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Aaliyah's estate is fed up with people trying to release the late singer's music and push unauthorized projects by using "shadowy tactics of deception."
He replaces Debretsion Gebremichael, whose immunity from prosecution was removed Thursday.
Meanwhile, Amnesty International said Thursday that scores of civilians were killed in a \"massacre\" in the Tigray region, that witnesses blamed on forces backing the local ruling party.
The \"massacre\" is the first reported incident of large-scale civilian fatalities in a week-old conflict between the regional ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize.
\"Amnesty International can today confirm... that scores, and likely hundreds, of people were stabbed or hacked to death in Mai-Kadra (May Cadera) town in the southwest of Ethiopia's Tigray Region on the night of 9 November,\" the rights group said in a report.
Amnesty said it had \"digitally verified gruesome photographs and videos of bodies strewn across the town or being carried away on stretchers.\"
The dead \"had gaping wounds that appear to have been inflicted by sharp weapons such as knives and machetes,\" Amnesty said, citing witness accounts.
Witnesses said the attack was carried out by TPLF-aligned forces after a defeat at the hands of the Ethiopian military, though Amnesty said it \"has not been able to confirm who was responsible for the killings\".
It nonetheless called on TPLF commanders and officials to \"make clear to their forces and their supporters that deliberate attacks on civilians are absolutely prohibited and constitute war crimes\".
Abiy ordered military operations in Tigray on November 4, saying they were prompted by a TPLF attack on federal military camps -- a claim the party denies.
The region has been under a communications blackout ever since, making it difficult to verify competing claims on the ground.
Abiy said Thursday his army had made major gains in western Tigray.
Thousands of Ethiopians have fled across the border into neighboring Sudan, and the UN is sounding the alarm about a humanitarian crisis in Tigray.
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the Empress of Soul,[1] [2] is an American singer–songwriter and actress. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner,[3] Knight is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both the Motown and Buddah Records labels, with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which included her brother Merald Bubba Knight and her cousins Edward Patten and William Guest.
Knight was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the daughter of Merald Woodlow Knight, Sr., a postal worker and Sarah Elizabeth (née Woods).[4] [5] She first achieved minor fame by winning Ted Macks The Original Amateur Hour TV show contest at the age of seven in 1952. The following year, she, her brother Merald, sister Brenda, and cousins William and Elenor Guest formed a musical group called the Pips (named after another cousin, James Pip Woods). By the end of the decade, the act had begun to tour, and had replaced Brenda Knight and Eleanor Guest with Gladys Knights cousin Edward Patten and friend Langston George.[citation needed]
In 1961 the group recorded Every Beat Of My Heart on the tiny Atlanta Huntom label, which was picked up by Vee Jay. At the same time, the group signed with Bobby Robinsons Fury label. Both labels issued different versions of the song, with the Vee Jay/Huntom version outselling the Fury remake. With the success of their follow-up, Letter Full Of Tears, Fury released their first album. They stayed with Fury through 1962, although the hits dried up. They signed with Larry Maxwells Maxx label in 1964 and released several modest hits produced by Van McCoy, including the original version of Giving Up and Lovers Always Forgive.
Main article: Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight & the Pips joined the Motown Records roster in 1966 (while the band had no sure hit)[6], and, although initially regarded as a second-string act, scored several major hit singles, including I Heard It Through the Grapevine, (recorded first by Marvin Gaye, his version not released until
By CURT ANDERSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Eta became a post-tropical cyclone Friday as it raced off into the Atlantic Ocean, having delivered heavy rains and gusty winds to the Carolinas after blustering across north Florida. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Theta was moving closer to Europe, and yet another storm was brewing in the Caribbean Sea, where forecasters said Tropical Depression 31 could get a name — Iota — later Friday or Saturday. Forecasters warned that it could be near major hurricane strength as it approaches Central America late Sunday and Monday, following […]
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Chicago-based television production company Central City Productions will present the 2020 Black Music Honors in national broadcast syndication November 21 thru December 13, 2020. Television and radio personality Rickey Smiley returns as host of the
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It always happens. We procrastinate expressing our love and appreciation to our family and friends. Suddenly, the opportunity fades away and that moment is lost. We then struggle with the old adage: If I could, I would, I should. This is my...
The correctional officer who was stabbed by an inmate at the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre this morning has died.\tHe has been identified as Jimel Westley.\tHe died during surgery.\tThe Department of Correctional Services reported earlier...
Twenty-five-year-old Denardo Turner, otherwise called ‘Popsy’, a painter of Church Street in Kingston, was on Wednesday charged with shooting with intent and illegal possession of firearm.\tHe was charged following an interview.\tHis...
Trump's refusal to concede the 2020 election to Biden is motivated by money, not his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud, Washington insiders say.
YG's song "Meet The Flockers" was blocked on YouTube following ant-Asian criticism.
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Earlier this month, Teyana Taylor announced she was pregnant with her second child in her new video for the song Wake Up Love. Now the singer and actress has revealed that Erykah Badu is on board to deliver her child when the time comes. Taylor made the disclosure Wednesday morning while talking to Nick Cannon on []
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The author of a new unauthorized biography reacts to the cautionary statement.
Hip-hop star Cassper Nyovest celebrates the birth of his son Khotso and the release of his latest album 'Any Minute Now'
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Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift, photographed in London on October 6th, 2020, by Mary McCartneyYesterday, Paul McCartney tweeted a series of dice emojis - 13 in all. Hard-core Taylor Swift…
Speaking after a round of by-elections in which the EFF won none, Floyd Shivambu spoke of 'this growth' which places the party on a path to unseating the DA as the official opposition and potentially the ruling ANC.
Former President Barack Obama was candid about critical opinion of former President Donald Trump in conversations with donors and advisers, according to details from an […]
In the era of reboots and classic Black-led shows airing on streaming platforms, it has been confirmed that the iconic film “Waiting to Exhale” is […]
A white pediatrician was arrested on Wednesday and charged with simple battery after he physically and verbally assaulted a Black Southern University student earlier this […]
After years of fans begging for Aaliyah's music to be released, their cries have been answered.
Candace Owens states that President Obama \"is the first president that has ever sat in the White House and come out ... hating America.”