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Mar
29
2023
By The African Mirror
Religious, rights groups call for calm in Kenya’s second week of protests

Religious, rights groups call for calm in Kenya’s second week of protests

NEWS
AYENAT MERSIE RELIGIOUS leaders and human rights groups in Kenya called for calm as a second week of protests against the cost of living increases raised fears of further violence, while President William Ruto said criminals would be held to account. Opposition leader Raila Odinga, who lost to Ruto in last August's election, is leading the protests against the high cost of basic staples and has called for rallies every Monday and Thursday to pressure Ruto's government to take action. Late on Monday night, unknown perpetrators set fire to a church and several businesses in Nairobi's low-income Kibera district, and…
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Jan
25
2023
By The African Mirror
Meta urged to boost Africa content moderation as contractor quits

Meta urged to boost Africa content moderation as contractor quits

NEWS
NITA BHALLA RIGHTS groups are calling on Meta Platforms to seize the opportunity to improve its content moderation in Africa after its main third-party contractor in the region said it would no longer screen harmful posts for the social media giant. Kenya-based outsourcing firm Sama said on January 10 it would no longer provide content moderation services for the owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram in March as it moves to concentrate on data labelling work. Sama said it would be laying off 3% of its staff - about 200 employees - to streamline its operations and boost efficiency. It…
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Sep
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Rights groups demand release of Congo journalist over terrorism charges

Rights groups demand release of Congo journalist over terrorism charges

NEWS
HEREWARD HOLLAND RIGHT groups called on military authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday to release a journalist arrested on terrorism charges for the possession of a video showing the assassination of two U.N. sanctions monitors in 2017. Sosthene Kambidi, who works for Congolese news site Actualite.cd and sometimes with international news agencies, was arrested by the army prosecutor at a hotel in Kinshasa on Monday night, he said in a WhatsApp message to a Radio France International (RFI) journalist, which was shared with Reuters. Kambidi contributed to an investigation by RFI and Reuters in December 2017 which revealed…
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Jul
31
2021
By The African Mirror
Rights groups, family sound alarm over prominent Bahraini hunger striker

Rights groups, family sound alarm over prominent Bahraini hunger striker

WORLD
LISA BARRINGTON A prominent imprisoned Bahraini opposition figure has lost 10 kg during the first three weeks of a hunger strike, a family member has said, as rights groups called for his release and the return of a confiscated manuscript he had written. Abduljalil al-Singace was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2011 alongside a number of other Shi'ite Muslim activists and opposition leaders for their roles in an uprising in the Gulf island state ruled by a U.S.-backed, Sunni Muslim monarchy. Singace, who also staged a 10-month hunger strike in 2015-2016, has refused food since July 8, demanding better treatment…
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