April 2020

Video Sparks Outrage As Discrimination in China Grows

Video Sparks Outrage As Discrimination in China Grows

April 25, 2020 3:44 pm

Amidst increasing calls for justice for minorities in China, especially blacks being a subject to increased scrutiny and racial attacks for the recent flare-up in coronavirus cases, an Ethiopian diplomat based in China was denied access to a public shop area sparking outrage on social media.

In a video post, Tseday Getachew Girmaye, previously stationed in Jakarta, now a consul with the Ethiopian consulate in Guangzhou, can be seen as she is denied access while others, locals and a white lady were given access to the shopping area.

When asked for a comment, Ethiopian ambassador to China, Teshome Toga Chanaka …

Anger In Mogadishu After Police Kill Civilian In Lockdown

Lockdown: Anger In Mogadishu After Police Kill Civilian

April 25, 2020 3:43 pm
A police officer in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu  has been arrested in the fatal shooting of at least one civilian while enforcing coronavirus restrictions, according to officials.

The shooting on Friday evening sparked protests in Mogadishu that continued on Saturday with crowds of young men burning tires and demanding justice.

Read Also: Somalia: AU Trains 200 Somali Police To Improve Security

There has been growing anger among some residents over alleged abuses by security forces, including beatings while enforcing virus-related restrictions.Shouts of “No police, no curfew” could be heard as protesters took to the streets and damaged a police landmark at

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SA - Woman Found Murdered, Husband Jumps In Front Of Truck

SA: Woman Found Murdered, Husband Jumps In Front Of Truck

April 25, 2020 3:41 pm

Potchefstroom police are investigating cases of murder and culpable homicide after the bodies of a man and his wife were found dead in separate locations this week.

Police suspect that the husband killed himself by jumping in front of an oncoming truck. They also believe that his wife was strangled.

According to police spokesperson Colonel Adéle Myburgh, officers were summoned to a culpable homicide scene close to Thusong Hospital at about 16:00 on Wednesday, where they discovered the body of the 48-year-old man.

“He was certified dead on the scene by Emergency Medical and Rescue Services (EMRS) personnel,” Myburgh said.…

Brazil Justice Minister Resigns, Blasts Bolsonaro

Brazil Justice Minister Resigns, Blasts Bolsonaro

April 25, 2020 2:49 pm
Brazilian public prosecutor Augusto Aras asked the Supreme Court on Friday to authorise the investigation of allegations made by former minister Sergio Moro against President Jair Bolsonaro, his office said.

Bolsonaro suffered the heaviest blow to his presidency so far as his popular justice minister quit on Friday and accused him of potentially criminal meddling in law enforcement, adding to the turmoil of a government struggling to confront a fast-growing coronavirus outbreak.

Read Also: Brazil Health Minister Sacked Over Stay-At-Home Measure

Moro, who won broad public support for jailing corrupt politicians and businessmen as a judge, said he was resigning

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Manchester Man Utd Chief Blasts Big-Money Transfer Talks

Manchester Utd Chief Blasts Big-Money Transfer Talks

April 25, 2020 2:44 pm

Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward says speculation about transfers for “hundreds of millions of pounds this summer” is ignoring the “realities that face the sport” because of the coronavirus pandemic.

United were linked with a £200m move for Tottenham striker Harry Kane and potentially spending a further £130m on England and Borussia Dortmund wide-man Jadon Sancho.

“Nobody should be under any illusions about the scale of challenge facing everyone in football and it may not be ‘business as usual’ for any clubs, including ourselves, in the transfer market this summer,” Woodward said in his opening address to a United …

India And Pakistan Ease Coronavirus Lockdown Restrictions

India And Pakistan Ease Coronavirus Lockdown Restrictions

April 25, 2020 2:42 pm

India has allowed a limited reopening of shops in neighbourhoods and residential areas, a month after the nation went into lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, officials said.

The federal home ministry announced on Friday that retail shops could start operations from Saturday with a 50-percent reduction in staff, and enforcing appropriate physical distancing, wearing of masks and gloves during work.

Read Also: Trump Storms Out Of Coronavirus Briefing After Backlash

The sale of liquor and other non-essential items will continue to be prohibited, and no shops in large market places, multi-brand and single-brand malls will be allowed

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Whale Washes Ashore In Bonny Island Dead

Whale Washes Ashore In Bonny Island Dead

April 25, 2020 2:41 pm

A whale has been washed ashore in Bonny Island, in Rivers State. It was dead and decomposing.

The state of sea creature fuelled suspicions that the waters in the Niger Delta region are massively polluted.

The whale, whose tail and other parts of its body, were already decaying, was discovered by residents of Finima.

It came as oil and gas regulators said they had launched an investigation into the cause of death of thousands of croaker fish, which also washed ashore last week.

Read Also: Wike Makes U-turn, Cancels Easter Services In Rivers

The National Oil Spills Detection and Response …

Lagos Distributes Relief Packages To HIV Patients

Lagos Distributes Relief Packages To HIV Patients

April 25, 2020 2:38 pm

The Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA) said it has, in collaboration with the organised private sector, distributed over 1000 economic relief packages to indigent HIV patients during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Dr Monsurat Adeleke, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LSACA, on Saturday said the state government in partnership with the Nigerian Business Coalition Against AIDS (NIBUCAA) provided the succor.

Adeleke said that the agency had identified indigent People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (PLHIV) among the 78,052 clients in the state and had started providing them palliatives.

According to her, since the commencement of the lockdown, the agency and …

Coronavirus Deaths In UK Hospitals Pass 20,000

Coronavirus Deaths In UK Hospitals Pass 20,000

April 25, 2020 2:37 pm

In the United Kingdom, an additional 813 people died in hospital after testing positive for the disease caused by the new coronavirus, bringing the country’s total to 20,319.

India allowed a limited reopening of shops in neighbourhoods and residential areas, a month after the country of some 1.3 billion people went into lockdown.

Worldwide, more than 199,000 people are known to have died due to the pandemic, with some 2.8 million

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Cameroon: Police Clash With Muslims At Ramadan

Cameroon: Police Clash With Muslims At Ramadan

April 25, 2020 2:34 pm

Cameroonian police used force to disperse Muslims praying at mosques at the start of the holy month of Ramadan Friday for violating government orders not to gather because of the coronavirus.  Cameroon has confirmed at least 1,300 COVID-19 infections and 43 deaths, the hardest-hit country in central Africa.

A police statement said force to disperse Muslims from at least 13 Mosques in the country’s West, Center and Far North regions where they insisted on saying prayers during the Ramadan fasting period that began Friday in spite of a government ban because of COVID-19.

Awah Fonka, governor of the Western region …

Kanu Reacts As Ogun Indigenes Protest Over Lockdown

Kanu Reacts As Ogun Indigenes Protest Over Lockdown

April 25, 2020 12:30 pm
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has reacted to a protest by some indigenes of Ogun State against the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown.

Protesters, majority of whom were traders and artisans, marched to the palace of the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, saying they were hungry and tired of the lockdown.

In his reaction on Friday, Kanu said the insensitive cabal ruling Nigeria has continued to ignore, what he called, the rising hunger/hardships, even though the COVID-19 lockdown is necessary.

Read Also: Now That Abba Kyari Is Dead’ – Nnamdi Kanu

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Trump Storms Out Of Coronavirus Briefing After Backlash

Trump Storms Out Of Coronavirus Briefing After Backlash

April 25, 2020 12:29 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump dramatically walked out of the daily White House press briefing on coronavirus on Friday, refusing to take questions.

He was reacting to the blast he received following his weird suggestion that COVID-19 patients be given injections of disinfectant as a treatment.

Reporters shouted questions at him, but he ignored them as he walked away.

Read Also: UN Pushes For Virus Vaccine As Trump Disinfectant Theory

He had claimed earlier that his disinfectant suggestion was sarcasm, but the media criticism was possibly too much for him to bear.

He abandoned the briefing in Washington D.C. after Vice …

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