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The Mai Kadra massacre was a massacre and ethnic cleansing carried out during the Tigray War on 9–10 November 2020 in the town of Mai Kadra in Welkait (a disputed area between the Amhara and Tigray Regions) in northwestern Ethiopia, near the Sudanese border. [11] Responsibility was attributed to a pro-TPLF youth group and forces loyal to the ...
Michael David Rosenberg (born 17 May 1984), better known by his stage name Passenger, is an English indie folk singer, songwriter and musician. From 2003 to 2009, Rosenberg fronted a band by the same name; he opted to keep the Passenger moniker for his solo work after the band dissolved. Rosenberg is best known for the 2012 song "Let Her Go ...
1 July – 166 people are killed in protests after the death of Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa. [12] 29 August – 2020 Ethiopian general election [13][14][15] 4 September – Elections are announced for 8 September in Tigray Region. [16] 7 September – Journalists are banned from observing the elections in Tigray.
Current events/2020 December 27. December 27, 2020 (Sunday) Boko Haram jihadists storm a village near Gamboru, Borno State, Nigeria, killing three people and kidnapping more than 40 others. It is the second mass abduction by the Islamist group this month. (Al Jazeera)
2019–2022 locust infestation. Between June 2019 and February 2022, a major outbreak of desert locusts began developing, threatening food supplies in East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent. The outbreak was the worst to hit Kenya in 70 years, and the worst in 25 years for Ethiopia, Somalia, and India. [3][4] The locust ...
16 December. Canada has reported 6,424 new cases, bringing the total number to 481,630. [106] Malaysia has reported 1,295 new cases, bringing the total number to 87,913. There are 1,052 new recoveries, bringing the total number of recovered to 72,733. There are seven new deaths, bringing the death toll to 429.
2006 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-116 carrying the P5 truss segment of the International Space Station. [13] 2008 – Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
On December 12, 2020, a National Security Council (NSC) meeting was held at the White House to discuss the breach of federal organizations. [9] On December 13, 2020, CISA issued an emergency directive asking federal agencies to disable the SolarWinds software, to reduce the risk of additional intrusions, even though doing so would reduce those ...