Duwa Lashi La, leader of the anti-junta National Unity Government, calls for a national revolt and uprising against the military government led by Min Aung Hlaing and for a "defensive war" in "every corner of the country; every village, town and city".
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September 7, 2021 (Tuesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
As the military consolidates power in the country, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya vows to free all "political prisoners" without mentioning any specific people or referring to deposed president Alpha Condé. Condé opposition groups welcome the news but say that no prisoners have been released.
Gunmen kidnap 18 villagers in Kaduna State, Nigeria, including seven children, according to a community leader.
Businesses and economy
El Salvador becomes the first country in the world to adopt the cryptocurrency Bitcoin as legal tender as well as the national currency as the Bitcoin Law comes into effect. However, a small but growing number of people opposed to the new law protested against it in the capital, San Salvador.
Disasters and accidents
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck just outside the tourist city of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, killing at least one person and leaving more than 1.6 million without electricity.
Health and environment
Singapore reports 328 new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total in more than a year.
The French overseas department of New Caledonia enters a two-week lockdown after three community transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported yesterday.
The Spanish Public Health Commission approves the administration of a third "booster" dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for severely immunosuppressed people.
The Indonesian Drug and Food Control Authority issues emergency use authorizations for the single-dose Janssen vaccine and the CanSino Convidecia vaccine.
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare signs a agreement with the Takeda Pharmaceutical Company to purchase 150 million doses of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine that will be manufactured and distributed domestically by Takeda beginning next year.
Turkey reports its first two cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Mu variant, which was originally detected in Colombia.
Law and crime
The Supreme Court of Cape Verde approves the extradition of Alex Saab to the United States for alleged money laundering on behalf of the Venezuelan government. Saab was arrested in Cape Verde in June 2020, when his plane stopped there for refuelling while flying to Iran.
In a unanimous vote, the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation rules that criminalizing abortion is unconstitutional, setting a precedent for the legalization of abortion.
Human Rights Watch accuses security forces in Egypt of killing 755 people, mainly members of the Muslim Brotherhood, during extrajudicial executions, between 2015 and 2020. Security forces claimed that the deaths only occurred during "shootouts".
Politics and elections
Gettr CEO and former Donald Trump 2020 campaign adviser Jason Miller is detained following a CPAC event in Brazil.
The Taliban names Mohammad Hassan Akhund as the leader of Afghanistan and Abdul Ghani Baradar as the deputy leader of the country. Akhund was an associate of the late Mullah Omar.
On Independence Day, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and his main opponent, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, hold rallies in different cities to mark the anniversary.
During the rallies, Bolsonaro alleges that next year's presidential election would be a "farce" and criticizes the Supreme Federal Court for investigating him and his allies.
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