Daily Archives: 2021-04-20

2021-04-20: News Headlines

VOA (2021-04-20). Chauvin Convicted On All Charges In Death Of George Floyd. eurasiareview.com Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of all charges Tuesday in the death of George Floyd nearly a year ago. | Chauvin had been charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. | In their final arguments, a prosecutor accused Chauvin, who is white, of killing Floyd, an African American, by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. A defense attorney, Eric Nelson, contended that Floyd died partly from drug use and that Chauvin was following his police training in the way he arrested Floyd last May on the curb of a street in Mi…

RT (2021-04-20). Minneapolis jury finds ex-cop Derek Chauvin GUILTY on ALL CHARGES in death of George Floyd. rt.com Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of killing George Floyd, an African-American man whose death touched off Black Lives Matter protests and riots across the US in 2020. | Chauvin was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after Floyd died on May 25, during an attempt by six officers to arrest him for allegedly passing a counterfeit bill at a Minneapolis grocery store. | The jury found him guilty on all three counts on Tuesday afternoon. | Following the verdict, Chauvin's bail was revoked and he was ordered back to jail.

Susan Price (2021-04-20). United States: George Floyd's lynching versus 'copaganda' in trial of Derek Chauvin. greenleft.org.au The verdict in the trial of George Floyd's killer is expected any day now, writes Malik Miah.

Anonymous103 (2021-04-20). Greed And The European Super League. southfront.org This message was made by fans of Club Africain (Curva Nord Tunis) in a friendly match against Paris Saint-Germain in 2017. Illustrative image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | Suffocating the grassroots. Mocking the working class origins of the game. World football, and primarily European club football, has long done away with loyalties in favour of cash and contract. The professionalization of the game has seen a difficult relationship between fan, spectator and sporting management, none better exemplified than th…

Carlos Arellán (2021-04-20). Cape Verde Trends in Venezuela Due to Contradiction Between Alex Saab Case & Election. orinocotribune.com The ruling party of Cape Verde won the parliamentary elections on Sunday. The event was attended by international observers from ECOWAS, the organization that ordered the release of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab through its court. | Cape Verde's government did not recognize the ECOWAS resolution, though it should ostensibly abide by it. Analysts say they have not done so due to pressure from the US regime. | This situation, in which the government of Cape Verde invited electoral observers of ECOWAS, but does not comply with their judicial decisions, triggered a widespread reaction by Venezuelans on social media n…

Abby Martin (2021-04-20). Abby Martin — Uganda Dictatorship: Imperialism's Pearl of Africa. theanalysis.news | | | | Anonymous103 (2021-04-20). Chad's President Killed Day After Winning Presidential Election. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Chad's President Idriss Deby has died of injuries suffered on the frontline where he had gone to visit soldiers battling rebels, an army spokesman said on April 20. Deby died a day after he won a sixth term, according to provisional election results that were released on April 19. | The 68-year-old Deby, who came to power in a rebellion in 1990, took 79.3 percent of the vote in the April 11 presidential election, the results showed, according to Al Jazeera reports. | The National Assembly and th…

Staff (2021-04-20). African Muslims spending 2nd Ramadan amid pandemic. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) — Same as all Muslims across the globe, African Muslims fast and preserve Ramadan rituals under anti-Covid-19 restrictions and lockdown this year.

_____ (2021-04-20). Chris Hedges: The Unraveling Of The American Empire. popularresistance.org America's defeat in Afghanistan is one in a string of catastrophic military blunders that herald the death of the American empire. With the exception of the first Gulf War, fought largely by mechanized units in the open desert that did not — wisely — attempt to occupy Iraq, the United States political and military leadership has stumbled from one military debacle to another. Korea. Vietnam. Lebanon. Afghanistan. Iraq. Syria. Libya. The trajectory of military fiascos mirrors the sad finales of the Chinese, Ottoman, Hapsburg, Russian, French, British, Dutch, Portuguese and Soviet empires. While each of…

Rick Rozoff (2021-04-20). Pentagon Adds Africa to Global Battleground with China and Russia. globalresearch.ca General Stephen Townsend, commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), and …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-20). Anti-imperialists protest French-led Operation Barkhane in the Sahel. peoplesdispatch.org Groups have called the prolonged military campaign a French ploy to continue its hegemony over former colonies in Africa and to safeguard its stakes in mining in the region…

Human Rights Watch (2021-04-20). US Resuming Arms Sales to United Arab Emirates is Disastrous, Given its Wars on Yemen, Libya. juancole.com By Afrah Nasser | — Yemen Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division | — ( Human Rights Watch) — United States President Joe Biden called in early February for "ending all American support for offensive operations in Yemen, including relevant arms sales." At the time, I, like many human rights advocates who have been …

Pam Africa, The Jamal Journal (2021-04-20). Pam Africa challenges CNN's Michael Smerconish and DA Larry Krasner. indybay.org This new article by Pam Africa has just been released while Mumia Abu-Jamal awaits heart surgery.

news.un (2021-04-20). Thousands flee fresh clashes in Central African Republic: UN agency. news.un.org Recent fighting between government forces and rebels in northern Central African Republic (CAR) has forced more than 2,000 refugees into neighboring Chad over the past week, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.

news.un (2021-04-20). UN chief deeply saddened by death of Chadian President Idriss Déby. news.un.org Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has underlined the UN's solidarity with Chad following the death of the country's leader, announced on Tuesday.

news.un (2021-04-20). 'No end' to conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, warns UNICEF. news.un.org Disturbing reports have continued to emerge of widespread abuse of civilians in Ethiopia's Tigray region, nearly six months since conflict erupted, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.

news.un (2021-04-20). UN and partners welcome progress in Libya. news.un.org The UN and international partners have welcomed significant progress towards advancing an inclusive and comprehensive political solution in Libya…

Susan Price (2021-04-20). United States: George Floyd's killer found guilty. greenleft.org.au The verdict in the trial of George Floyd's killer has been handed down. Malik Miah looks at the trial, the Black Lives Matter movement and the changes needed to policing in the United States.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-20). Report states France enabled the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at a report on France's role in the Rwandan genocide, a strike against tax reforms by Colombian trade unions, and more.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-20). France aided genocide in Rwanda, says official report. peoplesdispatch.org The report states that French officials and forces stationed in Rwanda continued their support to the state authorities even after acknowledging visible preparations of the genocide against the minority Tutsis…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-20). Tunisian state news agency's new CEO resigns after journalists protest. peoplesdispatch.org Journalists of the state-owned Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) had protested the appointment of Kamel Ben Younes due to its political nature and his record as a propagandist of the Zine El Abidine Ben Ali regime…

Mohammad Ayesh (2021-04-19). Arabic press review: Palestinian Authority mulls cancelling elections. middleeasteye.net Arabic press review: Palestinian Authority mulls cancelling elections | Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia investigates 11 corruption cases, an Egyptian journalist disappears after being deported from Jordan, and thousands of Jordanians are at risk of unemployment | Mon, 04/19/2021 – 14: 28 | Employees of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission display electoral lists at the commission's district offi…

Nadda Osman (2021-04-19). Egypt TV series sparks anger over 'rewriting' of 2013 massacre. middleeasteye.net Egypt TV series sparks anger over 'rewriting' of 2013 massacre | 'The Choice' was slammed as propaganda by critics and a deliberate rewriting of history | Mon, 04/19/2021 – 13: 42 | The TV series depicting the has sparked a wave of anger online (Screengrab/Social media) | An Egyptian TV series has been fiercely condemned online for its portrayal of historical events in the country, including the August 2…

RT (2021-04-19). France 'enabled' the 1994 genocide, new Rwandan report says, after French report clears France of complicity. rt.com A Rwandan government-commissioned report on the 1994 genocide has accused France of "enabling" the slaughter, going further than a recent French report that held the country responsible but stopped short of judging it complicit. | France holds "significant" responsibility for "enabling a foreseeable genocide," states the 600-page Rwandan report, which was published on Monday. It documents the role of French authorities prior to, during, and after the massacre, which saw an estimated 800,000 people killed between April and July 1994. | It contends that France "did nothing to stop" the killings, mainly of the et…

Ted Kelly (2021-04-19). Nearly 250 years after land theft, Madawaska Nation wins settlement in Canada. workers.org An agreement negotiated by the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation and the Canadian government April 13 has become the largest compensatory land settlement in the country's history. The Ministry of Crown-Indigenous Relations has agreed to pay $145 million to the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation after Canadian courts ruled that a specific . . . |

Ted Kelly (2021-04-19). Nearly 150 years after land theft, Madawaska Nation wins settlement in Canada. workers.org An agreement negotiated by the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation and the Canadian government April 13 has become the largest compensatory land settlement in the country's history. The Ministry of Crown-Indigenous Relations has agreed to pay $145 million to the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation after Canadian courts ruled that a specific . . . |

Binoy Kampmark (2021-04-19). Coronavirus Strikes Papua New Guinea. dissidentvoice.org There was a time when it seemed Papua New Guinea had managed to dodge a bullet. Instances of SARS-CoV-2 were minimal, along with its disease, COVID-19. Through 2020, the country of eight million people recorded a mere 900 cases. The World Health Organization praised the PNG government in a September 2020 news release in "taking …

Binoy Kampmark (2021-04-19). Coronavirus Strikes Papua New Guinea — OpEd. eurasiareview.com There was a time when it seemed Papua New Guinea had managed to dodge a bullet. Instances of SARS-CoV-2 were minimal, along with its disease, COVID-19. Through 2020, the country of eight million people recorded a mere 900 cases. The World Health Organization

Anonymous103 (2021-04-19). Coronavirus Strikes Papua New Guinea. southfront.org Illustrative image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | There was a time when it seemed Papua New Guinea had managed to dodge a bullet. Instances of SARS-CoV-2 were minimal, along with its disease, COVID-19. Through 2020, the country of eight million people recorded a mere 900 cases. The World Health Organization

Editor (2021-04-19). Racism, worker rights and the FedEx shooting. workers.org The mass shooting April 15 at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis took the lives of eight workers and injured seven more. Half of those slain were members of the Sikh community, and one was a young African American woman. The murderer, 19-year-old Brandon Hole, killed himself after the shootings took . . . |

Prabir Purkayastha (2021-04-19). Why the U.S. shouldn't play games with cyberwarfare as its power declines. mronline.org Two major cyberhacks—of 'SolarWinds' and 'Microsoft Exchange Server'—have affected a whole range of computer systems worldwide. Both are supply chain hacks, meaning that they appeared to be routine software upgrades for particular components in these systems instead of inserted malicious codes. | April 19, 2021 | Newswire…

RT (2021-04-19). 'I'm always in football': Jose Mourinho films media on Instagram before issuing first defiant comments after Spurs sacking (VIDEO). rt.com Jose Mourinho has hinted that he will return to football very soon as he gave brief comments to the media hours after the Portuguese boss was sacked from Tottenham Hotspur after 17 months in charge. | Mourinho was issued with his walking papers on Monday morning in the haze of a larger furore surrounding Tottenham's involvement in the much-maligned European breakaway league, and just days before the London side chase their first silverware in 12 years when they take on Manchester City in Sunday's League Cup final. | But if you thought his latest high profile exit from a Premier League team might signal the end…

Anonymous007 (2021-04-19). Military Situation In Syria On April 19, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On April 19, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 33 times: 15 — in Idlib province, 12 — in Latakia province, 5 — in Hama province, 1 in Aleppo province | On April 18, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions near Ain Issa | On April 18, US forces conducted a military patrol in the vicinity of the city of al-Malikiyah | On April 18, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in…

Anonymous007 (2021-04-19). Unending Chaos In The Sahel: Terrorist Attack Leaves 19 Civilians Dead In Niger. southfront.org At least 19 civilians were killed in a terrorist attack on a village in west Niger, near the border with Mali. | The governor of Tillaberi region said dozens of heavily armed attackers on motorbikes stormed the village of Gaigorou on the evening of April 17th. | Governor Ibrahim Tidjani Katiella told DPA news agency the attackers, who likely came from Mali, surrounded the village and then started killing the inhabitants. | A municipal official from Dessa confirmed that 19 people were killed and two others wounded in the attack. | He told AFP news agency that the assailants initially attacked people at a funera…

The Canary (2021-04-19). Race report 'attempts to normalise white supremacy' — UN human rights experts. thecanary.co A controversial report into racial disparities attempts to "normalise white supremacy" and the Government should reject its findings, human rights experts from the UN have warned. | The UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent said it "categorically rejects and condemns" the findings of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities ( The Government-commissioned report said racism is a "real force" but that Britain is no longer a country where the…

Pan Africanism Today Secretariat (2021-04-19). How profits are maximized at the expense of workers' lives in South Africa. peoplesdispatch.org "I am angry. We should be fighting against economic exploitation but instead we are fighting for basic things like health and safety," declared a worker participating in a recent shop steward induction workshop organized by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa). Pan Africanism Today spoke to Vuyolwethu Toli, Numsa Education Officer at Jack Charles Bezuidenhout (JC Bez) Region, about the ongoing struggles and deficiencies of occupational health and safety practices in South African workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic. | Pan Africanism Today: What are the most common occupational health pr…

WSWS (2021-04-19). UK capital London centre of new Covid-19 variants, as R value rises above 1. wsws.org The South African variant has the potential to start a new wave of the pandemic, especially as several of those infected had received at least one shot of either the AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccine.

Duggan Flanakin (2021-04-19). Africans Reject Demands To End Fossil Fuel Use — OpEd. eurasiareview.com Africans need strategies that support economic development, jobs, access to energy: | As

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-04-19). Famous Ramadan traditions in Egypt. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) — Egypt is the most famous place for Ramadan traditions and it is said that many of the Ramadan rituals practiced throughout the Muslim world have origins in Egypt.

John Clamp (2021-04-19). Libya: What a Khazi. counterpunch.org Just in case they're short on historical examples of Western perfidy, the leaders of 'rogue states' around the world need remember just one name when they're courted by the 'civilized' West: Gaddafi. The deceased Libyan ruler's downfall has been an axiomatic argument against making concessions ever since. The lawless Libyan mess has turned into a

news.un (2021-04-19). Rights experts condemn UK racism report attempting to 'normalize white supremacy'. news.un.org UN independent human rights experts on Monday denounced a government-backed report into racism in the United Kingdom, saying that it further distorted and falsified historical facts, and could even fuel racism and racial discrimination.

news.un (2021-04-19). Rights experts condemn UK report attempting to 'normalize white supremacy'. news.un.org UN independent human rights experts on Monday denounced a government-backed report into racism in the United Kingdom, saying that it further distorted and falsified historic facts, and could even fuel racism and racial discrimination.

Veeramalla Anjaiah (2021-04-19). Scholars Support US Recognition Of Moroccan Sovereignty Over Western Sahara — OpEd. eurasiareview.com In a strategic move, the US decided to recognize Morocco's sovereignty over Moroccan Sahara, or Western Sahara, in December 2020 and fully endorse Morocco's autonomy plan as a viable solution to the 46-year-old conflict. | A virtual event was recently organized by the New York City Bar Association (NYCBAR) with the theme "Should President Biden endorse former President Trump's decision to recognize Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara?" | Several top American scholars strongly supported Washington's 2020 decision over Moroccan Sahara at the one-day webcast on April 14. | Speaking at the webcast, Elliott A…

IDN (2021-04-19). Genocide Suspect Back In Rwanda After Losing Appeal To Remain In US. eurasiareview.com By Lisa Vives | After two unsuccessful appeals in the U.S., a Rwandan woman is back in Kigali where she stands to face prosecution for her active role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide. | In an application for political asylum, Beatrice Munyenyezi denied that she had been involved in the killing of Tutsis in Rwanda. But witnesses were found and told a court how Munyenyezi had inspected identity cards at a notorious roadblock where ethnic Tutsis were singled out for slaughter. | Her nickname, "the Commander," triggered brutal memories of a killer, the victims testified, who committed multiple acts of violence, includ…

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