Withdrawal. news.antiwar.com Gen. Stephen Townsend, the head of US Africa Command, "There's no denying that the repositioning of forces out of Somalia has introduced new layers of complexity and risk," Townsend told the Senate Armed Services Committee. He said the US maintains a "small footprint" of about 100 troops in Mogadishu and that other US forces have…
(2021-04-22). WeSay: Asian Americans still struggling. ecns.cn From "I have a dream" to "I can't breathe," it takes African Americans 57 years to "catch a breath" with the conviction of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. If the conviction is a "step forward," then do not ignore the struggling Asian Americans.
(2021-04-22). 'Pervasive racism' led to failure to commemorate Black and Asian troops. thecanary.co "Pervasive racism" underpinned a failure to properly commemorate potentially hundreds of thousands of predominantly Black and Asian service personnel who died fighting for the British Empire, an investigation has found. | The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) apologised after its investigation found that those individuals were not formally remembered in the same way as their white comrades. | Defence secretary Ben Wallace will give a statement to MPs on the findings on Thursday, when the report is formally published in full.The investigation discovered at least 116,000 predominantly African and Middle Eas…
(2021-04-22). China's top legislator holds talks with Egyptian house speaker. ecns.cn China's top legislator Li Zhanshu on Tuesday held talks with Egyptian House of Representatives Speaker Hanafy Ali al-Gebaly via video link, pledging to consistently develop bilateral relations.
(2021-04-22). First Person: 'Youth won't stay silent' says Madagascar climate activist. news.un.org Young people around the world "won't stay silent" about the global climate crisis according to a youth activist from Madagascar.