The Government is bent on postponing the elections: a response to the statement of the Ministry of Presidential Affairs dated 14 April 2021.
The 2015 projected elections
The paragraph on the elections (p. 3) opens with the following sentence: “In 2014 and 2015, the Government pushed for general elections in order to end the 2013 conflict and restore democracy in the country.”
2021-04-18 07:04 | News | SudanTribune
Your Oscar prophet, Michael Musto Illustration by Joaquín Aldeguer
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The nominees are:
Minari
A Korean-American family starts a farm in Arkansas amidst various challenges, including the arrival of a very unorthodox granny. Based on writer-director Lee Isaac Chung’s childhood, this is a “movie-movie” about a family learning to communicate, and it’s enriching to watch.
Judas and the Black Messiah
A sort of reversal on
2021-04-18 03:04 | CULTURE ARCHIVES, From The Archives, News 2021 | VillageVoice
Imagine, Allah ﷻ is the One who created us, fashioned us, provides and sustains us, bestowing countless blessings and favors, and in response we refuse to believe in him or we associate partners with him? That is an affront to God and that is why it is describes as a major injustice.
2021-04-18 02:04 | Ramadan, Featured, hifdh | MuslimMatters
A vote of a motion against the Somali parliament’s legislation was approved by 49 members of the Puntland parliament, with one opposed the move and two abstained.
The Speaker of the Puntland House of Representatives has announced that the Puntland parliament has vehemently rejected a two-year extension of the federal government’s mandate, which expired months ago.
2021-04-17 14:04 | News | SomaliAffairs
State prosecutors in Moscow have filed a lawsuit to designate Alexey Navalny’s entire anti-corruption and political infrastructure as “extremist” organizations, effectively outlawing all of these groups. Specifically, officials are targeting the Anti-Corruption Foundation and the Citizens’ Rights Protection Foundation (both of which Russia’s Justice Ministry has already designated as “foreign agents”), as well as Navalny’s nationwide network of campaign offices.
2021-04-17 11:04 | News | Meduza
Islam Times - Lt. Gen. Gregory Guillot, head of the US Central Command’s Air Force, visited the “Israeli” entity at the end of February. His host, Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin, took him up personally on an F-15 Eagle for a bird’s eye view of the entity’s borders. The three-star general was also treated to an unprecedented tour
2021-04-17 06:04 | Palestine | IslamTimes
Immediately after the White House announced new sanctions against Russia on April 15, U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry. Reports about ambassadors being “summoned” often appear in the news amid rising tensions between states. Russian ambassadors are also called to the U.S. State Department, the UK’s Foreign Office, or the foreign affairs department
2021-04-16 19:04 | News | Meduza
[UNFPA in WCA] Dakar, Senegal -- 14 April 2021: On Monday 12 April 2021, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launched a book entitled "Harnessing the demographic dividend for emergence: Case of the commune of Gueule Tapée-Fass-Colobane." The book launch attracted great attention and was attended by numerous high profile guests such as Government officials, local administrators, UN agencies, partners,
2021-04-16 16:04 | News | AllAfrica
[State Department] The Government of Uganda's actions during the recent electoral process undermined democracy and respect for human rights. Today I am announcing visa restrictions on those believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic process in Uganda, including during the country's January 14 general elections and the campaign period that preceded it.
2021-04-16 12:04 | News | AllAfrica
Pro-indy MSPs bangs on about independence the most
New Statesman analysis of speeches and contributions made to the Scottish parliament
Who bangs on about independence more?
Number of mentions of issues relating to independence by party
Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross and former leader Ruth Davidson attend the launch of the Tory campaign on 14 April 2021 in
2021-04-16 11:04 | News | NewStatesman
Unnu old vampire
You don’t like to see youths prosper
Only like to see youths suffer
Unnu set of vampire
Unnu old vampire
Only trod upon creation
With your bloody medication
Unnu set of vampire
Booked Up
What I’m reading this week…
The Subversive Simone Weil: a Life in Five Ideas
Robert Zaretsky
(University of Chicago)
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent
Katherine Angel
(Verso)
Beeswing: Losing My Way
2021-04-16 08:04 | articles 2015, Roaming Charges | CounterPunch
I met murder on the way
He had a mask like Castlereagh
Very smooth he looked, yet grim;
Seven blood-hounds followed him:
All were fat and well they might
Being admirable plight,
For one by one, and two by two,
He tossed them human hearts to chew
Which from his wide cloak he drew.
Clothed with the Bible, as with light
And the shadows of the night
Like Sidmouth, next, hypocrisy
On
2021-04-16 08:04 | articles 2015 | CounterPunch
Biden’s third economic stimulus package
No matter, in early April, Biden’s team announced yet another $multi-trillion economic package, this one to focus more exclusively on aid to working people. No doubt, the game of insider negotiations, maneuver, hype and camouflage will ensue as the ruling rich decide once again, how and how much to make working people pay. The combination of
2021-04-16 08:04 | articles 2015 | CounterPunch
To each what’s due him!
If rulers must gather
Toll, taxes, and tribute,
Let no one refuse
The debt that he owes!
Yet bound is the heart but to God the Almighty
Ah, Mister Tax-man, don’t be so mean
To us poor farm folk!
Don’t skin us;
If you’re going to munch our cabbage
Down to the bare stalk like caterpillars,
Let that be enough!
Our excellent,
Beloved Chamberlain
Is a goodly man,
Whom no
2021-04-16 07:04 | articles 2015 | CounterPunch
[State Department] Today, the United States announced more than $95 million to support the response to the South Sudan humanitarian emergency. On behalf of the American people, this funding will provide critical protection, economic opportunity, shelter, essential healthcare, emergency food assistance, safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene services to some of the nearly four million South Sudanese refugees and internally
2021-04-16 07:04 | News | AllAfrica
[AHF] AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today called on U.S. President Joseph R. Biden to support the temporary waiver of patent rights for COVID-19 vaccines as currently proposed at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Indian and South African governments, along with 175 former heads of state and governments, WTO member states, and Nobel laureates are calling on Biden to support the
2021-04-16 04:04 | News | AllAfrica
[Africa Trade Desk] Join us on Monday, April 19th at 10am EST for a forum titled, " COVID-19 in Africa: Strategies for Vaccinating the Continent. " This event is in collaboration with The Constituency for Africa (CFA) (Washington DC), AfroGlobal Television and All Africa. We have invited the participation of The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business .
2021-04-15 19:04 | News | AllAfrica
The school also exhibited a ‘mosaic wall’ of ‘wish cards’ from students supporting NSL.
“NSL has changed Hong Kong from chaos to peace, and guarantees the rights of every HK person; and fully reflects China’s one country two system’.” reads one pic.twitter.com/Th0cYocbvT
[…] “Now with the laws, mechanisms and manpower in place, the rest comes down to enforcement and implementation … It
2021-04-15 16:04 | Hong Kong, Law, Level 2 Article | ChinaDigitalTimes
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Covid severity by local authority
Case rates among all age groups, and how this is changing
Case rates among those aged 60+
Hospitalisation levels, and how these are changing
Test positivity rates
Vaccinations by local area
Case rate trends by local authority
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2021-04-15 16:04 | News | NewStatesman
NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on France’s prime minister to keep his promise to refer a controversial article in his government’s “global security” bill to the constitutional council following the bill’s definitive approval by both parliamentary chambers. Article 24 on “causing the identification” of police officers poses a major threat to press freedom, RSF says.
2021-04-15 16:04 | News | ReportersWithoutBorders
Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (the FBK) has released a new investigation into Russian President Vladimir’s Putin’s “most secret” official residence — a luxury lakeside mansion located near the town of Valdai. According to the report, the residence is part of a massive property that’s only partially state-owned. The FBK claims that the mansion itself is located on land that Russia’s
2021-04-15 15:04 | News | Meduza
Support to whistleblowers and human rights defenders. The recent outrageous death sentences handed down in absentia on two DRC whistleblowers who provided critical information about Gertler and his companies only reinforces how important GloMag has been to enabling this inspiring work. When defenders and whistleblowers see their efforts come to specific fruition through designations, it provides needed validation and encouragement.
2021-04-15 12:04 | Human Rights, International and Foreign, Rule of Law | JustSecurity
[Parliament of South Africa] The Program Officer of the Committee, Ms Elizabeth Hove, gave a broad overview of the objectives of the (RMLOC - Regional Model Laws Oversight Committee) in the virtual meeting of the Southern African Development Community Parliament Forum (SADC-PF) that btook place last Friday. According to her, the committee is aimed at evaluating and monitoring the implementation
2021-04-15 12:04 | News | AllAfrica
In recent years, the most successful regionalist parties have been the Yorkshire party (YP) and the North East party (NEP) both of which support devolved assemblies for their regions. These two parties have achieved relative electoral success, especially within the context of the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system.
The YP, founded in 2014, is a “social-democratic” party that supports a devolved Yorkshire Assembly
2021-04-15 11:04 | Analysis, Articles, corbyn | NovaraMedia
Using open-source data on flaring and remote sensing tools to build a better understanding of air pollution related to the oil industry
Harnessing services such as Google Earth Engine alongside machine learning tools to track oil industry activities and impacts
Mapping potential environmental hotspots using freely available satellite imagery and open-source data combined with mapping tools.
Mapping the Scene
Taking OSINT to the Air
Air
2021-04-15 11:04 | Articles, Case Studies, Guides | BellingCat
NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) reiterates its call for the immediate and unconditional release of Guinean journalist Amadou Diouldé Diallo and is amazed that he is still being held after more than six weeks of arbitrary detention although the only punishment requested by the prosecution at a trial hearing on 13 April was a fine.
2021-04-15 10:04 | News | ReportersWithoutBorders
The discovery process of molecules for novel antibiotics would usually take scientists years – IBM’s AI system did it in a matter of days
IBM researchers claim their approach outperformed other methods for designing antimicrobial peptides by 10%
IBM is also hopeful the system can have broader applications such as capturing carbon to help fight climate change, materials for more intelligent energy
2021-04-15 09:04 | Latest, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data | AsianCorrespondent
A return to ‘community policing’, including doubling the number of dedicated ward officers. There has been growing concern about officers being ‘parachuted in’ from Scotland Yard to situations that should be handled locally A ‘London Youth Service’ established to help coordinate andimprove access to activities foryoung people after school.An end to the use of Section 60 ‘suspicionless’ stop and search
2021-04-15 08:04 | Left Foot Forward, Social Justice, luisa porritt | LeftFootForward
[The Conversation Africa] Accusations abound of vaccine nationalism against states that stockpile vaccines and of vaccine apartheid, as COVID-19 vaccines become concentrated in rich countries. Calls for vaccine equity or justice demand vaccine allocation on account of need, based on the idea that no one is safe until everyone is safe.
2021-04-15 04:04 | News | AllAfrica
Hospital staff in Lagos, Nigeria, administer the AstraZeneca vaccine. AP Photo/Sunday Alamba
Governments can already get around patents
AstraZeneca issued a license to the Serum Institute of India to produce its COVID-19 vaccine. AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool
Vaccine patents end at the border
Technicians in Nairobi, Kenya, hold a carton of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine manufactured in India. AP Photo/Ben Curtis
What to do about it
2021-04-14 19:04 | News | TheConversation
Until recently, the Russian authorities showed little interest in genetics. The breakthrough came in 2019, when the government allocated 127 billion rubles ($1.7 billion) to a special seven-year federal program. In fact, as Meduza learned, the Kremlin’s overall spending on projects involving genetics could actually reach 230 billion rubles ($3 billion) in the coming years. Vladimir Putin personally supervises the
2021-04-14 17:04 | News | Meduza
Photo: Cuyahoga County Planning CommissionBesides the $7 million contract in 2017, Brown also voted on three other occasions to approve Cuyahoga city contracts for Perk, totaling an additional $10 million between 2015 and 2019. And in August 2020, she voted in favor of contracts of $1.875 million to two firms, one headed by Mark Perkins’s sister and a second whose former
2021-04-14 16:04 | Politics | TheIntercept
It saddens me when I hear a Black Muslim give lectures on “Islamic issues” that are in fact South Asian and Arab Muslim issues. For example, a lecture on marriage in Islam where parental approval, cultural differences, and forced marriage are spoken about as if they are universal Islamic issues when they in fact have nothing to do with Islam
2021-04-14 16:04 | Americas, Society, black americans | TheMuslimVibe
[FrontPageAfrica] The Government of the Republic of Liberia (GoL) and the European Union (EU) met on March 12, 2021 for the 9th edition of the EU-Liberia Political Dialogue, under Article 8 of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement between the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States, which enables the establishment of a platform for regular and comprehensive political dialogue.
2021-04-14 11:04 | News | AllAfrica
Shell and grid equipment maker Alfen bet that VPP-connected batteries will be cheaper than grid reinforcements
Shell is targeting an EV network of 500,000 chargers by 2025, up from around 60,000 today
Its pilot site, a Dutch filling station, will provide the data to inform the possibility of a wider rollout of the battery-backed approach
How will the Shell-Alfen pilot project work?
Solid-state batteries
2021-04-14 09:04 | Latest, Batteries, data | AsianCorrespondent
[IPS] Sydney and Kuala Lumpur -- US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has urged all governments to support a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 21%. The US is working with other G20 nations to get other countries to end the "thirty-year race to the bottom on corporate tax rates".
2021-04-14 08:04 | News | AllAfrica
Hope manifests itself also on a more modest, but nonetheless convincing and encouraging scale. People want to live, they want their stolen lives back, they want to enjoy living, being again their sovereign selves. They want to dance again, with even the police participating – see this encouraging 6 min You Tube of people randomly coming together in the Gare
2021-04-14 02:04 | COVID-19, Crimes against Humanity, Environment | DissidentVoice
Lutfi bin Ali, a Tunisian held at Guantánamo, who recently died in Mauritania, having been unable to secure the medical treatment he needed, which he had also been unable to secure in Kazakhstan, the country to which he was first released in 2014. Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m currently trying to raise $2500 (£2000) to support
2021-04-13 19:04 | Algerians in Guantanamo, Closing Guantanamo, Guantanamo | AndyWorthington
[State Department] The United States looks forward to working with the government of President Ismail Omar Guelleh and the people of Djibouti to advance our common interests following Djibouti's presidential election on April 9. We appreciate the work of the election observer missions from the African Union, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the League of Arab States, and the Intergovernmental
2021-04-13 05:04 | News | AllAfrica
On April 6, the Russian Civic Chamber’s Council removed human rights activist Marina Litvinovich from Moscow’s Public Monitoring Commission (ONK), allegedly in response to “multiple Ethics Code violations” she had committed. Meduza correspondents Maxim Solopov and Ivan Golunov dug into the Moscow ONK’s internal workings — including who’s really in control, why so many members are from Moscow’s Mitino district,
2021-04-12 19:04 | News | Meduza
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The Laws of Fasting According to the Qur’an and Sunnah as Deduced by the Hanafi School
The Fiqh of Fasting: A Brief Overview
Brushing Teeth While Fasting
The Objectives of Fasting
The Inner Dimensions of the Fast
The Virtues of Fasting in the Summer
Tasks and Secrets Associated With Fasting
The post Ramadan – IlmGate Posts Related to Fasting first appeared on IlmGate.
2021-04-12 15:04 | Fasting, Featured, Fiqh | IlmGate
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The Meaning of Ramadan
The Ramadān of Mawlānā Rashīd Ahmad al-Gangohi
Environs of Devotional Worship in Ramadan
Research on the Hadith of Ramadan and Its Three Parts
The Message of Ramadan
Reading from the Mushaf During Salat: A Hanafi Persective
Review: The Ramadan of Shaikh al-Hadith Muhammad Zakariyya and our Elders
Shawwāl: What to Do On Eid Night, Eid Day, and During the Month
Is the Friday
2021-04-12 14:04 | General, fasting, ramadan | IlmGate
The Saratov regional government spent 8.46 million rubles (about $109,345) on organizing a two-week quarantine for locals who were set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to the region on April 12. This was reported by the BBC Russian Service, citing a tender the Saratov regional government posted on the public procurement website on March 27.
2021-04-12 14:04 | News | Meduza
Can military members be legally required to receive the COVID-19 vaccination?
What lessons from earlier military vaccination efforts (e.g. anthrax) can be applied to COVID-19?
What is the impact on vaccination refusal on military readiness?
Image: Navy Capt. Stewart Bateshansky, commodore of Amphibious Squadron 3, is vaccinated aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island in the Arabian Gulf, March 19, 2021. Photo
2021-04-12 13:04 | Coronavirus, Military, Uniform Code of Military Justice | JustSecurity
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Real GDP growth in the MENA region is projected to pick up to 4.0 percent in 2021, an upgrade of 0.9 percentage point relative to October, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report released Sunday under the title: "Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia."
2021-04-12 10:04 | News | AllAfrica
[UNFPA in WCA] Dakar, Senegal -- 10 April 2021: The Regional Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Mr. Mabingue and the Mayor of the commune of Fass-Gueule-Tapée-Colobane, Mr. Ousmane Ndoye will launch a book entitled "Capture of the demographic dividend to serve emergence: Case of the commune of Gueule Tapée-Fass-Colobane" The launch will take place on Monday, 12
2021-04-12 09:04 | News | AllAfrica
Numerous issues have arisen from Tesla’s advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) that it continues to call “Autopilot”
Doubts about Tesla going fully autonomous are mounting, as experts reckon the tech is not ready for all road types
Tech giants are instead betting on robocar service, while major carmakers will offer increasing levels of autonomy, bit by bit
Can businesses help commercialize self-driving vehicles?
2021-04-12 07:04 | Latest, Artificial Intelligence, Automation | AsianCorrespondent
[Govt of Liberia] Monrovia, Liberia - President George Manneh Weah has extended heartfelt sympathy to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and all nations of the Commonwealth following the death of the Queen's husband, Prince Philip. The Prince, officially titled the Duke of Edinburgh, died on April 9, 2021 at the age of 99. President Weah extolled
2021-04-10 06:04 | News | AllAfrica