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Fans of Megan Thee Stallion are trying to shift the public’s attention away from what they believe to be a misogynistic narrative around the current trial against Tory Lanez, who is accused of shooting the rapper in the foot. Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was charged in 2020 with assault with a semi-automatic […]
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The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
AFP
In light of his recently released album, Megan Thee Stallion has hired lawyers accusing Tory Lanez of launching a smear campaign to discredit her in naming him the shooter on July 12.
The case on the Assasination of Thomas Sakara, the father of the burkinabe revolution has been sent before the military Tribunal of Burkina Faso's Ouagadougou.
Sankara was killed in 1987, in a coup that saw his brother in arms Blaise Compaore come to power.
During the 27 years of Blaise Compaore at the head of state, the death of Sankara, nicknamed the \"African Che\" in reference to his revolutionary role, was a taboo subject. But since he was overthrown in 2014, the case has benefited from the transitional democracy
Compaore is since 2016 wanted by authorities, alongside his former general Diendéré who is accused of murder and breaching national security in relation to Sankara's death.
Lawyers of the family claim the Burkinabe courts have received an important amount of documents related to the case from France, and demand these be made public.
33 years after his assasination, supporters of panafrican figure Sankara still demand that Burkina sheds light on the death of one of the most famous heads of state of the continent.
Last night, Megan Thee Stallion finally revealed that Tory Lanez shot her in an attempt to quell the rumors that she was lying about being shot at close range. She shared that she attempted to protect him from the police but it only resulted in her being painted as the villain when she is the victim.
… groups with Hispanics, whites, and African Americans from across America. You can …
The following is a speech given by Frederick Douglass on July 5th, 1852. He was initially asked to give the speech when the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Association invited him to speak at their July Fourth Independence Day Celebration in Rochester, N.Y. He refused to speak on that day and instead gave his speech on the []
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Draya Michele is reportedly losing endorsement deals for comments she made over Megan Thee Stallion's involvement in a shooting. Last week, the former 'Basketball Wives' […]
An old statue of Abraham Lincoln standing in front of a kneeling slave was removed from its perch in Downtown Boston Tuesday.
… the emancipation of enslaved African Americans."It's … by Tory Bullock, an African American man who says he… commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.
"It's … by Tory Bullock, an African American man who says he…
In a series of tweets Thursday, Hot 97 personality Ebro Darden defended the Houston rapper while distancing himself from Tory.
Rapper Megan Thee Stallion is sick of the internet making up rumors about being shot while out with Canadian rapper Tory Lanez. In a now-deleted post on Instagram, the Houston […]
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An Appeal on Denied Bail
The polarising hero of the oscar-nominated hit movie 'Hotel Rwanda,' Paul Rusesabagina — who is currently on trial on 13 charges including terrorism, financing and founding militant groups, murder, arson and conspiracy to involve children in armed groups, appeared in court in Kigali on Friday.
He appealed the denial of his request to post bail last week and also admitted to helping form the armed wing, the National Liberation Front (FLN) — which has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks in Nyungwe, near the border with Burundi, of the Rwandan Movement for Democratic Change (MRCD), an opposition party based abroad which he co-founded.
The accused told the court on Friday that he had helped form an armed group but denied any role in its crimes, \"We formed the FLN as an armed wing, not as a terrorist group as the prosecution keeps saying. I do not deny that the FLN committed crimes but my role was diplomacy. The agreement we signed to form MRCD as a political platform included the formation of an armed wing called FLN. But my work was under the political platform and I was in charge of diplomacy.\"
Hotel Rwanda Hero On Trial for Terrorism
Rusesabagina is famed for his depiction by Don Cheadle in the 2004 film in which a moderate Hutu is shown as saving hundreds of lives at a luxury hotel during the 1994 genocide that saw around 800,000, mostly Tutsi, lose their lives. The release of the film thrust him into the global spotlight, giving him a greater platform for his criticism of Kagame's government. However, Rusesabagina left Rwanda in 1996 along with other moderates who believed the space for political opposition was fast shrinking and as he grew more critical, railing against his perceived Kagame's anti-Hutu sentiment — a delicate subject matter in the country, his local image worsened as the regime attacked his character in turn.
Detractors claimed he embellished his heroics, while some survivors groups accused him of profiting from their misery.
Kagame, who has been in power since his troops flushed out the genocidal regime in 1994, is championed abroad for turning the country around. However, critics such as Rusesabagina accuse his government of authoritarianism, ruling with fear and oppressing the opposition. Several critics of his regime have even been assassinated abroad.
Questionable Arrest
An even more complex image of Rusesabagina has emerged since he appeared in police custody in Kigali under mysterious circumstances last month. This came after years spent in exile in Belgium and the United States. Rusesabagina's family have said that he would never have willingly returned to Rwanda, and the details of his arrest are still murky. They also say that he has been permitted to choose his own lawyers for the trial.
A ruling on his bail appeal will be made on October 2.
A top French appeals court is to rule today on whether alleged Rwandan genocide financier Felicien Kabuga will stand trial in France or face a UN tribunal in Tanzania.
Kabuga, who is 84 but claims to be 87, was arrested in May at his home outside Paris after 25 years on the run.
In 1994, the Rwandan genocide of some 800,000 (eight hundred thousand) people by Hutu extremists targeted rival Tutsis as well as moderate Hutus.
Kabuga, who was once one of Rwanda's richest men, is alleged to have funnelled money to militia groups.
He is also accused of setting up a militia that carried out massacres as well as radio broadcasts inciting people to murder.
A French court ruled in June that he should stand trial in Tanzania but his lawyers appealed, citing fears that an African UN tribunal would be biased.
Kabuga has diabetes, high blood pressure and leukoaraiosis, an incurable illness that erodes physical and cognitive abilities, his lawyer said.
Claims of Bias
The defence lawyers of Omar al-Bashir doubled down on their allegation of bias and ineligibility against the prosecutor general Tagelsir al-Hebr of the ousted Sudanese president’s case. Bashir found guilty last December of corruption and currently on trial since July 21st for undermining constitutional order and the use of military force to commit a crime could face the death penalty if convicted. After a gruelling almost two-hour session, the judge decided to adjourn the media covered trial - which is broadcast on Sudanese television, for a week to November 10.
Background
Bashir was in power for 30 years until the military overthrew him on April 11, 2019, following unprecedented mass youth-led street demonstrations. Since his fall from position, Bashir has been jailed in Khartoum's high-security Kober prison and has also been indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the deadly conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan that broke out in 2003.
The United Nations estimates 300,000 people were killed and 2.5 million displaced in the conflict.
Last month, Sudanese officials met with ICC top prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to explore options of trying Bashir over genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
Fourteen people have gone to trial in Paris for their alleged involvement in the 2015 attacks on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket.
The suspects, going to the docks on Wednesday, are accused of providing logistical support to the gunmen and could face 20-year sentences.
Three are being tried in absentia as they are believed to have fled to Iraq and Syria, where the Islamic State group at the time declared their \"caliphate\".
The attacks spanning three days in January 2015 started at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which regularly depicts the Prophet Muhammed, which some Muslims find blasphemous.
The brothers Said and Chérif Kouachi opened fire on their editorial meeting on January 7.
They killed 12 people, including France's most famed cartoonists and police officers.
A day later Amedy Coulibaly shot and killed a police officer and killed four Jewish men at a kosher supermarket.
The three gunmen were killed in separate police standoffs.
The slogan, Je suis Charlie, (I am Charlie) went viral and a wave of anti-terror marches took place.
The biggest rally was in Paris, with global leaders showing their support.
Six African heads of state were at the march.
But with Boko Haram and more frequent jihadist attacks in Africa, some questioned why their leaders did not show the same support back home.
