Day: November 2, 2021

US Suspends Ethiopia’s Duty-Free Access Over Tigray Violations

Citing “gross violations of internationally recognized human rights,” the United States on Tuesday said it suspended Ethiopia’s duty-free access to the U.S. market.Mali and Guinea will also lose access under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA…

Death Toll Rises to 15 in Lagos Building Collapse

Rescue workers in Lagos, Nigeria, continued efforts Tuesday to extricate survivors and recover bodies after the Monday collapse of a 21-story apartment building that was under construction.”We have recovered more bodies. The death toll now stands at 15…

Rights Group: Attacks on Somalia Journalists Go Unpunished

Free press advocates are calling for accountability for perpetrators of crimes against media workers as they commemorated the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.According to the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), an advoc…