ISIS-Linked Armed Group Attacks Civilians in Palma Mozambique authorities should take urgent measures to protect civilians fleeing an armed Islamist group in the town of Palma, in northern Cabo Delgado province, Human Rights Watch said today. There has been heavy fighting since March 25, 2021, when the group known locally as both Al-Shabab and Al-Sunna wa Jama’a, linked to the Islamic State (ISIS), raided the gas-rich town, killing and wounding an unknown number of civilians and causing mass flight. Several witnesses told Human Rights Watch that they saw bodies on the streets and residents fleeing after the Al-Shabab fighters fired indiscriminately at people and buildings. Mobile phone signals have been disrupted, making it harder to obtain information about the situation, the casualties, and the whereabouts of many residents. The attack…
Lyon — INTERPOL and the United States’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have joined forces to warn the public against purchasing alleged COVID-19 vaccines and treatments online. With criminal groups producing, distributing, and selling fake vaccines, the risks to the public are clear: these can include buying a product which not only does not protect against COVID-19, but poses a serious health hazard if ingested or injected. Such products are not tested, regulated or safety-checked. Legitimate vaccines are not for sale. They are strictly administered and distributed by national healthcare regulators. Anyone buying these products online also runs the risk of potentially giving their money to organized criminals. Crimewave“From the very beginning of the pandemic, criminals have preyed on people’s fears in order to make fast cash. Fake vaccines are the…
A group, Yiaga Africa, yesterday described the reported electoral violence witnessed during the Ekiti East bye-elections held on March 20, 2021, as despicable and antithetical to the democratic rules of credible elections. Yiaga Africa further stated that the unleashing of mayhem on the electoral process, which resulted in the death of Nigerians performing their civic duty and gunshot wounds sustained by a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member and a female police officer at their duty post, was an assault on democracy and the sanctity of life. The foremost election group in a statement issued by its Director of Programmes, Cynthia Mbamalu, condemned in its totality the onslaught on the by-election in Ekiti State which has cost innocent lives. According to Yiaga Africa, "No citizen deserves to die in the…
March 19, 2021 When I see Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL), and other voices from our right wing, siding with Russian President Vladimir Putin in his demand that President Joe Biden debate him or pretending that the January 6 attack on the Capitol wasn’t a big deal, or Republicans voting to overturn a legitimate election or trying to keep Americans from voting, sometimes I despair of our democracy. But a poll released by the Pew Research Center yesterday shows that these Republicans are out of step with the country. It reveals that the vast majority of Americans cares deeply about the preservation of our government. Asked about what happened at the Capitol on January 6, 87% percent of Americans say it is either “very important” (69%) or “somewhat important” (18%) for…
The yearly Human Rights Day public holiday in South Africa in late March commemorates the Sharpeville Massacre, when police opened fire on a crowd of unarmed black protesters outside the Sharpeville police station on 21 March 1960. An estimated 69 people were killed and 180 injured, many shot in the back as they fled the scene. The protest, led by the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, was against the hated identification document, known as a "dompas" (dumb pass), that the apartheid regime forced black people to carry, and which controlled their movements. After the first democratic elections of 1994, President Mandela proclaimed 21 March a public holiday as a way of remembering the egregious human rights abuses of apartheid symbolised by the 1960 massacre. He made another significant symbolic gesture:…
Fabian Sheats, 37, was taken into custody on an unrelated charge and brought back to Fulton County to face charges of murder, aggravated assault, and weapon possession in the Nov. 13 shooting death of Demario Fielder.According to Atlanta police, Fielder, 39, was shot in the chest outside the Troy Supermarket on Joseph E. Boone Boulevard and later died at a hospital. Investigators believe Fielder was involved in an argument with several other men that escalated to gunfire.n","_id":"https://twitter.com/DeKalbCountyPD/status/1370496630760341514","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":1615859034925},"provider_name":"Twitter","height":null},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"WWDQMRD2IVDGJCFBOV7V5BGMFQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1615588644841},"type":"text","content":"According to the initial investigation, Holland was attacked just after she arrived home around 7:30 p.m. She was returning after visiting family and running errands, she told Channel 2."},{"_id":"EJGQ6EVLSJEENIHXK5X3X3WQ2Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1615848050903},"type":"text","content":"“I noticed the cat was acting kind of funny — like she heard somebody or something,” Holland said. “And then I heard some steps coming down…
MAPUTO, Mozambique--"You cannot solve a problem that you don't understand" - so the saying goes. This is why it is critical to collect data if you want to make informed, evidenced-based decisions on ending sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). "To put an end to this violence, it is necessary to know the patterns and trends, understand who the victims and their aggressors are, what the services and barriers to access are, while ensuring that confidentiality, ethics, and security considerations are taken into account in the data use and collection process," said Andrea M. Wojnar, UNFPA Representative for Mozambique. Globally, an estimated one in three women experience gender-based violence at some point in their lives, making it one of the most widespread forms of human rights violations. The reality in Mozambique…
ExploreFather of 2 hit, killed by shoplifting suspects fleeing Suwanee Walmart, cops sayExploreWarrants issued for teens accused of killing Gwinnett dad while fleeing WalmartInvestigators determined the teens were trying to get away in the U-Haul van after shoplifting electronics, according to Suwanee police spokesman Lt. Robert Thompson.Shoppers told police they saw the duo fill two carts before walking past the cash registers toward the door. When a loss prevention officer confronted them, police said they ditched the merchandise, ran into the parking lot and drove away.Hunter and Lowman were identified from surveillance photos, according to police. Both live in the Decatur area and were known to sell bottled water in the area of Memorial and Columbia drives.The van was later located and processed for evidence, but police have not said…
This article originally appeared on TomDispatch.com. A year ago, just a few weeks before San Francisco locked itself down for the pandemic, I fell deeply in love with a 50-year-old. The object of my desire was a wooden floor loom in the window of my local thrift shop. Friends knowledgeable on such matters examined photos I took of it and assured me that all the parts were there, so my partner (who puts up with such occasional infatuations) helped me wrangle it into one of our basement rooms and I set about learning to weave. These days, all I want to do is weave. The loom that’s gripped me, and the pandemic that’s gripped us all, have led me to rethink the role of work (and its subset, paid labor) in…
SA is rapidly going down the way of Mexico, where the criminal underworld, cartels and gangs have terrifying power and have brazenly created no-go zones, defied laws and violently attacked police forces without being brought to book. These criminals have eroded the authority of the Mexican government and taken control of large territories and public resources. Out-of-control cartels and syndicates, including taxi associations and house hijackers, gangs that demand protection money from restaurants and township gangs, have taken control of large parts of the country."Community" development cartels that demand money from businesses for industrial projects to continue unmolested have mushroomed. All these underworld cartels appear to be untouchable. More recently, political cartels --mostly from within the ANC --have sprung up in SA. The defence force has increasingly defied political or…
The public is urged to help police in locating Agreement Tumelo Molapo, aged 23 from Nkaning in Bushbuckridge who went missing on Monday, 22 February 2021. Reports received by police indicate that Molapo was at Bushbuckridge shopping complex, running some errands with her aunt on the day of her disappearance. She then informed her aunt that she was going to see a friend who reportedly called her and requested that they meet. Molapo has not been seen since then. The matter was then brought to the attention of police who opened a missing person's file. Molapo's friend, who is said to have made arrangements earlier to meet up with her, also denied having seen her, let alone knowing anything concerning her whereabouts. It is further reported that Molapo was wearing…
In an executive order signed Wednesday, Kemp wrote that Donovan “has voluntarily authorized his suspension” as DA. Under Georgia law, Donovan will remain suspended until his legal case is closed or his term ends, whichever occurs first.Donovan was re-elected in 2014 and 2018, so his term would expire at the end of 2022. He will continue to receive his salary while he is suspended, according to state law. If Donovan is convicted, he will no longer receive a salary. n","_id":"https://twitter.com/HallCountySO/status/1364695978637459459","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":1614210286370},"provider_name":"Twitter","height":null},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"GSHLQJHOXRC2VIX4VBQED3VMCY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1614206308792},"type":"text","content":"“We can say the incident was confined to the residence,” sheriff’s office spokesman Derreck Booth said in an email. “As far as how it played out, that’s still under investigation.”"},{"_id":"GVBAPVBOORCCVOKBSLJZJBITLY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1614210286372},"type":"text","content":"There was a large police presence outside the home Wednesday evening as detectives collected evidence from the scene."},{"_id":"BYZD2KQ7PVAS5AA6MSIYR4GXKA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1614210286373},"type":"text","content":"The names of the women…
Deaths from COVID-19 in Africa have surged by 40 per cent in the past month. On February 14, 2020, Egypt became the first African country to record a COVID-19 case. The virus has since spread to the other 53 countries in the continent. In many African countries, borders were closed, confirmed cases quarantined, and curfews imposed early, which helped countries to slow down the spread of the virus. But there was deep anxiety about how African countries with largely poor populations, informal economies and far fewer healthcare facilities would cope with the highly infectious disease. A report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) had predicted up to 3.3 million deaths and 1.2 billion infections in Africa. However, one year after the pandemic broke in the region, Africa…
Craig Godfrey, 38, of Cartersville, was granted a $50,000 bond by a Cobb magistrate court judge, Kimberly Isaza spokeswoman for the district attorney, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He had not yet bonded out late Wednesday and remains in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center, jail records show.ExploreCobb band director accused of molesting former studentGodfrey was arrested Jan. 20 after an investigation uncovered an alleged sexual relationship with a former student, the AJC previously reported. Godfrey is accused of beginning an “inappropriate relationship” with a sophomore student in 2016, one year after he began work at the private school, according to Acworth police Cpl. Stanley Almon. The alleged relationship with the student, who is now an adult, ended in 2019, Almon said.","streams":[{"provider":"mediaconvert","width":960,"stream_type":"ts","bitrate":1500,"filesize":11533988,"url":"https://d189dz6wvushk1.cloudfront.net/wp-ajc/20210210/6023ecbac9e77c000117d4e3/t_410246b17d58487fa7c97a3e528a2608_name_095bb9c5873a4a33aa3ed11b352c4f4b/master.m3u8","height":540}],"canonical_url":"/sports/atlanta-braves/braves-home-run-totals-through-the-years/DYOS57XNDS2PO6YGE6FA55NHPM/","promo_items":{"basic":{"credits":{},"width":1920,"type":"image","version":"0.5.8","url":"https://d1fegwn2wjh0cs.cloudfront.net/02-10-2021/t_3a399503f0db4ce9887b060cd4a4019f_name_3e46d4a4e06c455f951a39d7fd752a40_scaled.jpg","height":1080}},"version":"0.8.0","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"c64b6e89-2a90-48f5-9749-8efd44b05d77"},"canonical_website":"ajc","revision":{"published":true},"video_type":"clip","planning":{"scheduling":{}},"display_date":"2021-02-10T14:24:10Z","headlines":{"meta_title":"Braves home run totals through the years","basic":"Braves home run totals…
Exposing corruption, abuse of power and criminality pits those who take the risk against powerful vested interests in government at all levels. Whistle-blowers have a critical role to play in upholding democracy, but typically they are callously pushed to the margins of society and subjected to humiliation, ostracisation, stigma, fear and anxiety. Grassroots activists and whistle-blowers rarely make national headlines unless someone is assassinated, as was the case when four unknown gunmen killed Fikile Ntshangase, 65, at her home near the Tendele coal mine in KwaZulu-Natal in October 2020. Ntshangase, a prominent activist from the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organisation, was working with lawyers against the expansion of an opencast coal mine at Somkhele, on the southeastern border of the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi game park, in violation of environmental and other laws.…
Melissa Carone, who was working for Dominion Voting Services, speaks in front of the Michigan House Oversight Committee in Lansing, Michigan on December 2, 2020. JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty ImagesA key witness from a Michigan election-fraud hearing last year, is running for state office.Mellissa Carone went viral in December after her bizarre testimony on alleged voting fraud in Detroit.The Republican said she's running her campaign on "election integrity."Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories.The woman who made headlines late last year for her outlandish testimony as Rudy Giuliani's "star" witness during a Michigan election-fraud hearing on the presidential election is joining the political fray herself.Mellissa Carone, who went viral following her eccentric performance at the Michigan House Oversight Committee in December, is running for a seat in the…
Military policeman in Yangon, 2 FebruaryMyanmar hit headlines around the world on 1 February when its military seized control.The country's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and members of her party were detained.Where is Myanmar?Myanmar, also known as Burma, is in South East Asia and neighbours Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh, China and India.It has a population of about 54 million, most of whom are Burmese speakers, although other languages are also spoken. The biggest city is Yangon (Rangoon) but the capital is Nay Pyi Taw.The main religion is Buddhism. There are many ethnic groups in the country, including Rohingya Muslims.The country gained independence from Britain in 1948. It was ruled by the armed forces from 1962 until 2011, when a new government began ushering in a return to civilian rule.Map of MyanmarWhy…
Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe and party activist Cecilia Chimbiri will spend the night at Chikurubi Maximum Prison after Magistrate Stanley Mambanje postponed their bail application to Wednesday. Mamombe, Chimbiri and Netsai Marova were arrested in Harare yesterday with the latter released in unclear circumstances. ZRP has charged Mamombe and Chimbiri with section 11 of SI 83 2020 -obstructing or hindering police officer performing duty during lockdown. Allegations are, they shouted at police saying do not to arrest people, release them in Shona. Speaking after the deferment of the matter, the duo's lawyer Charles Kwaramba from the Zimbabwe lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) said they will be back in court tomorrow. "They are being charged with contravening section 177 of the Criminal Code that is undermining the authority of the…
On January 20, 2017, Trump took the oath of office and gave his “American Carnage” speech describing America as a hellscape, and we were off to the races. Trump vowed he would smash norms and boundaries to “drain the swamp.” He filled positions in his administration with political operatives and appointed his son-in-law Jared Kushner to manage so many projects it would have been funny if it weren’t so deadly serious. The policies the administration advanced were usually hastily and poorly conceived; when the courts overturned them, Trump complained of “the Deep State.” Days after he took office, he issued the travel ban aimed at Muslims, the first in a series of actions throughout his presidency designed to subordinate people of color to white Americans. The racism in his rhetoric…
Two stories jump out at me tonight. The first is the question of why Trump seems so desperate to stay in a job he clearly has no interest in doing. Today, reporters caught sight of Michael J. Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, going into the White House. Lindell has been strong advocate of the idea that the 2020 election, which Democrat Joe Biden won by more than 7 million votes and by a vote of 306 to 232 in the Electoral College, was fraudulent. Washington Post photographer Jabin Botsford snapped an image of the papers Lindell was carrying with him, and the words on it seem to offer a plan for Trump to invoke martial law through the Insurrection Act. Lindell later told reporters his meeting with Trump had been brief and…
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: A police officers in riot gear is seen on the U.S. Capitol as protesters enter the building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)Every minute a damning new fact emerges, and the case against Donald Trump gets stronger. That will continue. Meanwhile, we’ve added a few new bombshell items to the BillMoyers.com Insurrection Timeline. The new items appear with an asterisk (*). The Department of Defense’s January 8, 2021 initial press release purports to “memorialize the planning and execution timeline” of the deadly insurrection that it calls the “January 6, 2021 First Amendment Protests…
According to the police report, the shootout occurred in the 900 block of Dimmock Street and Adams’ body was dropped off nearby. Officers found multiple shell casings at the scene and the second victim at Fire Station 14, authorities said.ExploreSeparate shootings leave 2 dead in SW AtlantaA $5,000 reward has been offered for information leading to Bennett’s arrest.The popular rapper signed with Think It’s A Game Entertainment in 2014 and is probably best known for his 2016 song “Key to the Streets” featuring Gwinnett County-based rap group Migos. It was named one of the year’s 50 best hip-hop songs by XXL Magazine. A subsequent remix of the track featured Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz.Anyone with information on Bennett’s whereabouts is asked to call Atlanta police. Tipsters can remain anonymous, and…
"There are already plenty of tools at the government's disposal to crack down on far-right insurrection," The Week's Ryan Cooper wrote in a column on Sunday. The problem, Cooper argued, is not a lack of laws but rather a deficiency of will from "police departments and security agencies [that] are composed largely of conservative Republicans, and not a few open fascists." Putting new laws in place would only hand law enforcement agencies additional weapons to wield against the left, Cooper wrote. "If you just charge the existing agencies with breaking up domestic insurgent networks, at best they will shirk, delay, and drag their feet, and at worst they will completely ignore the fascists while turning any new tools against Black Lives Matter and other left-wing protesters," said Cooper. "Indeed, this is already happening—so…
The president’s tenure started with a massive march by women, who then channeled that activist energy into the democratic process. (PHOTO BY MARIO TAMA/GETTY IMAGES)Originally published by The 19th On Tuesday, Black women defended democracy, organizing thousands of Georgians as coronavirus and voter suppression raged anew in the state to pull off a pair of political victories in a consequential runoff election that gave Democrats control of the Senate. On Wednesday, a mostly White, significantly male mob disrespected democracy, storming the U.S. Capitol in an insurrection with the air of a public lynching, falsely framed as patriotic, to defend President Donald Trump’s false claims of a rigged presidential election. In a span of 18 hours, the highs and lows of American democracy were on display, breaking down largely along racial…
POLICE have arrested MDC Alliance top politician Job Sikhala outside the Harare magistrates' court. Sikhala, also a lawyer, was part of the legal team representing freelance journalist Hopewell Chin'ono who was arrested Friday charged with communicating falsehoods through tweeting that a junior police officer had killed a baby with a baton stick earlier during the week. Sikhala claimed via social media Friday that police were looking for him over the same matter. Both the legislator and Chin'ono were arrested last year charged with violence incitement relating to what was a planned opposition anti-corruption demonstration which was foiled by security agents last July. Source link
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono has been remanded in custody. This follows his arrest on Friday and subsequent court appearance this Saturday charged with communicating falsehoods in a matter involving the violent smashing of a commuter omnibus transport window whose glass fragments injured a baby who was among Bindura bound passengers earlier in the week. Initial reports linked the incident to the instant death of the infant, something that police later dismissed as untrue. Chin'ono will be back in court on 11 January. Source link
The war against the TPLF will not be quick or easy, and it already looks to be going badly for Eritrea's president. There is little doubt now that Eritrean forces are participating in the war in Tigray. Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-55295650">denied</a> it and Eritrea's foreign minister has <a target="_blank" href="https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/africa/2020-11-10-eritrea-denies-troop-incursion-into-ethiopias-tigray/">insisted</a> "we are not part of the conflict". But other disagree. On 8 December, Reuters <a target="_blank" href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-u-thinks-eritrea-joined-132146159.html">reported</a> that "a U.S. government source and five regional diplomats" told them the US believes Eritrean soldiers have crossed into Ethiopia. The EU and UK support this assessment. And in the last few days, a top-ranking Ethiopian general <a target="_blank" href="https://news.yahoo.com/ethiopian-general-admits-eritrean-troops-205909536.html">confirmed</a> that Eritrean troops have been in Tigray. Major General Belay Seyoum, head of the Northern Command, <a target="_blank"…
On Jan. 6, the U.S. Capitol was taken over by Trump supporters with MAGA signs, Confederate flags and even firearms. Now the FBI and the Metropolitan Police Department are asking for help to identify the terrorists who laid siege to the Congressional headquarters. According to CBS, acting Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said at Jan. 7 press conference, “As we speak, we have members of the Metropolitan Police Department that are scouring the area hotels, businesses, etc. trying to identify some of these individuals that still may be taking up residence within our city.” FBI Director Christopher Wray added, “The violence and destruction of property at the U.S. Capitol building yesterday showed a blatant and appalling disregard for our institutions of government and the orderly administration of the democratic process.”…
ATLANTA — Democrats moved a major step closer to gaining control of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday morning as Georgia voters elected the Rev. Raphael Warnock, the pastor at the storied Ebenezer Baptist Church, in a hard-fought runoff contest that became roiled by President Trump’s false claims of voter fraud in the state.Mr. Warnock’s victory over the Republican incumbent, Kelly Loeffler, represented a landmark breakthrough for African-Americans in politics as well as for Georgia: He became the first Black Democrat elected to the Senate from the South. For Democrats to take the Senate, which is crucial to enacting President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s first-term agenda, they also need to win Georgia’s other Senate runoff held on Tuesday. The votes were still being counted in that race between the Republican candidate,…
Violence against women and girls is a global human rights challenge which must be fought to a standstill, JOY YESUFU writes. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, emerging data and reports from those on the frontlines showed that all types of violence against women and girls, particularly domestic violence, have escalated. The trend is described as shadow pandemic growing amidst the COVID-19 crisis, which calls for global collective efforts to eradicate it. As COVID-19 cases continue to strain health services, essential services, such as domestic violence shelters and helplines reached capacity, more needs to be done to prioritise addressing violence against women in COVID-19 response and recovery efforts. The United Nations (UN) secretary-general's Unite to End Violence against Women campaign, a multi-year effort aimed at preventing and eliminating violence against women…
