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Tunisia has repatriated at least 16 women and children accused of links to extremist jihadi fighters imprisoned in war-ravaged neighbouring Libya, rights groups said on Wednesday.
Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
President f Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has condemned the
suspicious death of 12 people in police custody in east of the country mid-May.
As investigations into the suspicious death of the 12 in a Tanwalbougou police station continues, the Burkina president said the incident was ‘‘unacceptable’‘.
President Kaboré urged people to avoid stigmatization.
Burkina Faso’s security forces and self-defence groups, have in the last 3 years been regularly accused of blunders or abuses, particularly against Fulani populations.
Some Fulanis have joined jihadist groups that have killed nearly 900 people since 2015 in Burkina Faso.
Begum, now 20, had her British citizenship stripped by then-Home Secretary Sajid Javid on February 19, 2019, after she was found in a northern Syrian refugee camp.
She challenged that decision but on June 13, 2019, the government refused her application for leave to enter the UK to pursue her appeal.
The Court of Appeal and a Divisional Court of the High Court on Thursday ruled Begum should be allowed to return to the United Kingdom to pursue her appeal before the Special Immigrations Appeals Commission (SIAC) \"albeit subject to such controls as the Secretary of State deems appropriate.\"
She is currently in a detention camp run by the Syrian Democratic Forces.
While in Syria, Begum married an ISIS fighter and had three children, all of whom have died.
SIAC found in its decision that Begum also holds Bangladeshi citizenship by descent. The court has not answered the question about whether she can be stripped of her British citizenship.
A UK Home Office spokesperson said the decision was \"very disappointing\" and it would apply for permission to appeal against the judgment.
\"The government's top priority remains maintaining our national security and keeping the public safe,\" the spokesperson added.
Mohammed Shafiq, CEO of the Ramadhan Foundation, a UK-based Muslim organization that works to build cohesion between communities, said in a statement: \"The decision of the Court of Appeal to allow Shamima Begum to return to the UK is the right decision and British citizens should welcome it.
\"This is not about any alleged crimes she may have committed but about the principle you cannot have a two tier citizenship where those of a certain ethnic background born in this country are treated differently to their white counterparts,\" he added.
Shafiq said ISIS was an \"evil entity\" opposed by British Muslims and that Begum should be held to account for any alleged crimes, but lawmakers should not make decisions \"to appear as if they were tough.\"
He called the decision a \"great victory\" for those who believe in equal society and oppose discrimination in applying citizenship rules.
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As governments struggle to contain COVID19, public service announcements and communication must focus on making citizens accept that the illness is a reality, giving them the knowledge to prevent and treat the infection and debunking myths and fake stories which impact the effectiveness of the response.
This could save many lives
There is fertile ground for fake stories about Corona to thrive
If there is a thin line between love and hate, there is an even thinner line between fake news and reality, especially on social media.
While lockdown-induced mischief cannot be ruled out, there are other reasons fake news and misinformation thrives: low trust, information asymmetry, a culture of weaponizing information, life experiences, cultural beliefs, myths and fragile social cohesion.
Fake news of conspiracies against Africans and Muslims is too close to the reality of botched vaccine trials in northern Nigeria and two European scientists proposing that coronavirus vaccine trials start in Africa.
As a few West African countries such as Ghana and Nigeria begin to relax lockdown rules, governments, the media and civil society must intensify communications aimed at sharing factual information on coronavirus prevention and cure; building and keeping trust; and defusing existing and new prejudices.
As the 2020 Elections drag on, de facto President David Granger appears to be slowly shifting the goalpost of what exactly it would take for him to concede.
The article Granger now says will accept any GECOM Chair’s declaration ` made in keeping with laws’ appeared first on Stabroek News.
Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith says Prime Minister Andrew Holness was truthful when he told the nation on Friday that his administration did not reject the United Kingdom’s offer to help build a prison here.
But on January 13, 2017, that's almost a year after Holness became prime minister, Johnson Smith told the Jamaican Senate that the government rejected the offer because the terms were “not beneficial to Jamaica as a whole” and that the matter was closed.
IN PHOTO: In this September 30, 2015 file photo, then Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller introduces then Opposition Leader Andrew Holness to David Cameron, then prime minister of the United Kingdom, on his arrival to the island.
In media appearances, Johnson Smith reiterated the position of the Holness administration, including on Television Jamaica’s Smile Jamaica morning programme on January 16, 2017.
On his visit to Kingston in September 2015, UK Prime Minister David Cameron made the controversial prison offer to Jamaica.
Nkurunziza’s sour relations with international organisations began in 2015 when he insisted on running for a for a third term.
Later in 2017, Burundi became the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, amid accusations by African countries that the court was targeting Africans for prosecution.
Lewis Mudge, Human Rights Watch director for Central Africa said Nkurunziza betrayed his call.
“When Pierre Nkurunziza was sworn in as president in 2005 at the end of a brutal civil war, many hoped he would lead the country on a path of democratic reforms,” Mr Mudge said.
“Nkurunziza was willing to isolate Burundi almost entirely from the international community, with devastating consequences for the Burundian population.
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 July 2020: Despite all efforts by the government and Chief Justice to reform Sierra Leone’s court system to reduce the time it takes for justice to be delivered, it seems old bad habits are taking much longer to die, as thousands of people up and down [Read More]
In the midst of scathing ads from many Super PACs all aimed at President Trump, the Democratic National Committee has launched their series of attack ads on the President, ahead of his visit to Atlanta this morning. President is expected to announce changes that would speed up big road projects while speaking at the UPS distribution hub in Hapeville. However, […]
THE opposition MDC party has always commanded public attention since it burst onto the scene two decades ago. Led by Morgan Tsvangirai, who given his labour background and humble persona, gave the impression of being an everyday Joe, who understood the struggles people faced every day. He contrasted sharply with the urbane Robert Mugabe, who had held unchecked power since independence in 1980, and his Zanu PF party which had become elitist, greedy, corrupt and were driving the country into a ravine that it is still struggling to disentangle itself from. Mugabe and Tsvangirai have passed on, but for two decades, the MDC has provided the biggest challenge to Zanu PF’s hegemony and stood as an alternative to the den of thieves Zanu PF has become. It became the biggest political brand outside of Zanu PF and guaranteed anyone associated with it hero status in the eyes of a public being dragged through the mire of mismanagement by the ruling party. As a result, the happenings in the party are of keen interest to both Zanu PF and power-hungry individuals within its ranks. For Zanu PF, control of the narrative in the opposition ranks was paramount, and it appears mission accomplished given the recent developments. That the army and police even assisted the Thokozani Khupe faction in taking over the MDC Alliance headquarters, the Morgan Tsvangirai House doesn’t surprise. According to former adviser to the President, Chris Mutsvangwa, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi “was helping them” to return to constitutionality — read get rid of the hated Nelson Chamisa and replace him with a more malleable individual. Now that they have the controls, the fight for control of the Khupe-led MDC-T faction has taken another turn. There has been talk, albeit in hushed tones, of a divided cockpit, with Douglas Mwonzora reportedly at the centre of it. The fight emanates from a power struggle where followers of Khupe believe the acting secretary-general is undermining the authority of the acting president because he has ambitions to take over as top dog himself. Consequently, the Khupe camp is now stopping at nothing to block the July 31 extraordinary congress, while the other camp is determined to press on and have their new emperor in charge. This is the fight that is playing up in the MDC-T now and observers of opposition activists feel it would fragment the opposition further. The belief is that the happenings in the opposition camps reflect an insatiable appetite for power by some individuals at the expense of the agenda of the greater movement. After a protracted fight in the MDC Alliance, where he is treated with suspicion that he was working against Chamisa, (which later turned out to be true), Mwonzora now sees himself in a similar position, this time against Khupe. Maybe there’s need to make a distinction — is the Khupe faction the one Tsvangirai left or it’s the Chamisa-led MDC Alliance which was his brainchild and probably remains his deathbed wish. We think the voters were enlightened enough to make the needed distinction at the 201
Fake and bogus cure claims are a longstanding, but neglected public health problem.
In Nigeria, for instance, as early as the 1990s, Jeremiah Abalaka, a surgeon with fringe training in immunology, startled the world with his HIV cure claim.
Fighting these cure claims is integral to containing the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, merely identifying bogus COVID-19 cure claims or alerting the public about them is no longer enough.
Countries and national health bodies must integrate traditional healers, faith leaders and community principals in their COVID-19 response strategies.
Ibuka, the umbrella organisation of Genocide survivors associations, has protested the decision by the Church of England to reinstate Jonathan Ruhumuliza, a Rwandan bishop accused of complicity in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
In this regard, Ahishakiye added, bishop Ruhumuliza should be stopped as he waits for clear documents of investigation from the concerned authorities.
Contacted for a comment, however, Laurent Mbanda, Archbishop and Primate of the Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda, said that Ruhumuliza is no longer part of the house of Bishops of Rwanda.
In that book, \"he says that during the genocide against the Tutsi he accompanied his superior Bishop Nshamihigo, a well-known genocidaire on a PR exercise for the genocidaire government.\"
The UK has become a fertile ground for unsavoury characters including well-known genocidaires and several genocide suspects some who live in the open\"
According to Bishop John Rucyahana, the president of National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC); \"I have never worked with him (Ruhumuliza) but given the crowd of information around him reinstating him in service doesn't make sense.
According to New York Magazine's Intelligencer, Kanye decided it was too much, and he has decided to drop out of the race.
Many people interpreted that not wearing a mask is now a criminal offence, after Justice Minister Ronald Lamola announced new measures around it.
Manchester United and England international, Marcus Rashford, will be receiving an honorary doctorate from The University of Manchester “for his remarkable campaign against child poverty off the field and outstanding sporting achievements on the pitch” later in the summer. At 22, the forward will become the youngest ever recipient of an honorary doctorate from the...
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Non-profit organisation, King David Global Foundation is under investigation for failing to deliver on a million COVID-19 masks pledge made to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. BY VENERANDA LANGA This was disclosed yesterday by Department of Civil Protection director Nathan Nkomo when he appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget and Finance to speak on how his department had received and accounted for COVID-19 donations in cash and kind. Nkomo said funds received to date included US$3,3 million, R15 million and $10 million, while other donations included medicines, personal protective equipment and food items such as grain. At first Nkomo did not mention the organisation, but committee chair Felix Mhona pressed him to do so, saying he was protected by parliamentary privileges, adding that after donations were made at State House, people kept an eye on them to see how they would be distributed and if they were not distributed then Mnangagwa should be blamed for corruption. Civil society organisations such as the Southern Africa Parliamentary Support Trust and the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development have expressed concern over lack of accountability and transparency over COVID-19 donations and financial allocations after several reports of corruption. Former Health minister Obadiah Moyo is in court over a US$60 million COVID-19 tender scam involving Drax Consult SAGL. “Some donations come in the form of pledges and unfortunately some unscrupulous donors declare donations which never came. For example, an organisation declared one million masks to the President which never came and we have reported them to law enforcement agents,” Nkomo said. But Mhona said Nkomo must explain why a pledge would be treated like a criminal case and the issue taken to law enforcement agents. Nkomo continued: “This organisation called King David Global Foundation made this donation in public and the reason why we are pursuing it is because on the day in question when they declared the pledge to Mnangagwa, they lied to him saying that their vehicle had developed a technical fault and was holed up at Featherstone. “I had also alerted NatPharm that when the items arrive, they must be kept at a secure place. So, we thought Featherstone was close and that by the end of the day the donations will arrive. Two weeks later they still have not arrived. We made the report to find out if this organisation did not abuse government facilities in terms of a letter of waiver and a duty-free certificate.” Nkomo claimed that all donations were properly accounted for and published in the State media, which included donations in cash, kind and in terms of services such as refurbishment of hospitals. He also said auditing of COVID-19 disbursements was being done instantly instead of it being a post-audit function. The Department of Civil Protection boss said most donations were received at State House and then taken for storage with medical donations kept at NatPharm, grain at Grain Marketing Board and finances kept by Treasury. For Cyc
Johanneburg — Officials in Africa have expressed concern over developments in the U.S. following the death of George Floyd, the black American man killed in police custody in the city of Minneapolis last week.
The head of the African Union described Floyd’s death as an act of “murder,” while South Africa’s ruling party is calling for calm in the U.S. Statements from the African continent could portend a shift in global relations — and hopefully, analysts say, make a bigger point: whether you live in Minneapolis or Monrovia, George Floyd’s death affects us all.
In Addis Ababa, African Union Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat took the U.S. government to task over the death of Floyd.
Meanwhile, U.S. embassies in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo issued rare statements of concern over Floyd’s May 25 death and called for accountability after the arrest of a police officer on third-degree murder and manslaughter charges.
This week, as fires burned across the U.S., South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party also weighed in in the mounting crisis, saying the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor show that “American society places a perilously low value on black lives.”
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) will have power to seek recovery of ill-gotten wealth stashed abroad.
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga was last week airlifted to China amid reports his troubling health had deteriorated, it has emerged. BY MOSES MATENGA The former army commander flew out of the country on a date not given, raising speculation over his whereabouts after skipping two Cabinet meetings and a Zanu PF politburo meeting, among other high-profile events. Chiwenga also skipped a meeting between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Provincial Affairs ministers at State House on July 6. Presidential spokesperson George Charamba yesterday confirmed that Chiwenga was in the Asian country and would be back “soon”, but could not give details. “He went for his medical check-up. You are asking now when he is almost coming back,” Charamba said. Asked when Chiwenga was coming back, Charamba said: “No, no I can’t tell you that. I cannot tell you when he is coming back.” Chiwenga has left the country at a time nurses have grounded tools over measly salaries, allowances and poor working conditions, putting the whole health service in turmoil during the COVID-19 pandemic. He oversees the health cluster. Before his latest departure for China, Chiwenga had been busy visiting several farms across the country to assess the food situation as he is responsible for the food and nutrition cluster. The former army general has been unwell for some time and last year, he spent close to four months in the Asian country under strict monitoring by the Chinese, Indian and South African medical experts. He came back rejuvenated, despite leaving the country in bad shape which on many occasions triggered speculation over his death. On his return, Chiwenga immediately plunged into a nasty divorce with his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa, accusing her of attempting to kill him while on a hospital bed in South Africa. He was last seen in public on June 25, more than two weeks ago when he attended an event to commission a farm mechanisation scheme by John Deere at the Institute of Agricultural Engineering in Harare. A day earlier, he appeared fit at the burial of national hero Stanley Nleya at the National Heroes’ Acre, where he took time chatting with Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu and Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri. It is not clear what the Vice-President is suffering from, but initially, his hands and Mubaiwa’s were swelling and he told hundreds of people gathered at his rural home soon after he led a coup against the late former President Robert Mugabe that the couple had been hit by a rare skin disease. There was speculation last week that Chiwenga skipped key party and government meetings because of deep-rooted fights with Mnangagwa. Government and Zanu PF have tried to downplay the factional infighting in the ruling party, which party insiders claim is real, despite public denials by top officials.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced modifications July 6 to temporary exemptions for nonimmigrant students taking online classes due to the pandemic for the fall 2020 semester. Under the new rule, foreign nationals participating in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) who are enrolled in U.S. educational institutions will have to leave the country […]
Raphael Bostic, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta says his organization is committed to reducing racial economic inequities, which he says, is crucial to a stable economy.
Ebonie Guyton, a public health practitioner in Detroit, MI, received a shock in February of this year: At age 34, she was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. Soon after, […]
The post Cancer In The Age Of COVID: Black Breast Cancer Survivors Speak Out appeared first on Essence.
[Nation] Kenyan Journalist Yassin Juma has refuted claims that he opted to stay in Ethiopia, where he was arrested and detained for 49 days on several charges.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has aggressively pushed to reopen his state and flouted experts' health recommendations, announced Wednesday that he is the first governor to test positive for coronavirus. Stitt, a Republican, said at a press conference that he was tested on Tuesday and that he feels 'fine,' other than being a 'little bit achy.' He said he'll be […]
