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"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" put the court's conservative justices into a comedy club setting, but it's no joke.
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.
NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (NUST) students last week held an online demonstration against failure by the university to release transcripts and other administrative concerns. BY PRAISEMORE SITHOLE On Friday, students were forced to stage an online demonstration after realising that their plans for in person protest would be quashed by security details at the campus clad in civilian clothes. In an interview yesterday, the student representative council (SRC) information secretary Muziwenkosi Moyo said the failure by the institution to issue graduate transcripts triggered the demo. “These graduates need transcripts and it’s a basic thing that should be done to enable them to look for jobs. “The NUST online registration system has been down for about five months, and students cannot access it to re-register,” Moyo said. “We cannot have a whole NUST failing to have something working, such basic things as online registration of students. “We are already beginning to question what our fees money is used for. Failure to offer services is disrespectful because we are paying fees,” he said. Moyo also alleged that there were students who were not attending lectures for almost 11 months. “This stream last saw a book in December 2019 and l don’t think that such a scenario has happened at any institute. “The affected students were enrolled in March 2019 and no communication has been sent to them on the way forward,” he said. Moyo added: “There is also poor communication, for example, fees were hiked at a time students had already registered. “No formal communication is sent. There is no proper orientation of students and as a result some new students threatened to drop out as they now regret enrolling at NUST.” The university director of communication and marketing Thabani Mpofu when contacted for comment said questions should be sent through his email. “Send the questions on my email and I will respond to them,” Mpofu said. He had not responded by the time of going to print.
Zane Killian, who has serious charges against him, has to isolate after coming into contact with a cellmate who showed COVID-19 symptoms.
There has never been a second round in Ghanaian elections and the two parties have handed over power peacefully seven times since the return of democracy more than 30 years ago.
\"I'm feeling fine, happy that the process is going well and peacefully,\" the 76-year-old Akufo-Addo said.
Mahama, 62, of the National Democratic Congress party (NDC) was less gushing.
\"It’s too early to make an assessment, but I understand there have been a few hitches,\" Mahama said.
A few polling stations opened late and isolated cases of ballot tampering were reported by the electoral commission but there were no major incidents across the country's 38,000 polling stations.
-Symbolic peace pact -
The stability in Ghana contrasts with that of other countries in the region, with deadly unrest this year in Guinea and Ivory Coast.
EU's chief observer Javier Nart told AFP that in Ghana \"it's not the Kalashnikov that commands, it is the ballot box.\"
The two major parties have always pursued their grievances through the courts.
To ensure its continued tradition of peaceful polls, Akufo-Addo and Mahama on Friday signed a symbolic peace pact.
\"The one thing we think is worth laying emphasis on is the overall message by the major contesters that peace matters,\" former South African president and current head of the African Union observer mission, Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe told AFP.
\"There are lessons to be picked up, good practices to be shared with other African Union members.\"
The coronavirus pandemic has posed a challenge in this year's election, with 10,000 more polling stations than usual set up for the nation's 17 million registered voters.
Hand sanitisers were made available for voters, who underwent temperature checks before being let into polling stations.
South Africa’s gross domestic product saw an expected surge in growth between July and September this year. The country’s annual figures rose by 66.1 percent after the Covid-19 restrictions were uplifted.
The economy had in the prior three months recorded a contraction of 51 percent during the nationwide lockwide.
The Africa’s most industrious economy was in a major recession even before the pandemic hit and later on proceeded to a further contraction.
Compared with the same period a year earlier, GDP shrank by 6% in the third quarter after a revised 17.5% contraction in Q2.
This major growth was mainly recorded from manufacturing, trade, and mining.
However, the recovery remains vulnerable, with power shortages and slow structural reforms likely to weigh on sentiment.
Unemployment also remains low at 30 percent yet it needs 5 percent economic growth to guarantee jobs. But the current projected growth rate is expected to be -8 percent.
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's government says its security forces shot at and detained United Nations staffers as they tried to reach part of the embattled Tigray region. Senior official Redwan Hussein told reporters that the U.N. staffers were to blame because they 'broke' two checkpoints to go to areas where 'they were not supposed to go.' He said the staffers have since been released. The shooting occurred amid soaring frustration among humanitarians as aid is still not freely reaching the Tigray region more than a week after the U.N. and Ethiopia's government signed a […]
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According to the Public School Forum of North Carolina, 72 percent of Black and Brown students in the state’s public schools have parents who lack secure employment, compared with 21 percent of white students.
Scores of angry hawkers demonstrated before the St James Municipal Corporation building in Montego Bay on Monday, saying they are in disagreement with the limited time given for vending during the upcoming Christmas holiday. The mostly placard-...
Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Comedian Bill Cosby and his supporters expressed confidence after his lawyer presented oral arguments to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 1. Attorney Jennifer Bonjean appeared to score multiple points with the seven justices. She skillfully pointed out that Cosby had agreed to waive his […]
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By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Sipa USA via AP Images On Monday (December 7), New York Magazine published an eye-opening article about the COVID-19 public health crisis, which is still wreaking havoc on the American people nearly a year after its arrival. David Wallace-Wells (the writer of the New York Magazine article) suggested in his […]
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has blasted government’s one-size-fits-all approach in responding to COVID-19 at schools, saying its approach will likely endanger the health of learners up to next year. BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA Their assertions come after a number of schools have been recording COVID-19 cases, sending panic among parents, teachers and learners at a time the country is also experiencing an increase in the number of infections. Government, however, has shot down calls to shut down schools, insisting that prerequisite measures to protect learners and teachers were in place. “The government is adamant that in spite of an acute increase of COVID-19 cases among school-age children, schools will continue to operate. Over 30 schools and over 600 pupils and teachers have been affected, and the government seems to have adopted a one-size-fits-all approach in which it waits for COVID-19 to run riot in a school and then close the school,” the PTUZ president Takavafira Zhou told NewsDay in an interview. “There has been severe disruption of children’s education as infected children contaminate other children and adults. It is beyond doubt that pupils at school tend to have a wide transmission circle which can endanger parents,” he said. Zhou said it was sad that the Primary and Secondary Education ministry did not have alternative plans except to send children home from the affected schools while other schools remain open. “Action is urgently needed to make schools safe for teachers and learners and to reduce infection in Zimbabwe. Control of the virus requires an excellent test, track and trace system. “The present situation in many of the worst-affected schools is characterised by confusion, secrecy, mistrust, fear, demoralisation, uncertainty and exhaustion. The ministry has remained far detached from the pathetic situation in schools,” Zhou said. l Follow Harriet on Twitter @harrietchikand1
Top Dawg Entertainment engineer Derek “MixedByAli” Ali made a major announcement over the weekend; head inside for details.
For at least nine months, local and national government entities have encouraged the use of facemasks to help stop the spread of coronavirus. Wearing the proper facial covering can help protect not only the wearer but the people around from adverse effects of the virus. From the loss of taste and smell as one of […]
Premier Soccer League (PSL) chief executive Kennedy Ndebele has responded to issues raised by Zifa against him which border on undermining the authority of the football mother body. BY FORTUNE MBELE Although NewsDay Sport is not privy to the contents of letter Ndebele penned to Zifa, his boss, PSL chairman Farai Jere yesterday confirmed that Zifa were in possession of the correspondence. “Kenny (Ndebele) responded to those allegations, but I have not seen the correspondence he made to Zifa. Zifa are with that letter and nothing has progressed from there. I know the PSL CEO has responded to those allegations,” Jere said, who sits on the Zifa board. Zifa made a litany of allegations against Ndebele last month accusing him of making unfavourable statements to the Press regards to the resumption of football, writing to the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) and World League Forum on the same matter. The football mother body said Ndebele needed authority from Zifa to write those letters. The other allegation was failure to submit details of club accounts to Zifa on request. However, Zifa said the allegations did not constitute a charge of misconduct but part of an investigative process. Statements to the Press were made by Ndebele between August and September and Zifa said his comments demeaned the standing of soccer mother body and were meant to bring the game of football into disrepute. Zifa asked Ndebele to confirm if the statements were his and to hold a Press conference to either confirm or deny the comments. He was also asked to confirm if he authored the letter to the SRC. Ndebele had been requested to respond in seven days or “…the association shall draw advise, inferences and will proceed to make a determination on the options available to it without an input from you”. Follow Fortune on Twitter @fmbele
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the closing address at the ANC NEC meeting.
COLOMBO — A 2019 presidential candidate and former member of parliament in Sri Lanka is accused of money laundering, involving the alleged mastermind of the 2019 Easter bomb attacks in the capital of Colombo. M.L.A.M [...]
Breakdancing is now an official Olympic sport.
BY HENRY MHARA TINO Kadewere’s stock continues to skyrocket in France with his former coach at Le Havre envisaging an even brighter future for the Warriors star man. So popular has Kadewere become at Olympique Lyonnais that the French giants have put his jersey on auction to raise funds for charity. The striker joined the Ligue 1 side at the beginning of the year. Four goals and two assists in the 12 games that he has featured this season has justified the reported €12 million that the French giants forked out to prise away the former Harare City man. His former coach at Le Havre, Oswald Tachot was not surprised that Kadewere had hit the road running in his career in the French top league. “He is a very co-ordinated boy who has a great first touch of the ball,” Tachot said. “I found his talent very comprehensive. He was able to create chances, and is a good finisher. When he arrived, he was not very strong physically, but he has greatly improved.” Kadewere’s affable character has helped him acclimatise to his new environment. “He was very smiling, open and always in a good mood. He immediately integrated well by learning French and by bringing his wife and son to France. He was grateful for the club for signing him. He is a fine boy and he lacked power when he arrived. But he made sure to use the other attributes that he has. He is clever with both feet.” The former Harare City player joined a star-studded Lyon squad and is competing for a starting place with superstars such as former Manchester United forward Memphis Depay, former Villareal striker Toko Ekambi and France international Moussa Dembele. Few gave him the chance to command a first team jersey ahead of some of the accomplished forwards the game has seen, but Kadewere has started eight of the 13 league matches that the team he played. He is the club’s third top goalscorer behind Ekambi and Depay. “He somehow managed to integrate in a team which has just come out of a semi-final of the Champions League and which has not sold its best offensive players. Despite everything, he manages to have playing time and to be efficient. He must take advantage of his current good period to get more confidence and so that others have confidence in him as well. Because when you arrive at OL from Ligue 2, the players don’t necessarily take you as a direct competitor. Finally, he has scored some very important goals,” Tachot said in an interview with Eurosport. Kadewere started in Lyon’s 3-1 win away to FC Metz on Sunday and was replaced by Dembele just after the half hour mark as the side moved third on the log, two points behind Paris Saint Germain. The 24-year-old will this weekend be rubbing shoulders with the PSG superstars including Neymar Jnr, Mbappé and Di María when Lyon visit Parc des Princes on Sunday. lFollow Henry on Twitter @henrymhara
DISGRUNTLED Midlands State University (MSU) journalism students have written to the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (Zimche) and government demanding reinstatement of their programme or else they would challenge the decision in court. BY MOSES MATENGA The war between the university, Zimche and the affected students has been raging for over a month after the withdrawal of the media degree programme and the masters in media and society studies at the university without consulting lecturers and other stakeholders. Students and other involved parties suspect that the move was political. In a letter addressed to the Zimche chief executive Kuzvinetsa Dzvimbo, the students represented by lawyers from Mataka Legal Practice said: “Needless to say, you simply advised Midlands State University that it was uncanny to have such a degree. With all due respect, such reasoning is baseless, unfounded and it ought to be reversed by reinstating the degree. Could you please reverse your decision and reinstate our client’s degree, failing which we have instructions to approach the courts of law for an appropriate remedy and all the legal costs shall be on your account.” It was not clear whether Zimche had responded to the students’ demand by yesterday. l Follow Moses on Twitter @mmatenga
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has cautioned pupils to avoid superspreader events, saying they had the potential to cause widespread Covid-19 infections.
Suspended MDC-T spokesperson Khaliphani Phugeni yesterday walked out of court a free man after being acquitted of rape charges he was facing. by NQOBANI NDLOVU He was being accused of raping a minor. Phugeni appeared before Western Commonage regional magistrate Sibongile Msipa-Marondeze who absolved him saying the case lacked compelling evidence. Phugeni allegedly committed the crime between June and November 2018 in Mhlangeni in Bulawayo. He denied the charges. In an interview after the acquittal of Phugeni, the minor’s mother said the acquittal pained her. “It’s very painful. “Words alone cannot explain my hurt, anger and disappointment. “That was an unfair judgment. “How can somebody rape a 14-year-old child and say it was consensual? “I will not rest till I find justice for my daughter. “People cannot abuse their positions of authority to violate our kids and women in general,” she said. In Phugeni’s last court appearance, the mother of the minor denied claims that she wanted to soil his image after he was nominated for Senate. This followed revelations that she informed politicians such as Lovemore Moyo, the leader of the United Movement for Devolution and Abednico Bhebhe, the ousted MDC-T organising secretary about the case before reporting the matter to the police. “The complainant’s mother told the court that she wanted to resolve the matter politically. Phugheni was represented by lawyer Kholwani Ngwenya. She also told the court that her daughter suffered depression after the rape ordeal and turned to intoxicating substances to deal with the depression. “Her behaviour changed, she started sleeping out and getting drunk. “She would refuse to disclose what was going on in her life, save to say that ’my problems are piling up’. “She disclosed the rape ordeal after I threatened to beat her up for untoward behaviour,” the mother said. Phugeni’s lawyer said: “The evidence by the complainant and her mother was manifestly unreliable as it was discredited and could not prove a prima facie offence on a charge of rape that the accused person was facing. “He was thus found not guilty and acquitted.”
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[Nation] Driving along the Nanyuki-Dol Dol Road in Laikipia County, one comes across an exotic species of plant bearing pear-shaped spherical purple-coloured fruits.
A Senegalese court on Tuesday handed down jail terms to three fathers accused of pushing their sons to migrate to Europe by sea, sending them on a trip that left one of them dead, a defence lawyer said.
In a high-profile case, the trio were given two-year jail terms, 23 months of which were suspended, on a charge of \"placing the lives of others in danger,\" attorney Assane Dioma Ndiaye said.
They were acquitted of the charge of abetting migrant trafficking, the lawyer said.
The sons were with other migrants who boarded a canoe to make the crossing from Senegal to Spain's Canary Islands, the first step in a plan to reach continental Europe.
But one of them, a teenager nicknamed Doudou, fell ill and died during the trip.
The fathers of the three, all of them fishermen in the coastal town of Mbour, were arrested a couple of weeks later.
Doudou's fate triggered uproar in Senegal, prompting debate about poverty, parental pressure and the allure of life in wealthy but distant Europe.
His father had paid 250,000 CFA francs ($460) to a smuggler, who was to take the boy to Spain. His destination after that was Italy, where he hoped to sign up for a football training academy.
A source close to the investigation said Doudou \"died after having problems eating\" during the trip.
Further details are unclear, as according to local media his body was tipped overboard after he died.
The children of the two other fathers survived the attempted crossing and returned home.
\"I wanted to open the doors of success to him,\" the father was quoted by a local newspaper as saying during the trial.
\"I took him to see the marabouts (witch doctors) so that they would pray for him. If I knew that he wasn't going to come back I would never have taken the risk.\"
He told the court: \"I am here before you today but my spirit has left me.\"
The prosecution had called for two-year terms against the three, while the defence had urged their acquittal.
The Canaries lie more than 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the coast of Africa at their closest point.
Over 500 people have died this year, mostly in October and November, according to the UN's International Office for Migration (IOM), compared to 210 fatalities for the whole of last year.
The pressure to migrate is especially strong among fishing communities. Coastal villages in Senegal have been badly hit by dwindling catches, and by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
