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By Deborah Bailey, AFRO DC Editor Longtime WUSA Anchor and fixture in the DC Community, Bruce Johnson, 71 died on April 3 of heart failure at a hospital in Delaware. His wife, Lori, posted news of Johnson's passing on her Facebook page Sunday night, asking the public to respect their request for privacy. Johnson anchored […]
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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.
DETROIT (AP) — Black policy leaders will play a pivotal role in President-elect Joe Biden’s transition, marking one of the most diverse agency review teams in history. Of the 500-plus team members announced this week, more than half are women, and Black men and women are leading more than one-quarter of the teams. The diversity […]
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… civil rights for women and African-Americans, as well as more support …
Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings has died in Accra Thursday morning, local media reports.
He is said to have passed on at the nation’s premier hospital, the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
Jerry Rawlings had been on admission at the hospital for about a week for an undisclosed ailment.
Local online news portal, Graphic Online reports that Mr. Rawlings felt sick after his mother's burial about three weeks ago.
As a former Ghanaian military leader and subsequent politician, Rawlings led a military junta from 1981 until 1992.
He then served two terms as the democratically elected President of Ghana from January 1993 to January 2001.
The late former president initially came to power as a flight lieutenant of the Ghana Air Force following a coup in 1979.
Before this, he led an unsuccessful coup attempt against the ruling military government in 1979, just five weeks before scheduled democratic elections were due to take place.
After initially handing power over to a civilian government, he took back control of the country on December 31, 1981 as the Chairman of the Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC).
In 1992, Rawlings resigned from the military, founded the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and became the first President of the 4th Republic.
He was re-elected in 1996 for four more years. Rawlings was 73.
Zerina Akers is taking the fashion industry by storm. The Maryland bred fashion guru is known to the Beyhive as Beyoncé's stylist and the Black woman responsible for the singer's most iconic looks in her music videos, IG posts and red carpet appearances. Most recently, Zerina gained notoriety for the gorgeous looks she created for […]
She walked with her daughter as she broke the color barrier.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Three of the Trump’s appointees, Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, and Neil Gorsuch are viewed as more likely than their colleagues to support the now lame-duck President’s long-stated desire to kill Obamacare. “Severability is designed to say, well, would Congress still want the statute to stand even with the provision gone?” […]
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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis pledged Wednesday to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse and offered prayers to victims of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a day after the Vatican released a detailed report into the decadeslong church cover-up of his sexual misconduct. The Vatican report blamed a host of bishops, cardinals and popes for […]
If you've ever wondered how Keke Wyatt has managed to deliver 10 children, the singer shared a vlog of her birthing experience on her YouTube channel to show you how it's done. For the 10th baby, it was a scarier experience than usual.
A post-mortem examination conducted on Kevin Smith, the sanitation worker who died on Sunday following an accident at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Liliendaal, revealed his cause of death as multiple injuries.
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By now, fans of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” know that the show’s OG cast member, Nene Leakes, will not be returning for season 13. Back in September,
… the state of Michigan. Although African Americans are the largest racial minority … 15% of Michiganders are African American, but in April, African Americans accounted for over …
Michael R. Blood | Associated Press Election Day is over, but California already is consumed with its next high-profile political contest — the competition to fill Kamala Harris' soon-to-be-vacant U.S. Senate seat. In this race, only one vote matters, because there is only one vote. The selection falls to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is […]
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Retired Anglican priest and author, Reverend Canon Ernle Gordon, has died.\tGordon passed away this morning.\tHe was 82.\tReacting to the news, the People’s National Party described Gordon as an outstanding champion of the people.\tThe party has...
It looks like Danai Gurira will be starring as Shirley Chisholm in the upcoming film about the political trailblazer. The... View Article
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The number of coronavirus patients in Texas hospitals has nearly doubled since October, and average infections are at their highest point in almost three months — leaving health officials bracing for a potential crush of hospitalizations going into the holidays. In El Paso, hospitals are so overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients that in early November the […]
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On the heels of an historic election night, exit polling numbers show that BIPOC communities were a huge factor in securing a Democratic win. This piece offers unique perspective from this lens.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has drafteda 'anti-mob' bill that would expand the controversial stand-your-ground law, following a summer of nationwide protests and unrest. Critics say […]
The US Senate Will Turn on Georgia Election Protection By Professor Harvey Wasserman The fate of the US Senate — and much of the Biden Administration — will depend on how well election protection activists can protect Georgia’s voter registration rolls —and its vote count. As the nation well knows, two Republican US Senators will … Continued
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Courier exclusive: Lisa Washington leaving KDKA on Nov. 13 - moving to Scranton's WNEP-TV to become evening news anchor by Rob Taylor Jr. - Courier Staff Writer - 5:15 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 Oftentimes, what you experience early in life sticks with you for a lifetime. As a fifth-grader at Bennettsville Elementary School … Continued
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Jamaica on Wednesday recorded 53 additional COVID-19 cases, with ages ranging from 17 to 62 years, increasing the total to 9,634, of which 4,237 are active.\tOf the new cases, 20 are males and 33 are females.\tThere was no new fatality, keeping the...
This year, Norma’s Cafe, Dallas’ dining icon that has served DFW home cooking for more than 64 years, continues a 32-year-long tradition to help feed those in need this holiday season. Unfortunately, due COVID-19, the cafe will not be hosting the free public Thanksgiving meal at the Oak Cliff location but instead will continue supporting […]
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Jon Ossoff took the stage in Columbus and looked out over a parking lot filled with cars, with supporters blaring their horns in approval as he declared that “change has come to Georgia.” Hours earlier, Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler stepped to a microphone in suburban Atlanta and addressed hundreds of eager supporters packed into the Cobb County GOP headquarters. The […]
In summary Gov. Newsom should recognize the importance of the Latino community and appoint the first Latino or Latina senator from California. By Claudia Medina, Special to CalMatters Claudia Medina is the founding member of the Latino Community Foundation’s East Bay Latina Giving Circle, claudia.medina4education@gmail.com. Come January, California’s own Kamala Harris will make history as […]
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The St Catherine South Police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in the community of Washington Mews in Newlands, Portmore, St Catherine last night.\tThe man is yet to be identified and no motive has been established for...
