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ANC and allies to take a stand against racism and police brutality on Black Friday
This will also be used to take a stand against the country's own security forces which have allegedly been responsible for the deaths of citizens during the national
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Are the police special? - JFJ puts pressure on Gov’t to give INDECOM prosecutorial powers
THERE IS growing pressure on the Government to give the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) prosecutorial powers as the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has been blamed for being too slow or ineffective in securing convictions involving the security
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At least 580 civilians killed this year in central Mali - UN
Unrest in central Mali, plagued by jihadist attacks and inter-community violence, has killed 580 civilians so far this year, the United Nations said on
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Human Rights Watch Calls For Tulsa Race Massacre Reparations A Century After Violence | The Oklahoma Eagle
Human Rights Watch argued that beyond the physical destruction, the state and city government created polices of structural racism that kept black people in Tulsa from
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South Sudan: Dozens Killed and Injured in Clashes
Talodi / Kadugli / Abu Jubeiha — Dozens of people were killed and injured in clashes that erupted in Talodi locality in South Kordofan on
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Somalia: U.S. Not 'Adequately' Investigating Airstrikes That Killed Civilians - Rights Group Says
Human Rights Watch said Tuesday the U.S. has "not adequately investigated" two U.S. airstrikes in Somalia this year that killed seven
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Burundi: I Cry, Not for Nkurunziza, but for the Lives He Broke
On 25 April 2020, exactly five years after Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would run for a third term, I attended the virtual screening of a new
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Zimbabwe: Army Takeover of MDC HQ in New Twist
The army's involvement in the takeover of the MDC Alliance headquarters by a rival faction has been described by lawyers as unconstitutional and a dangerous
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Uganda: Vote Count Underway in Contested Presidential Election
[DW] Bobi Wine, a 38-year-old musician, is the frontrunner seeking to replace long-time leader Yoweri Museveni, who eyes a sixth term. Voters headed to the polls amid an internet blackout.
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Ethiopia probing critical human rights report - after rejection
May 29: Amnesty accuses Ethiopia of extrajudicial killings
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Egypt says 19 suspected militants killed in restive Sinai
Egypt's military said on Saturday it killed 19 suspected militants in targeted ground and air operations as part of its battle to quell a long-running insurgency in north
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Nigeria - Dozens Killed in Terrorist Attack
The death toll stands at 81 after suspected members of the extremist group Boko Haram carried out an attack in Borno
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COVID-19 delays Hopewell Market renovation
The refurbishing work on the Hopewell Market in Hanover, which should have started in April but was delayed because of the onset of COVID-19, is now likely to be completed on August
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Unfair to label all police/military killings extrajudicial, says Chang
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Underscoring that not all fatal shootings by the security forces are of questionable nature, Security Minister Dr Horace Chang says it is unfair to classify fatal shootings collectively.
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Nearly 200 killed and injured in Afghanistan’s deadliest day of 2020
Mourners at a funeral and babies at a maternity ward were among the nearly 200 killed and injured Tuesday in militant attacks in
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Kampala residents fear violence will mar elections | Africanews
The atmosphere in Uganda's capital Kampala has been increasingly charged ahead of Thursday's presidential election, with military personnel patrolling the streets and residents fearing social unrest.
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Mozambique: Police Claim to Have Cut Terrorists' Supply Chain
Maputo — The Mozambican police claim to have dismantled a base of the terrorists operating in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, and to have cut their chain of
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Angola: Covid-19 - Over 3,000 People Vaccinated in Cuanza Norte
[ANGOP] Ndalatando -- At least 3,276 citizens of the priority group have already been vaccinated against Covid-19, a campaign that started Saturday in Cazengo municipality, the provincial capital.
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Latest UK sanctions a call to reform
THE latest round of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe’s ruling elite by the British government over unresolved 2018 and 2019 extra-judicial killing of civilians by security forces ought to be viewed as a reminder to the regime to implement overdue reforms and respect human rights. The innocent
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Dozens killed in fresh northwest Nigeria attacks
Armed gangs killed 57 people in a string of attacks on villages in northwest Nigeria, residents said on Wednesday, as security forces struggle to curb violence in the
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West Africa: Amnesty Accuses West African Forces of Human Rights Abuses in Sahel Region
Security forces in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have been accused of unlawfully killing or causing the disappearance of around 200
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Somalia: Security Officers Shoot Two Police Imposters in Mogadishu
Security forces have shot two police imposters disguised in Howlwadaag
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Congo-Kinshasa: 1,300 Civilians Killed in the DRC in Past Eight Months - Bachelet
Armed groups have committed massacres and other atrocities, and defence and security forces have also been responsible for grave human rights violations in these provinces as well as in other parts of the
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Three Cameroon soldiers charged with murder over February massacre
Three soldiers have been charged with murder over a massacre in western Cameroon, where security forces are fighting anglophone separatists, the army said
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Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Backtracks On Fight Against Graft in Congo
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Rwanda: Illicit Products Worth Millions Seized in Regional Crackdown
Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) last week seized substandard and unlawful products valued above Rwf 17 million in a nationwide operation, the agency has
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Mali - Killings, 'Disappearances' in Military Operations
[HRW] Bamako -- Investigate Alleged Security Force Abuses in Mopti Region
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Egypt: No Pretense of Judicial Review for Hundreds
They said that Supreme State Security prosecutors and criminal court judges have renewed detentions, including for scores of their clients, without transporting detainees to hearings or giving lawyers the opportunity to enter
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'We won't forget and we won't forgive' - Sudan protesters rally one year after bloody crackdown
Khartoum – Sudanese protesters took to the streets of Khartoum on Wednesday, angrily demanding justice for scores of pro-democracy demonstrators killed a year ago in a bloody
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