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[AIM] Maputo -Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi declared in Maputo on Thursday that peace is once again threatened, this time by acts of armed violence perpetrated by terrorists and the enemies of progress.
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Three months in prison for trying to recycle waste during lockdown
Justice Shabangu and George Mphotshe were arrested on 7 April for continuing to work under lockdown level five restrictions.
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Old, sick and incarcerated
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AMHVoices: Mnangagwa’s govt has failed dismally
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , original name Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela, original Xhosa name Nkosikazi Nobandle Nomzamo Madikizela (born September 26, 1936, Bizana, Pondoland district, Transkei [now in Eastern Cape], South Africa), South African social worker and activist considered by many black
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Million$ drug bust - Ganja valued at J$10.5m seized, three Bahamians nabbed
The weed was confiscated in an operation at Lances Bay, Hanover, in which three Bahamian nationals were
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Family Demands Charges Against All 4 Officers in Floyd Death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd‘s family on Wednesday demanded the arrest of all four police officers involved in his death, as they visited a makeshift shrine at the Minneapolis street corner where the black man died after a white officer pressed a knee on his neck as he pleaded for
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Security agents ‘stalk’ hospitalised MDC activists
ARMED State security agents are reportedly stalking the three MDC Alliance activists Harare West MP Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova, who are currently detained at a private hospital in the
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DR Congo police clash protesters around parliament
Democratic Republic of Congo police fired tear gas and water cannon on Wednesday to repel hundreds of protesters whose rally against a proposed new law threatened to spill into the parliament compound in the capital
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Sudan: Community Leader's Murder Sparks Chaos in West Darfur
Beida — Two people have died, 17 others abducted, and two villages burned to the ground on Saturday after a native administration leader was savagely murdered in Beida locality in West
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Two killed as soldiers open fire on mourners at Ethiopian singer's funeral | News24
Two people were shot dead and seven others injured when soldiers opened fire on mourners seeking to attend the funeral of a popular Ethiopian singer, whose assassination sparked violence.
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President Bio discusses recent violence and covid-19 with civil society leaders
He said that his government intends to continue to listen and stay engaged with every voice in the civil society space because his government believes that each voice matters and every voice would make the country’s democracy better and
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Uganda: COVID-19 - Long Queues At Borders As Government Rolls Out Testing
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Big rush on
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth Executive director of Legal Aid Council (LAC) Hugh Faulkner says the council will be moving swiftly to file for the release of more mentally ill detainees who have been incarcerated for decades without trial.
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Nigeria: Mass Terror Trials Test Nigeria's Criminal Justice System
Nigeria is expected to conduct a fourth phase of mass trials for Boko Haram suspects currently in military
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JAY-Z & Yo Gotti File Lawsuit Over Mississippi Prison Conditions Amid Coronavirus
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Why It’s Time To Upend The False Narrative Of Blind Justice - Blavity
The unjust murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Tony McDade, and global protests calling to defund the police, have forever upended the false narrative of blind justice.
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C.A.R enforces strict measures against Covid-19
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Algeria releases four protest leaders | Africanews
Algeria on Thursday provisionally released a key protest movement leader, Karim Tabbou, and three other jailed activists ahead of the country’s independence
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13 protesting nurses arrested
BY MOSES MATENGA/DARLINGTON MWASHITA/PHYLLIS MBANJE ARMED police yesterday stormed Sally Mugabe Hospital in Harare and arrested 13 nurses for allegedly planning to protest over poor remuneration. NewsDay arrived at the hospital and witnessed the nurses being bundled into a police truck before they
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Inmate dies after trying to disarm correctional officers
An inmate from the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre died today after trying to disarm correctional
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Old, Sick And Incarcerated
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Tivoli seniors not taking any chances with coronavirus
WITH NEWS that at least five persons in their community contracted COVID-19, senior residents of Tivoli Gardens who are among the most vulnerable to the highly contagious disease are getting tested, sanitising and staying
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DPP calls for radical shift in incarceration of the mentally ill
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Holness administration declined UK prison offer, Phillips asserts
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Ethiopia: Security Forces 'Must Face Justice for Horrific Human Rights Violations' - New Report
At least 10,000 people were arbitrarily arrested and detained last year as part of the government's crackdown on armed attacks and violence in Oromia Region
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Wrongfully Convicted Inmate That WNBA Star Maya Moore Put Career On Hold For Has Been Released After Serving 22 Years
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Clansman Gang burial site found after 18-month probe
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Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib Announce The BREATHE Act | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Calling For Defunding Police, Reparations, and Universal Basic Income By Selena Hill, Black Enterprise In wake of the nationwide calls to end police brutality and systemic racism, two progressive members of Congress are throwing their support behind a bill that proposes to overhaul the criminal
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Petrojam extradition requests - MOCA could make second attempt to have Grindley, Bahado-Singh face charges in Jamaica
The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) could make another push to have former Petrojam executives Floyd Grindley and Perceval Bahado-Singh extradited to Jamaica to face charges over their alleged roles in the messy Petrojam...
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