The @UN' mission in #Mali 🇲🇱 on Monday called for the "immediate and unconditional" release of the country's president and PM, who were detained by the military.
The detentions came after a reshuffle on Monday designed to respond to criticism of the #interim government ⤵️
@UN 🇲🇱 The detentions have raised fears of a second coup as President #Ndaw and PM #Ouane lead an interim government that was installed after a putsch in August under the threat of regional sanctions.
@erinogun has a recount of the events that led up to Monday's detentions ⤵️
@UN@erinogun The detentions in #Mali have triggered broad international condemnation and demands for their immediate release 🇲🇱
@UN@erinogun@ArmenGeorgian@AnnetteF24#Mali's 🇲🇱 interim Vice President, Colonel Assimi #Goita, said that he ousted the interim President and PM because they failed to consult him about the nomination of a new government, violating the charter.
#Goita said that elections next year will go ahead as planned 🗳️⤵️
@UN@erinogun@ArmenGeorgian@AnnetteF24 Political turmoil in #Mali 🇲🇱 deepened Tuesday as Colonel #Goita pushed out transitional leaders who had been tasked with steering the return to civilian rule after a coup last August.
The #EU 🇪🇺 has imposed sanctions on #Belarus 🇧🇾, including banning airlines from using its airspace and airports, amid fury over the diversion of a plane to arrest an opposition journalist.
@LukeShrago 🇧🇾🇪🇺 "This is a threat against the safety of international civil aviation, which is why the 27 heads of government and state agreed very quickly, not only to condemn but also demand for the immediate release of #RomanProtasevich," said @eucopresident ⤵️
@LukeShrago@eucopresident 🇧🇾🇪🇺✈️ "#Belarus used its control over its airspace in order to perpetuate a state #hijacking, therefore the safety and security of flights through Belarus airspace can no longer be trusted," said @vonderleyen ⤵️
@MariaG_N 🇪🇹Across #Tigray, more than half a million people were forced to flee their homes. Thousands were able to find refuge in the regional capital Mek’ele.
🎤"We don’t have enough water, food, or clothes, we’re not receiving any help from the government," says a man displaced⤵️
@MariaG_N 🇪🇹🇪🇷Many survivors speak of massacres and accuse #Eritrean soldiers.
During a religious celebration in a #Tigray village, more than 150 people were killed by members of the Eritrean army, residents say.
🎤#French President Emmanuel #Macron said in a press briefing after the #summit that he supported #EU vaccine export curbs for drug companies that don't meet their contractual commitments with the EU⤵️
🎤"I believe that we were right in January not to take #lockdown measures, we were right afterwards to take other measures to put brakes on the #pandemic"⤵️
🇫🇷 The French government has asked people to stop using homemade fabric face #masks as the artisanal coverings are considered to provide insufficient filtration against the new, more contagious #coronavirus variants 😷🦠
@JJammine With more than 26,000 confirmed cases of #covid19 in the past 24h in #France 🇫🇷, experts are considering options to stop the spread of the virus 🦠
Could one option be to reconfine just the elderly and vulnerable? @Ellen_TLG reports ⤵️
🇫🇷✈️French President Emmanuel #Macron said that all arrivals by plane must provide a negative #Covid19 test before entering the territory, including from other #EU countries 🇪🇺
As @WassimCornet reports, travellers to the #US will be required to quarantine on arrival while #masks will be mandated on many domestic trains, planes and buses ⤵️
@WassimCornet 🇺🇸 The measures are part of #Biden's national strategy that is outlined in a 200-page document that foresees scaling up #vaccinations, testing, returning students to school and rebuilding trust with the public among other goals 💉😷
Vice-president under Barack #Obama and a senator for 36 years, #JoeBiden is a political figure familiar to most Americans🇺🇸
To many, he lacks the aura of the last Democratic president, but after a period of turmoil in US politics, is he the steady pair of hands the nation needs?
#US 🇺🇸 President Joe #Biden moved swiftly to dismantle Donald #Trump’s legacy on his first day in office.
The president signed a series of executive actions to reverse course on immigration, climate change, racial equity and handling of the pandemic ✍️