(2021-04-05). Mozambique: Insurgency Causing Irreparable Havoc And Devastation. .com 
What has been referred to as Islamic attacks and insurgency is causing irreparable deep havoc and devastation in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. The insurgency that began in 2017 has unimaginable negative effects on settlements of the civilian population, and on business and industry operations. It has consistently received global condemnation from regional and international community. | International aid agency sources said between 6,000 and 10,000 people were still waiting to be evacuated to safety following the raid on Palma. Dozens of civilians were killed, including South Africans, in Palma where a m…
(2021-04-05). Rise Of Oxygen On Earth: Initial Estimates Off By 100 Million Years. eurasiareview.com 
New research shows the permanent rise of oxygen in our atmosphere, which set the stage for life as we know it, happened 100 million years later than previously thought. | A significant rise in oxygen occurred about 2.43 billion years ago, marking the start of the Great Oxidation Episode — a pivotal moment in Earth's history. | An international research team including a UC Riverside scientist analyzed rocks from South Africa formed during this event. Findings, published this week in the journal Nature, include the discovery that oxygen fluctuated dramatically after its early appearance until it became a perman…
(2021-04-05). Rise Of Oxygen On Earth: Initial Estimates Off By 100 Million Years. .com 
New research shows the permanent rise of oxygen in our atmosphere, which set the stage for life as we know it, happened 100 million years later than previously thought. | A significant rise in oxygen occurred about 2.43 billion years ago, marking the start of the Great Oxidation Episode — a pivotal moment in Earth's history. | An international research team including a UC Riverside scientist analyzed rocks from South Africa formed during this event. Findings, published this week in the journal Nature, include the discovery that oxygen fluctuated dramatically after its early appearance until it became a perman…
(2021-04-05). Alex Saab: 'I was Tortured and Pressured' to Sign Voluntary Extradition. orinocotribune.com 
In a recent interview with the Colombian news outlet El Espectador, Colombian-Venezuelan businessman and Venezuelan special envoy àÅlex Saab confessed to having been a victim of torture from the first day of his "kidnapping" in Cape Verde. He asserted that he was pressured "to sign voluntary extradition statements and give false testimony." Saab has been in detention in Cape Verde—first in prison and now under house arrest—since his arbitrary and irregular arrest in June 2020 in that country. | "I was kidnapped by Cape Verde in collusion with the United States," said the Venezuelan diplomat duri…
(2021-04-05). The Plague of Historical Amnesia in the Age of Fascist Politics. counterpunch.org 
As the boundaries of the unthinkable become normalized, historical consciousness is replaced by manufactured forms of historical amnesia and ignorance. As white supremacy becomes entrenched at the highest levels of power and in the public imagination, the past becomes a burden that must be shed.[1] Disparaging, suppressing or forgetting the horrors of history has become
(2021-04-05). NUMSA Demands the Immediate Release of American Political Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. counterpunch.org The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), as the biggest trade union in South Africa, and one of the largest on the African continent, has made an urgent call to the Governor of Pennsylvania in the U.S. Mr. Tom Wolf to intervene in the case of Mr. Mumia Abu-Jamal. Abu-Jamal, formerly known as
(2021-04-05). Ban the Death Penalty for Those with Serious Mental Illness. counterpunch.org The death penalty is an antiquated and barbaric form of punishment. This is why most nations have ended it. The top six executing nations in 2019 were China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, and the U.S. The U.S is especially cruel in that there is no categorical exemption for the seriously mentally ill from receiving
(2021-04-05). This week in history: April 5—11. wsws.org On April 6, 1996, fighting broke out between rival militias in Liberia. Some 20,000 civilians took refuge at the United States embassy to escape the bloody battles, and in the following weeks hundreds of civilians were killed and much of downtown Monrovia was destroyed.
(2021-04-05). UN condemns French airstrike on wedding in Mali that slaughtered 22. wsws.org Immediately after the airstrike, the Macron government maintained that it had hit a gathering of 30 members of an "armed terrorist group."
(2021-04-05). 'Egypt with no slums': Authorities displace residents for mummies and modernity. middleeasteye.net 
'Egypt with no slums': Authorities displace residents for mummies and modernity | Many Egyptians have been forced to leave their houses to make room for Egypt's tourism aspirations in Old Cairo | Mon, 04/05/2021 – 18: 36 | Demolition underway in Magra El Oyoun, just one of the areas affected by a new project to regenerate Old Cairo (Supplied) | In a resplendent ceremony watched by hundr…
(2021-04-05). Ethiopia Accused of Using Rape as a Weapon of War in Tigray as New Evidence Emerges of Massacres. democracynow.org 
We get an update on how the Ethiopian government has announced Eritrean forces are withdrawing from the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, where harrowing witness accounts have emerged of Eritrean soldiers killing Tigrayan men and boys and rape being used as weapon of war by Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers. Eritrea entered the Tigray region to support Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's military offensive in November targeting the Tigray People's Liberation Front. The true death toll from the conflict remains unknown, but researchers recently identified almost 2,000 people killed in 150 massacres by warring fa…
(2021-04-05). Egyptians criticise mummy parade for neglecting the living. middleeasteye.net 
Egyptians criticise mummy parade for neglecting the living | Journalists and activists denounce celebration of ancient Egypt as distraction from repression, poverty and government's poor handling of pandemic | Mon, 04/05/2021 – 17: 33 | A performer rides a two-horse chariot at the start of the parade of 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies (AFP) | Egypt held an extravagant parade on Saturday, as it trans…
(2021-04-05). EU says withdrawal of foreign fighters a 'precondition' to Libya's stability. middleeasteye.net 
EU says withdrawal of foreign fighters a 'precondition' to Libya's stability | European Union council president vows support for new unity government and process of national reconciliation | Mon, 04/05/2021 – 17: 47 | Fighters loyal to the Government of National Accord secure area of Abu Qurain against forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar on 20 July 2020 (AFP) | The European Union has pledged its support for Libya's…
(2021-04-04). An Egyptian woman who dared: the Nawal El Saadawi I knew. zcomm.org Nawal was someone who unabashedly crossed all boundaries set by religious, political and societal authorities…
(2021-04-04). Pope calls for end to war, violence, and 'race for new weaponry' in Easter message. rt.com 
Pope Francis condemned the conflicts in Syria, Yemen, and Libya, calling for an end to the "clash of arms" in his Easter message. | In the address, Francis There are still too many wars and too much violence in the world! May the Lord, who is our peace, help us to overcome the mindset of war. | The Pope singled out the conflicts in Syria, Yemen, and Libya…
(2021-04-04). Black Lives Matter's Hawk Newsome Appalled By Lack Of Coverage Of Houthi Massacre Of Ethiopians. .com 
The horrific deaths of scores of Ethiopian migrants in a detention center in Sanaa run by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia is further proof that anti-black racism exists on every continent, according to Hawk Newsome, a founding member of Black Lives Matter (BLM) Greater New York. | Racial tensions and the deaths of black people in police custody have provoked repeated bouts of protest and unrest in the US and Europe in recent years. | Newsome played a key role in the worldwide movement that has rocked US cities since the police killing of African-American George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. | During…
(2021-04-04). Egypt says current talks 'last chance' to stop Ethiopia refilling Nile dam. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt says current talks 'last chance' to stop Ethiopia refilling Nile dam | Meeting in Kinshasa between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over the Grand Renaissance Dam comes after Sisi warned of 'unimaginable instability' if Ethiopia proceeds | Sun, 04/04/2021 – 21: 47 | The Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile in Guba, Ethiopia (AFP) | The latest meeting between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over…
(2021-04-04). Why Africa Gets Fewer Jabs: Roots of Vaccine Apartheid. telesurenglish.net The batch of 600,000 vaccine doses landing in Ghana on February 24, 2021, was the first shipment to sub-Saharan Africa under the multilateral COVAX facility led by the United States and the European Unions. By then, tens of millions had already been vaccinated in the US and the UK, writes Howard Stein, a professor of Afroamerican and African studies at the UniversIty of Michigan, in Africa is a Country…