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[DW] A three-year standoff fueled by accusations of espionage and support for dissidents will come to an end after a round of intense diplomacy.
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.
Black policy leaders will play a pivotal role in President-elect Joe Biden’s transition, marking one of the most diverse agency... View Article
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Several grassroots groups organized the “Count on Us” voting rights rally in front of City Hall last Saturday, Nov. 7, to not only celebrate their hard work in this elections, but to also celebrate President-elect Joe Biden’s win. Deirdre O’Leary, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG - Hundreds of supporters gathered on the afternoon of Saturday, Nov. 7, […]
Acting icon LeVar Burton is feeling the love from legions of fans as a petition has been launched by fans of Jeopardy!, calling for Burton to be named host the long running game show following the death of Alex Trebek. Depending on a person's age, Burton is best known for hosting the PBS classic Reading […]
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By Karsonya Wise Whitehead Unlike 71 million Americans across this country, I voted against Donald Trump and against authoritarianism, fascism, xenophobia and bigotry. When I voted, I did it to take a stand against hatred, White supremacy and racism. Now to be clear, I have always intentionally voted for a candidate and not necessarily against one. In […]
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Post-Electoral Crisis
Violence erupted in many parts of Côte d'Ivoire after the Constitutional Council officially validated on November 9 the re-election of President Alassane Ouattara for a controversial third term.
However, the political unrest in the small landlocked city of M'Batto was exacerbated by circulating false information. Dr Jean Serge Kouassi Kouassi, the director of the M'Batto hospital, shares his insight into the situation of the ground, \"When this information arrived on social media, the phone calls rained down on us to find out if it was true and what was going on. So that's it. Everyone reassured their parents stating that there were indeed skirmishes here, there were shootings and we could hear shots, and we would send the wounded to the hospital.\"
Problematic Fake News
M'Batto fell victim to fictitious gendarmerie reports and press releases about so-called fatalities — as well as misleading and inappropriate images trending online. All of which did not help the already tense political atmosphere. Abdoulaye Konaté, a teacher, outlines what was really happening to contribute to the regional tension, \"The rumours were: such and such shop was burned, so and so was killed, so every time one of the parties heard, everyone wanted revenge, so that's what made the situation even worse. It was the rumours themselves that made the situation worse.\"
Inter-ethnic Friction
An opposition demonstration degenerated into inter-community clashes between Agni (local ethnic group reputed pro-opposition) and Dioula (an ethnic group from the north reputed pro-Ouattara). The electoral unrest saw the loss of six lives. Nanan Béda Kadio II, the Chief of the Agnikro district, expressed his peaceful stance,
\"We don't want war here. We have been here for several years, there is no war between us. Before this year, we had never seen anything like this. So I wouldn't like it to happen again. I want peace in my village of M'Batto.\"
Armed forces have now been stationed across the city of 50,000 inhabitants to prevent any further confrontation and many shops have been closed.
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While nothing about Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris' former relationship with daytime TV host Montel Williams is particularly salacious, it's just one of those random tidbits of information that makes you smirk a little bit because you had absolutely no idea.
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).
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By Stephen Janis Special to the AFRO A plan to expand the staffing of the council president’s office has come under scrutiny for being ill-timed for a city struggling under budget constraints the result of the pandemic. Current Mayor Jack Young is seeking to add roughly nine new positions to the office, at a cost […]
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There are those that might have questioned the importance or point of gaming and now they find themselves glues to an Xbox, PS4, smartphone, or Nintendo Switch for the sole purpose of gaming, etc.
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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.
In his new book, \"The Promised Land,\" President Obama writes about the strain holding the highest office in the land put on his marriage to Michelle Obama.
Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****Psyches started to thaw at the news that the 2020 presidential election was called for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Supporters gathered; they danced. They relaxed. Then they froze up again as pundits talked concessions, cons and coups. The anxiety of Trump’s tenure, specifically 2020 and, even more specifically, the last quarter of the year, has been a constant buzz of apprehension. There’s nothing exciting about it.
[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.
A bond hearing for Travis McMichael, who shot and killed Ahmaud Arbery, all but confirmed the accused murderer in what's been described as a modern-day lynching is a raging racist.
