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While in the White House, Former President Donald Trump enjoyed a well-earned reputation for using Twitter to attack and hit back at critics of his administration.
Since President Joe Biden took office, the use of the @WhiteHouse account on the social media platform was limited to touting specific policies and legislation for which the current administration sought to lift up.
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.
In a radical departure from what his soon-to-be predecessor ordered, Joe Biden will be reviving a refugee resettlement program that will see some 125,00 refuge seekers relocate to live in the United States. The president-elect's proposal will see him surpass Barack Obama's approval ceiling of 110,000 refugees in 2016. Biden reaffirmed the promise he made...
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If the recent revelations of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA) are anything to go by, the impact of COVID-19 will extend way beyond human casualties, impacting on the quality of human life for years to come.
The article Tourism, manufacturing will take hardest economic hit from COVID-19 appeared first on Stabroek News.
… community colleges students, in particular African-American students, who are applying to … power activists to examine the African-American experience in Los Angeles during … at increasing the number of African-American students on campus.
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By Stephen Janis Special to the AFRO A plan to expand the staffing of the council president’s office has come under scrutiny for being ill-timed for a city struggling under budget constraints the result of the pandemic. Current Mayor Jack Young is seeking to add roughly nine new positions to the office, at a cost […]
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The Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) will be holding its Annual Children's Educational Summit on Saturday, November 14, 2020. With a theme of Powering Through the Pandemic, this year's half-day summit will be held virtually and educate childcare business owners on how to pivot and diversify their income following the fallout of COVID-19. Lisandra Martinez, … Continued
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Researchers at Oxford University in Great Britain noted that first-time diagnosis of anxiety, depression, and insomnia increased two-fold in patients after they’ve recovered from COVID. Further, they discovered that COVID survivors also found significantly higher risks of dementia.
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Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift, photographed in London on October 6th, 2020, by Mary McCartneyYesterday, Paul McCartney tweeted a series of dice emojis - 13 in all. Hard-core Taylor Swift…
Having to move during a pandemic can be daunting, and if you’re a Black woman renter, statistics show that you... View Article
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Doctors who helped stop Ebola call on Joe Biden's transition team to address COVID-19's racial and economic inequities. The evidence shows a safety net under the most vulnerable protects us all.
Chicago-based television production company Central City Productions will present the 2020 Black Music Honors in national broadcast syndication November 21 thru December 13, 2020. Television and radio personality Rickey Smiley returns as host of the
With these words, the president-elect, Joe Biden, set a new tone and a new mood in Washington. No longer will the bully pulpit of the White House be used to spew lies and insults or to fan division and hatred. The White House will once again call on the “better angels” of Americans and not our “darkest impulses.”
The post A White House That Once Again Calls On Our Better Angels appeared first on The Seattle Medium.
In a region where doctors’ warnings and aggressive media-driven advice appear to have done little to bring a greater measure of wisdom to eating habits, a point may have been reached where Caribbean states may have to intervene directly to roll back the tide of non-communicable diseases which have reached a turning point with the global COVID-19 pandemic.
The article Former UN official red flags dangers of unhealthy eating in the Caribbean appeared first on Stabroek News.
… and the brutal oppression of African Americans -- continued, shrouded in the … the 2015 killings of eight African American parishioners and their pastor at … University's department of African American studies, said on Democracy Now …
'I’m not afraid of criticism, and “Protect Black women” should not be controversial.' Megan Thee Stallion In the weeks leading up to the election, Black women [were] expected once again to deliver victory for Democratic candidates. We have gone from being unable to vote legally to a highly courted voting bloc — all in little […]
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