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Rev. Craig T. Robinson, Jr., 4th Episcopal District “Time is filled with swift transition,” asserted hymn-writer Jennie Wilson. As the 51st Session of the AME General Conference prepared clos…
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.
An elated Jaheem Wilson (second left) accepts a tablet that will assist with his online learning and preparation for Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate exams, from VM Chairman Michael McMorris (second right) at a thanksgiving service celebrating VMBS's 142nd anniversary and start of its Members' Month activities at Escarpment Road New Testament Church of God in Kingston.
The Cheetahs have not ruled out taking legal action against SA Rugby after being excluded from next season's expanded PRO16 tournament.
Mrs. Lizzie Donald (middle) celebrated her 103rd birthday on Aug. 7 with her daughter, Frances Scott, (right) family members and about 200 of her closest friends. By Karin Davis-Thompson, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG - A raging pandemic, record unemployment and an unprecedented presidential race will make 2020 a year many will never forget. But for Lizzie […]
Australia and New Zealand will play a trans-Tasman Super Rugby competition next year with five teams from each country competiting.
Figures released by Statistics New Zealand place South Africans as the third-largest group of migrants to the country for the year ending September 2020.
