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Ethiopia’s month-long war in its northern Tigray region has severely hampered efforts to fight one of Africa’s worst coronavirus outbreaks,... View Article
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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.
President Donald Trump pressed his own grievances over losing the presidential election at a rally Saturday in Georgia, more so than trying to help two Republican Senate candidates whose fate will decide the balance of power in Washington once President-elect Joe Biden takes office next month. Trump rallied thousands of largely maskless supporters in Valdosta, not long after he was […]
[Monitor] A Democratic Party (DP) supporter was on Friday evening killed and three others severely injured while attending a rally at Nakatoogo playground, Nabigasa Sub County in Kyotera District.
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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Unions representing health workers in Kenya have vowed to press on with the planned strike on Monday accusing the government of failing to address their plight.
David Abdulah, the current leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) charged a resounding \"Hush your mouth please!\" response to US ambassador to TT Joseph Mondello regarding comments he made about Venezuelans' migration to TT.
Yesterday, member States of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) from across Africa, shared their priorities for tourism against the backdrop of COVID-19.
This builds on the UNWTO Agenda for Africa – Tourism for Inclusive Growth, the roadmap for African tourism that was adopted at the UNWTO General Assembly in 2019, and is based on the responses to a survey sent out by the Regional Department for Africa.
At the continental level, the survey revealed that the five key areas of the UNWTO Agenda for Africa that Member States would like to see prioritized in order to better support them as they recover from the impact of COVID-19 are:
UNWTO is committed to helping Africa grow back stronger and better and for tourism to emerge from this crisis as an important pillar of economies, jobs and sustainability.
Alongside this, Member States across Africa also expressed a wish for UNWTO to focus future capacity building and training sessions on the topics of crisis management and communications, marketing, developing domestic tourism and promoting innovation and entrepreneurship.
Furthermore, the survey also found that Member States from across the continent would like to see UNWTO add a new section to the Agenda for Africa, focusing on the promotion of regional and domestic tourism.
BY HENRY MHARA YOUNG Warriors coach Tonderai Ndiraya (pictured) believes he has one of the best squads at the ongoing Cosafa Under-20 Championships in South Africa, which he believes is capable of winning the title. With the games serving as qualification for next year’s African Under-20 Afcon finals, the Dynamos coach is targeting to reach the final at the championships. The two finalists will clinch a ticket to the Afcon finals, which will be played in Mauritania next February. “Technically, I think we have the best team,” Ndiraya told NewsDay Weekender yesterday. “We are only worried about the physical condition of the boys. This is an area which I think we are lagging behind,” he said. Ndiraya’s boys came within a minute to upset hosts and tournament favourites South Africa in their opening Group A match at Wolfson Stadium on Thursday afternoon. The Young Warriors led twice through a first half goal by Panashe Mutimbanyoka and Lexington Mujokoro’s header midway through the second half. Oswin Appollis scored in the opening seconds of the second half to cancel Mutimbanyoka’s goal before Mohlala Makola broke Zimbabwe’s hearts with an equaliser in the dying seconds of the match to salvage a draw for his side. “We should have defended better in all the goals we conceded. But then, the boys are still young so they easily lose concentration. They lost concentration at the most critical phases of the match and we were punished. We could have done better, but those are errors we expect at this level of the game,” Ndiraya said. “The boys actually did well considering that we only trained for 10 days for this tournament. You could see that the boys were running on empty late in the match because they have not been training.” The players in the team, most of them who play in the local Premiership have not played any competitive soccer this year after football was suspended in the country due to coronavirus. Zimbabwe play Mozambique in their second match tomorrow before concluding their group matches against Lesotho two days later. Mozambique have three points after a 1-0 win over Lesotho on Thursday. Group winners progress to the semi-finals while the best runners-up, from the three groups, will join them in the last four.
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The second-largest Ebola outbreak on record is over after nearly two years and more than 2 200 deaths, Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday, even as a separate flare-up of the virus continued elsewhere in the country.
Despite effective vaccines and treatments that dramatically boosted survival rates when administered early, the outbreak dragged on as first responders struggled to gain access to virus hotspots in Congo's restive eastern borderlands.
As that outbreak neared its end, another one was declared on June 1 in the western city of Mbandaka, more than 1 000 km away.
There were 3 463 cases confirmed and probable cases recorded over the course of the outbreak in eastern Congo, including 2 277 deaths, Longondo said.
The largest Ebola outbreak occurred in West Africa from 2013-2016, when more than 11 300 people died from the disease in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
IT is now in the public domain that Zimbabweans have been victims of propaganda news perpetrated by the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government. Zimbabweans have had enough daily dosage of propaganda spewed by the State media. This narrative is meant to maintain the status quo. This is the reason why the government has been reluctant to license more radio and television stations. The government was fearing that private media organisations would propagate counter ideologies. The government should implement media reforms. The State media should be accessed by all Zimbabweans regardless of their political, religious and economic affiliation. Its content also needs to reflect the aspirations of Zimbabweans, not that of the ruling party. The licensing of six television channels last month was cosmetic. The bulky of the television stations are owned by politically connected individuals. The television stations are likely to bring plurality, but not diversity. However, the coming of social media platforms has changed the game altogether. Social media has empowered some marginalised people. Social media has given rise to citizen journalism. This is good for democracy. Citizens are now able to question the decisions of those in positions of authority. There is no more gate-keeping. The floodgates of information have been opened. The monopoly over information that the Zanu PF-led government has been enjoying has been broken. The coming of social media is breaking all the barriers. It is unfortunate that four decades after independence, Zimbabwe has one television station. However, social media should be held with a pinch of salt. Social media is a black market of information where everything can go for news. Village Head
[East African] The East African region is bracing itself for a second wave of a desert locust upsurge after efforts to control their breeding in Somalia, Ethiopia and Yemen failed.
IN a first of its kind in his career, sungura kingpin Alick Macheso yesterday opened a new chapter when he decided to release a single track titled Zuro Ndizuro that comes as an early Christmas present to his legion of fans. BY TAPIWA ZIVIRA For a man who traditionally produces six track albums, releasing a single may be the last option for him, just like many other musicians who are reeling from the long ban on public artistic performances due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. In such an environment, Macheso probably was wise not to risk releasing an album without having to officially launch it, because for him as a crowd-drawing artiste, it is through such launches that provide a killing before piracy could pounce on. So, in the middle of that dilemma, the veteran artiste had to pick just one song Zuro Ndizuro from his cask and the song has ignited excitement among sungura fans and followers of showbiz matters at large. Settling for such a song, it must have been really a dilemma for Macheso. Perhaps with the backing of his Orchestra Mberikwazvo, Macheso gathered the courage to cast prospects about the post-COVID-19 future and to comfort himself and others for the losses made during the long period of restrictions, which still subsist to this day. Macheso who seems to have adopted and embraced the changing times of the digital era as part of his marketing strategy put up a message to explain the song on his YouTube account. “This world will not keep us down, that which we sow, we will reap. Tomorrow is tomorrow and today will always be a new day. Macheso celebrates the gift of life in his latest offering. So much more to come,” he said. A very strong message coming at a time when artistes are still trying to figure out how to cope with not holding public shows. Back to the track, Zuro Ndizuro, it is fair to say that the Extra Basso as Macheso is known to his legion of fans chose the right single, because it is something that can keep people on the dance floor for the entire nine minutes 39 seconds. On first impression, the new single sounds so much like the Cheso Power’s sound that Zimbabweans are accustomed to since the album Zvinoda Kutendwa. Up-tempo, rugged and metallic instrumentation, successive drum rolls and bridges backed by the “talking bass guitar” and excellent vocals, the single, whose melody is nearly similar to Madzitete, a song on his last album, Dzinosvitsa Kure, released in 2017, is nothing short of something to dance to this festive season. In addition, the melody and chorus are something that can become an anthem, just what Macheso needs right now considering that he is dropping his song into a sea of many other releases across genres. Allan Chimbetu recently released an album that has so far done well, and Sulumani Chimbetu unleashed his album yesterday and Peter Moyo released a single in October. While these may not be direct rivals to Macheso, they are all fighting to be on festive season playlists. Having been in the game for decades, Macheso has remained one of the greatest artiste of all ti
June 10: Speaker Keria replaced
\tEthiopia’s upper parliamentary chamber, the House of Federation (HoF), on Wednesday elected a new speaker following the resignation of Keria Ibrahim.
June 8: Speaker of Ethiopia’s upper parliament quits over postponed polls
\tKeria Ibrahim, speaker of Ethiopia’s upper parliamentary chamber, the House of federation, has quit her position citing a looming constitutional blank with postponed elections.
Privately-owned Addis Standard said Keria’s resignation was on the outcome of a Council of Constitutional Inquiry on deferred elections.
The former speaker belongs to the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front, TPLF, a former coalition partner of the now defunct Ethiopia Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front, EPRDF; which brought Abiy to power in 2018.
TPLF is currently the ruling party in the northern Tigray region but technically in opposition with the federal government.
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[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The House of Federation has anonymously approved a proposed resolution presented to it by the federal government to interfere and establish transitional administration in Tigrai Regional state.
BY FORTUNE MBELE WARRIORS and Azam FC striker Prince Dube will soon be travelling back to recuperate in Tanzania after undergoing a successful surgery in South Africa on Thursday. Dube suffered a fracture on his left hand on November 25 during his team’s clash against Young Africans and Azam had to fly him to Cape Town where he was booked at the Vincent Pallotti Hospital for specialist treatment. He was operated on by renowned bone specialist Robert Nicolas. The former Highlanders forward yesterday confirmed that the operation was successful. “Everything went well. I have been discharged from hospital. I will be travelling back to Tanzania, but I am not sure when but soon,” he said. Dube has been dogged by injuries in the last year, having suffered a hamstring strain in March this year in a pre-season friendly match against Chapungu at Luveve Stadium. Highlanders were preparing to play FC Platinum in the final of Castle Challenge Cup which the Bulawayo giants lost 2-0 to FC Platinum at Barbourfields in March. He managed to play in the match. In October, having joined Tanzanian side Azam in August, he could not make it for the Warriors' friendly match against Malawi after another hamstring injury. He made it for the Group H Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers last month where he was an unused substitute in the 3-1 defeat away to Algeria before he was summoned late on to score a points salvaging goal in the return leg against the same team at the National Sports Stadium. He has, however, been instrumental for Azam in their Vodacom Premier League campaign scoring six goals in the first stages of season. The club then slumped in form leading to the sacking of Romanian coach Aristica Cioaba to be replaced by Zambian defender George Lwandamina. Follow Fortune on Twitter @fmbele
President-elect Joe Biden is facing increasing pressure to expand the racial and ideological diversity in his choices for Cabinet and other top jobs. A month and a half before he takes office, he's drawing rebukes from activists who fear he'll fall short on promises to build an administration that looks like the country it governs.
[DW] Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said the government will launch more military attacks on the Tigray region. His announcement comes amid international calls for an end to hostilities.
Singer/songwriter Victoria Monét has announced on Instagram that she's expecting her first child. Monét, 27, shared gorgeous photos of herself... View Article
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Don’t let the COVID-19 Grinch steal the Christmas joy of children in state care. That’s the plea made by Rosalee Gage-Grey, chief executive officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), who urged charities and individuals to...
By PAN PYLAS and RAF CASERT Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Post-Brexit trade discussions between the European Union and the U.K. will resume on Sunday following a pause in negotiations in light of their inability to bridge an array of differences, Britain's prime minister and the head of the EU's executive branch said. In a joint statement Saturday following a phone call between them, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said 'a further effort' should be undertaken by their respective negotiating teams to assess whether the 'significant differences' can be resolved. In their […]
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Globally, there is a concerted effort to boost agriculture production through all year farming and considerable reduction in post-harvest losses. As such, enhanced farming methods and best agricultural practices have been adopted to increase crop yield. In Africa, the agriculture sector has made some progress, nonetheless, the continent remains a net importer of food. This...
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Online retailer Amazon was caught once again hawking a product with a glaringly racist description that somehow went undetected. This... View Article
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When Mahmoud Jibril stood in Libya's free elections in 2012 after heading the rebel government that helped overthrow Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, many believed that he could unify the country. Libya, which had then just emerged from a brutal conflict, needed to get back on its feet and Jibril's supporters felt he was the right...
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Hospitals across the United States are being put under immense pressure as the nation continues to hit record levels of new Covid-19 cases, adding more than 1 million new cases in the first five days of December. 'We're seeing day-by-day increasing numbers of patients with Covid-19, both those who are a little bit sick and those who are really sick,' […]
[Dalsan Radio] Somalia's new foreign minister, Mohamed Abdirqzak, has for the first time responded to the ongoing war in Ethiopia.
By CARA ANNA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Up to 200,000 refugees could pour into Sudan while fleeing the deadly conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, officials said Wednesday, while the first details are emerging of largely cut-off civilians under growing strain. Nearly 10,000 people have crossed the border, including some wounded in the fighting, and the flow is growing quickly. 'There are lots of children and women,' Al-Sir Khalid, the head of the refugee agency in Sudan's Kassala province, told The Associated Press. 'They are arriving very tired and exhausted. They are hungry and thirsty […]
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Yankuba Kai-Samba: 5 December 2020: Sierra Leone is in a bigger mess now than ever. Don't fall for the party political jamboree that took place in the capital Freetown this week, with up to 50 Russian donated rubbish collection trucks in a convoy, parading the streets and accompanying the president on his visit to various…
