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WATCH: LATEST NEWS SURROUNDING THE NATIONAL NEGRO OPERA COMPANY
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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
[IPS] Kuala Lumpur and Sydney -- The World Bank has been leading other multilateral development banks (MDBs) and international financial institutions to press developing country governments to 'de-risk' infrastructure and other private, especially foreign investments.
Leaders from southern African countries met for urgent security talks and agreed on a \"regional response\" to the Islamist insurgency ravaging parts of northern Mozambique.
A (Black) History-Filled Night on November 23, 2020 If the NFL officiating careers of Referee Jerome Boger, umpire Barry Anderson, side judge Anthony Jeffries, line judge Carl Johnson, down judge Julian Mapp, field judge Dale Shaw and back judge Greg Steed had ended the night of November 23,2020, it would nonetheless go without further comment that these seven black veterans in stripes who paraded single file out of their dressing room at Raymond Jones stadium in Tampa, Florida had permanently set their cleats in historical cement to equate with Dr.…
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Senegal has been widely praised for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, with few infections and life returning to normal, but the reason behind its success still divides experts.
The government enacted a raft of anti-virus measures when the pandemic reached the West African nation. But some experts believe that herd immunity may explain the low level of cases.
With a mostly youthful population of some 16 million people, the country has recorded some 16,000 coronavirus cases and 331 deaths to date, according to the health ministry.
Like many African countries, Senegal would have racked up many thousands of deaths had it experienced an outbreak similar to the kind that ravaged Europe and the United States.
Senegal is \"one of the model countries in terms of implementing Covid-19 prevention measures and it has reaped the benefits,\" World Health Organization official Nsenga Ngoy said during a virtual press conference this month.
The government closed its borders, schools and mosques when the virus first hit in March, as well as banning large gatherings and travel between cities, and imposing a night-time curfew.
It also undertook medical care for ailing COVID-19 patients, and aggressively isolated people who had come into contact with positive cases.
Authorities encouraged mask-wearing and social distancing too, measures that Ngoy said would continue to play a key role in keeping infections at bay.
Abdoulaye Bousso, one of the government officials in charge of Senegal's coronavirus response, said that the measures staved off a collapse of the country's health system.
Herd immunity hypothesis
Mysteriously, however, Senegal has been registering fewer cases despite lifting its anti-virus measures -- and despite the fact that mask-wearing and social distancing have slackened considerably.
The Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha in July saw swathes of the country travel to their home towns to celebrate with their families -- without a discernible effect on infection rates.
Likewise for last month's \"Magal\" religious festival, which saw hundreds of thousands of pilgrims descend on Senegal's second largest city Touba.
Referring to the Islamic festivals, Bousso told AFP that \"perhaps the question of immunity needs to be brought to the fore\".
Massamba Sassoum Diop, the head of the emergency-healthcare organisation SOS Medecins Senegal, agreed.
\"We are aware that in Africa in general, and in Senegal in particular, we don't have the deaths we should have had,\" he said.
The doctor is convinced that a substantial part of the population has already acquired immunity, and estimated that proportion at around \"60 percent\".
The virus swept through Senegal's mostly young population between March and August, Diop suggested, offering an immunity that may explain the decline in deaths and infections.
He pointed out that most recorded infections are in people between 20 and 60 years old, and that it is patients older than 65 who are most likely to die of COVID-19.
\"It spread around the count
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[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Rising global temperatures are predicted to fuel more hunger and inequality among small producers who grow a large share of the world's food - will they be able to adapt?
[Africa Renewal] Rwanda is one of the leading countries in Africa in bicycle innovations. Recognizing the need for various harmonizing agendas, the government has supported the development of policies, methodologies and initiatives that emphasize the cross-cutting nature of sustainable mobility initiatives and the importance of mobilizing funds for meaningful interventions.
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