Serious allegations of sexual violence are being reported in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, including a high number of alleged rapes in the city of Mekelle, Pramila Patten, the UN envoy on sexual violence in conflict, says. Government forces seized control of Mekelle, the regional capital, on 28 November after several …
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According to the UN refugee agency, more than two million people have been displaced within their own countries by what it called the unrelenting violence in the Sahel region in Africa. The UNHCR said this was the highest number ever seen, and warned that the communities hosting the refugees in …
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A 45-year-old Nigerian man has been sentenced to two years in prison for spending 2million Naira that had been erroneously transferred into his account, the country’s anti-corruption agency says. The judge in the south-western city of Ilorin also ordered Adetunji Tunde Oluwasegun, who had pleaded guilty, to repay the sum …
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The information is reported by our colleagues of Beninwebtv. According to the online media, health workers and nurses were arrested by the police for not wearing a mask in the Departmental University Hospital Center of Borgou on Monday, January 18. According to the departmental director of health , Ibrahim Mama …
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The confiscation of alcohol during raids conducted by Mozambique’s police to enforce Covid-19 restriction measures has been condemned by the main opposition party Renamo. Last weekend, police raided bars and restaurants and confiscated alcoholic drinks. Bars had been ordered to close under new measures and restaurants had their opening hours …
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The authorities in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, have started distributing food rations to vulnerable families affected by a 15-day coronavirus lockdown that started on Tuesday. All movements outside homes require an approved permit from the police, except for essential service providers. Households started receiving sacks of rice, maize flour and beans …
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Climate activists in South Africa have welcomed the U.S President Joe Biden’s move to rejoin the Paris climate accord. This comes more than three years after former President Donald Trump pulled the U.S out of the agreement. Hours after his inauguration on Wednesday, Joe Biden signed an executive order to …
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the equivalent of $17m for the construction of 38 oxygen plants across the country. The West African country is grappling with a shortage of oxygen for Covid-19 patients amidst a second wave of the pandemic. The number of Covid-19 patients in need of oxygen …
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The Central African Republic has declared a state of emergency as armed groups try to lay siege to the capital, Bangui. It will last for 15 days and allow the authorities to detain suspects without the authorisation of prosecutors. Rebel factions now control most of the country and are calling …
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Residents in Lubumbashi, the economic capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo are denouncing an increase in chronic insecurity supposedly brought on by the curfew decreed on December 18 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic Several women allege they have been sexually assaulted in their homes during robberies between 9p.m …
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