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[Leadership] Shareholders of Dangote Cement Plc have approved N272.6 billion as dividend, translating to N16 per share for the year ended December 31, 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.
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
[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.
Detroit residents are now able to enjoy the perks of a fall favorite in their own backyard as a new Black-owned cider mill and farm opens its doors on the city’s west side. Located just shy of the Lodge Freeway on Woodrow Wilson and Rosa Parks, the organic farm is bringing more than just cider … Continued
The post Sip and Cider: Detroit’s First Black-Owned Cider Mill Launches on West Side appeared first on The Michigan Chronicle.
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO, IVAN PEREIRA and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) - A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.29 million people worldwide.…
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com A diverse group of progressive leaders from Maryland suburbs surrounding Washington, D.C. took the initiative to demand Congress pass legislation that would prohibit states from invalidating ballots that were postmarked by Election Day in the future. More than two full days after the voting concluded, there were […]
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[African Arguments] From plane crashes to COVID complications, over twenty of President Tshisekedi's allies died in the course of just one year.
If the recent revelations of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA) are anything to go by, the impact of COVID-19 will extend way beyond human casualties, impacting on the quality of human life for years to come.
The article Tourism, manufacturing will take hardest economic hit from COVID-19 appeared first on Stabroek News.
On Election Day, activist Cori Bush, who was once beaten and tear-gassed by police while participating in protests in Ferguson,... View Article
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LONDON, (Reuters) - Defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas was placed in the same round-robin group as Rafa Nadal when the draw for the ATP Finals was made in London yesterday.
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The 'African Trailblazer of the Year' category has been established and recognises local charity work in Africa.
Six executive members of The New Movement (TNM) have resigned from the party following what they described as attempts to use the fledgling political movement for private gain.
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The architect David Adjaye discusses his plans for an institution to house the looted treasures on their to return to Nigeria.
M4BL is using its platform to defend and support Black trans lives.
