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Egypt's highest civilian court has upheld death sentences for 12 senior Muslim Brotherhood figures over a 2013 sit-in which ended with security forces killing protesters.
Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country.
Based on the preliminary findings of this mission, staff will prepare a report that, subject to management approval, will be presented to the IMF's Executive Board for discussion and decision.
Washington, DC - In response to a request from the Egyptian authorities, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Ms. Uma Ramakrishnan held virtual meetings from May 19 to June 5, 2020 with the Egyptian authorities to discuss IMF financial support for the authorities' policy plans to ensure macroeconomic stability and a strong economic recovery.
At the end of the virtual discussions, Ms. Ramakrishnan issued the following statement:
\"I am pleased to announce that the Egyptian authorities and the IMF team have reached staff-level agreement on economic policies that could be supported by a 12-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA).
\"This agreement is subject to approval by the IMF's Executive Board, which is expected to consider Egypt's request in the coming weeks.\"
Study compiled by the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith indicated a sharp rise in Ku Klux Klan activity. Study said Klan membership in 22 states increased from 8,000 to 10,000 in the twenty-month period ending in November, 1979, and that the number of sympathizers grew from 30,000 to 100,000.
Human Rights Watch said Tuesday the U.S. has \"not adequately investigated\" two U.S. airstrikes in Somalia this year that killed seven civilians.
The group released a report Tuesday on airstrikes in Somalia, which it considers possible violations of international humanitarian law.
Human Rights Watch said it has no evidence the U.S. Africa Command or the Somali government spoke with the victims' family members or evaluated their claims for reparations.
The group said it found no evidence the attacks were targeting the terrorist group al-Shabab, an al-Qaida-affiliated group based in Somalia.
The U.S. admitted killing two Somali civilians in 2019, but rights groups in Africa contend the deaths could be higher.
[VOA] Residents of Nairobi's Mathare slum marched Monday to protest police brutality in the enforcement of a curfew that is part of the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.
By Douglas Haynes Vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion at the University of California, Irvine Monday, January 18 marks the 35th anniversary of the federal holiday in honor of Rev. Martin Luther King’s birthday. Signed into law in 1983 and first observed in 1986, the holiday is a deserving tribute to King for advancing... [Read More]
MOUNT SALEM, St James - Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says there is no need for a general purpose field hospital for Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) here to assist with augmenting the services offered at the Type A facility.
Kamala Harris will be sworn in Wednesday as the next vice president of the United States by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, according to a Harris aide. Harris will make history as the first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president, and she will be sworn in by the first Hispanic and third female justice in US Supreme […]
Uzra Zeya has been nominated to be Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, according to key nominations for the Department of State announced by Biden.
[Daily News] THE Embassy of Tanzania in France, in partnership with the Association of the Tanzanian Diaspora Living in France, has introduced a programme to teach Kiswahili as a way of promoting the language overseas.
CAPE TOWN - The Correctional Services Department on Saturday said it was alarmed by the sharp rise in COVID-19 infections in prisons. There are currently more than 1,000 active cases at correctional centres across the country. On Saturday, the department confirmed 152 inmates and eight officials tested positive following a coronavirus outbreak at the Helderstroom Prison in Caledon. The facility has since been placed on lockdown. The Correctional Services Department said it bolstered its COVID-19 response in a bid to curb the spread of the virus at prisons nationwide. But at Helderstroom Prison, the number of coronavirus cases rose from 92 to 160 since Friday. The department's Singabakho Nxumalo, said, “It is currently under lockdown. We took that decision intentionally so that we could limit the number of people who could be exposed to the virus.' The department said it has an adequate supply of PPE but was looking at rolling out full protective gear as more officials across the country are falling ill. 'We have sufficient PPE across all our centres across the country, but we take nothing for granted and we monitor the stock on a daily basis.' Nxumalo said for now the situation was under control. - Eyewitness News
THE happenings in Zimbabwe currently speak of a country in crisis. What is clear is the country is burning but what cannot escape scrutiny is that it appears the country is on autopilot. NewsDay Comment The deafening silence on the way forward to end the crisis that has held the country hostage betrays an absentee leadership or paralysis of leadership, giving rise to critics who say the centre no longer holds. Since last month, the only audible voice has been that of angry workers downing tools and toyi-toying for better salaries and better living conditions. Nurses, factory workers and civil servants among many others are downing tools because their salaries have become useless in the face of rising prices and the general cost of living. A sharp rise in inflation and a free-falling currency have pushed businesses to increase prices of goods and services every day, akin to the hyperinflation era a decade ago. Wages are failing to keep pace and the market is fast retreating towards the United States dollar as a safer store of value. All things being equal, such a crisis calls for an authoritative voice of reason to put an end to the smouldering before things get out of hand. But the situation is already out of hand, although not untenable if those in positions of authority act responsibly. While the situation requires the voice of authorities to lead and show direction, the anger seems to be exacerbated by the silence of those who are supposed to be in charge. The only time they have attempted to speak, they cast blame on somebody else: opposition, diplomats, colleagues and even demons. Zimbabweans were even subjected to a bizarre spectre — security chiefs and ministers holding an unprecedented Press conference to dispel rumours of a coup against President Emmerson Mnangagwa. So, questions are being asked: What is happening? Who is in control? How do we get out of this mess? Who makes what decisions? It would appear that while the workers starve and the populace’s hope slowly fades, the only preoccupation of the men and women in charge is to protect their seats of power at all cost. As it stands, the country appears to be on a free-fall with corruption the order of the day, while striking workers are becoming a new normal. Is it Mnangagwa who should show total control? Are the saboteurs in control now such that they are unstoppable in their sabotage? In the absence of someone taking charge, chaos will prevail to the detriment of all.
Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith says Prime Minister Andrew Holness was truthful when he told the nation on Friday that his administration did not reject the United Kingdom’s offer to help build a prison here.
But on January 13, 2017, that's almost a year after Holness became prime minister, Johnson Smith told the Jamaican Senate that the government rejected the offer because the terms were “not beneficial to Jamaica as a whole” and that the matter was closed.
IN PHOTO: In this September 30, 2015 file photo, then Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller introduces then Opposition Leader Andrew Holness to David Cameron, then prime minister of the United Kingdom, on his arrival to the island.
In media appearances, Johnson Smith reiterated the position of the Holness administration, including on Television Jamaica’s Smile Jamaica morning programme on January 16, 2017.
On his visit to Kingston in September 2015, UK Prime Minister David Cameron made the controversial prison offer to Jamaica.
You can add the ANC Women's League and the Eastern Cape Premier as the latest figures calling for another alcohol ban - and they've got some support.
Nkurunziza’s sour relations with international organisations began in 2015 when he insisted on running for a for a third term.
Later in 2017, Burundi became the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, amid accusations by African countries that the court was targeting Africans for prosecution.
Lewis Mudge, Human Rights Watch director for Central Africa said Nkurunziza betrayed his call.
“When Pierre Nkurunziza was sworn in as president in 2005 at the end of a brutal civil war, many hoped he would lead the country on a path of democratic reforms,” Mr Mudge said.
“Nkurunziza was willing to isolate Burundi almost entirely from the international community, with devastating consequences for the Burundian population.
[RFI] Ethiopia's army captured the town of Alamata, in southern Tigray, 115 kilometres from the regional capital Mekelle, according to a statement on Monday by the Ethiopian government, as a conflict between the federal government and Tigray region continues to escalate.
Struggling with hunger, Covid-19 and death threats, the residents of Nairobi's Kariobangi shack settlement are speaking out against state demolitions that left thousands homeless.
The demolitions in the Kariobangi Sewage Farmers estate, in the northeast of the city, were carried out in May and continued for days, destroying at least 600 homes in addition to shops, schools and churches.
The state-run Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC) claims ownership of the land, but residents have legal documents from the Nairobi City County that they say prove their rights to the land.
According to George Kegoro, the executive director of the Kenya Human Rights Commission, the privatisation of public land, including through \"corrupt processes\", has contributed to the evictions and demolitions in shack settlements.
Kegoro noted that the Kenya Human Rights Commission is discussing the possibility of seeking \"legal redress\" for the forced evictions and demolitions in Kariobangi.
By LOLITA C. BALDOR | Associated Press By the busload and planeload, National Guard troops were pouring into the nation’s capital on Saturday, as governors answered the urgent pleas of U.S. defense officials for more troops to help safeguard Washington even as they keep anxious eyes on possible violent protests in their own states. Military […]
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The recently signed contract between the Transport and Harbours Department and Garden Reach Shipbuilders Engineers Ltd (GRSEL) to design, build and supply an ocean-going passenger and cargo vessel will ensure that future travels to the northwest district and others parts of Guyana are faster, safer and more efficient.
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Online Writer Zanu PF Masvingo provincial Secretary for Information and Publicity and former Chiredzi North MP Ronald Ndava has died. Ndava died due to Covid-19 related complications at Chiredzi General Hospital where he had been admitted. In a statement, Masvingo minister of State and Devolution, Ezra Chadzamira said he was appalled by Ndava's death. “Cde Ndava’s death is a heavy blow to the province of Masvingo and the entire nation. He has left a vacuum that will be difficult to fill. Ndava was a hardworking cadre, a businessman and a family man,” Chadzamira said. So far, three prominent Zanu PF members have died due to Covid-19, with Manicaland State and Devolution minister Ellen Gwaradzimba (60) who died on Friday becoming the second. In July last year, Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri also succumbed to the respiratory disease. Meanwhile, several Zanu PF members tested positive to Covid-19 among them, Tafadzwa Mugwadi (Zanu PF Director of Information and Publicity), Mary Mliswa-Chikoka (Hurungwe West MP and Mashonaland West Minister), and Obert Mpofu (secretary for administration). In August, twenty six Zanu PF employees were reported to have tested positive to Covid-19.
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] After years of unsuccessfully campaigning for an anti-FGM law in Mali, rights groups file complaint at the ECOWAS court.
Amid a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in the interior, the government today announced the shutting down of mining at Aranka/Arangoy Landing in Region Seven and special measures for that area and Moruca in Region One.
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Harriat Pershad Maragh, the employee who acquired Lannaman and Morris shipping agency just over two decades ago and transformed it into one of the region's largest and most respected group of companies, was yesterday euologised as a visionary, humble, and caring leader who had a deep love for his family, staff, and Jamaica.
Alex Azar, the secretary of Health and Human Services, resigned earlier in the week following the Capitol riots on Jan.... View Article
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