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PICS | Collins Khosa and George Floyd: #NotInMyName protests against law enforcement brutality
While protesting against the murder of George Floyd in the US, civil society organisation #NotInMyName has also looked closer to home, calling for the killers of Collins Khosa to be brought to book and
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Western Sahara: Aminatou Haidar to Spanish Media - the Disappearance of Basiri and the Hemorrhagic Loss of Dignity By the Spanish 'Democracy'
Madrid (Spain) — Saharawi human rights activists and Alternative Nobel Prize Laureate, Ms. Aminatou Haidar, called on the Spanish government to put an end to the severe hemorrhagic loss of its dignity and its total submission in front of the Moroccan regime of occupation, in an article she
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Source: allAfrica.com
Rwanda: Genocide Survivors Want Kabuga Tried in Rwanda
The umbrella organization of Genocide survivors associations, Ibuka, on Saturday, March 16 said that Genocide architect Félicien Kabuga should be tried from
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Source: allAfrica.com
President Bio reinstates minister who threatens to kill opposition supporters
And after a week of intense public pressure and outcry, president Bio simply suspended the minister, rather than have him arrested and charged with incitement of public hatred and
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Haiti
Haiti, in the West Indies, occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. About the size of Maryland, Haiti is two-thirds mountainous, with the rest of the country marked by great valleys, extensive plateaus, and small
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Rwanda: Kabuga Arrest Puts UK's Attitude Back in the Spotlight
Andrew Mitchell, a British Conservative Party politician and former secretary of state for international development, is among the voices now again urging legal authorities in his country to act on five genocide perpetrators living in the UK, "not in hiding but in plain
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Morocco: Conasadh Calls On ICRC to Intervene for Release of Saharawi Political Prisoners in Morocco
Bir Lehlou (Saharawi Republic) — The Saharawi National Commission for Human Rights (CONASADH), called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to urgently intervene for the release of Saharawi political prisoners in Morocco, to protect them from possible Covid-19
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Africa: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Verbal and online abuse violating human rights of older persons must be stamped out - UN expert
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Downtown Kingston SOE extended for 41 days
The House of Representatives last night approved a 41-day extension of the state of emergency (SOE) declared on June 14 in the Kingston Central and Western police
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An Atlas For North African Independence
From the disputed territory of the Western Sahrara to the ancient lands of Egypt, North Africa has followed its own path to independence heavily influenced by its Muslim
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African Blood Brotherhood (1919-1924)
The African Blood Brotherhood for African Liberation and Redemption (ABB) was a militant black liberation group founded in 1919 by West Indian journalist Cyril Briggs. The ABB advocated armed defense against racist assaults and the creation of an independent black socialist commonwealth. It sought
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Africa: Local Ownership of Peace Processes in African Countries in Times of COVID-19
International support is hindered by measures to contain the virus
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Guyana’s boundary case before the World Court - Stabroek News
By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Barrister-at-Law. Recipient of the Eminent International Jurist Award of the CCJ Academy; Diploma of the Hague Academy of International Law. The article Guyana’s boundary case before the World Court appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Sudan: Govt Has No Cash to Pay Damages for 1998 Embassy Bombings - Analyst
A Sudanese political analyst says Sudan will have a hard time finding the cash to pay the punitive damages imposed by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in connection with the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and
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Zimbabwe: South Africa 'Sham' Envoys Queried
[Zimbabwe Standard] Prominent South African opposition leader Mmusi Maimane believes President Cyril Ramamphosa's special envoys appointed to find ways of solving political problems in Zimbabwe are too compromised to lead a credible process,
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UNDP warns of drop in human development post COVID-19
UNITED NATIONS — Global human development – which can be measured as a combination of the world's education, health and living standards — could decline this year for the first time since the concept was introduced in 1990, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Somalia: Mudolood Clan Conference Urges Somalia Gov to Hold Timely Elections to Avoid Possible Political Crisis.
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Canada joins US in demanding early release of Guyana's election results
OTTAWA, Canada (CMC) - Canada said yesterday it would join its partners in the international community in calling on Guyana to ensure the results of the disputed March 2 regional and general elections are released immediately.'Canada strongly regrets the extended delay in declaring election results
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Is Covid-19 the perfect cover for Mnangagwa to crush the
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa is using the cover of the Covid-19 restrictions to entrench his rule, analysts have warned amid a fresh crackdown against government
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Guyanese and global community pinning their hope on Chair to act decisively in rejecting the Lowenfield report
Caricom and Gecom Chair Claudette Singh are applauded for standing by the people of Guyana in their struggle for consolidation of electoral democratic gains that were first made in 1992 after the long struggle to win the right to vote in free and fair
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Burundi ruling party candidate wins presidential election
Evariste Ndayishimiye, a retired general, will take over from President Pierre Nkurunziza, after he beat the main opposition candidate Agathon Rwasa, and five others, avoiding a runoff by securing more than 50% of the
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Talk:Black nationalism
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Determined US couple tied the knot on first visit to Jamaica
The American couple, on their first trip to Jamaica, tied the knot yesterday at Sandals Montego Bay, one of the first resorts to reopen after the country closed its borders in March as part of measures to contain the spread of the dreaded coronavirus disease 2019
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Africa: The Special Court for Sierra Leone - Keys to its Success & Lessons for Today
In 2002, the government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations formally agreed to the creation of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, a so-called 'hybrid court,' to bring justice and reconciliation to the country and
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The sun rises on Africa as we mark the 57th anniversary of the OAU
The sun rises on Africa as we mark the 57th anniversary of the OAU
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ED warns Chamisa over demos
GOVERNMENT yesterday accused opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa of putting people’s lives in danger by embarking on unsanctioned demonstrations, but was mum on the alleged abduction and assault of opposition politicians which has provoked an international
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This is a victory for all Guyanese
Now that the March 2 elections are finally over, it is time for all Guyanese to put whatever political differences they may have behind them and begin in earnest the task of nation
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Nigeria
As leader of the multination peacekeeping force ECOMOG, Nigeria established itself as West Africas superpower, intervening militarily in the civil wars of Liberia and Sierra Leone. But Nigerias costly war efforts were unpopular with its own people, who felt Nigerias limited economic resources were
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Nigeria: Stop Denying Us Weapons to Fight Terrorism - Govt Tells World Powers
[Premium Times] The federal government has appealed to the world powers not to be weighed by unsubstantiated arguments to deny the country vital platforms and weapons to fight insecurity.
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