Al Jazeera English Profile picture
Dec 31, 2021 18 tweets 10 min read Read on X
THREAD 🧶

Whether it was NFT FOMO or working from home JOMO, 2021 covered a lot of ground.

From a global vaccination roll-out in the billions to one of the world’s largest container ships costing Egypt $15m per day.

We recap the stories that shaped the world in 2021 👇
On January 6, Pro-Donald Trump protesters, upset at the outcome of the presidential election, stormed the US Capitol.

Thousands of protesters breached Capitol Hill security, resulting in 5 deaths and dozens of arrests.

#AJStartHere explained ⤵️
Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on January 20 and at age 78 became the oldest US president in history.

🔗: aje.io/zkqhfy
On February 1, Myanmar’s military removed democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and declared a one-year state of emergency, which sparked global condemnation.

Myanmar's military coup explained: aje.io/a2vmn6
On February 18, NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover landed safely on the Red Planet to begin its search for traces of ancient microbial life.

🔗: aje.io/6rr3vt
One of the largest cargo container ships in the world, the MV Ever Given, turned sideways and blocked Egypt’s Suez Canal for 6 days on March 23.

🔗: aje.io/suh4wf
Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, died aged 99 at Windsor Castle.

🔗: aje.io/x8jdje
“Justice for Black America is justice for all of America.”

The jury in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin found the former Minneapolis police officer guilty on April 20 in the killing of George Floyd.

🔗: aje.io/gpcu8z
Israel's 11-day bombardment of the Gaza Strip, which began on May 10, killed at least 253 Palestinians, including 66 children, and wounded more than 1,900 people, according to Gaza's health ministry.

🔗: aje.io/mubszk
On May 15, Israel bombed the offices of Al Jazeera Media Network in Gaza, which was captured live ⤵️
Italy were crowned European champions after beating England 3-2 in the final of a COVID delayed Euro 2020.

🔗: aje.io/7ybzby
On July 23, Japan’s Tokyo 2020 Olympics opened with a sombre ceremony — in pictures aje.io/jatagc
On August 15, Taliban fighters were in the presidential palace in Kabul.

In a matter of weeks, the Taliban reversed 20 years of history in Afghanistan.

It happened at a speed that no one predicted. #AJStartHere explains ⤵️
On August 30, The US completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan as the final flight left Kabul, ending Washington’s 20-year war in the country after a chaotic evacuation effort.

🔗: aje.io/9c8mxm
On September 17, former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika died aged 84, more than two years after he stepped down under pressure from mass protests and the army.

🔗: aje.io/8jg9m2
November 4 was the one year anniversary of Ethiopia’s brutal conflict.

With the front lines shifting and millions of civilians caught up in it. #AJStartHere asks who are the main groups involved and why are they fighting? ⤵️
'Big loss for Modi.'

India’s farmers called off a year-long protest after the government agreed to pending demands, including promises to consider guaranteed prices for all produce aje.io/7zncav

Explainer: Why were India's farmers protesting? aje.io/s36vux
On December 15, Gloria Jean Watkins, a pioneering Black feminist intellectual better known by her pen name, bell hooks, died aged 69.

🔗: aje.io/8htmwp

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera English Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @AJEnglish

Mar 27
🧵 THREAD ⤵️

Israel has killed a child in Gaza every 45 minutes in the past 17 months.

At least 17,400 Palestinian children have been killed by Israel since October 7, 2023, with many more presumed dead under the rubble.

🔗: aje.io/pexlxlImage
A generation of Palestinian children killed before they could grow up:

🔸 825 were under one year
🔸 895 were one-year-olds
🔸 3,266 were aged 2-5
🔸 4,032 were aged 6-10
🔸 3,646 were aged 11-14
🔸 2,949 were aged 15-17

🔗: aje.io/pexlxlImage
About half of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents are children. To put this into perspective, if you had a room of 100 children:

🔸 2% killed
🔸 2% missing
🔸 3% critically wounded
🔸 5% orphaned or separated from parents
🔸 5% acutely malnourished

🔗: aje.io/pexlxlImage
Read 6 tweets
Mar 26
Over 270 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza since Israel resumed its attacks last week, according to Save the Children.

🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/2sm4kpImage
An Israeli court extends Dr. Hussam Abu Safia's detention for six months, citing a “security threat,” despite legal teams arguing he was just doing his job as director and paediatrician of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/2sm4kpImage
US forces have launched two raids on Yemen's Sahar district in the northern province of Saada, according to Al Masirah TV.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/2sm4kp
Read 4 tweets
Mar 21
Israel’s military says a ground invasion of southern Gaza’s Rafah is under way and troops are pushing into the north near the town of Beit Lahiya and central areas.

🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/qmp25sImage
Israeli war planes have bombed military targets west of the capital Damascus, according to the TV Manar news outlet.

🔴LIVE updates: aje.io/qmp25s
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet have voted on dismissing Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar.

🔴LIVE updates: aje.io/qmp25sImage
Read 9 tweets
Mar 18
Hamas calls Israel’s strikes a ‘treacherous’ attack on defenceless Palestinian civilians, accusing it of trying to overturn the Gaza ceasefire. Netanyahu says he acted due to stalled truce talks.

🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/umorziImage
Report says at least 308 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli air attacks across Gaza. The number of people killed so far included 154 in the northern part of the territory.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/umorzi
“Hamas could have released hostages to extend the ceasefire, but instead chose refusal and war”.

The US has laid the blame for Israel’s surprise attacks on Gaza, which have killed more than 300 people, on Hamas.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/umorziImage
Read 6 tweets
Mar 17
Israel's ongoing blockade of aid to Gaza has left roughly a million Palestinian children 'living without the basic necessities they need to survive,' according to UNICEF.

🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/wekk9kImage
The US military posts a video on X of a warplane taking off, saying "forces continue operations against Iran-backed Houthi terrorists."

This follows Houthi media reports of two new US strikes on Yemen's Hodeidah.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/wekk9k
BREAKING: The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV is reporting a new US raid on the northern Yemeni province of al-Jawf.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/wekk9k
Read 6 tweets
Mar 16
Israeli forces continue attacks on Gaza despite the ceasefire, while the US launches air strikes on Yemen after Houthi rebels vow to resume targeting Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea over Gaza's total blockade.

🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/70xy4pImage
The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV is reporting that an additional person has been killed in the US attacks on the northern province of Saada.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/70xy4pImage
Iran’s FM Abbas Araghchi has condemned US’s attacks on Yemen and said the Trump administration has “no authority, or business, dictating Iranian foreign policy”.

🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️ aje.io/70xy4p
Read 7 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

:(