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Foreign affairs and World politics - Various updates
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- Black Lives Matter: Former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of the murder of George Floyd in a Minneapolis (US) court on 20-04-2021, almost a year after Floyd’s death sparked global protests against racism and police violence. Chauvin was found guilty of all three charges against him: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and manslaughter, following one day of jury deliberations. Evan as criminal convictions against them remain rare, U.S. police lead the world’s democracies in the number of people they kill each year. Police in the United States killed 1,099 people in 2019. Canadian police, ranked second among democracies, killed 36 people. This verdict “brought accountability, but it didn’t bring justice.”
- Chad’s president killed: Chad’s president, Idriss Deby, died of injuries suffered from his visit to the frontlines as troops fought rebels in the north of the country. Deby, who became president in 1990, was one of the longest ruling leaders in Africa and a key ally to Western countries, which turned a blind eye to his dictatorial rule, in their counterterrorism efforts in the Sahel.The news came hours after Deby had been projected to win a sixth term in elections held earlier this month, just as the army said it had fended off rebels advancing within range of Chad’s capital, N’Djamena. Army said that a transitional military council will govern the country for the next 18 months under the interim presidency of Deby’s son, Mahamat Idriss Deby. Meanwhile, the rebel group, Front for Change and Concord, has sworn to continue its fight to seize N’Djamena. “Chad is not a monarchy,” it said. “There can be no dynastic devolution of power in our country.”
- Super league collapse: A proposed European football super league has imploded, just days after it was announced, after fans, politicians, and players voiced opposition to the multi-billion dollar capitalist plan. As of 20-04-2021, 7 of the 12 founding clubs — including six based in England — had pulled out. A statement from the would-be league said it was considering “the most appropriate steps to reshape the project.”
- Xi joins climate summit: Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to attend a White House climate summit on 21-04-2021, making the virtual event the first meeting between Biden and Xi since the U.S. presidential transition in January 2021. The confirmation from China’s foreign ministry comes after Xi met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss climate policy and follows U.S. climate envoy John Kerry’s visit to Shanghai.
- Peace summit postponed: Turkey decided to postpone a U.N. and U.S. backed Afghan peace conference after the Taliban refused to attend. “The conference would be meaningless without the Taliban joining,” said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, suggesting that the conference would be rescheduled at the conclusion of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
- Sheikha Latifa’s whereabouts: A United Nations panel of human rights experts has called on the UAE government to provide “evidence of life” for Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum, the daughter of Dubai’s leader who was reportedly abducted while trying to flee the United Arab Emirates in 2018. UAE authorities, the experts said, have failed to furnish proof of Sheikha Latifa’s safety after leaked footage emerged last February in which she said she was being held against her will. The statement issued by the Emirates authorities’ merely indicating that she was being ‘cared for at home’ is not sufficient at this stage, as per experts.
- Pakistan's French problem: Pakistan’s Parliament was to consider a resolution about whether the French envoy should be expelled over the publication of controversial cartoons depicting Islam’s Prophet, testing whether the government gives in to threats from radical Islamists. Under the resolution, cases against Islamists over deadly anti-France protests would be withdrawn. It is all a test of whether Prime Minister Imran Khan succumbs to pressure from the hardline - and outlawed - Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan party. The group’s supporters are angered over the cartoons’ publication in France. They also are protesting the April 12, 2021, arrest of their leader, Saad Rizvi, a cleric who emerged as the leader of the group in November 2020 after the sudden death of his father, Khadim Hussein Rizvi. His party wants French products boycotted and the French ambassador expelled under an agreement signed between the government and Rizvi’s party in February. Khan’s government holds a simple majority in the National Assembly. Rizvi’s party supports the country’s controversial blasphemy laws and has a history of staging violent rallies to influence the government.
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