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Of course, it is the state which set up this operation to allow us to breathe because we are suffocated by insecurity, by aggression, thefts and all kinds of acts. Some people are even killed or burned. If Wuambushu were to complete its mission, the population would be truly grateful to the State.
The court enjoys global jurisdiction.
Investigators will now need the authorization of the court’s judges to open a probe. Bensouda appealed for support from Nigeria’s government.
She said the army has dismissed accusations against government troops after examining them.
Boko Haram strictly opposes formal education. In 2015, Nigeria enlisted the support of neighbors Chad, Cameroon and Niger to try and defeat the group.
While the joint operations made the group lose considerable territory, they have not been able to wipe it out.
The ICC has conducted investigations in several African countries. In Sudan, Libya and Ivory Coast, former leaders were indicted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity after the investigations.
Another booze ban would create \"economic devastation\", says Richard Rushton of Distell Group.
Daytona resident, health official and business owners are urging local Blacks to take the virus seriously. Editor’s note: This is one in a series of stories about COVID-19 and its impact on residents in Volusia County, especially those living in Daytona Beach’s historically Black neighborhoods. BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES As of the Daytona Times’ […]
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By Sentinel News Service The Black Lives Matter PAC responds to former President Barack Obama’s recent remarks about “losing people with snappy slogans” and formally announces the launch of the organization’s Snappy Slogan campaign. The campaign can be found at http://www.snappyslogan.com. President Obama thinks you lose people with snappy slogans like #DefundThePolice. Our movement believes when leaders waste time criticizing a hashtag instead of talking about stopping the murders committed by law enforcement and white supremacists, we lose Black lives. If the former President is worried about whether #DefundThePolice is the right slogan, we must make it known that this […]
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L-R, Randy Russell FHSP’s president, Carl Lavender, Jr., chief equity officer of FHSP and Gloria Johnson-Cusack, senior advisor to the president of Florida International University BY FRANK DROUZAS, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG - The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg (FHSP) held the Pinellas Race Leadership Council's inaugural meeting on Dec. 1. Aims of the Zoom […]
With many people still nervous to travel, even under lockdown level one, here's how you can make the most of staying home.
South Africa’s power utility ESKOM is set to receive cash from various companies suspected of embezzlement.
The latest move involves $103 Million to be paid by the Zurich engineering group ABB.
The amount is coming as a result of over payments in the construction of coal-fired electricity plants.
The South Africa’s authorities are probing various companied believed to have swindled funds from the power utility Eskom.
Authorities are also pursuing 4 other companies in relation to various irregularities with the ESKOM
The company was embroiled in numerous financial scandals during the tenure of the former president Jacob Zuma.
The government estimates that more than 32.8b dollar was looted from the state, much of it from government firms while Zuma was in power.
President Cyril Ramaphosa came to power three years ago with a pledge to clamp down on state corruption that became rampant under former President Jacob Zuma’s nine-year rule.
Italy Will Not Let it Go
Italian prosecutors formally put four high-ranking members of Egypt’s security forces under investigation on Thursday over the alleged 2016 kidnapping, torture and killing of Italian doctoral research student Giulio Regeni — whose body was found on a highway in Cairo. Sergio Colaiocco, a prosecutor in Rome, Italy, told a session of a special parliamentary commission on the slaying of Giulio Regeni.
\" As we said, the notice for the conclusion of the investigations is referred to four officers belonging to Egyptian security forces. The names are known and were published by the press. They are all included in the general category of the Egyptian security forces.\"
An Italian judge will review the evidence and decide on whether to indict and order a trial for any or all of the suspects as Italy allows trials of defendants in absentia.
In late November, Egyptian prosecutors slammed the Italian investigators pushing to try in their push to bring five police and intelligence officers to trial.
Another prosecutor in Rome, Michele Prestipino Giarritta, addressed the same commission.
\"Against only one of the five suspects, we have already filed a request for dismissal of the charges against him, because we considered that the evidence gathered against this suspect was not sufficient to usefully prosecute him. Therefore: four notices of the conclusion of the investigations, three for kidnapping, one for kidnapping and conspiring to commit aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit aggravated murder.\"
The case strained relations between Italy and Egypt, an ally it needs in the crackdown on migrant trafficking across the Mediterranean and efforts to combat terrorism.
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A U.S. marshal said Friday that his description of the fatal shooting of a Black man by a white sheriff's deputy as justified was premature and based on insufficient information. U.S. Marshal Peter Tobin said he made statements based on 'insufficient information' he received before the beginning of an official investigation into the Dec. 4 killing of Casey Goodson Jr. by a Franklin County Sheriff's deputy. 'It was premature for me to provide any opinion, conclusion, or other information about the facts of the incident,' Tobin, […]
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New Orleans native and actress Carol Sutton died from COVID-19 complications on Friday, Dec. 11 at the age of 76.... View Article
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ActorTommy ‘Tiny’ Lister, best known for his roles in the “Friday” franchise, has passed away, multiple news outlets reported. He was 62 years old. Lister’s […]
Making Sense of 2020 focuses on the year from a journalists and newsroom perspective. The year 2020 is a year unlike any other, and Chicago newsrooms and journalists, were challenged to cover the multitude of issues and events happening simultaneously. WTTW's new series, Making Sense of 2020, explores the problems Chicagoans faced this year. Its … Continued
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Carol Sutton, a fixture on stages in her native New Orleans who built a steady career on the big and small screens, including roles in the 1989 comedy 'Steel Magnolias' and the TV series 'Queen Sugar,' has died from complications from COVID-19, according to New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell. Sutton was 76. 'The world may recognize her from her performances in movies and on TV — whether it's 'Treme' or 'Claws,' or 'Runaway Jury' or 'Queen Sugar' — but we will always remember her commanding stage presence, her richly […]
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By Associated Press Undefined JERUSALEM (AP) — A few thousand Israelis protested on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding that he resign in the face of corruption charges and the pandemic. Some 2,000 people demonstrated outside Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem. The size of the crowds has shrunk in recent weeks with the arrival of wintry weather. Protesters held signs reading 'Go' and 'Everyone is equal under the law.' They also carried an inflatable submarine, alluding to a $2 billion purchase of German submarines that critics allege Netanyahu was implicated in. The protesters say Netanyahu must resign because of […]
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L-R, Randy Russell FHSP's president and CEO, Dr. Katurah-Jenkins Hall, FHSP Board of Trustees chair, Arts Conservatory for Teens' Dr. Alex Harris and Clayton Sizemore, founder of Mindful Movement Florida BY J.A. JONES, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG - With anxiety still looming over the transfer of power in Washington D.C., the need for communication and […]
Signifyin’-Sept 30, 2020 I was selecting books from my 200-plus collection for give-away Sunday, when I ran across Bill Dahlk’s historical epic ‘Against the Wind: African Americans-the Schools in Milwaukee, 1963-2002.’ Instead of being placed in my pass-along to the ‘ill-informed, brainwashed or confused’ box, Dahlk’s classic work quickly made a bee-line to the […]
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By Thomas Chidamba Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement minister, Anxious Masuka has said government has no responsibility to “spoon-feed” thousands of graduates churned out annually by universities and colleges around the country. He scoffed at an unemployed agriculture graduate Dickson Kubvakacha’s solo demonstration against the country’s high unemployment rate which has reduced graduates into paupers. Kubvakacha is the founder and chairperson of the Coalition of Agricultural Graduates of Zimbabwe (COAGZ). Masuka felt obliged to comment after a picture of Kubvakacha selling sweets on a crowded dusty street in Mbare went viral on social media platforms, dismissing it as an attention-seeking stunt. “I want to think that this is a joke and that the comrade in question (Kubvakacha) will immediately remove his social media page. “Last year, I personally addressed COAGZ and Kubvakacha was present where I outlined the procedure for one to apply for land,” Masuka said. The minister said the government provides graduates with opportunities to be taken up by those willing to do so. “I also highlighted numerous opportunities that any agricultural graduate has in the agricultural space. “It cannot, then, be the Zimbabwean government’s responsibility to spoon-feed the individual. “We create opportunities, and it is up to the individual to take advantage of those opportunities or not. “This is extremely disappointing, to say the least,” Masuka said. Kubvakacha said he was not an attention seeker. “As one of the 35 000 unemployed agricultural professionals in Zimbabwe, we have been excluded from government programmes aimed at turning around national fortunes through agriculture. “We are struggling to be relevant after receiving training,” Kubvakacha said. “I am supposed to be in the fields, where my heart is, but our chance is yet to come. “I rented (agricultural land) twice and encountered bitter experiences.”
The Marshall Heights Community Development Organization, along with the Ward 7 Business Partnership, has been awarded a DC Main Streets Grant by the D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development.
by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer When it was announced Nov. 13 that state Rep. Austin Davis was elected chairman of the Allegheny County House Democratic Delegation for the 2021-22 legislative session, he became the first African American to ever hold the title. That’s all fine and dandy, but Rep. Davis said that “being … Continued
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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Cody West is headed from Texas to Washington, D.C. – from Law School to Capitol Hill. West, a graduate of Texas State University and the University of Houston, earned a two-year fellowship from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) and American Petroleum Institute (API) as an Energy Policy Fellow. The intensive program equips early-career policy professionals committed to contributing to public policy with the necessary skills to become the next generation of leaders in public service. West now embarks on an intensive 20-months policy training and leadership development program, enabling fellows […]
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Crusader Staff Report Time is running out for residents who want to enroll in Obamacare during the coronavirus pandemic. The deadline for open enrollment is next Tuesday, December 15. Affordable Care Act officials say Obamacare is more affordable than ever. Open enrollment started November 1. According to a new Health and Human Services report, people […]
By Associated Press The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans, according to a person familiar with the decision but not authorized to discuss it publicly. Shots for health workers and nursing […]
Morocco basked in US recognition of its sovereignty over Western Sahara Friday after outgoing President Donald Trump changed policy on the decades-old dispute in return for Rabat agreeing to normalise relations with Israel.
For the Polisario Front, which has campaigned for independence for the former Spanish colony since the 1970s, Trump's announcement marked a major setback and drew a promise to fight on until Moroccan forces withdraw.
But crucially, there was no immediate reaction from neighbouring Algeria, Morocco's regional rival and the Polisario's key foreign backer, whose support would be essential for any return to major fighting.
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita hailed US recognition of Western Sahara's \"Moroccan identity\" as a \"historic diplomatic breakthrough\".
\"Several years of work\" had been \"crowned with the recognition of the United States, the major power on the (United Nations) Security Council,\" he told AFP in an interview.
Fellow permanent UNSC member Russia, historically close with Algeria, denounced the US move on Friday.
Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov called the decision \"unilateral\" and \"a violation of international law\".
Morocco's official MAP news agency published commentaries from an array of Moroccan and foreign analysts trumpeting the US announcement as \"vindication of the Moroccan cause\" and the \"beginning of the end for the Polisario gang\".
Prince Moulay Hicham Alaoui, a cousin of King Mohammed VI, tweeted his appreciation of the \"courageous\" decision by Trump.
Support for the Palestinian cause runs deep in Morocco, but criticism of the monarch remains a red line even after a decade of reforms.
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Islamist Prime Minister Saad-Eddine El Othmani, who has repeatedly spoken out against normalising relations with Israel in the past, made no immediate comment.
His adviser Nizar Khairoun welcomed US recognition that \"the Sahara is Moroccan\" but added: \"Israel is an occupying power that usurps the rights of the Palestinians.\"
He was careful, however, to avoid any direct criticism of the king, who made the agreement to normalise ties with Israel in a telephone call with Trump.
The hashtag \"#Normalisation is treason\" was among the most popular on social media Friday, but it was far outstripped by the hashtag \"#Sahara\".
The Polisario dismissed Trump's announcement and vowed to fight on until Moroccan forces withdraw from all of Western Sahara.
\"Fighting will continue until the total withdrawal of the Moroccan occupation troops,\" said Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, foreign minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), which Polisario leaders proclaimed in 1976.
The US decision was \"null and void\", Ould Salek said, emphasising that the international community \"does not recognise and will not recognise any Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara\".
Sovereignty \"belongs exclusively to the Sahrawi people\", he told AFP.
The Polisario had already announced last month that it regarded a 1991 ceasefire as over after Morocco sent
