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Kenyan authorities have arrested two more individuals in the ongoing investigation into the Mukuru case, where a suspected serial killer has confessed to the murders of 42 women. This follows the arrest of the primary suspect on Monday, who the police believe is responsible for the serial killings.
In May, Burundi held a presidential election which was won by Evariste Ndayishimiye, candidate of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party.
Ndayishimiye was hurriedly sworn in after the untimely death of president Pierre Nkurunziza in June.
Rights violations continue
The Council encouraged donor countries which had suspended aid to Burundi to continue dialogue towards resumption of development assistance.
A report by a UN watchdog in September said human rights violations were still being committed in Burundi, including sexual violence and murder.
The country was plunged into a crisis in April 2015 when Ndayishimiye’s predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a controversial third term, which he ultimately won in July 2015.
His candidature, which was opposed by the opposition and civil society groups, resulted in a wave of protests, violence and even a failed coup in May 2015.
Hundreds of people were killed and over 300,000 fled to neighboring countries.
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — George Floyd's brother challenged Congress yesterday to “stop the pain” as lawmakers consider a sweeping law enforcement overhaul, so the man he loved and looked up to won't be just “another name” on a growing list of black Americans killed during interactions with police.
Philonise Floyd's appearance before a House hearing came a day after funeral services for his older brother, the 46-year-old African American whose death has become a worldwide symbol in demonstrations calling for changes to police practices and an end to racial prejudices.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler gavelled in the session, many lawmakers and witnesses masked during the COVID-19 outbreak, as Democrats review the Justice in Policing Act, a far-ranging package of proposals amid a national debate on policing and racial inequity.
In Washington, lawmakers also heard testimony from civil rights and law enforcement leaders as Congress considers changes to police practices and accountability after Floyd's death in police custody and the mass protests that followed.
For hours, witnesses described what one called a “lynching” over what happened to Floyd on May 25, and others placed his death alongside those of other African Americans that have created a tally becoming difficult for lawmakers in Congress to ignore.
Dozens of Christian conservative activists and clergy members defied Virginia’s stay-at-home order and gathered Saturday for a “Pray for VA, Pray for USA event.”
On March 30, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam put an executive order in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic requiring residents to stay at home with exceptions for jobs and activities deemed “essential.”
“What is more remarkable is that many churches have obeyed that unjust order to abstain from worship in the Lord’s table,” the Rev. Paul Michael Raymond told the attendees Saturday.
Raymond is the pastor of the Reformed Bible Church in Appomattox, Virginia, which has not shut down during the pandemic.
“The state has tried to dictate how, when, and where the church worships,” Raymond told attendees at Saturday’s event.
(Ecofin Agency) - Kenyan authorities have reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund under the Extended Credit Facility and Extended Fund Facility. In a May 17 statement, IMF said the deal will have to get validation from the Executive Board before being executed. Once the agreement is approved,…
In a recent march against police violence, some 200 demonstrators filled the streets, carrying signs reading “Life is Priceless”, “Save our Future” and “Never Again.”
As reports of police killings in the U.S. are circling the globe, Kenyans are echoing their outrage at police violence, including the deaths in the past few months of some 15 people since Kenyan authorities imposed a coronavirus curfew in late March.
His shooting prompted some 200 residents of Mathare, a densely populated settlement in Nairobi, to march in the streets, carrying signs with the names of friends, neighbors and sons killing in police operations in recent years.
Kenya has a long history of police use of excessive force, either in informal settlements or in response to demonstrations, often resulting in unnecessary deaths.
Kenya’s Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) reported last week it had received 87 complaints against police since the dusk-to-dawn curfew and heightened security measures were imposed in March.
The news that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin had been found guilty on all three counts in the George Floyd murder trial quickly spread – from the public square outside of the Hennepin County Government Center to communities across America.
Wallace was referring to comments on social media that arose after NASCAR announced Tuesday that an FBI investigation determined the noose found in Wallace’s car garage at Talladega was not a hate crime targeted at the only Black driver in the sport’s top series.
“The FBI learned that garage number 4, where the noose was found, was assigned to Bubba Wallace last week,” the FBI statement said.
Wallace also said that he thought NASCAR’s recent ban of the Confederate flag at races, a decision the No.43 driver prompted, helped fuel the sport’s hypersensitivity around acts of retaliation at Talladega.
“NASCAR was worried about Talladega,” Wallace said about the Alabama track.
Wallace called the superspeedway “one of the best race tracks to go to,” but said NASCAR had the race “circled on the radar with everything going around.”
A young black man filmed by a security camera walking through a home under construction in December and in February may have stopped at the site for a drink of water, according to an attorney for the homeowner thrust into the investigation of the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery.
On Friday, an attorney for the owner of the house under construction released three security camera videos taken Dec. 17, more than two months before the shooting.
A man in similar clothes appears briefly in another security video taken at the home construction site Feb. 11, less than two weeks before the shooting.
Attorneys for Arbery’s parents have said security camera video from the same home construction site Feb. 23 shows Arbery on the property right before the shooting.
Travis McMichael, 34, called 911 to report a possible trespasser on English’s property the night of Feb. 11, less than two weeks before Arbery was shot.
Wearing a t-shirt with the words “Black is a vibe’ and a yellow face covering, the photo showed Hamilton holding up a Black Lives Matter banner.
“Went down to Hyde Park today for the peaceful protest and I was so proud to see in person so many people of all races and backgrounds supporting this movement,” the 35-year-old said.
I was so happy to see people of all ages, sporting Black Lives Matter signs and saying it just as passionately as I was.
“We want to hear from the young people and graduates who deal with these challenges every day and we are in the process of bringing on additional partners who work on the ground in Black communities to bring first-hand perspective,” Hamilton wrote in a column for the Sunday Times.
Through his commission, Hamilton hopes to showcase how motorsport “can be used as a vehicle to engage more young people from Black backgrounds with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects and, ultimately, employ them on our teams or in other engineering sectors.”
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Government of Sweden supports transparency and accountability as important measures for anti-corruption in Liberia through contribution of 15 million Swedish Krona (USD 1.7 million) to Center for Transparency & Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL).
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