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COVID deaths in Jamaica have now hit 2,000. The Health Ministry reported the new tally this morning as five more deaths were recorded.
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.
A group of lawmakers in Ghana want to criminalise the promotion of LGBT+ rights, a move that comes weeks after a community centre for sexual minorities was shut down following strong opposition from politicians and church organisations.
Erica Mena is asking her followers for their help. On Tuesday, May 18, Mena shared the unfortunate news that her and Safaree Samuels’ house was broken
Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE Dwyane Wade is definitely in the running for celeb father of the year, and his wife Gabrielle Union-Wade is making sure that everybody knows…
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Pelosi re-elected House speaker amid extraordinary political turmoil in Washington and the states
Mar. 22, 2021 (GIN) – The sight of refugees clinging to leaking boats, barely floating in frigid waters, or worse, washing up lifelessly on sandy shores, almost fails to shock after these images repeat over and over, year after year. But consciences were re-awakened this week when a toddler from Mali was seen lifted […]
In an effort to mitigate the safety and service repercussions that come with cutting fallen lines, the department provided this training to support emergency personnel as well as the utility providers.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a new moratorium on evictions that would last until October... View Article
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A top advisor to President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus task force says a national lockdown would be a “measure of last... View Article
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\tFollowing a spate of chilling dog attacks in recent years, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has tabled a bill that imposes civil and criminal liability for delinquent owners. The proposed legislation would repeal the Dogs (Liability for Injuries...
Total confirmed cases = 8,915 (new cases = 182)
Total recoveries = 2,592
Total deaths = 259
Active cases = 6,064
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 28, 2020
May 28: 8,788 cases, Kogi records case
\tKogi State became the last but one state to record infections.
Total confirmed cases = 8,733 (new cases = 389)
Total recoveries = 2,501
Total deaths = 254
Active cases = 5,978
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 27, 2020
May 27: 8,344 cases, chloroquine treatment to continue
\tThe director of Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (Nafdac), Mojisola Adeyeye, has disclosed that clinical trails for virus treatment using chloroquine will continue despite a recent move by the WHO to suspend a similar trial over safety concerns.
Total confirmed cases = 8,344 (new cases = 276)
Total recoveries = 2,385
Total deaths = 249
Active cases = 5,710
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 26, 2020
May 26: 8000+ cases, Africa’s 4th most impacted
\tCases in Nigeria breached the 8,000 mark on Monday evening when the NCDC announced 229 new cases.
Total confirmed cases = 8,068 (new cases = 229)
Total recoveries = 2,311
Total deaths = 233
Active cases = 5,524
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 25, 2020
May 25: 7,839 cases, Buhari on global impact, food sufficiency
\tPresident Buhari has stressed the global impact of COVID-19 describing it as a leveler between the developed and developing world.
Total confirmed cases = 7,839 (new cases = 313)
Total recoveries = 2,263
Total deaths = 226
Active cases = 5,350
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 24, 2020
May 24: 7,526 cases, no death recorded in 24-hours
\tNo virus-related death recorded in a day for the first time in the month of May 2020, according to records released close of day Saturday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department’s use of plainclothes officers and an unmarked minivan to haul away a vandalism suspect during a protest Tuesday created confusion and drew outrage from people who compared it to covert tactics used recently by federal agents in Portland, Oregon. Bystander video of 18-year-old Nikki Stone's arrest […]
[Nation] One of Nairobi's top pollutants is visible five days a week. While approaching the city from Mombasa Road, Thika Road and Waiyaki Way, most of the city is covered by smog for several hours daily. The smog only clears during the weekend and on public holidays.
Barbadians are being cautioned that the longer the COVID-19 pandemic drags on with too many people on the island refusing to be vaccinated, citizens are likely to see more erosion of the social and economic gains they have enjoyed. Professor Don Marshall, a social scientist and head of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social […]
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He was arrested over an expired visa last year.
An aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he groped her in the governor’s residence, a newspaper reported Wednesday,... View Article
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Rapper and singer Lil Nas X reveals that emergence of queer artists like Tyler The Creator and Frank Ocean helped him come out to his fans last year.
Jamaica Observer:- KINGSTON, Jamaica – He was the central figure in the Bob Marley classic, 'No Woman No Cry'. Bob wailed, “And Georgie would make the fire light, logwood burning through the night”. But sadly, Georgie's fire went out for the final time. George Headley Robinson died on Wednesday night. Cedella Marley, the daughter of reggae legend Bob, confirmed the news in a social media post. 'We lost our Georgie who kept the (fire burning) all through the night. Rest well Georgie. Fly away home,' she tweeted. The cause of Georgie's death is not yet known but throughout the time that
Catch this Real Housewives Tea The tea was piping hot and social media set aflame when Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams posted a pic of her and her new fiance. The problem is, just a few months ago he was married to fellow RHOA 'friend' Falynn. Is it a publicity stunt or a […]
Nigeria will lift its ban on Twitter soon after negotiations for an agreement to end its differences with the social media giant, the government said on Wednesday.
[Nairobi News] Kenyans have shared their anger and frustration on social media after the men's national football team was thrashed 5-0 by Mali in a 2022 Fifa World Cup qualification match in Morocco on Thursday night.
