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[Nation] Kenya Lionesses Wednesday bowed out of the ongoing Fiba AfroBasket Championships after losing 72-50 to Mozambique in their quarter-final qualifying match in Yaounde, Cameroon.
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.
Ghanaians poured praise on their former leader Jerry Rawlings who died on Thursday. Many eulogized him as a patriot and a democrat.
President Nana Akufo-Addo ordered flags around the country to fly at half-mast, to mark seven days of national mourning from Friday.
It is with great sadness that I learnt of the passing of former president Jerry Rawlings of Ghana. Africa has lost a stalwart of Pan-Africanism and a charismatic continental statesman. My sincere condolences to his family, the people and the government of #Ghana
— Moussa Faki Mahamat (@AUC_MoussaFaki) November 12, 2020
Announcement of the death of former President Rawlings pic.twitter.com/7ext0fp4sd
— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) November 12, 2020
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[The Conversation Africa] The COVID-19 crisis has forced a massive shift towards remote work. What are the implications of this shift for trust in the workplace? Such trust plays a crucial role in how we coordinate, cooperate, reciprocate, and respond to risk and uncertainty. So, just as the need for trust in the workplace is heightened by the severe uncertainty wrought by COVID-19, the massive shift towards remote work may undermine this trust.
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Haiti has had leaders, but many observers say that Jean-Claude Duvalier's style of leadership torments the island till today. The “Baby Doc”, as Duvalier was called, governed Haiti for 15 years – from April 22 to February 7, 1986 – longer than his father, who had ruled since 1957. Assuming the post as “president for...
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By Professor Chris Imafidon - In J.J Rawlings, Africa, and indeed the world has lost a giant who led by example, a radical revolutionary who understood the relationship between rationale change and ideological dogma. The father of modern Ghana nation who laid down his life for Africa, when he had other options, such as living […]
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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.
[allAfrica] On November 4th, 2020, the United-Kingdom based Public Health Organization Knowledge Action Change, which aimed at promoting health through the concept of harm reduction issued a report entitled: Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction and also organized two discussions about the state of Tobacco Harm Reduction in the world.
[Vanguard] Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been awarded the Women's Prize for Fiction 'Winner of Winners' for her novel Half of a Yellow Sun.
'Love & Hip Hop: New York' television personality Yandy Smith-Harris is serving face and body in a recent swimsuit photo. The mother of three sported […]
A Houston-based business is one of three Texas small businesses featured in Facebook’s #BuyBlack Friday Campaign. The campaign seeks to redirect the energy of Black Friday to encourage consumers to #BuyBlack and support Black-owned businesses throughout the entire holiday season. As part of this campaign, Facebook is highlighting Black-owned business owners through The Facebook #BuyBlack […]
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[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Dakar -- A promising new coronavirus vaccine must be kept at Antarctic temperatures, raising concerns for delivery in Africa
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a message of condolence to the People, the House of Khalifa and the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain following the death of Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman.
The 'Small Axe' films share the real-life experiences of London’s West Indian community during the tumultuous era from 1969 to 1982.
Joe Biden's electoral victory has revived the American Dream for scores of African LGBT+ refugees who fled persecution at home only to languish in Kenya when President Donald Trump denied them a fresh start in the United States.
