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Gay icon and former Motown singer Carl Bean has died. He was 77. The Unity Fellowship Church Movement, the church Bean founded for LGBTQ congregants, confirmed his death Tuesday, saying Bean’s “transition to eternal life” came on Sept. 7, “after a lengthy illness.” “Archbishop Bean worked tirelessly for […]
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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.
Black Votes Push Biden Over the Top in Contentious Election By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia After days of post-Election Day counting, Democrat Joe Biden has defeated President Donald Trump to become the nation’s 46th commander-in-chief. With all eyes on Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, and Arizona, it was the Keystone State’s 20 […]
Good morning, California. It’s Friday, November 13. Some fights aren’t over Image via iStock California still has 1.2 million votes left to count from last week’s election, but the 2022 ballot is already taking shape — and some potential measures may fight 2020 battles all over again. When voters approved Proposition 22 — exempting Uber […]
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REACHING COMMUNITIES is an intergenerational project that supports the whole community by encompassing youth engagement,...
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Calls for the decriminalisation of consensual same-sex relations and the abolition of the death penalty were high on the list of recommendations put to Jamaica on Wednesday during the third review of the country's human rights record by the United Nations Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group.
A bond hearing for Travis McMichael, who shot and killed Ahmaud Arbery, all but confirmed the accused murderer in what's been described as a modern-day lynching is a raging racist.
Just in time for the holidays… Cracker Barrel is known for its antique shop and home-style country food. But the... View Article
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In this week’s Defender… Joe Biden vows to do right by the Black community after his historic victory with Kamala Harris. Find out what his plan is to “Lift Every Voice.” Defender Managing Editor ReShonda Tate Billingsley takes on President Trump after refusing to acknowledge Biden’s victory as COVID-19 numbers continue to rise. The doors […]
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The 37-year-old businessman opened up via Twitter.
The Grammy winner will perform Feb. 7 in Tampa Bay.
Household separations. The journey ban. The wall. Gutting the asylum and refugee programs. Pushing to abolish DACA. These insurance policies applied by President Donald Trump helped outline his legacy, fulfilling…
Alicia Keys made her debut onto the music scene in 2001 with her signature braided hairstyle that was mimicked by young girls across the country. Decades
One of outgoing President Donald Trump's most famous movie cameos was made on his own terms. Read More: Trump supporters... View Article
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Jean-Joseph Rabéarivelo , (born March 4, 1901, Tananarive, Madagascar—died June 22, 1937, Tananarive), Malagasy writer, one of the most important of African poets writing in French, considered to be the father of modern literature in his native land.
Rabéarivelo, a largely self-educated man who earned his living as a proofreader for the Imerina Printing Press, wrote seven volumes of poetry before his tragic death. Presque-Songes (1934; “Nearly Dreams”) and Traduit de la nuit (1935; “Translation of the Night”) are considered to be the most important. His early work is closely imitative of late 19th-century French poetry, especially that of Charles Baudelaire and of a literary group known as the Fantaisites, who wrote melancholy verse expressing a sense of futility. His later work is more remote and impersonal, retaining a Baudelairean sense of form but exhibiting a more mature, individual style. A final collection of poems, Vieilles Chansons du pays Imérina (“Old Songs of the Imerina Country”), published two years after his death, is based on poetic love dialogues (hain-teny) adapted from Malagasy vernacular tradition.
The mythical world Rabéarivelo creates in his poetry is an intensely personal one dominated by visions of death, catastrophe, and alienation, which are all mitigated only occasionally by hope of salvation or resurrection. The overall impression is one of a surrealistic other world in which natural objects such as birds, trees, stars, cows, and fish have human emotions and human figures seem cosmic or semidivine.
It is thought that disappointment at being unable to visit the France whose poets he so long admired, coupled with a melancholy temperament and drug addiction, were the causes of Rabéarivelo’s suicide in 1937.
Brian Benjamin is the choice for Lieutenant Governor of the great State of New York. Governor Kathy Hochul has made one of her most significant appointments and has named Brian Benjamin the State Senator from Harlem as her Lieutenant Governor to work with her after she had succeeded Governor Andrew Cuomo who had resigned from office. Governor Hochul made the […]
As final votes are being tallied, three Oakland School Board director candidates backed by the Oakland Education Association who ran on platforms against privatization, cuts, and public school closures hold significant leads poising them to win against candidates who, backed by political action committees, spent between two to three times more money on their campaigns. […]
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A Florida principal was fired for a second time after refusing to acknowledge the Holocaust existed. William Latson of Spanish... View Article
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Acting icon LeVar Burton is feeling the love from legions of fans as a petition has been launched by fans of Jeopardy!, calling for Burton to be named host the long running game show following the death of Alex Trebek. Depending on a person's age, Burton is best known for hosting the PBS classic Reading […]
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… as his attempt to convince African-Americans that Republicans then led by …
President Donald Trump continues to refuse to concede defeat in the US presidential election even though major independent media outlets have called the race for Democratic presidential nominee and former vice-president Joe Biden. Instead, Trump has ranted and raved, in a somewhat predictable fashion, and at one time thrown aspersions on the culture of the...
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Kat Stafford, Aaron Morrison and Angeliki Kastanis | Associated Press Power. Respect. Finally. When Eric Sheffield first saw Joe Biden take the lead in the vote count in Georgia, the 52-year-old Black man immediately thought about all the years he spent urging his Black friends and family to vote and all the times he saw […]
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NEW YORK (AP) — Beyoncé has been added to the list of guest speakers for YouTube’s virtual commencement ceremony that will also feature the Obamas.
YouTube announced Tuesday that Beyoncé will deliver an inspirational message to the 2020 class for its “Dear Class of 2020″ event, which will take place June 6 at 3 p.m. EDT and will stream on YouTube.
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Barack and Michelle Obama will also speak at the virtual celebration, which will include appearances from Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Bill and Melinda Gates, Jennifer Lopez, Billy Porter, Malala Yousafzai, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Zendaya, Alicia Keys, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Demi Lovato, Hasan Minhaj and more.
“Dear Class of 2020″ will include music performances from BTS, Lizzo, Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, Chloe x Halle, Maluma, CNCO and Camila Cabello.
Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has revealed that 2019 recorded the most new companies being registered in Jamaica.\tPresenting data from the Companies Office of Jamaica, Clarke indicated that 3,822 companies were registered last year, up from 3,...
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…
AURORA, Colo.- - A hooded suspect armed with a handgun entered a convenience store in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colorado, and shot the clerk while fleeing the scene. The crime took place at the [...]
TWENTY-YEAR-old Digga D, is one of the biggest up-and-coming drill artists in the UK. He’s...
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