Nigeria on Sunday dissolved a special police unit set up to fight violent crimes after deadly protests and a social media campaign backed by music and cinema celebrities rose up against years of alleged abuses. The president’s office and the Nigeria Police Force announced the dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) with immediate effect.…
The United Nations (UN) has revealed that some of the 15 oppositionists executed by the Egyptian authorities on charges of terrorism, violence and incitement to murder were tortured and did not receive fair trials. This came in a statement on Wednesday by Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Liz Throssell to Anadolu Agency. Two days ago, the…
The Sudanese government on Tuesday said the crisis in the east of the country “is complicated due to intelligence and international dimensions,” Al-Watan Voice reported. The Sudanese Security and Defence Council said in an emergency meeting that the East suffers from “deeply rooted” crises. This comes as tensions continue in the Red Sea state where the container…
Libya yesterday said it would not take over the presidency of the Arab League’s current session. In an official statement by Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Mohammed Al-Qiblawi, the Libyan representative to the AL, Saleh Al-Shammakhi, apologised on behalf of his government to the league’s general secretariat. “Libya is looking forward to presiding over the league in…
Mr Buhari is also expected to address, in his speech, the 2020 budget performance. All is set for President Muhammadu Buhari to present the 2021 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly. In a letter to both chambers on Tuesday, the president said he will lay the budget before the lawmakers at 11:00 a.m. The…
The International Monetary Fund approved new emergency aid for 28 countries on Monday — 22 of which are African. Funds received will enable these nations to either pay back their debts or mitigate the debilitating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their soil. In April, the IMF cancelled the debts of 25 of the economically-challenged…
The government is unlikely to force retirement funds to plough money into specific companies or projects, an industry body of fund managers and insurers says. Of the economic plans under discussion to revive SA’s economy, none are calling for prescribed assets to be used as a solution, the Association for Savings and Investments SA (Asisa)…
An Annual Religious Celebration Tens of thousands of Muslims gathered at Senegal’s holy city of Touba on Monday, for the annual Grand Magal- a pilgrimage which honours the founder of the Mouride Brotherhood, Senegal’s most influential religious order, and that attracts worshippers both from around the country and abroad. The event raises concerns in light…
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Terror On Monday, a judge in Kenya is expected to announce the sentence of 3 suspects accused – among other charges, of conspiring to commit terrorism as per a violent attack on Westgate Mall in Nairobi 7 years ago on September 21, 2013, by four Islamist extremists hailing from al-Shabab. Shiksha Arora, a survivor from…