Ahmaud Arbery murderers sentenced to life in prison

A white father and son convicted of killing a black jogger have been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A jury found Travis and Gregory McMichael and their neighbour, William Bryan, guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020. Bryan also received the maximum penalty of life, but was offered the…

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Ethiopia announces freedom of prisoners of war.

Gov’t says it will release several leading TPLF members and opposition leaders from the Oromo and Amhara ethnic groups. By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated On 7 Jan 2022 at 0935 EAT The Ethiopian government has announced it would pardon and release some of the country’s most high-profile political detainees, including oppositon figure Jawar Mohamed  and senior…

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‘The Indian Farmers Protest’ New Book release by Sir-Inder Deol

“An accurate definition of poetry does not exist, for it cannot easily be defined. Nor is it something that can necessarily be explained, rather it is something to be experienced.” Sir-Inder DeolThe wait is almost over Sir-Inder Deols’ much-anticipated release The Indian Farmers Protest (The Resistance Collection) is coming out on the 11/01/2022. I have…

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Russia troops arrive in Kazakhstan

Street battles resume in the country’s largest city, Almaty, as Russia sends in paratroopers to quell countrywide uprising. By Faith Barbra Namagembe Updated at 0720 EAT on 6 Jan 2022 Fresh violence erupted in Kazakhstan’s largest city on Thursday as Russia rushed in paratroopers to put down a countrywide uprising in one of Moscow’s closest…

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USA Mark’s anniversary on Capital Riot.

‘Are we going to be a nation that accepts political violence as a norm,’ President Joe Biden says in a speech. By Faith Barbara Namagembe updated On 6 Jan 2022 at 2353 EAT. People across the United States are commemorating the first anniversary of the deadly attack on the US Capitol, described by top officials in Washington,…

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Death toll raises as several people are killed in Sudan.

By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 2330 EAT on 6 Jan 2022. Security forces kill three protesters as thousands gather across Sudan in first rallies since Abdalla Hamdok’s resignation as prime minister. Sudanese security forces have killed at least three anti-coup protesters, medics and an activist have said, as thousands of people rallied across Sudan…

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