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Coco Gauff, 18 ans, va disputer la première finale de Grand Chelem de sa carrière. L'Américaine est venue à bout de l'Italienne Martina Trevisan, jeudi, en demi-finale du tournoi de Roland-Garros (6-3, 6-1). Elle affrontera la n°1 mondiale, Iga Swiatek, se dressera sur sa route le 4 juin.
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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
Former NFL player Peyton Manning joins Stephen Curry, professional golfer Phil Mickelson, and former NBA player Charles Barkley for The Match: Champions for Change.
IT has been one of the bloodiest phases in Zimbabwe since artisanal mining spurted out in the late 1990s, just as the industrial crisis kicked in. Since Wednesday last week, 30 artisanal miners have been trapped under a disused old mine shaft at Ran Mine in Bindura. In Esigodini, six more miners are feared dead after a shaft gave in on November 10. No one even attempted to rescue them. And in Chegutu, five more artisanal miners recently lost their lives in another mine shaft collapse as they braved the dangers and difficulties that confront these workers in search of gold to earn an income. Television images of the desperation and tears that gripped entire families last year when 24 more miners perished at Battlefields after their old shafts were flooded are still in our minds, and those tears haven’t dried yet. And if you add these sad events to many more deaths that strike poor families and the public never get to know, a full picture of a national crisis emerges. We are witnessing a genocide taking place while we fold our hands. The deaths are taking place because government has pushed 500 000 people to scour the forest in search for some form of income to keep their families going due to economic mismanagement and corruption. They have been blamed for risking their lives under dangerous tunnels and flooded shafts, but they are not insane. They know the dangers better than us, but they have no choice. The companies they used to work for have closed. And opportunities in long “hanging fruit” industries like agriculture have been closed by a combination of mismanagement and corruption. We demand that government puts in place programmes and measures, without butchering, injuring and killing them, to make sure that the work of artisanal miners is not only sustainable but safe. One of these measures may be rolling out awareness programmes to miners about the dangers that lie underground. Government must also encourage them to only mine in certified zones, at the same time giving them solutions about how to end their suffering. It may be a tall order for authorities, who have not shown any inclination to providing any kind of solution the crisis facing the miners. But this is the only way government can end the bloodshed. As a country, we must learn to manage this new way of life because artisanal mining will be here for some time. Ending it will require lasting solutions to this country’s hardships. We must unlock opportunities for these people to start sustainable, viable businesses as opposed to the dangers they face in disused mines. If these businesses start, they will absorb more artisanal miners into formal jobs, thereby limiting environmental degradation, mindless killing by machete wielding gangs, and even looting at a larger scale. Government must move with speed to stop the bloodshed that is taking place underground. The police must arrest the big powers behind this looting. We need a multi-prolonged approach.
By GRANT PECK and CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's highest court is set to rule Wednesday on whether Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has breached ethics clauses in the country's constitution and should be ousted from his position. The Constitutional Court will rule on a complaint brought by the Pheu Thai Party, the largest opposition grouping in Parliament, that Prayuth has broken the law by continuing to live in his military residence after he retired as army commander in September 2014. The ruling comes as Prayuth has been dealing with another major headache, a persistent student-led pro-democracy movement […]
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Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane has taken to social media after guiding his side to victory over Zamalek in the CAF Champions League final.
[Monitor] When the three East African countries of Tanganyika (Tanzania), Uganda and Kenya had just attained independence in 1961, 1962 and 1963 respectively, they were fond of making five-year development plans.
THERE has always been speculation that civil servants are deeply involved in Zanu PF politics. Now citizens wonder no more! editorial comment We hear headmasters and teachers, who are supposed to be in the civil service, have now traded their chalk, for political office ahead of the ruling party district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections later this week. The teachers and headmasters unashamedly join a magistrate and a prosecutor who have expressed their strong desire to be part of the Zanu PF bandwagon and the ruling party does not appear to see anything untoward with that. This is flagrantly unconstitutional and a wrong precedent. At law, one cannot claim to represent a rainbow public, with all the political colours, on one end and brandish colours of a political party on the other. But the moulten political system in the country has been worsened by Zanu PF allowing all this to happen and going all the way to normalise such imprudent acts. The decision by these government workers to contest for positions in the party defies the claim that Zanu PF has not captured civil servants such that they allow them to go outright political to further their interests. Now that we have a sitting magistrate, a prosecutor, a provincial education director and teachers who want to be in the party structures at the same time wanting to maintain the civil service tag, it is time for Zanu PF to come out clean and act on such. Citizens are told the party is divided on the matter with some insisting civil servants must stay out of politics or resign from public office if they maintain their burning desire to be Zanu PF political actors. It is morally wrong to have civil servants wanting to remain government workers and at the same time being leaders in the governing party. We have seen the ruling party disregarding that and the argument raised by a headmaster in Masvingo province that he will contest and only resign if he wins but remain in the public service if he loses is as low an argument as it is absurd. Refreshingly, we had the Zanu PF secretary for legal affairs Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana recently saying no government employee should contest for political office or assume any position in a political party before resigning from the civil service. Clear and sound, but the disregard of that perfect position by the constitution can only mean Zanu PF is not a disciple of the constitution in this regard. Is it a clear case of ignorance of the power-hungry civil servants or it is absolute arrogance on their part? Are they now above the law? The law is clear and section 200 of the Constitution stipulates that no government employee is allowed to further the interests of any political party or cause or act in a partisan manner. This is a classic test for Zanu PF to act on these errant civil servants if they are not complicity in this constitutional boo-boo.
Former Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane hasn’t taken long to enter the record books at his new role in Egypt.
[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.
[IPS] Mbabane -- Placing an online order for farming inputs saves Velebantfu Dlamini about USD12 in transport fees for a round trip of about 320 kilometres. The 26-year-old vegetable farmer from Nkhungwini in the Shiselweni Region, south of Eswatini, uses a portal to order from the National Agriculture Marketing Board (NAMBoard) Farm Store. NAMBoard then delivers his order leaving Dlamini with time to stay in the field and look after his crops.
John Mannah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 November 2020: Sierra Leone’s performance in the recently released 2020 WAEC examination results with a 4.5% Pass Rate in 5 Subjects, when compared to our sister competing countries namely, Ghana with 68.5%, Nigeria- 65.8%, and The Gambia - 64.8%, is not only catastrophic and [Read More]
[263Chat] Women who are part of Heal Zimbabwe Virtual platforms have called for the amendment of the Communal Lands Act.
The internment of Americans with Japanese ancestry during World War II is part of this nation’s dark history of racial discrimination. These stories have
Bloemfontein Celtic have prioritised the DStv Premiership over Africa by sending reserves to the DRC for their CAF Confederation Cup first leg tie.
[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.
\"I love you, Diego\" Pele has written on social media, a week after the death of his \"great friend\" Diego Maradona.
… of restoration and reparation for African American farmers and ranchers. Under the …
[Nation] National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi will on Tuesday decide which of the two referendum Bills before the House takes precedence as the country prepares for a vote to amend the Constitution.
From making Shea Butter in a mobile home with his two daughters to owning one of the most successful fair trade beauty companies, Olowo-n’djo T’chala is truly the story of successful entrepreneurship. T’chala grew up in Northern Togo in a farming community where he learned the importance of sustainability as a young age. He was […]
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.
[Nation] The Service Party leader Mwangi Kiunjuri, initially a harsh critic of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), yesterday beat a hasty retreat, saying he would support the referendum as the drive to collect at least a million signatures gained momentum.
ARSENAL'S ABYSMAL recent home record suffered further ignominy following a toothless defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers...
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[Nation] The clamour for constitutional amendments through the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) has already taken a 'Yes' versus 'No' trajectory after civil society groups and a section of political leaders on Sunday expressed their opposition to the push for the changes spearheaded by President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga.
The Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa has overturned the sentences of two White farm workers who were convicted of murdering a Black teenager after accusing him of stealing sunflowers. Pieter Doorewaard, 28, and Phillip Schutte, 35, were last year sentenced to 18 and 23 years in prison respectively for murder and other offenses....
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