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Guterres, who maintains Ethiopia had no right under the U.N. charter to expel the officials, asked the ambassador to provide any written documents that the government may have about any alleged wrongdoing by any of the seven officials.
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.
Its organizers shared the announcement on Sunday and cited Louisana's rise in coronavirus cases as the reason that the annual festival was canceled
The United Nations' food agency has said it has agreed to a deal with Ethiopia to expand access for aid workers and “scale up” operations in the war-hit Tigray region.
They might not all have been the big stories, the ones that cracked all of the end-of-year lists of the calendar’s most momentous or memorable events. But 2020’s Ten Stories That Mattered remind us that sometimes paying attention to the little stuff points you toward the big stuff. In chronological order: QB OF THE FUTURE […]
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: The new $104-million state-of-the-art police station in Port Antonio, which was handed over by Prime Minister Andrew Holness on July 24, has been damaged by vandals and turned into a refuge for the homeless. The station,...
[Dalsan Radio] Somalia's new foreign minister, Mohamed Abdirqzak, has for the first time responded to the ongoing war in Ethiopia.
Press Release - WHO Director-General Special Awards for World No Tobacco Day announced: Minister of Health India and University of Bath for exceptional achievement in tobacco control. Smokers face a 40 - 50% higher risk of developing severe disease and death from COVID-19. WHO partners with Viber, WhatsApp, FB Messenger, WeChat and AI company Soul Machines to reach billions with free digital quitting tobacco aids.
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sharply criticized the 'wildly uneven and unfair' distribution of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, saying 10 countries have administered 75 percent of all vaccinations and demanding a global effort to get all people in every nation vaccinated as soon as possible. The U.N. chief told a high-level meeting of the U.N. Security Council that 130 countries have not received a single dose of vaccine and declared that 'at this critical moment, vaccine equity is the biggest moral test before the global community.' Guterres called for an urgent […]
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By The Associated Press undefined AMSTERDAM — Moderna Inc. has filed a request with the European Medicines Agency for its COVID-19 vaccine to be granted authorization for use in adolescents. In a statement on Monday, Moderna said it had filed data for a conditional marketing approval in the 27-nation EU bloc to expand its coronavirus vaccine to children, beyond the green light it received in January for use in adults 18 and over. If authorized, it would be the second COVID-19 vaccine for children to be cleared in the EU. Last month, the European drug regulator approved the shot made […]
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An investigation published in June 2017 indicates that farmlands in Nyamira attract more moles than any other fields because of availability of food.
The roundtable comes as the United States (US) has elected Joe Biden as its next president
Florida A&M University (FAMU) hooded one the largest classes of doctoral graduates in recent years. University officials said 18 graduates were awarded Ph.D.s this summer. “It shows the perseverance of both graduate faculty and graduate students,” said Reginald K. Ellis, Ph.D., interim dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research. During the last 18 months, FAMU disbursed more than […]
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[VOA] The new chief of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) says U.N. peacekeepers are being blocked from accessing some sensitive areas, despite an agreement by South Sudan's government to cooperate with the mission.
[Nation] The US Federal Aviation Authority has directed aircraft flying over Ethiopia to either avoid Tigray region or maintain a high altitude.
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden's first Cabinet picks are coming Tuesday and planning is underway for a pandemic-modified inauguration in January as his team moves forward despite roadblocks from the Trump administration. Ron Klain, Biden's incoming chief of staff, offered no details Sunday about which department heads Biden would first announce. The Associated Press has reported that Biden could name his nominee for secretary of state or treasury secretary this coming week. Biden has pledged to build the most diverse government in modern history, and he and his team often speak about their […]
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[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopian Ambassador to Sweden and other Nordic countries, Deriba Kuma has held a virtual meeting with Head of the Horn of Africa and West Africa Department of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Elisabeth Schwabe-Hansen.
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[Nation] More than 60 rights organisations in Africa have called for an immediate inquiry into allegations of violation against women and girls' rights including sexual violence in the Tigray region, Ethiopia.
Over 400 000 people have "crossed the threshold into famine" in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region, a senior UN official said on Friday, appealing for urgent humanitarian action to help the millions affected by the brutal eight-month long conflict.
Ugandan presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, known as Bobi Wine, has suspended his campaigns, following injury to members of his campaign team and damage to his car.
The opposition candidate on Tuesday said bullets were fired at his car, puncturing the tyres and rendering it immobile.
He added that several members of his staff had been wounded and that some were in a critical condition.
Two weeks ago, 54 people died in protests after Wines supporters called for his release following a brief arrest at campaign rally.
Bobi Wine was later charged with violating pandemic restrictions on gathering of crowds and granted bail.
In a national address on Sunday, President Yoweri Museveni, defended the actions of the police and army, saying that no politician was untouchable.
Campaigns for the January elections have continued to heat up.
President Yoweri Museveni has been the President of Uganda since 1986 and opposition to his long rule is increasing rapidly across the country.
Security forces in the country have been used to harass and block opposition politicians’ rallies.
As an extreme year for hurricanes, wildfires and heat waves comes to an end, the head of the United Nations challenged world leaders to make 2021 the year that humanity ends its “war on nature” and commits to a future free of planet-...
