Portal:Current events/2021 December 20

December 20, 2021 (2021-12-20) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • 2021 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks, 2021 Uganda bombings
    • The governments of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo reveal that they have captured 35 rebels and destroyed numerous enemy strongholds within the past week. (Voice of America)
• Internal conflict in Myanmar
  • An investigation by the BBC discovers that a massacre of 40 civilians took place in July, in Kani Township, a People's Defence Force stronghold in Sagaing Region. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India, COVID-19 vaccination in India
      • It is announced that more than 85% of eligible Indians have been partially vaccinated, and that over 55% have received both doses. (BBC News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
      • Israel's government agrees to ban its citizens from travelling to Germany, Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Morocco, Portugal, Canada, Switzerland, Turkey, and the U.S. without special permission beginning from December 22 due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. (NBC News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Thailand
        • Thailand's Food and Drug Administration approves the usage of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for all children aged 5–11 years old. (Inquirer)
      • Thailand reports its first locally transmitted case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 49-year-old woman. (Bangkok Post)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France, COVID-19 vaccination in France
      • The French Haute Autorité de santé approves the usage of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for all children aged 5–11 years old. (France 24)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
      • The Germany imposes a mandatory 14-day quarantine and requires proof of a negative PCR test from the previous 48 hours from German residents or citizens, as well as their partners and children returning from the United Kingdom, and officially bans all British visitors, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in Britain. (Euronews)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • The United Kingdom ends its travel ban on Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. (Times of India)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia
    • Argentina donates 1 million doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Bolivia in what is, so far, the largest donation amongst South American countries. (Infobae)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Panama
    • Panama reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 50-year-old person who worked in mining and recently travelled to South Africa. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• The trial of Aung San Suu Kyi is delayed by Burmese courts until December 27, 2021. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• The Nagaland Legislative Assembly publicly demands that the Government of India repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, which has been in effect since 1958. This came in the aftermath of a massacre in Oting-Tiru. (Sangai Express)

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