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While delivering the Thabo Mbeki lecture, Professor 'Funmi Olonisakin said the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region was evidence of the shortcomings of the African Union.
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.
[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia's law enforcement operation in the northern part of Ethiopia was distorted and at best misrepresented in reputable media outlets in the West. Tibebe Samuel, who is the Executive Director of Tibebe and Associates, a US based consulting firm, questions \"Why are Western Media outlets against Ethiopia?\"
[Open Society Foundations] Today, a continental court in Africa delivered a landmark opinion on colonial era vagrancy laws, which criminalize activities such as loitering, public indecency, and begging. The judgement has the potential to help reshape criminal justice policy and practice in dozens of African countries and reduce prison overcrowding.
We mark Africa Day in 2020 just over three months since the first case of coronavirus on the continent was confirmed.
Today marks 57 years since the leaders of 32 independent African nations met in Addis Ababa to establish the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the precursor to the African Union.
The preamble of the OAU charter is a rousing call to unity, cross-cultural understanding, and solidarity.
Like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Charter and the South African Constitution, it affirms the inalienable right of all people to control their own destiny.
We mark Africa Day this year just over three months since the first case of coronavirus on the continent was confirmed.
[New Times] The Minister for Justice Johnston Busingye has said that the law will go after public entities that connive with complainants urging them to file court cases as cover-up for their mistakes in poorly or undocumented transactions.
Louis Vuitton's Artistic Director Virgil Abloh is releasing a limited edition furniture collection, and it will be a variation of a project he and Swiss furniture company Vitra did in 2019 on Vitra's Germany campus during Art Basel. The collection, “Virgil Abloh c/o Vitra: US Edition,' consists of three pieces – a Ceramic Block, along […]
Blog - As 2020 draws to a close, the terrible toll of the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region is coming into sharper focus. The human costs continue to mount; the United Nations estimates that 1.3 million people need emergency assistance as a result of the conflict, and over 50,000 people have fled to neighboring Sudan. Eritrean refugees that had fled to Ethiopia have reportedly been attacked, in some cases forcibly repatriated. UN agencies remain unable to access some areas with humanitarian relief. And despite
The 2020 Global Peace Index (GPI) released by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) has ranked South Africa 123 out of 163.
\"The 14th edition of the annual Global Peace Index [GPI] report, the world's leading measure of global peacefulness, reveals that in 2020 the average level of global peacefulness deteriorated for the ninth time in 12 years.
Covid-19 has the potential to undo years of socio-economic development, exacerbate humanitarian crises and aggravate unrest and conflict with its impact already seen in worsening US-China relations and civil unrest across the world.
In addition, the GPI also looked at the impact of the coronavirus on the globe, finding the \"economic impact of Covid-19 will negatively affect political stability, international relations, conflict, civil rights and violence, undoing many years of socio-economic development\".
Produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), the GPI is the world 's leading measure of global peacefulness.
By Donald James, Special to the Chronicle In 1999, thirteen-year-old QuanTez Pressley heard a powerful sermon that would have a profound impact on his young life. The sermon was titled “Enlarging My Territory” and was preached at Second Timothy Missionary Baptist Church’s revival by Dr. E.L. Branch, senior pastor of Third New Hope Baptist Church … Continued
The post QuanTez Pressley Installed as Lead Pastor of Third New Hope Baptist Church appeared first on The Michigan Chronicle.
Harare (Zimbabwe) — The President of Zimbabwe, H.E. Emmerson Mnangagwa, reaffirmed on Sunday his country's position in favour of the right of the people of Western Sahara to self-Determination.
Speaking on the occasion of Africa Day, H.E. President Mnangagwa stated that \"Zimbabwe continues to reaffirm its position on the right of Western Sahara to self-determination.\"
\"As we commemorate Africa Day, for us in Zimbabwe, we are reminded that we were not alone in our struggle for independence.
Indeed in the case of South Africa, President Mnangagwa adds \"Africa's solidarity and unity was decisive under the organized and determined coordination of the front line states.
Now, he asserted \"almost the whole continent of Africa has been rid of colonialism and Apartheid, with the exception of Western Sahara.\"
(ThyBlackMan.com) It's a month for the letter 'P,' as in, 'The president is preparing to get pitched out of public housing and is proffering preemptive pardons to his progeny.' Or, for a more proper association, the simple word 'pork.' Oh, sure, my country wallows in a perfect Third World purgatory, but McDonald's brought back the […]
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The remains of the Angola Press Agency (Angop) journalist Agostinho Quilemba were buried Saturday morning in the Viana Cemetery, Luanda province.
BY Chris Jones ALTHOUGH most Africans surveyed by Afrobarometer believe in elections as the best way to select leaders, popular support for
The post This Africa Day, let’s lament our slide from democracy appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
You might have forgiven Errol Spence Jr. for assuming he could fly. Up until 2:47 a.m. Oct. 10, 2019, Spence’s wings had taken him everywhere without coming close to the sun. On Sept. 28, he had beaten Shawn Porter at Staples Center to keep his IBF welterweight title and take Porter’s WBC belt. He had […]
On March 9th 1942 in Georgetown, British Guyana when Wendy Leila Warren was born to Mabel Cox. Wendy was a joy filled baby with an infectious laugh and throughout her life. At a young age Wendy exhibited a love and passion for culinary arts – and this passion was to dominate her educational choices and […]
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The Covid-19 pandemic has multiplied the socio-economic hardships in our country and magnified the disparities, National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise said as she introduced a virtual public lecture on Africa Day on Monday.
OPINION | Africa Day: A continent united in its battle against Covid-19
\"We observe Africa Day today – and remind ourselves of the value and strength in our joint and collective fight against our shared and common threat to life and livelihoods.
Turning back to South Africa, she said the Budget was the \"most powerful instrument by which government can implement its priorities to correct, adjust and change lives\".
\"We observe Africa Day today in a reflective mood – uncertain of the lives we will continue to lose to this coronavirus, uncertain of socio-economic impact on the morale of our people.
Cyril Ramaphosa: The solutions to Africa’s problems reside within Africa itself
\"We remain firm in our conviction that we will endure as South Africa; as sons, daughters and citizens of Africa, because we have always placed value on human life above economic gain, and on our inherent commitment to collective action.\"
With Guyana on track to be the second or third largest oil producer in the Western Hemisphere, US Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch says the country has to advance from being a raw material so as to avoid the dreaded resource curse and she also stressed that contracts have to be honoured and that the government is accountable to all of the people.
The article Guyana has to move quickly to show it's ready for `immense' oil transition - US Ambassador appeared first on Stabroek News.
Allen Media Group founder Byron Allen announced on Friday (Dec.4) the Grio.TV will be apart of the rebranding of his newly acquired MGM over-the-air broadcast network Light TV into a channel that will focus on African American-featured content.
As the African Union Chair, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa chaired a virtual meeting of African heads of state and declared: \"The challenge of this pandemic has shown how Africa is able to work together to solve its own problems.
The Canadian Small Business, Exports and Trade Minister, Minister Mary Ng, discussed the role of the diaspora in deepening Canada-Africa trade and investment during this time whilst highlighting Africa's essential place in Canada's trade diversification.
During the conference call, McKinsey also presented their report entitled Tackling COVID-19 in Africa: An unfolding health and economic crisis that demands bold action.
McKinsey's report encourages us as Africans governments, private sector and development institutions to double down on our already proven resolve and significantly expand existing efforts to safeguard economies and livelihoods across Africa.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela was one of our recent pioneers that opened the eyes of the world to the Africa continent and and put us on a global stage.
Zimbabwe yesterday joined the rest of Africa in celebrating the 57th Africa Day anniversary with several organisations sending solidarity messages to mark the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU).
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) said the day came at a time when Africa and the rest of the world were grappling with containing the Covid-19 pandemic.
It said the objective of Africa Day was to reflect on changes, celebrate freedom of African countries and restoration of dignity of African people, as well as the quest for continental unity and political and economic emancipation of its people.
In commemorating Africa Day, the African Union appealed to all Africans, people of African descent and friends of Africa to \"give a little\" towards the Covid-19 continental Response Fund, which seeks to raise US$1 million today, as the continent commemorates Africa Day.
Some of the areas, which the AU seeks to strengthen in its continental response with proceeds from the fund include mitigating social, economic and humanitarian impact of Covid-19 in all African countries, boost capacity of the Africa Centre for Disease Control in supporting public health emergencies and support procurement and distribution of essential Covid-19 equipment and supplies.
MultiChoice Group has launched a pop-up movie channel Afro-Cinema on M-Net Movies dedicated to showcasing and celebrating contemporary African films as celebration for the Africa Day which falls on Tuesday, May 25. The Afro-Cinema Channel has been available from Friday, May 21 and runs up to Sunday, May 30 on Channel 198 to DStv customers […]
The post MultiChoice launches M-Net Movies Afro-Cinema to celebrate Africa Day on Tuesday, May 25 first appeared on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.
[Norwegian Refugee Council] Reacting to the ongoing access challenges into Ethiopia's Tigray region, Norwegian Refugee Council's Secretary General, Jan Egeland, said:
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Music that promotes empathy in middle of pandemic
Friday, May 22, 2020 0:01
By GENNEVIEVE AWINO
Labelled Human.
PHOTO | COURTESY
Last week on Thursday night, I was invited to a private online viewing on Vimeo of the ‘one-shot’ music video dubbed “Labelled Human”, a collaboration with an eclectic group of young Kenyan musicians: Clef Bandana; Bakhita; Sogallo and Caleb, with production by Phinoshey.
It showcases the basketball court restoration, murals, community exhibition, ‘The Urban Residency’, and accessibility features created during the festival which has been published as a case study called ‘Paint The Court’ on Nairobi Design Week (NDW) website.
NDW is essentially a community, festival and design studio that celebrates the Kenyan design community.)
The theme was ‘Design is for Everyone’ and involved a week of jam sessions, mural painting and other design activities.
