Several dead as Mogadishu hotel siege ends
By: DW
Somali police said the attack on Mogadishu s Hotel Afrik was brought to an end early Monday after heavy exchanges of gunfire with security forces and an initial car-bombing.
Islamist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the assault through their radio station.
Among those killed at the popular hotel was the well-known retired General Mohamed Nur Galal, said Somalia s Information Ministry.
Police officers gave varying death tolls, ranging from at least nine to 17, with four attackers included among those killed. Up to 30 people were injured. The operation is over now, said police spokesman Sadik Ali.
by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin / February 1st, 2021
Inde etiam habitus nostri honor et frequens toga; paulatimque discessum ad delenimenta vitiorum, porticus et balinea et convivorum elegantiam. Idque apud imperitos humanitas vocabatur, cum pars servitutis esset.
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They adopted our dressing fashion, and begun wearing the togas; little by little they were drawn to touches such as colonnades, baths, and elegant talks. Because they didn’t know better, they called it ‘civilization,’ when it was part of their slavery.) Tacitus,
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A worker assembles Android-based tablets at a factory in Port-au-Prince. A study by the International Labour Organization has found that 8.8% of global working hours were lost in 2020, compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. | REUTERS
AFP-Jiji Jan 27, 2021
Geneva – The coronavirus pandemic took a huge toll on global jobs last year, the United Nations said Monday, with the equivalent of more than a quarter of a billion lost.
World Lost Equivalent of 255 Million Full-time Jobs in 2020 Due to Covid Pandemic, Says UN
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The coronavirus pandemic took a huge toll on global jobs last year, the United Nations said Monday, with the equivalent of more than a quarter of a billion lost.
In a fresh study, the UN s International Labour Organization (ILO) found that a full 8.8 percent of global working hours were lost in 2020, compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.
That is equivalent to 255 million full-time jobs, or approximately four times greater than the number lost during the 2009 global financial crisis, the ILO said in a statement.