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Centenarian Ermita Weekes’ sharp mind has been attributed to her love for solving crossword puzzles. When the media interviewed Weekes on her 100th birthday on Thursday June 2, at the Harmony Hall, St Philip home where she lives with her daughter Judy Luke, Weekes held the attention of her loved ones and friends who gathered […]
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Abiy's government and the regional one run by the Tigray People's Liberation Front each consider the other illegitimate.
\t There was no immediate word from the three AU envoys, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano and former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe. AU spokeswoman Ebba Kalondo did not say whether they can meet with TPLF leaders, something Abiy's office has rejected.
\"``Not possible,'' senior Ethiopian official Redwan Hussein said in a message to the AP. ``\"Above all, TPLF leadership is still at large.'' He called reports that the TPLF had appointed an envoy to discuss an immediate cease-fire with the international community ``masquerading.''
\t Fighting reportedly remained well outside the Tigray capital of Mekele, a densely populated city of a half-million people who have been warned by the Ethiopian government that they will be shown ``no mercy'' if they don't distance themselves from the region's leaders.
\t Tigray has been almost entirely cut off from the outside world since Nov. 4, when Abiy announced a military offensive in response to a TPLF attack on a federal army base.
That makes it difficult to verify claims about the fighting, but humanitarians have said at least hundreds of people have been killed.
\t The fighting threatens to destabilize Ethiopia, which has been described as the linchpin of the strategic Horn of Africa.
\t With transport links cut, food and other supplies are running out in Tigray, home to 6 million people, and the United Nations has asked for immediate and unimpeded access for aid.
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… L. Fudge of Ohio, an African-American Democrat from Ohio.
“Mr. Clyburn … Kamala Harris’ Senate seat”: “Prominent African Americans officials would like California Gov …
[East African] Kenya's former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka is attempting to mediate between two wrangling sides in the ruling coalition in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
[Africa In Fact] While outgoing US President Donald Trump has repeated tantrums at the prospect of leaving the White House, a lesson in democracy from Malawi is worth paying closer attention to. Lazarus Chakwera was inaugurated as Malawi's sixth president on 6 July 2020 after winning a historic election, which was held after the judiciary overturned the 2019 presidential election and called for a fresh election. This is only the second time this has happened in an African country.
[Nation] A phone call from State House and a meeting at ODM party leader Raila Odinga's Capitol Hill office sealed the fate of beleaguered Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, setting in motion a fresh plan to remove him from office.
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - Millions of Americans defied public health guidelines yesterday to spend a subdued Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends as novel coronavirus deaths surged worldwide.More than a million people were screened at US airports on Wednesday - the fifth straight day with roughly that number of air travellers bent on enjoying one of the biggest US annual celebrations.
[Cameroon Tribune] Several media organs have dedicated special space to provide sufficient information to the public on the elections.
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 November 2020: Sierra Leone has one of the highest rates of rainfall in Africa yet over two-thirds of rhe population are struggling to access safe, clean drinikng water, especially in the dry season. In the capital - Freetown, many rely on water being sold in jerry cans through a bowser service…
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Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has won a second term after gaining an outright majority in the first round of elections.
[Vanguard] Abuja -- The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has lamented the growing shrinking of Nigeria's multi-party democracy, saying the inability of the country's main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party PDP to effectively manage its internal affairs has continued to force out progressive-minded fellows from the former ruling party.
Vickie Burse still feels the same pain that every other mother feels when she has to leave her child in a cemetery. “Holidays are the worst. Can I just be honest about it,” Burse said. “Most holidays, you can’t get out of bed. You just stay in bed and try to sleep through the day […]
By Professor Chris Imafidon - #APromisedLand: A President’s story of his undying HOPE against a seeming invincible army and tough faith in the face of adversity and fragile promise. Barack bears all on how history was made over and over again and shares the riveting story of the secrets of his successes. Barack Obama regains his freedom […]
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By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump still won't bring himself to concede the election he decisively lost to President-elect Joe Biden. But he's now acknowledging he will leave the White House if Biden's win is affirmed by the Electoral College, which is firmly on track to do just that in a few weeks. 'Certainly I will,' he said Thursday when asked if he will vacate the premises after electors make Biden's win formal. 'But you know that.' Trump, who took questions from reporters for the first time since the election, unleashed another round of complaints […]
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[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Minister of Energy Abdelmadjid Attar, reacted on Tuesday to the attack against the oil installations near Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia, condemning any attack on oil installations in any OPEC member country.
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DJ Khaled has never seen a high-profile project he isn't willing to co-sign. The Miami DJ, producer and all-around hype man took to Instagram to reveal he will be hosting renowned Trump supporter Lil Wayne's forthcoming new No Ceilings 3 mixtape.
Trawler owners and seafood processors have voiced alarm at reports that the Ministry of Agriculture has issued two new trawling licences in contravention of a years-long agreement to ensure sustainable fishing of seabob and other species.
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Created as an antidote to troubling times, the concert sweeps performers and audience up in a singing, dancing act of community - to the music of Byrne and Talking Heads.
PARLIAMENT has recommended that the government immediately shuts down schools, blaming the rising COVID-19 cases on its failure to adequately prepare for the reopening of learning institutions after 57 pupils at Chinhoyi High School tested positive for the virus. BY MOSES MATENGA/NUNURAI JENA/PHYLLIS MBANJE At All Souls Mission School in Mutoko, over 20 pupils are reportedly showing signs of the virus. A Form 4 Chinhoyi High student tested positive for COVID-19 last Saturday and the cases ballooned to 57 yesterday. “We have 57 COVID-19 cases at Chinhoyi High School and we continue to test more learners. We started testing pupils after a 17-year-old girl tested positive last week” provincial medical director Gift Masoja said yesterday. “The examinations will continue but those who tested positive should write on their own the same applies with day scholars.” Mashonaland West provincial education director Gabriel Mhuma added: “The school has been sealed off, no boarder will be allowed to leave the school and all day-scholars were told to stay at home as a precautionary measure.” Although the Primary and Secondary Education ministry said it was yet to verify the cases in Mutoko, unconfirmed reports said day-scholars had been advised not to come to school while boarders were under quarantine until tests have been conducted. Schools have become COVID-19 hotspots aided by the cramped environment and non-existent social distancing. John Tallach, a mission school in Ntabazinduna near Bulawayo was shut down after reporting over 120 positive cases last week. The number has since risen to 184. Debating a report by the Parliamentary committee on Primary and Secondary Education chaired by Proportional Representation Member of Parliament Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, the MPs said the government was ill-advised and acted prematurely to open schools and exposed children to the deadly virus. Contributing to the debate, Sotherton MP Peter Moyo said schools should not have been opened in the first place and that the best way forward now was to close them to avoid a disaster. “I hope the whole world agrees with what has been said here that schools were not supposed to be opened. We have opened schools and children who were COVID-19 positive and negative were put at the same place hence infecting the whole school,” Moyo said. “What does this mean? It means that we made a mistake as a government. Schools were not supposed to have been opened before the necessary precautions to protect the children were taken. Only God knows whether these children will survive. Government should just close schools.” Schools reopened on September 28 for examination classes in a phased process that saw the last group open on November 9. Most schools, however, remained closed after teachers, who were on strike demanding a pay hike, failed to report for duty. There have been concerns that students were not ready for examinations due to the COVID-19-induced schools’ closure and strike by teachers, but government insisted examinations should go ahead. Moyo sa
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Jada Pinkett Smith, her daughter Willow and mother, Adrienne Banfield-Jones, affectionately known as Gammy brought talented home-cooks to Red Table Talk to share... View Article
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By Devin Walker Special to the AFRO Some Baltimore voters expressed interest in pursuing change in their political representation, however, the results of the Nov. 3 election showed otherwise. Democratic candidate Brandon Scott scored 153,707 votes or nearly 91%, becoming the 52nd mayor of Baltimore. Scott’s Republican opponent Pastor Shannon Wright only received 15,598 votes […]
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