Monitoring Defense and security from July 5th to 12th, 2021-CC
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In South African COVID-19 ward, medics battle worst infection wave yet
JOHANNESBURG, July 13 (Reuters) – At an emergency COVID-19 ward run by a charity in southern Johannesburg, medics wheel gasping patients to their beds, rush from room to room with oxygen cylinders and pat the back of someone in the grip of a coughing fit. The scenes in the converted community hall are a reminder…
US condemns retaliatory attacks against civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
Members of the Amhara Special Force return to the Dansha Mechanized 5th division Military base after fighting against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), in Danasha, Amhara region near a border with Tigray, Ethiopia November 9, 2020. The United States is gravely concerned about reports of hostilities in Ethiopia’s Tigray and condemns any retaliatory attacks against…
Rebel forces in Ethiopia’s Tigray region launch new offensive
Tigrayan forces claimed Tuesday to have launched a new offensive in the conflict-torn northern region of Ethiopia, two weeks after the federal government declared a unilateral ceasefire in the face of rebel advances. A spokesman for the Tigrayan forces told AFP they had seized Alamata, the main town in southern Tigray, after launching the offensive on…
Violent protests deal body blow to South Africa’s economy
Widespread social unrest that followed the imprisonment of a former president is damaging businesses, key trade routes. Violent protests have dealt a body blow to South Africa’s efforts to rebuild the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and pose the sternest test yet to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s authority. The widespread looting and social…
South Africa : At least 10 persons dead from pro-Zuma protests
The army was called in on Monday to contain the violence in South Africa, on the fourth day of violence initially triggered by the imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma and which has already left at least ten people dead. Incidents broke out on Friday in Zulu country, where Mr Zuma is originally from and…