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In a rare move, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lashed out Wednesday at Ethiopia's explanation for the recent expulsion of seven UN officials, which the UN says violates its charter, demanding written proof from Addis Ababa of their alleged mis
In May, Burundi held a presidential election which was won by Evariste Ndayishimiye, candidate of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party.
Ndayishimiye was hurriedly sworn in after the untimely death of president Pierre Nkurunziza in June.
Rights violations continue
The Council encouraged donor countries which had suspended aid to Burundi to continue dialogue towards resumption of development assistance.
A report by a UN watchdog in September said human rights violations were still being committed in Burundi, including sexual violence and murder.
The country was plunged into a crisis in April 2015 when Ndayishimiye’s predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a controversial third term, which he ultimately won in July 2015.
His candidature, which was opposed by the opposition and civil society groups, resulted in a wave of protests, violence and even a failed coup in May 2015.
Hundreds of people were killed and over 300,000 fled to neighboring countries.
The number of MDC Alliance MPs defying opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's directive to boycott all parliamentary business continues to increase with 15 party legislators attending Tuesday's sitting.
Stung by a recent expulsion of four senior MDC Alliance officials from Parliament, Chamisa last month ordered all MPs not to attend any parliamentary business.
The expulsions of Charlton Hwende, Thabitha Khumalo, Prosper Mutseyami, and Lilian Timveous followed a letter by reinstated MDC-T secretary general, Douglas Mwonzora to Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda informing him the four had ceased to be MDC-T MPs.
Since Parliament resumed sitting a few weeks ago, only senators Mwonzora, Morgen Komichi, Elias Mudzuri, Morgan Femai, Sunningdale MP Winnie Kanguni, David Tekeshe Makoni Central MP and Glen View South MP Vincent Tsvangirai have been attending Parliament.
Meanwhile, Mashakada told NewZimbabwe.com that the MPs were not defying Chamisa by attending Parliament as they were coming to Parliament to raise issues of hunger faced by many people in constituencies they served.
Lana Del Rey took time to explain her eyebrow-raising remarks about Beyoncé, Cardi B. and other “sexy” female stars this week after the fan backlash.
Del Rey’s post sparked outrage among fans who felt she’d singled out female artists of color.
By Thursday, however, Del Rey responded to the pushback in the comments section of her original post.
This isn’t the first time Del Rey has stoked controversy online.
“I don’t even relate to one observation you made about the music,” Del Rey wrote in one tweet, later adding, “So don’t call yourself a fan like you did in the article and don’t count your editor one all HuffPost superfans!
By Vyalema Kaluluma-Phiri, contributor For 11 years, Kate Mwanza has been longing to see husband Dalitso Mkandawire, who left for South Africa in 2010. He undertook the journey down south while the couple was expecting their third child. During the first two years in South Africa, Mkandawire used to regularly communicate with his wife but …
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MARABI artiste Kireni Zulu has inspired upcoming Afro- jazz musician Ropafadzo Motsi. BY TARISAI MUDAHONDO Motsi told NewsDay LifeStyle that he was groomed by Zulu after having ventured into music at a tender age. “I started my music career at a tender age, but my career discovered light when l met Kireni Zulu who gave me abundant support throughout my projects, he is my inspiration,” he said. The musician said Zulu was a father figure who has helped many upcoming artistes in their trying times and labelled him as a stage management teacher. Motsi recorded his debut five-track album, Sarura Wako, last year. It was recorded at True One studio. He is currently working on his second album, Maruva Enyika, with his mentor. The latest offering is set for release next month. The 28-year-old musician fronts a band called History Makers.
The Airline's Board Chair Michael Joseph said growth was due to improved passenger, cargo, ancillaries, and other revenue streams, mainly due to expansion of the Kenya Airways network.
The year also saw the airline invest in new routes to the network; Geneva, Rome, and Malindi.
Passenger revenue grew by 8.9 percent driven by route expansion (full year of New York operations, launch of Rome, Geneva and Malindi).
The loss was largely expected, after KQ warned shareholders in December that it expected its net profit for the year ending December 2019 to decline by at least 25, on account of increased competition in the airline's area of operations.
According to a report by IATA, airlines have parked between 80 and 90 percent of their aircraft, some 4.5 million flights have been cancelled and an estimated $314 billion in revenues will be lost this year.
According to Tesla tycoon Elon Musk, the updated Model S Plaid versions would be able to reach 0 to 100km/h in less than two seconds. Impressive, if Rimac Automobili hadn’t already beat them to it last year...
[Shabelle] The UN Security Council will meet to discuss Somalia's political crisis, diplomatic sources said Monday, after opposition leaders in the East African country declared the president illegitimate.
The General Legal Council (GLC) confirmed on Tuesday that a three-member disciplinary panel ordered on June 18 that Pearson be disbarred.
In a last-minute bid to retain his licence, Pearson reportedly filed an application with the GLC seeking to have the decision of the disciplinary panel put on hold.
He was found guilty of professional misconduct on October 12 last year, the GLC confirmed.
Pearson is the latest in a string of well-known attorneys who have been disbarred in recent years.
Since the start of the year, three attorneys have been struck from the list of lawyers authorised to practise in Jamaica.
Pamela Smith has been appointed head of the U.S. Park Police at a turbulent time for the agency.
Munya now allows 2 months of low-duty Mexico maize import
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Agriculture Secretary Peter Munya.
Agriculture Secretary Peter Munya said Monday the government had considered the views of millers, who had requested a two-month window for imports.
The low duty importation window was to run up to May 30, allowing local millers to ship in two million bags of each of white and yellow maize.
Millers had already warned last week that the price of flour would go up in the absence of imports to bridge the local deficit.
“There is a likelihood of imports overlapping with the short rain crop from South Rift as importation window might spread to August and this will impact negatively on farmers,” he said.
Close to 1.7 million Kenyans were rendered jobless between April and July. [Courtesy] The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic violently shook businesses the way a powerful storm buffets ships in the high seas. Many of them - particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with very little working capital as well…
The Africa-wide free-trade agreement is unlikely to face any further delays even if a second wave of coronavirus infections hits the region, according to the deal’s top official.
“If the pandemic continues into 2021, we will develop the necessary public-health protocols to continue and to push on with the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area,” Wamkele Mene said in an interview at the Bloomberg Invest Global virtual conference on Tuesday.
While the agreement entered into force legally last year, commerce due to have started on July 1 has been delayed as the pandemic set back negotiations to lay the foundation for trade in goods, including tariff concessions.
Fifty-four of the 55 nations recognised by the African Union have signed up to join the area, with Eritrea being the exception, while 28 countries have ratified the agreement.
Nigeria, the continent’s biggest oil producer, has yet to ratify the deal because of concerns about trans-shipments, where goods could enter the free-trade zone from countries that are not party to the agreement, Mene said.
[VOA] Harare -- Zimbabwe's government on Monday is reintroducing a lockdown as a way to contain rising coronavirus cases in the southern African nation.
[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta Thursday bid farewell to Team Kenya athletes who will compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and urged them to compete effectively and fairly.
The International Criminal Court suspended its investigation into the war crimes perpetrated in Darfur in December 2014, saying the UN Security Council had failed to support the inquiry. Given this councils lack of foresight on what should happen in Darfur, I am left with no choice but to hibernate investigative activities in Darfur as I shift resources to other urgent cases said ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.
President Bashir was re-elected to another five-year term as president in April 2015, winning nearly 94% of the vote. The opposition boycotted the election. Voter turnout was low, at 46%. He has been in power since 1989 and is under indictment by the ICC on charges of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity for the atrocities committed in Darfur.
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Picking up where season 1 left off as the Hargreeves family once again find themselves in the midst of an pending apocalyptic event as they time travel back to the 1960's Dallas. Unfortunately each one of them have been placed in different locations and it's on Five to figure out where they are and bring them all together.
[UN News] Attacks by armed groups including Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province pose grave threats to Central Africa's fragile stability, the Secretary-General's Special Representative told the Security Council on Monday, while spotlighting crucial democratic gains that must be protected.
[Vanguard] IN his book, There was a country, Chinua Achebe wrote: \"The structure of Nigeria was such that there was an in-built power struggle among the ethnic groups\", adding: \"and, of course, those who were in power wanted to stay in power\". He was right. Structural imbalance and self-interested behaviours drive power politics in Nigeria.
Ghana is offering African Americans the chance to B.
The death of African-American man George Floyd in police than 3,000 are African-Americans or people of Caribbean descent estimates. Last November, 126 African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans became citizens
The leaders of Rochester's police force all retired on Tuesday after protests over Daniel Prude's death.
Commentary: The New Year is here and so is the Coronavirus
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LONDON (Reuters) – Thirty years of hurt came to an end for Liverpool when they were confirmed as Premier League champions yesterday courtesy of second-placed Manchester City’s 2-1 defeat by Chelsea.
Liverpool were last champions of England when they won the old First Division title in 1989-90 after which a decline in fortunes saw Manchester United and Arsenal, then Chelsea and Manchester City seize power.
Inspirational manager Juergen Klopp has rekindled the Anfield flame though and delivered the club’s 19th top-flight title, one behind arch-rivals United’s record of 20, after finishing runners-up to City in a thrilling race last season.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic forcing a three-month suspension of the season and delaying Liverpool’s coronation, they have won the title with a record seven games to spare.
City were the first team to breach the 100-point barrier in the Premier League two seasons ago but Liverpool are on course to shatter that mark, as well as records for most points at home (55) and most wins in a season (32).
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Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi made history on Thursday. He became the nation’s first leader to amend an archaic and sexist law that prohibited women from being landowners, according to a tweet from the president’s official Twitter account. “Last year during our BDP election campaign trail I made a commitment to ensure that the Land Policy is amended so as to give married women the right to apply for land even when their husbands already have been allocated plots,\" Masisi tweeted.
Because Splash Mountain was connected to such a film, a Change.org petition surfaced online calling on Disney to change the ride’s theme from “Song of the South” to “The Princess and the Frog,” the movie featuring Disney’s first Black princess.
“The classic log flume ride Splash Mountain is featured in Disneyland, Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland,” the petition read.
Splash Mountain has been a premiere ride at Disney parks since it was first created in 1989.
Disney said that the new ride, which the company has been developing since last year, will pick up from the “final kiss” scene from “Princess and the Frog” where Princess Tiana and her trumpet-playing alligator Louis take “a musical adventure.”
An opening date for the ride hasn’t been set yet but Disney said, “Imagineers will soon be able to conduct preliminary reviews and develop a timeline for when the attraction transformation can Ride Will Be ‘Reimagined’ Because Of Ties To Racist Movie
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High inflation, low disposable income, other economic hardships have forced a muted festive season for most Zimbabweans.
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