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Cori Gauff pour la première fois en finale d'un Grand Chelem. Opposée à la surprise italienne Martina Trevisan (59e mondiale), «Coco» (23e) l'a aisément emporté en deux manches ce jeudi sur le court Philippe-Chatrier (6-3, 6-1, pour rallier la finale d'un Majeur pour la première fois en carrière. «Je suis sous le choc pour l'instant,
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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.
AP
[East African] Rwanda has recorded a 12.4 percent drop in Growth Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter from July to September compared to the same period last year.
Bloemfontein Celtic began their CAF Confederation Cup campaign with a win over Maniema Union in the first leg of their preliminary round tie.
As we know it, the day following Thanksgiving is Black Friday, and for years, earmarked as the official kickoff for Christmas shopping. While some Americans may be shopping for Christmas gifts, a new tradition has sparked called 'The Black Friday Scholarship Bootcamp,' a one-day program for college-bound students and their parents in Michigan and around … Continued
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[Nation] The proposed construction of Lanet Airstrip phase one project will commence after the government closed the bids and gave a go ahead of the commencement of the multi-billion project.
[Nyasa Times] A social media activist Onjezani Kenani has lashed out at reports that former United Kingdom (UK) prime minister Tony Blair wants to set up an advisory office on governance results delivery at Malawi State House and the Office of the President and Cabinet, saying their activities will be opaque as they coming to feast on the poor people's tax money.
[Namibian] A GOOD job, community projects, good network connections, electricity and water are items on the wish lists of many voters who participated in yesterday's regional council and local authority elections.
[The Conversation Africa] I grew up in Ethiopia during the days of the military government. For years before its overthrow in 1991, the national army was locked in a protracted war against rebel movements in the north. It was common in those days to hear state media reporting the capture or recapture of towns from rebel forces. The parading of prisoners of war made daily headlines.
\"I love you, Diego\" Pele has written on social media, a week after the death of his \"great friend\" Diego Maradona.
[RFI] Critics of the authorities in Togo have slammed the arrest of key opposition figures held over accusations of plotting to destabilise the country. Gérard Djossou and Brigitte Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson were arrested on Friday and Saturday in the centre of the capital Lomé by Togolese security forces.
… of restoration and reparation for African American farmers and ranchers. Under the …
[Premium Times] At least 44 rice farmers were killed by suspected members of the Boko Haram while harvesting their crops, a lawmaker and sources have said.
… , who will be the first African American to lead the committee, has …
[The Conversation Africa] South African cannabis policy is currently at a crossroads. In 2018, the Constitutional Court effectively decriminalised private cannabis use. Since then, the government has continued to grapple with how to regulate this plant and its products, locally called 'dagga'.
[Daily Trust] Lafia -- Recently, a N6.4 billion fraud was uncovered in the 13 local government areas of Nasarawa State. The Commissioner for Local Government, Community Development and Chieftaincy Affairs, Yusuf Turaki, alleged that the fraud was perpetrated by accounting officers.
JAMAICAN scientists are now engaged in a drive to locate and protect two endemic plants that flower and bear fruits.The two - Annona praetermissa (Wild cherimoya) and Annona jamaicensis (Wild soursop) - are rare, which is most likely attributed to habitat loss from clearance of land for development and farming.
Mauritania marks 60th independence anniversary on Saturday. President Mohamed Ould Cheikh el Ghazouani presided over the event after announcing sharp increases in pensions and salaries in the health and education sectors on Friday night.
\"I pay here, a deserved tribute and express deep appreciation to the heroes of our valiant resistance for the valiant acts of bravery and sacrifice, at the price of their blood, to defend the homeland in the name of its freedom and dignity\", he told the gathering in the capital, Nouakchott.
Health sector workers will benefit from a 30% increase in their salaries and a generalization of their risk premium, the president announced Friday night in a televised speech.
The Mauritanian head of state stressed the efforts made by health workers during the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed 169 lives for some 8,000 cases in in the country.
On education, the president said premiums of teachers have been increased to encourage them to work in remote areas of the country, describing them as a ‘’priority’’.
Pensioners will see their pensions doubled and now paid every month, instead of every three months currently, President Ghazouani added.
The ceremony saw parades by security officers, while locals were present to express their pride for the celebration.
\"It is a proud day for us because it marks the recovery of our freedom. It is a beautiful day that we are happy to celebrate every year\", a resident Fatima Ahmed said.
The Islamic Republic in Northwestern Africa gained its independence from France on November 28, 1960.
Ten-year-old Samarwat Tkhal fled fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region this month -- now she sells food to survive, among tens of thousands of fellow refugees building a new life in neighbouring Sudan.
Tkhal, wearing a red T-shirt and yellow trousers, wanders the dusty streets of \"Village Eight\", a transit point just across the border into Sudan that has rapidly swelled into the size of a small town.
It is the first stop for many of the Ethiopians fleeing their homeland.
Tkhal holds up a box of chocolate cakes, as she shyly approaches potential customers.
\"My father gives me a box of 50 cakes every morning that I sell,\" she said. \"I work from morning to night.\"
Over 43,000 refugees have crossed into Sudan since fighting broke out in Tigray on November 4, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Friday, as he visited Sudanese camps crammed with those fleeing the conflict in northern Ethiopia.
While praising Sudan for upholding its \"traditional hospitality to people in need\", Grandi warned that the host country also \"urgently requires international assistance to support its efforts.\"
- Heavy fighting -
Hundreds have been killed in fighting between the federal government of Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and dissident forces of the regional ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
On Friday, Abiy is due to meet African Union envoys to discuss the worsening conflict, after he ordered the army to launch a final offensive against Tigrayan forces.
But while conflict rages at home, many of the refugees in Sudan are already eking out a living in their new surrounds.
Taray Burhano, 32, walks the streets selling cigarettes -- one-by-one, not by the pack.
\"I'm not making a fortune,\" said Burhano, who, like many, escaped with only what he could carry for the hard trek across the baking hot bush.
\"But at least I don't sit around and think about what happened to us.\"
Once a sleepy settlement, Village Eight is now a busy centre.
- Entrepreneurs -
Chekhi Barra, 27, sits on the ground waiting for clients.
\"Until a solution to the fighting is found, something has to be done,\" he said, adding that while aid is trickling in, people need more than what is provided.
Barra fled with his wife and son from their home in the town of Mai-Kadara, where Ethiopia's rights watchdog this week said at least 600 civilians were massacred.
Using the little cash he took with him, Barra invested in a box of 100 bars of soap, a basic necessity that he knows will generate a profit when sold individually.
\"I sell them for twice as much as I bought them,\" he said.
Despite losing their homes and businesses, the new Ethiopian arrivals to Sudan are not wasting their time.
Sylvia Tahai immediately resumed her work -- selling coffee.
\"As soon as I arrived, I went to buy coffee, cups, sugar and a coffee-maker\", the 23-year-old said, as customers crowded around her traditional Ethiopian flask brewing on a charcoal brazier.
Buhano Amha, 28, has built a stall where he sells tomat
[Daily Trust] The United Nations has stated that over 110 farmers were killed by Boko Haram insurgents on Saturday night in Zabarmari village, a rice farming community in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State.
Interview - Hon. Julius Ihonvbere is a Professor of International Relations and Political Science. He represents Owan West/East Federal Constituency of Edo State in the House of Representatives where he also chairs the Committee on Basic Education and Services. A former Secretary to State Government, SSG, Ihonvbere in this interview speaks on sundry issues in the polity, advising former President Goodluck Jonathan to check his hobnob with the President Muhammadu Buhari APC led government.
[Swazi Media] The lavish lifestyles of members of the Swaziland (eSwatini) Royal Family are once again under the spotlight after video was posted online showing King Mswati III's son Prince Majaha being showered with cash at his 30th birthday party.
[This Day] The Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON) has asked the federal government to take urgent steps to end the alarming insecurity in the country.
[Ghanaian Times] Political parties are the foundation block of the democratic state. They exist to organise the population along a political ideology and sponsor candidates during elections to national offices to steer the affairs of the country.
[Cameroon Tribune] The project that will take place in the Douala-Buea peri-urban areas was launched in Douala on Friday November 27, 2020.
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's indefatigable pro-democracy activists took to Bangkok's streets again Sunday, this time to protest the army as they push forward with their campaign for sweeping reforms, including to the nation's monarchy. Around 800 protesters gathered in the afternoon and in early evening marched to the base of the 11th Infantry Regiment, which is closely associated with the country's royal palace. Their number grew to well over 1,000 as they settled in for speeches by protest leaders. An advance group of protesters had already pulled away two decrepit buses that had been used […]
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JAMAICA owes a great deal of respect and gratitude to retired agriculturalist Lieutenant Colonel Hubert Lounges whose 43 years of outstanding service to local agriculture will continue to positively impact the sector for generations to come.Lounges, who will be 93 on December 10, not only witnessed but played key roles in the sector that gave rise to a number of achievements.
Denbigh, Clarendon: Frustrated by the high Customs duties charged for red kidney beans to be planted in Jamaica, a St Catherine-based farm store owner has discontinued importing the seeds. O’Brien Johnson, managing director of St Jago Farm and...
Sudanese model Aweng Ade-Chuol is fighting back against the rampant homophobia she's endured since marrying her wife in a most powerful way. Both the model and her wife are gracing the cover of the January 2021 issue of ELLE UK. The January 2021 issue of ELLE UK featuring Sudanese model, Aweng Ade-Chuol and her wife, Lexy. pic.twitter.com/8aapn11Dde — Asanda Sizani (@AsandaSizani) December 1, 2020 The iconic cover shows Ade-Chuol and her wife, Lexy embroiled in a passionate kiss while embracing one another.
Microsoft Caribbean says a study it commissioned on how to accelerate economic recovery in the Caribbean by 2021, has identified 29 investments in technology to accelerate economic recovery in 16 sectors in the region.
[Nation] Snails, which have invaded the expansive Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kirinyaga County, are known to be highly destructive to crops.
