[Mali’s Political Crisis]
Al Jazeera: “The visit on Thursday by the presidents of Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal comes days after a mediation mission by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS failed to break the deadlock.”
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By Al Jazeera
Zindzi Mandela, Daughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, Buried in South Africa
[Zindzi Mandela]
Al Jazeera: “Zindzi Mandela, who was South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark, had tested positive for Coronavirus before her death.
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50 Dead in Aftermath of Assassination of Ethiopian Musician Hundeessaa
[Assassination of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa]
Al Jazeera: “Musician Haacaaluu Hundeessaa was shot dead on Monday night in what police said was a targeted killing.”
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U.S. GENERALS DENOUNCE TRUMP’S MILITARIZED RESPONSE DURING GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS
[General James Mattis]
The rare disagreement between a president and his generals comes at a time when Trump is facing plummeting public support.
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COVID-19 CASES TOP 3 MILLION, OVER 200,000 THOUSAND DEAD
[COVID-19\ World Confirmed Cases]
Countries around the world, including Australia, New Zealand, Iran and Spain, are moving to ease coronavirus lockdowns as daily infections and deaths slow. Italy has announced it will ease its two-month-old controls from May 4.
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TRUMP’S WHO FUNDING CUTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC CAUSING ALARM
[World Health Organization\COVID-19]
Trump’s decision on Tuesday, several WHO programmes, including emergency mitigation of the coronavirus, are now in danger of being set aside, as hundreds of millions of dollars in funding dry up.
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POPULAR RWANDAN GOSPEL SINGER ACCUSED OF ASSASSINATION PLOT FOUND DEAD IN CELL
[Rwanda\Gospel Musician Kizito Mihigo]
Kizito Mihigo, 38, an ethnic Tutsi survivor of the 1994 genocide that killed more than 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus who tried to protect them.
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SOUTH AFRICAN PARLIAMENT MEMBERS PROTEST PRESENCE OF F.W. DE KLERK DURING STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS
[South Africa\FW De Klerk]
The EFF demanded FW De Klerk, South Africa’s last apartheid-era president, be ejected from Parliament, accusing him of being “unrepentant.”
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THOSE WANTED BY ICC SHOULD APPEAR BEFORE COURT SAYS SUDAN
[Sudan\ICC Court\Al Jazeera]
Mohamed Hassan al-Taishi:”We can only achieve justice if we heal the wounds.”
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