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The conviction of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was met with a sigh of relief of activists, legislators, US citizens and officials, many of whom have long called for accountability in the killings of unarmed Black people in the country. It also had many – including US President Joe Biden – asking what comes next, and calling for greater police reform and support for communities of colour. On social media, many pointed to the initial Minneapolis Police Department’s version of Floyd’s death, which said Floyd died “after a medical incident during a police interaction�...

January 14, 2021 A member of the medical staff of Al-Assad University Hospital in Damascus, puts on protective gloves at the special department designated for the testing of people with symptoms of the COVID-19, 15/4/2020 (AFP) AMMAN, BEIRUT — Syria is not faring well in the race to procure the COVID-19 vaccine. While 30 million people have already been vaccinated in 50 countries, the vaccine is expected to arrive in Syria by April, or at the latest by June.  On Tuesday, the Syrian government agreed on the distribution mechanism of the vaccine, but details have not yet surfaced. Ahead of t...

February 2021 Criminal groups abducted hundreds in north west, while ethnic and regional tensions ran high in south amid farmer-herder conflict; meanwhile, tensions rose in south east between govt and Biafra secessionists. Criminal groups in Feb reportedly killed at least 112 and kidnapped over 450 people, mostly in Katsina, Kaduna, Sokoto and Zamfara states (north west), but also in Niger state (Middle Belt). Notably, armed group 17 Feb abducted 42 students and school personnel in Niger state, released them 27 Feb; 26 Feb kidnapped 279 girls in Zamfara state. Meanwhile, Auwalun Daudawa, who ...

Don't show me this message again✕ It was on the third day lost at sea, when they started trying to filter seawater using baby’s nappies, that Mohamed, 23, volunteered to swim to land and find help. Two children, a diabetic man and a woman had already died in the deteriorating conditions. With no food or water, time was running out for the remaining 40 or so panicked passengers, who had all paid over $1,000 (£740) each to take the rickety boat from Lebanon to Cyprus in search of a better life. The smuggler, who took their bags and provisions promising to follow with a bigger boat, had di...

Dying for a better life: On board Lebanon’s ‘death caravans’ to Europe Bel Trew © Provided by The Independent It was on the third day lost at sea, when they started trying to filter seawater using baby’s nappies, that Mohamed, 23, volunteered to swim to land and find help. Two children, a diabetic man and a woman had already died in the deteriorating conditions. With no food or water, time was running out for the remaining 40 or so panicked passengers, who had all paid over $1,000 (£740) each to take the rickety boat from Lebanon to Cyprus in search of a better lif...