Unmoved by the commotion of a global pandemic, the Polish government is continuing to work and vote on a regressive legislation that would restrict sexual and reproductive health rights, as well as putting the lives of women and adolescents at risk. Poland’s parliament voted on Thursday 16th April 2020 to
Libya’s U.N.-backed government said two fighter jets and a helicopter belonging to Khalifa Haftar were shot down on Sunday, April 12th. After Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown in 2011 during the Libyan Civil War, the fight for power has been between two groups: the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan
The most densely populated areas in Israel are those where the country’s ultra-Orthodox citizens reside. Subsequently, the rate of infection of the coronavirus is also high in these areas. This past Sunday, Israel’s government made a decision to lock down these areas, in order to contain the coronavirus spread. In
On the night of April 12th, Donald Trump retweeted a post seeming to support the firing of the NIAID director, Anthony Fauci. The tweet followed Fauci’s interview with CNN, where he admitted earlier COVID-19 mitigation ‘‘could have saved lives.’’ Trump’s retweet stimulated speculation of the possible replacement of Fauci on
One doesn’t need to be a feminist to understand that the outbreak of Covid-19 will have a profound affect on women – despite the fact that they are statistically less likely to die from the disease. Indeed, rather than just being a health risk, the disease can also, unfortunately, affect
The Mauritanian National Guard have received their final shipment of camels from the EU, reported Jane’s on 14 April. The camels were handed over to the Nomadic Group of the National Guard at Achemim, on the border with Mali, according to France’s Management Institute for International Security. The institute had
On 9 April 2020, a new case of Ebola was confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C.), over one month after the last confirmed Ebola patient had been discharged from a treatment centre on 3 March 2020. The case was reported in the eastern city of Beni two days
Cyclone Harold struck parts of Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga and the Solomon Islands last week. It is the first category five cyclone of the year, leaving widespread destruction in its wake. The worst-affected areas are in Vanuatu, where the storm made landfall on a number of populated islands, including Santo, the
On Friday, President Trump tweeted his support for those protesting coronavirus stay-at-home orders in three states led by Democratic governors. He wrote in a series of tweets “LIBERATE MINNESOTA!” “LIBERATE MICHIGAN!” and “LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment. It is under siege!”, making reference to new gun control
On 12 April, Spain decided to ease the lockdown enforced on 27 March. As COVID-19’s spread slowed down and the number of daily deaths started to decrease, the Spanish government decided to allow construction and manufacturing businesses to reopen. The Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the continuation of the state
