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[DW] The continent is upping the pressure on wealthy nations to make good on their climate finance pledge. But a lack of expertise on the ground has also stalled crucial adaptation projects.
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— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) November 12, 2020
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President Donald Trump continues to refuse to concede defeat in the US presidential election even though major independent media outlets have called the race for Democratic presidential nominee and former vice-president Joe Biden. Instead, Trump has ranted and raved, in a somewhat predictable fashion, and at one time thrown aspersions on the culture of the...
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Some $10 million will be allocated to procure 2,500 planting kits under a ‘Say Yes to Fresh Backyard Garden’ Programme that is geared at bolstering the country’s food security and emphasising the importance of eating local produce, noted Floyd...
Leaders of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States have expressed their belief that a Biden-Harris administration will roll back President Donald Trump’s draconian immigration policies, which have targeted family reunification as well as legal...
… civil rights for women and African-Americans, as well as more support …
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) - The number of children sickened by measles in 2019 was the highest in 23 years, according to new data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[WHO] Brazzaville -- The World Health Organization (WHO) finds that 18.3% of COVID-19 deaths in the African region are among people with diabetes, one of the conditions that global studies have found to increase the risk of severe illness and death among patients infected with the virus.
… helping revive the tradition of Black American string bands — have to do … tell about the railroad, about African-Americans and native populations. All the …
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — After a 15-year effort by his family and members of Congress, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a bill authorizing a posthumous Medal of Honor for U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Alwyn Cashe. Introduced by U.S. Reps. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.), Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) and Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), the bill waives a … Continued
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Today is the 318th day of 2020. There are 48 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1789: American inventor Benjamin Franklin writes a letter to a friend in which he says, 'In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.'�OTHER EVENTS1511: Britain's King Henry VIII joins Holy League and enters European politics.
The 'African Trailblazer of the Year' category has been established and recognises local charity work in Africa.
By Obiora Okonkwo Ph.D It is now roughly three weeks since Nigeria was rocked by one of the most intense nationwide street protests in her history. The
[UCT] Multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a rare disease which seems to have COVID-19 as a precursor, has been found to develop in children a few weeks after the onset of the viral infection.
We look back on this day in history and remember the people and events that shaped the world we live in today. Every day is worth remembering.
FILM AFRICA, London’s biggest celebration of African and African diaspora cinema presented by the Royal...
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Ethiopia on Friday appointed a new head of Tigray region, one week after parliament voted to remove the executive Addis Ababa deems rebellious.
Mulu Nega's appointment was announced by PM Abiy Ahmed via Twitter.
On the basis of the decision of the House of Federation and the Council of Ministers Regulation "Concerning the Provisional Administration of the Tigray National Regional State", Dr. Mulu Nega has been appointed as the Chief Executive of the Tigray Regional State. 1/2
— Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹 (@AbiyAhmedAli) November 13, 2020
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.
President-elect Joe Biden is already taking major steps to address issues of diversity in the White House.
President-elect Joe Biden has promised to fight the student loan debt crisis plaguing 37 million Americans, and some are divided on if he can pull it off
[Nation] Kenyans could be eating pesticides in their meals every day, a study has shown.
After the King of Pop’s death, a chaotic years-long struggle with family turmoil and multiple suicide attempts began for Paris Jackson. But, like her father, who once described how he bounced back from adversity because of having “rhinoceros’ skin,” Paris has proven just as resilient.
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MAHEBOURG LAGOON, Mauritius - Greenpeace has published an open letter in Mauritius' biggest newspaper slamming the government for its handling of the disastrous MV Wakashio oil spill, a Japanese ship. The disaster happened three months [...]
Mumbai - Indian coastal cities are fighting against litter accumulating from discarded biomedical waste in the ocean and rivers and along beaches during the Covid-19 pandemic. Masks, gloves, PPE, alcohol-based sanitizers and chlorine-based cleaners are [...]
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Long queues in the rain, daily four-hour trips in a public taxi, the constant threat of road accidents, and nearly having to use a pen as a knife to fight off an aggressive male passenger.
Anti-Jihadist Operation in Mali
Reports on the death by troops from the French-led Barkhane force military operation of Bah Ag Moussa, described as the military commander of the Al-Qaeda-aligned Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM) in the Malian desert who had been on a United Nations sanctions list and was believed responsible for numerous jihadist terrorist attacks on Malian and international ally forces in the region. Friday’s announcement marks the conclusion to an operation launched Tuesday in a series of anti-jihadist action taken in recent weeks.
Regional Context
France has thousands of troops in West Africa to help fight jihadist around the area. The ousting of Islamist extremist groups from power in Mali by way of a military operation in 2013 saw a regrouping of jihadist forces in the dessert who have since wreaked terror and havoc in the region.
The President thanked all religious communities in South Africa for their support in the national effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic; saying the restrictions on public worship have been difficult, but have greatly assisted in preventing the spread of COVID-19.
London - Despite the fact that the Los Angeles Dodgers won a World Series in Texas and the Los Angeles Lakers just won an NBA title in Florida, Brooklyn's Mike Tyson will soon fight what may be his final match in Los Angeles. Former heavyweight champions Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. vowed at an […]
[New Times] Tidjane Thiam, a renowned Ivorian banker who is the immediate former Chief Executive Officer of Swiss bank Credit Suisse, was on Wednesday, November 12, appointed by cabinet to head the Board of Rwanda Finance Limited.
[Premium Times] Countries that have recently suffered large measles outbreaks include the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Madagascar, Central African Republic (CAR), Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Macedonia, Samoa, Tonga, and Ukraine.
20 people died following a shipwreck off the Libyan coast, Doctors without Borders said Thursday. The incident occurred just hours after at least 74 migrants also died in a similar incident.
\"Two days ago, our boat set off to Italy from a site near al-Khums, at about nine o'clock at night. And yesterday, at two thirty in the morning our boat broke down and many people died at sea'', Mukhtar Salem Mohammed, Ghanaian migrant said.
Traumatized survivors sat in shock on the shore while others wrapped closely under blankets as aid workers distributed food parcels.
\"When we arrived on site, we found the corpses of 31 migrants on the shore of the beach. We also found 47 survivors, all of them African nationals, including even women and children\", an Immigration official at the Ministry of Interior for the Government of National Accord, Mukhtar Salem Mohammed said.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said so far this year, over 900 people have drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe. More than 11,000 others have been returned to Libya, it added, \"putting them at risk of facing human rights violations\".
Human traffickers have taken advantage of persistent violence in Libya since the overthrow of leader Muammar Gadhafi, turning the country into a key corridor for migrants fleeing war and poverty in desperate attempts to reach Europe.
While many have drowned at sea, thousands have been intercepted by the Libyan coastguard and returned to Libya. The Libya Coastguard has been backed by Italy and the EU. The migrants mostly end up in detention and often in horrific conditions.
