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May
12
2023
By GIBRAN NAIYYAR PESHIMAM and ASIF SHAHZAD
Top Pakistan court rules Imran Khan’s arrest illegal, streets are quiet

Top Pakistan court rules Imran Khan’s arrest illegal, streets are quiet

WORLD
PAKISTAN'S Supreme Court ruled that former Prime Minister Imran Khan's arrest was illegal, his lawyer said, two days after his detention on graft allegations triggered deadly violence, escalating his tussle with the powerful military. The protests coincide with Pakistan's worst economic crisis in decades, with record high inflation, anaemic growth and IMF funding delayed for months, prompting concerns that the country could default on its external payment obligations. The reprieve for Khan, 70, comes as a setback for the military, which has ruled the South Asian nation for almost half its history through three coups, a day after it said the violence by Khan's…
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Feb
17
2023
By The African Mirror
Ethiopian Orthodox Church reaches deal with breakaway Oromo synod

Ethiopian Orthodox Church reaches deal with breakaway Oromo synod

RELIGION
GIULIA PARAVICINI THE influential Ethiopian Orthodox Church said it had agreed with a breakaway synod from the Oromiya region following deadly violence that killed dozens and led to partial internet shutdowns. The rift threatened to bring fresh instability to Africa's second most populous nation, just as its starts to turn the page on a two-year war in the northern Tigray region that killed tens of thousands before a truce was agreed upon in November. The row started on February 4, when three clerics from Oromiya accused the leadership of the main church of discriminating against Oromos, the country's largest ethnic group. They…
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Sep
27
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia charges 2,000 over violence after singer’s killing – attorney general

Ethiopia charges 2,000 over violence after singer’s killing – attorney general

NEWS
DAWIT ENDESHAW ABOUT 2,000 people in Ethiopia have been charged over deadly violence that followed the killing of a popular singer in June and charges against more prisoners are likely to follow, the attorney general has announced. At least 166 people were killed following the murder of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, some in protests against authorities and some in ethnically-targeted attacks. More than 9,000 people were arrested in the wake of the violence, including some politicians from Oromiya, Ethiopia's most populous province and the home of the deceased singer. "Some the suspects and some of the accused complained that they are being…
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