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Ethiopia To Examine Rights Groups’ Report On West Tigray

  • April 8, 2022

Ethiopia’s government has said it will carefully examine a scathing report by international rights groups that accuses its military and allied forces of gross rights abuses in Tigray region. But it also poured doubt on the report, which alleges ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, as having “ethnic undertones” and being one-sided. Through […]

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Russia Suspended From UN Human Rights Body

  • April 8, 2022

The U.N. General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the body’s Human Rights Council over atrocities it has been accused of committing in Ukraine. In a vote of 93 to 24 with 58 abstentions, the assembly suspended Russia for its “gross and systematic violations of human rights” and violations of international law committed against […]

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African Migrants Make New Lives In Atlantic Canada

  • April 7, 2022

Somali-born refugee Ali Duale has positive memories of his arrival in Canada’s Atlantic province of Nova Scotia, where he first entered his hotel room to find a welcoming note in his native language along with hygienic supplies and a check to pay for anything else that he needed. Twenty-five years later, Duale is repaying the […]

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EU Adopts New Sanctions Against Russia

  • April 7, 2022

The European Union is expected to join the United States in imposing new sanctions against Russia as horrific reports of possible war crimes in Ukraine continue to surface. But critics, including some EU members, are calling the measures insufficient. The new EU sanctions — the fifth round by the bloc since Russia invaded Ukraine — […]

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Ghana, UK Condemn Ukraine Attack By Russia

  • April 6, 2022

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK), Boris Johnson and the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo have condemned “Russia’s hostile invasion and attempted subjugation of Ukraine”. During bilateral talks at Downing Street on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, the two leaders also agreed on the importance of continued support to the Ukrainian people […]

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GHS, USAID Sign MoU On Behavioural Change Project

  • April 6, 2022

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for the implementation of a social and behavioural change project for better health outcomes. The project, dubbed: “USAID-Ghana accelerating social and behavioural change (SBC) activities in Ghana”, is aimed at promoting health-seeking behaviours to […]