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Oct
19
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigerian police pledge Red Cross training nationwide protests continue

Nigerian police pledge Red Cross training nationwide protests continue

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LIBBY GEORGE and TIFE OWOLABI THE International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will help train Nigeria's new tactical force as thousands nationwide continue to march against police brutality and in demand of further reforms, Nigeria's police inspector general has said. Protests began roughly two weeks ago demanding the dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), which was accused by Nigerians and groups such as Amnesty International of extortion, brutality and torture. The police force has repeatedly denied the accusations against SARS, though it said earlier this month that "unruly and unprofessional" officers had been arrested and were facing disciplinary…
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Oct
19
2020
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s premier backs demands for justice as ICC prosecutor visits

Sudan’s premier backs demands for justice as ICC prosecutor visits

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SUDANESE Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok says his government was committed to achieving justice as an International Criminal Court (ICC) delegation visited for the first time since the overthrow of ex-leader Omar al-Bashir. The ICC issued arrest warrants against Bashir in 2009 and 2010 on charges of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity during his campaign to crush a revolt in Darfur in which an estimated 300,000 people died. Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda The delegation, led by Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, arrived in Sudan late on Saturday to discuss the cases of Bashir and two other former officials wanted by…
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Oct
19
2020
By The African Mirror
Pope expresses support for detained fishermen in Libya

Pope expresses support for detained fishermen in Libya

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POPE Francis expressed support on Sunday for 18 fishermen held in Libya, weighing in on a standoff between Italy and the administration of Khalifa Haftar, one of the North African country’s two rival leaders. “I want to say a word of encouragement and support for the fishermen who have been held in Libya for more than a month, and for their families (who) are hoping to be able to embrace their dear ones soon,” Francis said at his weekly blessing in St. Peter’s Square. FILE PHOTO: Rosetta Incargiola, the mother of one of 18 fishermen detained in Libya, cries at…
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Oct
19
2020
By The African Mirror
Guinea votes on third term for Conde amid voter-card concerns

Guinea votes on third term for Conde amid voter-card concerns

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SALIOU SAMB POLLS have closed and counting has begun in Guinea following a largely peaceful day in which voters decided whether to give 82-year-old President Alpha Conde a third mandate, made possible by a constitutional change in March. At least 50 people have been killed over the past year during demonstrations against the new constitution, according to Amnesty International, and violence erupted repeatedly during campaigning. A spokesman for the national election commission said the vote was "calm, serene and done with enthusiasm", but a number of people including one of the candidates said they had been turned away at polling…
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Oct
18
2020
By The African Mirror
ICC delegation to visit Sudan to discuss case against Bashir

ICC delegation to visit Sudan to discuss case against Bashir

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AN International Criminal Court delegation is to visit Sudan to discuss the cases of ousted president Omar al-Bashir and other former officials, the government has announced. The delegation, led by prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, will discuss "cooperation" with Sudan over the wanted men, the government said in a statement. The court said Bensouda and a delegation would be in Khartoum for a few days, for the court's first visit since Bashir was ousted. Bashir, who has been in jail in Khartoum since he was toppled after mass protests last year, has been indicted by the ICC for war crimes, genocide and…
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Oct
18
2020
By The African Mirror
Migrant evacuation flights resume from Libya, U.N. agency says

Migrant evacuation flights resume from Libya, U.N. agency says

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UNITED Nations evacuation flights for migrants stuck in Libya have resumed after being suspended because of the global pandemic, according to the U.N. refugee agency More than 150 people from Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan, including 15 children under 18 years old, flew to Niger later on Thursday where they are now in quarantine, the U.N. High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said. Both UNHCR and the U.N. migration agency IOM have called for Libya, torn apart by years of war and chaos, to be classed as an unsafe port for migrants. The country has long been a stepping stone…
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Oct
18
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast president’s supporters and opponents clash ahead of election

Ivory Coast president’s supporters and opponents clash ahead of election

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ANGE ABOA LOCAL  offices of Ivory Coast's ruling party were ransacked and the house of an opponent of President Alassane Ouattara was set on fire, as rival supporters clashed in an eastern city ahead of the presidential election, residents said on Saturday. The clashes in Bongouanou came after the opposition candidate, former premier Pascal Affi N'Guessan, and Ouattara's other main challenger, former president Henri Konan Bedie, had on Thursday called on their supporters to boycott the October 31 vote and prevent it from going ahead. More than a dozen people have been killed since August in protests against Ouattara's candidacy…
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Oct
18
2020
By The African Mirror
Egyptian outcry stops concert by singer accused of rape

Egyptian outcry stops concert by singer accused of rape

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MENNA A FAROUK A concert by Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred, who has been repeatedly accused of rape, has been cancelled in Egypt after a social media outcry, reflecting a growing resolve to speak out against sex crimes. The popular Arab artist, whose 2015 song "Lamaallem" has been viewed 860 million times on YouTube, was arrested on rape charges three times since 2010 in the United States and France. Neither Lamjarred nor his business manager were immediately available for comment. Lamjarred has previously denied all charges and the first two cases have been dismissed. "It is already cancelled," Magdy El Hawary,…
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Oct
18
2020
By The African Mirror
Foreign lawyers for ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero say they have been denied access to him

Foreign lawyers for ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero say they have been denied access to him

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CLEMENT UWIRINGIYIMANA FOREIGN lawyers of Paul Rusesabagina, depicted as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide, say they have been stopped from seeing their client who is under detention in the central African country. A political dissident who has lived in exile in Belgium and the United States, Rusesabagina was arrested in August after returning to the country and subsequently charged with terrorism and other offences. Attorneys Vincent Lurquin and Philippe Larochelle said in an online press conference their efforts to talk to their client during a recent visit to Rwanda had been frustrated by authorities. Larochelle…
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Oct
18
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigerian army plans nationwide exercise as protests rock country

Nigerian army plans nationwide exercise as protests rock country

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CAMILLUS EBOH and ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM  THE Nigerian army will begin a two-month national exercise while denying the move was part of any security response to recent widespread demonstrations against alleged police brutality. Operation Crocodile Smile would run across the country from October 20 to December 31, the first time the annual exercise, typically concentrated in the Delta region, will be nationwide, Musa said. The move comes just days after the army said it was ready to step in and restore order, but Musa said in a statement that the exercise "has no relationship with any lawful protest under any guise…
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