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WORLD NEWS JUNE 5, 2021

1 year ago Editor

HIGHLIGHTS

TELECOMMUNICATION GIANTS OBEY F.G’S DIRECTIVE ON TWEETER’S SUSPENSION.
ISWAP REAFFIRMS BOKO HARAM, SHEKAU’S DEATH.
W.H.O DELAYS SHIPMENT OF COVID-19 VACCINE IN AFGANISTAN.
ASEAN SUPPORTS JOINT FORCES TO END MYANMAR’S CRISIS.

AFGHAN/VACCINE

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, W.H.O HAS DELAYED SHIPMENT OF THREE MILLION DOSES OF COVID 19VACCINE EXPECTED IN AFGHANISTAN TILL AUGUST, 2021.

AFGHANISTAN’S HEALTH MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, GHULAM NAZARI TOLD NEWSMEN THAT THE COUNTRY IS BATTLING A BRUTAL SURGE IN COVID-19 INFECTIONS.

EXPRESSING DEEP FRUSTRATION AT THE GLOBAL VACCINE DISTRIBUTION, NAZARI SAID HE HAD KNOCKED ON THE DOORS OF SEVERAL EMBASSIES BUT YET TO GET SOLUTION TO THE HEALTH PROBLEM.

NAZARI EXPLAINED THAT OVER THE PAST MONTH, THE ESCALATING PACE OF NEW CASES OF THE PANDEMIC HAD THREATENED TO OVERWHELM AFGHANISTAN’S HEALTH SYSTEM, THEREFORE APPEALING TO W.H.O TO RELEASE THE EXPECTED VACCINE DOSES TO SAVE LIVES.

MYANMAR/ASEAN

THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS, ASEAN HAS LED THE MAIN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EFFORT TO FIND A WAY OUT OF THE CRISIS IN MYANMAR.

REPORT SAID TWO ASEAN ENVOYS MET MILITARY RULER, MIN AUNG HLAING IN THE COUNTRY’S CAPITAL, NAYPYIDAW A COUNTRY IN TURMOIL SINCE THE MILITARY’S FEBRUARY 1

SPEAKING IN A STREAMED NEWS CONFERENCE, A DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER OF THE SHADOW NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT, NUG, MOE ZAW OO, NOTED THAT THE COUNTRY HAVE LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN ASEAN’S EFFORTS, HENCE THE NEED FOR SEEKING THEIR ASSISTANCE.

IT WAS GATHERED THAT WHILE SPEAKING AT THE CONFERENCE THERE WAS INTERNET OUTAGES DISRUPTION ACROSS MYANMAR, A DEVELOPMENT TWO SOURCES WHO CLAIMED ANONIMITY FOR SECURITY REASONS, NOTED AUTHORITIES ORDERED THE SHUTDOWN.

U.S/ REPUBLICANS PROPOSAL

THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN HAS SHOT DOWN A NEW PROPOSAL FROM THE MAIN REPUBLICAN NEGOTIATOR ON INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE REPUBLICANS HAD PREVIOUSLY OFFERED ROUGHLY 257 BILLION DOLLARS IN NEW SPENDING, SHORT OF THE 2.25 TRILLION DOLLARS WHILE THE PRESIDENT BIDEN INITIALLY OFFERED AND SUGGESTED HE MIGHT BRING DOWN TO AS LOW AS 1 TRILLION DOLLAR.

WHILE BOTH SIDES AGREED TO SPEAK AGAIN ON MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2021, THE WHITE HOUSE ALSO STRONGLY SIGNALED THAT THEY MIGHT SEEK A PATH FORWARD WITH OTHER REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS OR EVEN WITH ONLY DEMOCRATS.

CANADA/SCHOOLS

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS ROLE IN RUNNING MANY OF CANADA’S RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS FOR INDIGENOUS CHILDREN.

THIS WARNING CAME FROM THE CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER, JUSTIN TRUDEAU AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF THE REMAINS OF 215 CHILDREN AT ONE FORMER SCHOOL LAST MONTH.

SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS, TRUDEAU BLASTS THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES FOR IGNORING THEIR ROLES IN INDIGENOUS SCHOOLS, NOTING THAT AS A CATHOLIC, HE WAS DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED BY THE POSITION THE CHURCH TOOK.

HOWEVER, THE CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS DID NOT RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT FROM JOURNALIST WHILE THE PRIME MINISTER ON HIS PART ADVISED THAT THE CHURCH STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS ROLE IN THE MATTER.

SOUTH KOREA/AIR FORCE CHIEF

SOUTH KOREA’S AIR FORCE CHIEF, GENERAL LEE SEONG-YONG HAS RESIGNED OVER THE DEATH OF A TRANSGENDER SOUTH KOREAN SOLDIER, WHO WAS FORCIBLY DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY AFTER GENDER-REASSIGNMENT SURGERY AND ANOTHER SEXUAL ABUSE CASE.

SEONG-YONG SAID HE OFFERED TO STEP DOWN AFTER AN AIR FORCE MASTER SERGEANT WAS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF MOLESTING AND INJURING A FEMALE COLLEAGUE OF THE SAME RANK IN MARCH.

IN MARCH, 2020, THE SOLDIER, WHO WAS FORCIBLY DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY AFTER A GENDER-REASSIGNMENT SURGERY, TOOK HER LIFE, PROMPTING ANOTHER PUBLIC OUTCRY.

PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN HAD SINCE ACCEPTED THE GENERAL’S RESIGNATION, MAKING HIM THE SHORTEST-SERVING SOUTH KOREAN AIR FORCE CHIEF AFTER APPOINTING HIM IN SEPTEMBER.

UN/ETHIOPIA FAMINE

THE UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN CHIEF, MARK LOWCOCK HAS WARNED THAT FAMINE IS IMMINENT IN ETHIOPIA’S EMBATTLED TIGRAY REGION AS WELL AS THE COUNTRY’S NORTH, FOLLOWING THE POOR ECONOMY SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY.

GAVE THE WARNING IN A STATEMENT RELEASED, CALLING FOR THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO WAKE UP, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MONEY.

WHILE LAMENTING THE LEVEL OF DECREASE IN PRODUCTION OF CROPS AND OTHER FARM PRODUCE, THE CHIEF RAISED ALARM OVER RISK THAT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OR MORE WILL DIE.

PHILIPPINE/POLICE

PHILIPPINES POLICE CHIEF, GUILLERMO ELEAZAR HAS ANNOUNCED THAT MORE THAN 600 OFFICERS WILL BEGIN WEARING OF BODY CAMERAS DURING OPERATIONS TO COMBAT RIGHTS ABUSES OF SUSPECTS.

ELEAZAR STATED THIS, AFTER PUBLIC OUTRAGE ABOUT ANOTHER FATAL SHOOTING OF A WOMAN BY AN OFF-DUTY POLICEMAN.

THE SHOOTING HAS SINCE LED TO CONDEMNATION FROM ACTIVISTS WHO SAID POLICE BRUTALITY HAD BECOME SYSTEMATIC UNDER PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE AND HIS BLOODY WAR ON DRUGS.

LATER OF THE SHOOTING WAS THAT OF LILIBETH VALDEZ ON MONDAY, MAY 31, 2021 WHICH WAS RECORDED ON A MOBILE PHONE AND SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA SPARKING WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION.

NIGERIA/TELECOM

TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES IN NIGERIA INCLUDING MTN, AIRTEL, GLO AND 9MOBILE HAVE BEGUN TO BLOCK ACCESS TO TWITTER.

THE ASSOCIATION OF LICENSED TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATORS OF NIGERIA, ALTON MADE THIS KNOWN IN A STATEMENT JOINTLY SIGNED BY ALTON CHAIRMAN, GBENGA ADEBAYO AND EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, GBOLAHAN AWONUGA AND ISSUED TO NEWSMEN.

THE OPERATORS SAID THEY RECEIVED A DIRECTIVE FROM THE NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, NCC TO BLOCK ACCESS TO TWITTER IN THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING THE SUSPENSION OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK COMPANY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON JUNE 4.

IN THE MEANTIME, FORMER MINISTER OF AVIATION, FEMI FANI KAYODE, VIA HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT HAS RAISED ALARM THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO CRIMINALISE THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA WITHOUT THE NIGERIA BROADCASTING CORPORATION, NBC APPROVAL OR REGISTRATION.

ISWAP/SHEKAU’S DEATH

THE ISLAMIC STATE WEST AFRICAN PROVINCE, ISWAP HAS IN A NEW DEVELOPMENT, CONFIRMED THE DEATH OF FORMER BOKO HARAM LEADER, ABUBAKAR SHEKAU.

ISWAP IN A MESSAGE FROM LEADER OF THE TERRORISTS, ABU MUS’AB HABEEB BIN MUHAMMAD BIN YUSUF AL-BARNAWI, CONFIRMED THAT SHEKAU BLEW HIMSELF UP AFTER REFUSING TO SURRENDER FOLLOWING THE INVASION OF HIS HIDEOUT ON MAY 19, 2021.

DESCRIBING SHEKAU AS THE LEADER OF DISOBEDIENCE AND CORRUPTION, THE ISWAP LEADER ADDED THAT SHEKAU’S FIGHTERS REJOICED OVER HIS DEATH.

HE EXPLAINED THAT THE FORMER TERRORIST LEADER, WHO TOOK OVER AFTER THE DEATH OF BOKO HARAM FOUNDER, MOHAMMED YUSUF IN 2009, WAS APPREHENDED IN THE MOST HUMILIATING MANNER.