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Life in Conakry came to a standstill due to a protest organized by the opposition, which had been banned by the authorities, demanding the departure of the junta in Guinea.
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.
NFL players Deandre Baker and Quinton Dunbar have been accused of armed robbery and warrants have been issued for their arrest.
Cops say Baker and Dunbar were allegedly hanging at a cookout — playing cards and video games — when an argument broke out and Baker whipped out a semi-automatic firearm.
Cops say the men began to rob party guests … with Dunbar assisting in taking watches and other valuables at the direction of Baker.
One witness told cops they had met Baker and Dunbar at a party a few days earlier in Miami — at which the NFL players had “lost” around $70,000.
One witness told cops the men were gambling again at the May 13 event … when an argument broke out and Baker allegedly flipped a table and busted out his piece.
Curfew will be extended across Minneapolis-Saint Paul by one day, beginning tonight at 8pm until 6am Monday
Governor Tim Walz announced today that he is extending the temporary nighttime curfew for one night to provide safety for Minnesota residents from individuals who have engaged in unlawful and dangerous activity in recent days and threatened the security of lawful demonstrators and first responders.
“The curfew on Friday and Saturday night allowed our law enforcement to target those who meant to do harm to our communities,” said Governor Walz.
We have reason to believe that bad actors continue to infiltrate the rightful protests of George Floyd’s murder, which is why we are extending the curfew by one day.”
During the curfew, no one is allowed to travel on Minneapolis and Saint Paul streets or public places, except for first responders, members of the media, people going back and forth to work, individuals seeking emergency care or fleeing danger, and people experiencing homelessness.
The MACC will serve as a unified command of several different law enforcement and public safety agencies to support the state’s response.
The HR manager then forwarded a letter from the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) indicating that she has filed a claim on March 22, 2020.
“Now, I’m having to spend a lot of time calling everybody — my bank, credit bureaus, employment security, the FTC (Federal Trade Commission), and the police department – to file reports and claims, and for what?”
Due to the large number of fraudulent claims it made it difficult for those whose identities were stolen to connect with the ESD system for information as Wilson discovered.
According to the Seattle Police Department, “Victims, who have not filed unemployment claims, have received notification from their employer’s Human Resources department, or the Washington State Employment Security Department, indicating an unemployment claim has been filed on their behalf.”
Federal, State and Local authorities, the Employment Securities Department and the Seattle Police Cyber-Crime division have been working diligently to investigate the crimes perpetrated against Washingtonians and have come up with recommendations and steps for anyone who may be a victim or knows anyone who may be a victim of unemployment fraud.
Luanda — The easing of some measures included in the Presidential Decree that declares the fourth State of Emergency, which entered into force this Monday, across the country, aims to ensure a balance between the protection of public health and economic and social well-being of the population.
Thus, in the next 15 days, the public markets (formal or informal) and street vendors will be able to work from Tuesday to Saturday, from 6:00 am to 1:00 pm.
However, within the framework of the new measures of the Government, as from this Monday (11 May), is prohibited not only the cease of legal and labor relations based on the absence of employees and workers from the workplace, but the suspension of the legal relationship work.
According to the Minister of State and Chief of Staff of the Head of State, Adão de Almeida who was speaking at a press conference last Sunday in Luanda, the new emergency period intends to maintain a prudent attitude, which allows combining and balancing the preservation of health and economic activity, aiming at the well-being of citizens.
Adão de Almeida says that \"there is not necessarily a loosening of measures\", but a different reality from the one that the country had at the end of March, a period in which the first State of Emergency in Angola was declared.
Nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd — the Black man who died Monday after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck — continued Friday evening as Americans demanded that those involved face justice.
On Friday, protesters took to the streets in Minneapolis; Washington; Louisville, Kentucky; New York City; Atlanta; Denver; Houston; Portland; Phoenix; San Jose and Bakersfield, California; Chicago; Detroit; and other cities.
The nationwide civil unrest follows a days-long wait for the Friday arrest of Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin.
President Donald Trump tweeted early Friday about the previous nights’ protests in Minneapolis, calling the largely Black demonstrators “thugs” and threatening them with state-sanctioned violence, adding, “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
At a Friday event, he also expressed “deepest condolences” to Floyd’s family and lamented the “horrible, horrible situation,” but he also condemned the civil unrest, saying “we can’t allow” protests “to turn into anarchy and chaos” and “looters should not be allowed to drown out the voices of peaceful protesters.”
Hopes of finding missing lifeguard Thokozani Mthethwa alive were dashed when his body was found on a beach in Cape Town after a three day search.
Amzie Moore was a prominent figure in the Mississippi civil rights movement and voter registration campaign. He was born on September 23, 1911, on the Wilkins plantation near Greenwood, Mississippi, to black sharecropper parents. When Moore was fourteen, his mother died leaving him to care for himself by picking cotton in Drew, Mississippi. While living with different family members and friends, Moore attended Stone Street High School in Greenwood. He performed household chores and worked part-time jobs at a café, hotel, and gin.
In 1935 Moore accepted a federal post office job in Cleveland, a rare position for African Americans to assume in the Deep South. In the same year, his yearning for black economic development and empowerment drove his interests in politics. When Moore registered to vote in 1935, an almost impossible feat for Mississippi blacks, he could vote only in general elections and not the primaries. Experiencing the economic downturn of the Depression, Moore switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party in support of Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the early 1940s, Moore secured a federal loan to build a brick house with in-door plumbing and married Ruth Carey, a beautician, whom he divorced in 1961.
When the United States entered World War II, Moore joined and served in a segregated army from 1942 to 1946. His experiences in China, Burma, and India influenced his decision to bring about social change when he returned to the United States. In 1946 he returned to Cleveland and opened a combination service station, beauty shop, and restaurant with a loan from the Standard Life Insurance Company. His success in business led him to start a movement for economic development with T.R.M. Howard, Aaron Henry, and Medgar Evers. In 1951 they founded the Regional Council of Negro Leadership, and, five years later, Moore was elected president of the Cleveland chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
The 1960s civil rights movement in Mississippi
Federal authorities, like a lot of law enforcement leaders across the country, have expressed shock at the disturbing video of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck until he died.
“This Justice Department has walked away from police reform,” said Vanita Gupta, who headed the Civil Rights Division under President Barack Obama.
Barr, however, reportedly sided against attorneys in the Civil Rights Division who wanted to bring charges against the New York Police Department officer who fatally choked Eric Garner.
A Justice Department spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but a spokesperson said in a previous statement to HuffPost that DOJ was “committed to protecting the civil and constitutional rights of all individuals, and understands the important role the department plays in helping communities and police departments as they seek to achieve the same goal while fighting violent crime and protecting public safety.”
Lopez says she thinks the career Civil Rights Division attorneys who have stuck around this long into the Trump administration are hoping to be able to return to their broader police reform work if former Vice President Joe Biden defeats Trump in November.
The body of former professional wrestler Shad Gaspard has been identified by Los Angeles County authorities after it went missing Sunday, May 17.
Gaspard’s body washed up ashore at Venice Beach, where someone noticed the body before contacting law enforcement.
Some who are reportedly friends and family of Gaspard gathered at Venice Beach after his body was identified.
He’s survived by Aryeh and his wife Siliana Gaspard, who wrote a message on Instagram before his body was discovered.
“My prayers and hope for Shad Gaspard’s wife, son and family during this unthinkable time,” tweeted Johnson.
Marcus Garvey was a prominent figure in the political history of Africans. Besides, he was a journalist, entrepreneur, orator and publisher. Being a strong proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League. He promoted the cause of bringing back the African Diaspora to their ancestral lands by establishing Black Star Line.
Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr. was born on 17 August 1887 in Saint Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. His father was a mason and mother was a domestic worker. Among his eleven elder siblings, he and his sister were the only ones to survive to adulthood. Given the circumstances of that time, Garvey’s family was financially stable. His father had a huge library which inculcated the love of reading in him. He received his elementary education from St. Ann’s Bay. In his school years, he witnessed racism for the first time. In his childhood, Garvey’s white neighbors were nice to him. However, when he grew up he noticed the change in his white peers’ behaviour as they began to shun him.
In his youth, Garvey became apprentice to his uncle who also happened to have an extensive collection of books in his library which he made the most of. Upon the turn of century, Garvey left Jamaica to journey through Central America. He first went to Costa Rica, where he worked at a banana plantation as a time keeper and then he edited La Nacionale, a daily newspaper. Subsequently, he moved to London to study at Birkbeck College, where he attended law and philosophy courses. Moreover, he served at Dusé Mohamed Ali’s African Times and Orient Review. Besides Ali, Garvey was influenced by African-American politicians, such as Martin Delany and Booker T. Washington.
Upon completion of his studies, Garvey returned to Jamaica and formed the social organization Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). The organization’s motto was, “One God, One Aim, One Destiny”, based by Mohamed Ali’s Islamic beliefs. In 1921, at New York’s
The FBI had announced last week that they have opened an investigation into the death of emergency medical worker Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed in her home by police officers in March.
Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad also announced that he will retire at the end of June according to CBS News.
Breonna Taylor was sleeping in her Louisville, KY, home, when three police officers forced their way in and “blindly fired,” killing her, according to a lawsuit filed by Taylor’s family.
“Turning over the PIU investigation for the Breonna Taylor case is but one step in the investigation, which remains open and ongoing,” a department spokeswoman said in an email.
Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad has announced plans to retire at the end of June.
Rwandan fugitive Felicien Kabuga, one of the masterminds of the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, appeared in a Paris court on Wednesday, and denied he killed anyone.
Kabuga founded and funded two of the deadliest weapons of the genocide; the propaganda radio RTLM and its cousin magazine \"Kangura\", and machetes.
Kabuga, whose daughters had married in then-president Juvenal Habyarimana's house, put his immense riches to good use, reportedly living in Kenya, then making his way through Europe, staying in Germany and, in recent years, France.
Indeed, reports say Kabuga used to take walks in his Paris neighbourhood, and he was considered a nice quiet old man.
Maddo's idea, though, was that perhaps the French, who have been accused of complicity in the genocide, believe than an amnestic Kabuga can no longer remember where some of the bodies are still buried, and is unlikely to embarrass them.
