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A printed sheet of paper bearing a photo of Adoussouma hung on the crumbling wall at the Komeissou family home in Chad's capital N'Djamena, marking his death in protests against the new military junta.
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.
The rights group said in a report that victims were accused of being supporters of the Oromo Liberation Army, the breakaway armed wing of the Oromo Liberation Front, which the government had previously declared a terrorist movement but which has been unbanned by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
“Security forces have continued to violate human rights despite reforms introduced by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and this is due to widespread impunity and lack of accountability for those violations,” Amnesty International’s Ethiopia researcher Fisseha Tekle said.
Security forces have continued to violate human rights despite reforms introduced by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and this is due to widespread impunity and lack of accountability for those violations.
“The report is further proof that the new administration has not parted ways with the practice of forcefully stifling dissent, committing egregious human rights violations and carrying out extrajudicial killings,” the Oromo Liberation Front and the Oromo Federalist Congress, an opposition party, said in a joint statement, calling on the government to investigate the findings.
Based on interviews with 80 victims or direct witnesses of violence, Amnesty’s report said the Ethiopian army and regional security forces in Amhara and Oromiya were involved in inter- ethnic killings, mass arbitrary detentions and rape.
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Kinshasa -Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo's southeastern mining heartland are boosting efforts to tackle child labour amid concerns that the coronavirus pandemic could drive more families to put their children to work in mines, officials said.
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Minister of Health Pr. Abderrahmane Benbouzid reassured Monday, in Algiers, the citizens that Covid-19 vaccine doses are available in \"sufficient quantities,\" calling them to respect the treatment protocol to contain the epidemic.
May 29: Amnesty accuses Ethiopia of extrajudicial killings
\tEthiopian security forces in the Oromia region have executed 39 opposition supporters and arrested thousands of others accused of being members of an armed group, Amnesty International said on Friday.
Tivoli Gardens residents have accused members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) of physical abuse and of threatening to shoot indiscriminately at young men in the community.
The residents’ attempt to use debris and abandoned vehicles to block a section of Spanish Town Road on Wednesday were thwarted by the swift action of the police, whose presence, alongside a heavy contingent of JDF personnel, kept the protest peaceful though tense.
The fury behind Wednesday’s demonstration stemmed from a fierce firefight between gunmen and the security forces in sections of the community, namely Lizard Town, Courts, and Java, on Monday night.
Kingston Western Member of Parliament Desmond McKenzie, who visited the community yesterday, told The Gleaner that residents had described the Monday gun battle as frightening.
McKenzie confirmed that he received reports that some members of the security forces had taken a heavy-handed approach to residents of Tivoli Gardens.
This seminar, co-hosted by the ISS and News24, will examine the notion of a social compact and whether it can unlock growth in South Africa.
As the security forces make significant inroads into the local drug trade, National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang said that the major narcotics dealers are dangling big money before members of the security forces to entice them to assist them...
Suspected militants in Mozambique's insurgency-hit north have attacked two trucks transporting passengers, killing at least two people and further undermining road access to a gas-rich area, according to military sources.
The U.S. criticized Tanzania’s arrest of eight opposition leaders during their party meeting on Wednesday, saying the action stifles democratic norms.
Political tensions are rising in Tanzania ahead of the October general elections in which President John Magufuli plans to seek re-election.
These actions follow a disconcerting pattern of intimidation toward opposition members, civil society and media outlets.
The government also closed the Tanzania Daima newspaper following coverage critical of Magufuli’s administration.
“These actions follow a disconcerting pattern of intimidation toward opposition members, civil society and media outlets,” the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania said in a statement on its Twitter account.
WESTERN BUREAU: Some 63 shelters have been activated across the parish of St James as the region prepares for the likely impact of Hurricane Elsa on Jamaica. The shelters are among the partial activation of the Emergency Operation Centre, triggered...
Burkina Faso, a Sahel country bordering Mali and Niger, has been facing increasingly frequent and deadly armed attacks for six years
As governments and activists across the world respond to the increase in gender-based violence during the COVID19 pandemic, Nigeria's response raises questions about how well (lack of) data influences advocacy and policy.
Nothing has highlighted the need for centralised gender-based violence data collection and analysis as the inability of the state and civil society to present trends and say definitively: the numbers are up, how and why.
Nigeria cannot make similar claims due to the absence of a base to rely on, similar to the annual violence against women and girls report published by the United Kingdom's Crime Prosecution Services.
Data is missing but we do know this: women's rights activists report that domestic violence is increasing.
An opportunity to reset
Even during times of relative normality, gender-based violence is a pandemic in Nigeria.
Scaled-down inauguration: Malawi president vows to declare assets
Malawi’s new president Lazarus Chakwera’s official inauguration took place today (July 6) days after he was sworn into office after defeating then incumbent Peter Mutharika in a keenly contested poll rerun.
The event was largely scaled down due to rising cases of the COVID-19 pandemic. It took place at the Kamuzu Barracks in Lilongwe. In attendance were high level members of government.
The guest list according to reports was restricted to just 100 delegates after the president cancelled major celebrations which were expected to be held at the Bingu National Stadium.
The most notable foreign dignitary being Samia Suluhu, Tanzania vice-president. Most diplomats serving in the country were in attendance with a more visible show of virus prevention measures as compared to a week ago during the packed swearing in.
The president officially received the sword of office which confers on him the power as Commander – in – chief of the Armed Forces.
#ChakweraInauguration in pictures#NationOnline pic.twitter.com/tJuYNYz1Gw— NationOnline (@NationOnlineMw) July 6, 2020
Local Nation newspaper reports that the president has pledged to declare his assets, reduce his powers, answer questions in parliament, consult the Leader of Opposition every three months and operationalise the Access to Information Bill.
Chakwera also praised major stakeholders in the election petition and subsequent re-election. He singled out among others the court witnesses, judiciary, civil society, journalists, members of parliament, campaign funders, Electoral Commission and members of the security forces.
“There cannot be a new Malawi if the only people deemed guilty of breaking the country are the ones who lost the election. There must be a collective responsibility in fixing the country’s problems,” he said.
\tParliament last night approved an order tabled by National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang to amend The Interception of Communications Act, giving authorisation to a cadre of designated high-ranking officers of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and...
The Democratic Republic of Congo announced Thursday the partial reopening for pedestrians, a border post with Zambia.This followed a day’s demonstration against this preventive measure taken in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The demonstrators were protesting against the closure all land, air and sea borders by since 20 March by the government.
“Beginning Friday the pedestrian corridors will be open,” he said, adding that pedestrians will have to comply with preventive measures.
Kasumbalesa has registered one case of Covid-19, from a Congolese man returning from Europe.
Congolese small-scale traders cross the border illegally at night, but controls along the border have been tightened over the past days, said civil society activist Pierre Mwepu.
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Many Black Tunisians say being marked out as descendants of slaves leads to discrimination
Lawyers for Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine have filed a challenge in the Supreme Court against President Yoweri Museveni's victory in last month's election, claiming the poll was rigged.
MINISTER of National Security Dr Horace Chang has identified the south-eastern belt of the Corporate Area as the real problem crescent for the security forces at this time.'If you take the border from Bull Bay and come across all of Kingston and sections of St Andrew to Maverley, it's almost anarchy down there at this point in time,' Chang told Jamaica Observer editors and reporters last Wednesday.
At least 60 people have been killed in a series of attacks on villages by armed gangs.
Possible retaliation
Last week, Nigeria's armed forces launched a series of bomb raids on camps in the northwest region in its latest attempt to curtail violence in the area.
In an apparent retaliation attack, armed gang members raided five villages in the Sabon Birni district on Monday, killing 18 people.
Rival communities in the region have been embroiled in years of violent conflict over land, with armed gangs and vigilante groups carrying out reprisal killings and ransom kidnappings.
According to the ICG, northwest Nigeria risks becoming a \"land bridge\" to jihadist groups across the Sahel region and called for stronger cooperation between Nigeria and Niger to prevent trafficking of arms on the border.
BY NQOBANI NDLOVU ...
Haiti's police seized on Thursday at least two more suspected members of the gang of assassins that killed President Jovenel Moise
[This Day] The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a $50 million commitment to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
