GLIC Daily Report Series 2.0
GLIC REPORT
Israel-Hamas War
Pro-Palestinian University Protests in US,UK, France and Australia
Pro-Palestinian protests continue at major western universities where several schools have called police on protesters, leading to the arrest of hundreds across these countries. GLIC advise that the Nigerian Federal Government and the Univeristy Commission should be proactive in putting strategies in place through public enlightenment through the student Unions to dissuade the future occurrence from Nigerian Students.
GLIC, NIIA.
Egypt (Security)
Egypt rejects displacement of Palestinians into Sinai or any other place- President El-Sissi
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi said his country continues to “completely reject” the displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip into the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt is concerned an Israeli ground assault on Rafah in southern Gaza would push hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians across the border into its territory.
African News: Egypt rejects displacement of Palestinians into Sinai or any other place- President El-Sissi April 26, 2024
DR Congo (Security)
UN peacekeepers close base in preparation to leave DR Congo
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has helped in the fight against rebels for more than two decades, has closed one of its key bases as it prepares to leave the Central African nation this year at the request of the government. The mission, also known as MONUSCO, closed a major base near the city of Bukavu.
Aljazeera: UN peacekeepers close base in preparation to leave DR Congo April 26, 2024
United Nations (COVID-19)
‘Just in case’ antibiotics widely overused during COVID-19, says UN health agency
Antibiotics saw “extensive overuse” globally among hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the pandemic without improving clinical outcomes, while also potentially increasing the already serious and growing threat of antimicrobial resistance from “superbugs”, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
UN News: ‘Just in case’ antibiotics widely overused during COVID-19, says UN health agency April 26, 2024.
Nigeria (Security)
More than 100 inmates escape from Nigeria prison after heavy rains
More than 100 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria near the capital city of Abuja after overnight heavy rains destroyed parts of the facility, prison officials have said. The downpour, which lasted for several hours on Wednesday night, destroyed the perimeter fence of the medium-security prison in the town of Suleja, in Niger state, “giving way to the escape of a total of 118 inmates from the facility”, according to prisons spokesman Adamu Duza.
Aljazeera: More than 100 inmates escape from Nigeria prison after heavy rains 25th April, 2024
Tanzania (Heavy Rain)
At least 155 killed in Tanzania as heavy rains pound East Africa
Flooding and landslides in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain have killed 155 people and injured 236 others. El Nino is a naturally occurring climate pattern typically associated with increased heat worldwide, as well as drought and heavy rains.
Aljazeera: At least 155 killed in Tanzania as heavy rains pound East Africa April 25, 2024.
Health
Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left
When a small number of cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases. But across the African continent malaria has never left, killing or sickening millions of people. Take Funmilayo Kotun, a 66-year-old resident of Makoko, an informal neighborhood in Nigeria’s Lagos city. Its ponds of dirty water provide favorable breeding conditions for malaria-spreading mosquitoes. Kotun can’t afford insecticide-treated bed nets that cost between $7 and $21 each, much less antimalarial medications or treatment. For World Malaria Day on Thursday, here is what you need to know about the situation in Africa.
AP News: Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left April 25, 2024.
China (International Security)
US accuses China of backing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Beijing is “picking a side” and can’t claim to be neutral any more, the US ambassador to NATO said. China is helping Russia meet its war goals in Ukraine by continuing to sell supplies such as drone technology and gunpowder ingredients to Moscow, the U.S. Ambassador to NATO said in an interview.
Politico: US accuses China of backing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine April 25th 2024
Russia International Security
Russia vetoes UN resolution calling for prevention of nuclear arms race in space
Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, calling it “a dirty spectacle” that cherry-picks weapons of mass destruction from all other weapons that should also be banned. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13 in favor, Russia opposed and China abstaining. The resolution would have called on all countries not to develop or deploy nuclear arms or other weapons of mass destruction in space, as banned under a 1967 international treaty. Why, if Russia are following the rules, would they not support a resolution that reaffirms them?
Politico: Russia vetoes UN resolution calling for prevention of nuclear arms race in space April 25th 2024.
Ukraine (International Security)
The US secretly sent long-range ATACMS to Ukraine — and Kyiv used them
The Biden administration last month secretly shipped long-range missiles to Ukraine for the first time in the two-year war — and Kyiv has already used the weapon twice to strike deep behind Russian lines. In March, the U.S. quietly approved the transfer of a number of Army Tactical Missile Systems with a range of nearly 200 miles, said a senior Biden administration official and two U.S. officials, allowing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s forces to put at risk more Russian targets inside Ukrainian sovereign territory. Ukrainian forces have used the long-range missiles twice, first against a Russian military base in Crimea and more recently against Russian forces east of Berdyansk near the Sea of Azov.
Politico: The US secretly sent long-range ATACMS to Ukraine — and Kyiv used them April 25th 2024.
Israel-Palestine (International Security)
Hamas names terms for laying down arms
Hamas is willing to lay down arms if a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is reached along pre-1967 borders, a top political official for the group, Khalil al-Hayya stated. In an interview on Thursday, al-Hayya said Hamas wants to join the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to form a unified government that would control Gaza and the West Bank.
Russia Today: Hamas names terms for laying down arms April 25th 2024
Hungary (International Security)
Liberal world order must be destroyed – Orban
Western liberal hegemony has failed and must be destroyed, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated on Thursday, suggesting it could end as soon as this year. He accused liberal politicians of building “hegemonic ideological control to which everyone must submit” instead of actual governing, while turning “state bodies into tools of oppression.” Such forces are a dangerous enemy whose time is coming to an end, Orban claimed.
Russia Today: Liberal world order must be destroyed – Orban April 25th 2024
Poland (International Security)
US nuclear weapons in Poland would be priority military target – Moscow
“Russia would consider foreign deployments of nuclear weapons in Poland a primary military target, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has warned. Warsaw is in talks with Washington on potentially hosting nuclear arms as part of a NATO program. President Andrzej Duda reiterated Poland’s willingness to host the weapons in an interview this week.”
Russia Today: US nuclear weapons in Poland would be priority military target – Moscow April 25th 2024
Asia (Security)
Reconceptualizing Asia’s Security Challenges
“As the world’s economic center of gravity and strategic focus continue to shift toward Asia, the region has become a focal point for strategic competition among major powers. The Asian region also harbors many flashpoints such as Taiwan, the South China Sea, the Korean Peninsula, and the China-India border. The conventional “road to peace,” which has served the region well for so long, is now confronted with three challenges. First, the burgeoning Asian economy may paradoxically be contributing to its escalating instability. Secondly, interdependence may lead to increased fragmentation and division within the Asian region. Lastly, from an environmental viewpoint, economic strategies solely centered on material growth risk societal destabilization over the medium to long term. They could worsen inequality and heighten geopolitical tensions over scarce resources, fueling climate risks and a cycle of blame for deteriorating conditions.”
The Diplomat: Reconceptualizing Asia’s Security Challenges April 25th 2024
Northeast Asia (Trilateral summit)
Pursuing Rapprochement Between China, Japan, and South Korea
In November 2023, when the foreign ministers of China, Japan, and South Korea finally met after a four-year hiatus in trilateral cooperation, hopes were high for the long-awaited Northeast Asia rapprochement. The next trilateral summit, scheduled to be convened at “the earliest convenient time,” is much-needed at a time when trust and cooperation between the three countries have been strained by the formation of minilaterals and alliances in the Asia Pacific.
The Diplomat: Pursuing Rapprochement Between China, Japan, and South Korea April 25th 2024
China (International Security)
China threatens US with response to missile deployment
Beijing has condemned Washington’s deployment of intermediate-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region and will take all effective measures to prevent the US from “messing up” the South China Sea, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said. His comments come after the US kicked off its largest joint exercise with the Philippines since the Cold War in the South China Sea earlier this week. The exercise, dubbed Balikatan, is set to run through May 10 and is said to involve over 11,000 US soldiers and 5,000 Philippine servicemen. A French frigate as well as troops from France and Australia are also participating in the event.
Russia Today: https://www.rt.com/news/596579-china-condemns-us-missiles-philippines/ April 25th 2024
Niger (Politics)
US Attempts New Military Deal with Niger in Last-Ditch Effort to Stay
The United States is attempting to create a new military agreement with Niger that would allow it to remain in the country, weeks after the junta said its presence was no longer justified, two Western officials told The Associated Press Friday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation, said Washington was actively working on options for a revised deal aimed at retaining its foothold in the West African nation. “We are in a very bad situation. We have suffered since we left our country. My husband died,” she said. “There is nothing here. We need the essentials. We don’t even have sugar.”
Daily Trust News: US Attempts New Military Deal With Niger In Last-Ditch Effort To Stay April 22nd, 2024
