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[Ghanaian Times] The sod was on Thursday cut at Abrabra in the Sefwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western North Region for the construction of 10 mechanised solar water systems (boreholes) for rural cocoa-growing communities at the cost of $150,000.
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
The Netherlands on Thursday returned a terracotta head to Nigeria in a ceremony in the capital, Abuja. The artifact, believed to be at least 600 years old, was taken from the southwestern city of Ile-Ife and smuggled to Europe through Ghana in 2019, Nigerian officials said. “The smuggler had obtained forged documents” to take it...
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[MAP] Rabat -- Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita, on Tuesday held talks by videoconference with the Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and the Diaspora, Kandia Kamissoko Camara.
New York - New York’s Hometown Airline® – today announced it has officially entered the transatlantic market with new, nonstop service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and London Heathrow Airport (LHR). The first customer-carrying JetBlue flight between the U.S. and the U.K. touched down at Heathrow just before 10 o’clock this morning, local time. The highly anticipated milestone – aimed at shaking […]
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Our policymakers need to intelligently revisit our housing drive/policy with the goal of creating vibrant, livable or ‘smart’ communities that offer diverse economic opportunities to all citizens while attracting innovative businesses and workers.
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[UN News] Unresolved issues surrounding parliamentary quotas, and women's participation in elections in Somalia were highlighted by UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed in the Security Council on Tuesday, with the aim of increasing their involvement in the political process.
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 November 2020: Sierra Leone government's students loan scheme which was proposed by President Julius Maada Bio during his inaugural address in the House of Parliament in 2018, has received overwhelming support across the country, with the latest endorsements coming from opposition leaders in parliament. The students’ [Read More]
The South African Football Association (SAFA) is planning on appointing a local coach for the vacant Bafana Bafana coaching position.
[Ethiopian Herald] Though Developing countries including Ethiopia are known by their natural resources possession, they utilize uneconomically because of lack of knowledge, finance and technology. Besides, currently, due to population pressure, farmers are forced to invade forest areas, wetlands and parks in search of farmland. As a result, the ecosystem is being disturbed and water bodies are getting shrank. Soils are also highly exposed to erosion due to overgrazing of grass lands. These again aggravate desertification tha
Classement général du Tour de France 2021Classement par équipe du Tour de France 2021Les résultats par étapes du Tour 2021 Trois autres coureurs ont décidé de se détacher du peloton, parmi eux le français Pierre Latour(TotalEnergies). Les deux autres sontS.Bennett (Team Qhubeka Nexthash) etO.Goldstein (Israel Start-Up Nation).Ils ont déjà 1″15 d'avance Le premier attaquant du
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THERE was an innocuous graphic in a history textbook used for the junior certificate then. It propagated a certain narrative about the Russian revolution of 1917. The graphic has become a reality to Zimbabwe today. To the uninitiated, junior certificate (JC) was the national public examination that was sat for by all secondary school pupils at Form 2 level before they could start “O” Level studies. In many respects, the results of the JC examinations were used to screen pupils on what courses or subjects they could study for their “O” Level. JC was a vaunted certificate. A pass with distinctions paved the way for an academic career, while failure relegated one to technical studies — then agriculture, woodwork or metalwork in general. Not that there is anything bad about being technically gifted as opposed to being academically oriented and potentially getting a white-collar job. The cartoon was of societal hierarchy post the 1917 communist revolution in Russia. There were three main classes or broad categories in that society — the people (plebians), soldiers (security agents) and politicians. At the base were the plebians who shouted to anyone who cared to listen that they fed all. At the next level were soldiers who said they shoot all and finally, the politicians who ironically posited they ate for all. This lesson then was very unrealistic to the Zimbabwean situation that it matters little to study it, but it was a subtle dig at communism as if there are no classes or parasitic groups in neoliberal or capitalistic societies. Zimbabwe, in the first decade of independence (1980-1990), had a fairly functional economy though structural defects were starting to show up when expenditure was becoming bigger than revenue each year. The expanded expenditure was related to social provisions — taking education and primary healthcare to most of the citizens, who hitherto independence, were not catered for by the minority racial Rhodesian regime. Civil servants’ salaries then were nearly uniform and had purchasing power. For those in the security sector, they had adequate provisions of food rations, fatigues and boots. The morale was high in the cantonments and teachers wore their profession with pride then. However, the situation has dramatically changed in the two years post the November 2017 military coup. The boys in uniform have a new status — they are more equal to other civil servants because of their collective contribution in the making of the new regime. Treasury initially announced that it was funding for the re-establishment of garrison shops to cater for the boys in uniform’s needs in their cantonments. The shops were to sell subsidised basic food commodities to soldiers and police — a special treatment that was not extended to all other struggling civil servants. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube last month announced a 50% cushioning allowance for all civil servants and a US$75 special COVID-19 allowance for only three months. The statement was innocent and seemed to have treated all civil servants equally. However,
[Monitor] A Shs5 billion industrial park, whose construction in Pakele Sub-county, Adjumani District, is nearing completion, will boost development in West Nile Sub-region, government has said.
Pear Tree River Primary School in St Thomas is to play a new role, empowering older students with special needs with the skills they need to enter the world of work. In July of this year, representatives of the Ministry of Education, Youth and...
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[WHO] Lucia Ngacho, a 32-year-old mother of 3 children, walked to the WHO emergency medical mobile clinic in Pibor town, the regional capital of Pibor Administrative Area with her 2-year-old girl Mama Arzen.
Two years ago President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the UNHRC, the White House said that the decision did not mean that the country would retreat from its stance on human rights — a cause the administration accused the council of betraying.
Now, African countries are pushing for the UN’s top rights body to launch a high-level investigation into “systemic racism” and police violence in the United States and beyond, The text was the subject of heated discussions in Geneva ahead of a so-called “urgent debate” on the topic at the United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday.
The draft resolution, introduced by the African group, condemns “racially discriminatory and violent practices perpetrated by law enforcement agencies against Africans and people of African descent and structural racism endemic to the criminal justice system, in the United States of America and other parts of the world.”
The commission, the text said, should probe “systemic racism, alleged violations of international human rights law and abuses against Africans and of people of African descent in the United States” and elsewhere by law enforcement agencies.
UNHRC, founded in 2006, is designed to review and investigate human rights concerns in U.N. countries, whether they are members of the council or not.
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) received two zero-emission, battery-powered electric GILLIG buses, a first for the JTA fleet. “The delivery of these zero-emission electric buses is a major milestone for the JTA and brings us closer to achieving our long-term sustainability goals,” said JTA Chief Executive Officer, Nathaniel P. Ford Sr. “We believe that electrification is going to be the […]
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Kenya’s economic growth slowed down to 4.9 percent in the first quarter of this year from 5.5 percent last year.
La volonté du président français de réconcilier les mémoires autour de la guerre d’Algérie aboutit paradoxalement à une crise sans précédent entre Paris et Alger. «L’Algérie n’est pas à vendre», pancarte anti-française lors dune manifestation à Alger, le 9 avril 2021 (Riyad Kramdi, AFP) L’enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions. La détermination d’Emmanuel Macron à
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Uganda: Scientists to genetically alter mosquitoes
When Mary Chilenga’s two-year-old daughter persistently fell sick and took so long to recover, she consulted a doctor who shocked her with his diagnosis. Her family of six is one of the most successful in Kasungu North in terms of farming. “That is why when the doctor said my daughter was suffering from malnutrition, I …
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[RFI] According to a diplomatic cable, the authorities in Paris helped suspects in the 1994 Rwanda genocide to escape while under French military protection. The revelation has rekindled Kigali's allegations that France secretly supported Hutu forces who orchestrated the massacres.
Farmers and ranchers have until Aug. 2 to nominate candidates to serve on the St. Croix County Farm Service Agency (FSA) Committee. This year, St. Thomas County is accepting nominations for local administrative area 3 (LAA 3).
[New Times] Filipo Grandi: I am impressed by the work done by the government, I enjoyed talking to people here. They have gone through incredible suffering, so this centre is really lifesaving for them not only because through here they find a future but also they are taken care of here.
