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Gunmen suspected to be cattle rustlers raided two villages in Plateau state's Bassa district before shooting and hacking their victims
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.
[Monitor] The Lira Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Mr Milton Odongo has been criticised for telling religious leaders to worship President Museveni as their god.
A 34-year-old gold miner is currently in stable condition at the Port Kaituma District Hospital following a shooting incident at Chi-Chi Backdam, North West District.
Lloyd London, age 34, a gold miner of Heaven Hill, Matthew's Ridge, North West District is nursing a wound to his left instep after he was allegedly shot by a 46-year-old male, also a gold miner of Water Front, Port Kaituma, North West District.
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A Mahaicony resident is feared dead after he was hit by a wave on Monday while attending to a hole in a boat at Three Miles, offshore Belladrum, West Coast Berbice.
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The Umkhonto we Sizwe Veterans Association meanwhile expressed their intention to visit Zuma soon.
ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe said the party had needed him now more than ever as it seeks to reassert its values and morality.
Concerned Sierra Leoneans: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 July 2020: In our press release dated 4th May 2020, we accentuated our horror and concern over the brutal intervention of heavily armed State House Presidential guards who opened fire on unarmed prisoners and prison guards with assault rifles, in an attempt to [Read More]
A Mahaicony labourer was fatally stabbed on Saturday by a man who had uttered threats to him following a dispute last week.
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For the second time in two weeks, a whale has washed up on the southern coast of South Africa - and a shark warning is now in place for Jeffrey's Bay.
By Ike Pigott Alabama Newscenter A Jefferson County Health Department order regarding public activities is set to expire at midnight, and will not be renewed. That means clubs, theaters and other businesses that have been closed because of coronavirus restrictions will have new options. A statement released Friday morning by the Jefferson County Health Department []
Mane's enforced isolation will affect his international commitments after he'd been named in Senegal's squad for their upcoming friendlies against Morocco and Mauritania.
Authorities in Zimbabwe have jailed Hopewell Chin’ono, a prominent investigative journalist whose coverage of corruption brought the dismissal of a government minister for alleged profiteering on essential coronavirus supplies. Health Minister Obadiah Moyo was fired [...]
His wife reports that he’s pleased.
[HRW] Kinshasa -- The Congolese authorities and the United Nations have not done enough to hold human rights violators to account and deliver justice to victims a decade after the landmark UN Congo Mapping Exercise Report was published in October 2010, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.
The office of the president in South Sudan confirmed a shooting incident in the capital Juba, early Wednesday morning. A statement signed by press secretary Ateny Wek Ateny said the president was “saddened about the shooting incident that occured in Sherikat, Juba.”
The statement voiced the president’s condemnation and said a full probe was underway. “The perpetrator has been arrested by authorities and is under close monitor in hospital, in a critical condition.”
The gunman took the lives of 5 persons in the incident, four men and a woman. The statement dismissed reports that he was the son of the president, it said he was a distant relative of the president.
“... he is a distant relative of the President, but he was acting alone. The suspect is called Lual Akook Wol Kiir – a distance cousin to the President.
“President Kiir’s son is called Lual Salva Kiir Mayardit who wasn’t involved in the incident. The incident would be investigated and public will be informed of the outcome through the court of law,” it added.
Protests broke out in the area where the incident took place as residents blocked roads and burned tyres.
The Office of the President has issued a statement regarding the killing of unarmed civilians by Lual Marine, whom it describes as a “distance relative” to President Salva Kiir, who acted “alone” and “must be punished”. #SouthSudan pic.twitter.com/R8LSLxC0AA— Eye Radio (@EyeRadioJuba) June 3, 2020
Riot emerges in Shirikaat, a suburb of Juba, following the murder of civilians this morning by a gunman identified by SSPDF as Lual Marine, the nephew of President Salva Kiir. EyeRadioJuba reports. Details to follow. pic.twitter.com/KPHWVkCnUV— The Citizen Journalists – Bidi Bidi (sakondosakon) June 3, 2020
The independent panel, which had to determine whether there was a prima facie case for advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane's removal as Public Protector, recommended that Parliament institute removal proceedings.
On Tuesday ( Oct 20) Beyoncé took to Instagram to share her support of protestors and activists fighting on the frontlines of the #EndSARS movement and speak out against the violent attacks that they are facing at the hands of police. According to published reports, Amnesty International has confirmed that the Nigerian army and police killed at least 12 peaceful protesters Tuesday at two locations in Lagos.
A 69-year-old engineer died yesterday after a four-storey fall at a construction site at Happy Acres, on the East Coast of Demerara.
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Former Minister of Natural Resources Robert Persaud’s recent appointment as this country’s Foreign Secretary and the potential conflict of interest as the owner of a consultancy and an oil & gas firm raises a variety of questions.
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[This Day] A non-political, pro-democracy platform, African Centre for Leadership and Good Governance (ACLG) has expressed its support for the nomination of the immediate-past military Service Chiefs as non- career ambassadors by President Muhammadu Buhari, stating that the action of the president was in order.
Dear Editor,
Your excellent editorial of 30th August 2020 - entitled `The Death Penalty’ - states that, “Amnesty International has found, for example, that the murder rates in US states which do not have the death penalty are no higher than in those which do”.
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Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease in Nigeria, late February, the various governments took various measures to combat the plague.
Since Nigeria recorded her first case of COVID-19 late February, 7016 persons, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, have tested positive for the disease.
·February 5: The Nigerian Air Force killed \"some\" (estimated at five) ISWA (Boko Haram) militants in Ngala, Borno.
·February 8: The Nigerian Air Force killed \"several\" (estimated at 10 Boko Haram militants in Gwoza, Borno.
·February 27: The Nigerian Air Force killed \"some\" (estimated at 10) Boko Haram militants in Gwoza, Borno.
Officials said that when the glacier broke off it released water, mud and other debris that had been trapped behind it. These in turn crashed into other bodies of water causing a knock-on effect further down the river.
A group of about six suspects robbed the Spar Tops at Rynfield Terrace Mall.
A 26-year-old man arrested for fraud for allegedly masquerading as an advocate, who represented accused in at least 12 criminal cases, will be applying for bail on Thursday.
If completed, the sale would be the first American transfer of lethal drones and stealth aircraft to any Arab country.
Amnesty International, a London-based human rights organization, has criticized governments throughout the world, including the U.S., for neglecting health care workers who have died from the coronavirus.
