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President-elect’s victory in Georgia marks the first time a Democratic presidential contender has won the state since 1992. United States President-elect Joe Biden has officially been declared the winner in the state of Georgia, flipping the historically Republican-voting state for the Democratic Party for the first time in decades. The Associated Press news agency said late Thursday that Biden had secured Georgia’s 16 Electoral College votes, stretching his lead to 306 Electoral College votes compared to US President Donald Trump’s 232. ADVERTISEMENTS " The news agency declared Biden the winner of the tightly contested US presidential elections on November 7 after the former US vice president won key states Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin – but the state of Georgia h...

https://www.theguardian.com/ US District Judge Randolph Moss said that though his order will temporarily stay the execution, now slated for December 8, it will “not enjoin any government official, including the President,” from taking any adverse action on her request for a reprieve, Reuters writes. A federal judge today agreed to briefly stay the execution of Lisa Montgomery, the lone woman on federal death row, after her attorneys fell ill with Covid-19 and were unable to file a timely clemency petition on her behalf. Advertisements " He added that if her lawyers are not able to file her clemency request by December 24, then they must have other counsel appointed on her behalf. His ruling came after a hearing earlier this week, where Moss had at times appeared skeptica...

Gebremariam Hagos*, a civil servant in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, says he has not worked for two weeks. That is when months of steadily increasing tensions between the federal government and the rulers of the northern Tigray region exploded into open warfare. In the early hours of November 4, the government announced a military operation against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), accusing it of committing treason by attacking a federal army base and commandeering weapons. Ethiopia’s PM Abiy promises ‘final’ offensive in TigrayEthiopia bombs Tigray capital as it rejects mediation callsEthiopia says new town seized in TigrayEthiopia: Tigray leader confirms bombing Eritrean capital As fighting intensifies in the mountainous region amid a communications blackout, report...

Protests have erupted in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, after police arrested presidential candidate Bobi Wine in the east of the country. The musician-turned-opposition leader, said on Twitter on Wednesday police violently broke into his vehicle in the town of Luuka and took him into custody ADVERTISEMENT " “The price of freedom is high but we shall certainly overcome,” the 38-year-old politician’s account said in one of the tweets. Officials accused him of violating coronavirus restrictions while out campaigning for next year’s presidential election. After news of the arrest reached the capital, Bobi Wine’s supporters blocked roads and burned tires, prompting police to fire tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the protesters. It was “total chaos” in the city...

SOURCE : AL JAZEERA" 18 November 2020 Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday as spiking COVID infections and restrictions tempered hopes for a vaccine to quickly revive oil demand. Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday as spiralling COVID-19 infections and the return of lockdowns and restrictions in Europe and the United States eclipsed Monday’s vaccine-fuelled rally in crude prices. Crude slipped to below $44 a barrel with global benchmark Brent for January delivery losing seven cents to settle at $43.75 a barrel.  US West Texas Intermediate for December delivery gained nine cents to settle at $41.43 a barrel. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies led by Russia held a ministerial committee meeting on Tuesday but made no formal ...

17 Nov 2020 SOURCE AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES Abiy Ahmed, last year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, continues to reject international pleas for de-escalation in the two-week conflict. Ethiopia’s leader has warned that “the final and crucial” military operation will soon be launched against the rulers of the country’s rebellious northern Tigray region. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday a three-day deadline to surrender had expired, paving the way for a final push on Mekelle, the region’s capital. “The final critical act of law enforcement will be done in the coming days,” Abiy said in a statement posted on Facebook. The prime minister’s warning came after federal government forces carried out “precision-led and surgical air operations” outside Mekelle, a government ...

https://www.theguardian.com/international There has been a standstill from the General Services Administration, the department of the federal government whose duties include “ascertaining” the winner of the presidential election. GSA administrator Emily Murphy, who was appointed to the post by Donald Trump, hasn’t certified Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election. As a result Biden’s transition team has not received the federal resources and classified information usually made available by the GSA to the president elect at this point after an election. But a new ABC News report suggests that Murphy is at the very least aware that Biden won the presidential election. Murphy is reportedly putting feelers out about a new job, a move a GSA administrator wouldn’t do if t...

The CitizenNewsAfrica MONDAY NOVEMBER 16 2020A statement from the Emergency Task Force on Tigray said the reports were “inaccurate and not substantiated”.Claims of mediation emerged on Sunday after some Ugandan officials told AFP news agency that President Museveni had planned to host the two sides. The Ethiopian government on Monday refuted claims of planned talks with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, mediated by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Kampala. A statement from the Emergency Task Force on Tigray, a team put together by the Ethiopian government to manage the crackdown on the TPLF, said the reports were “inaccurate and not substantiated”. Redwan Hussein, the spokesperson for the task force, said Addis Ababa will continue with the crackdown on errant TPLF m...

By John WagnerNational political reporter November 16,2020 The Washington Post is providing this important election information free to all readers. Get election results and other major news delivered to your inbox by signing up for breaking news email alerts. President-elect Joe Biden plans to address the country on the economy Monday, as he forges ahead with his transition to the White House, even as President Trump continues to refuse to acknowledge his loss and insists that he won the Nov. 3 election. Former president Barack Obama, in a “60 Minutes” interview broadcast Sunday, urged Trump to “put the country first” and concede.Here’s what to know: Trump doubled down on his refusal to concede the election to Biden, even after suffering resounding court defeat...

15 Nov 2020 Trump has refused to concede the election and has repeatedly said he intends to overturn the results through legal action. President Donald Trump has appeared to publicly acknowledge for the first time that his Democratic rival Joe Biden won the November 3 United States presidential election, but reiterated his false claims that the vote was rigged. He won because the election was rigged,” No vote watchers or observers allowed, vote tabulated by a radical left private company,” the president added, Twitter flagged the tweet as “disputed “I concede nothing,” Trump added in another tweet shortly after, his latest missive in his prolonged refusal to admit defeat and the latest indication the president’s “campaign is still very much committed in challenging the resu...