Friday

March 5, 2021

Armed conflicts and attacks

Somali Civil War

At least seven soldiers are killed after al-Shabaab militants storm a jail in Bosaso, Puntland, Somalia. More than 400 prisoners are freed during the assault, the majority of whom are Al-Shabaab fighters. (Reuters)

2021 Mogadishu suicide car bombing

At least 20 people are killed and 30 others are wounded by a suicide car bombing outside a restaurant near the port in Mogadishu. (Al Jazeera)

War in Afghanistan

2021 Afghanistan attacks

A female doctor is killed and a child is wounded in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, when a bomb attached to the doctor's rickshaw explodes, while seven workers at a Hazara plaster factory are shot dead in Surkh-Rōd District, Nangarhar. ISIL is suspected to be behind the attacks. (Al Jazeera)

Aftermath of the assassination of Luca Attanasio

Mwilanya Asani William, the attorney investigating the murder of Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio and two other people in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, is murdered by unknown gunmen during an ambush. (Il Mattino)

Syrian civil war

One person is killed and 11 others are wounded when rockets strike oil refineries near al-Bab and Jarablus, Syria. (Al Jazeera)

2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest

The number of farmers who died during the protests, which began in August 2020, increases to 248. (Al Jazeera)

2021 Myanmar protests

A man is killed after police open fire on a group of protesters in Mandalay. (Reuters)

Business and economy

The German government reaches an agreement with energy providers to compensate them up to 2.4 billion for loss in income attributed to the phase-out of nuclear power, ending years of litigation. (DW)

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on The Walt Disney Company, COVID-19 pandemic in California

California health officials say that stadiums, Disneyland, and other theme parks can reopen beginning on April 1 with limited capacity. (CNBC)

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

The United States Senate, in a 58–42 vote, rejects an amendment introduced by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders that would raise the minimum wage to $15 after he made efforts to include it in President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion relief package. (The Independent)