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Seychelles will allow South Africans to visit the archipelago of idyllic islands once again.
Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
South Africa has a range of boutique tented accommodation for you and your family to enjoy this upcoming holiday season.
There are now more than over 300,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.
According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the breakdown remains fluid as countries confirm cases as and when.
As of May 13, every African country had recorded an infection, the last being Lesotho.
We shall keep updating this list largely sourced from the John Hopkins University tallies, Africa CDC and from official government data.
SUGGESTED READING: Africa’s COVID-19 deaths pass 100,000 mark
Major African stats: June 22 at 7:30 GMT:
\t
\t\tConfirmed cases = 297,112
\t\tActive cases = 151,937
\t\tRecoveries = 146,337
\t\tNumber of deaths = 8,116
Countries in alphabetical order
\t\tAlgeria – 11,771
\t\tAngola – 183
\t\tBenin – 765
\t\tBotswana – 89
\t\tBurkina Faso – 903
\t\tBurundi – 144
\t\tCameroon – 11,892
\t\tCape Verde – 890
\t\tCentral African Republic – 2,808
\t\tChad – 858
\t\tComoros – 247
\t\tCongo-Brazzaville – 883
\t\tDR Congo – 5,826
\t\tDjibouti – 4,582
\t\tEgypt – 55,233
\t\tEquatorial Guinea – 1,664
\t\tEritrea – 143
\t\tEswatini – 635
\t\tEthiopia – 4,532
\t\tGabon – 4,428
\t\t(The) Gambia – 37
\t\tGhana – 14,154
\t\tGuinea – 4,988
\t\tGuinea-Bissau – 1,541
\t\tIvory Coast – 7,492
\t\tKenya – 4,738
\t\tLesotho – 4
\t\tLiberia – 626
\t\tLibya – 571
\t\tMadagascar – 1,596
\t\tMalawi – 730
\t\tMali – 1,933
\t\tMauritania – 2,984
\t\tMauritius – 337
\t\tMorocco – 9,977
\t\tMozambique – 733
\t\tNamibia – 55
\t\tNiger – 1,036
\t\tNigeria- 20,244
\t\tRwanda – 728
\t\tSao Tome and Principe – 698
\t\tSenegal – 5,888
\t\tSeychelles – 11
\t\tSierra Leone – 1,327
\t\tSomalia – 2,779
\t\tSouth Africa – 97,302
\t\tSouth Sudan – 1,892
\t\tSudan – 8,580
\t\tTanzania – 509
\t\tTogo – 569
\t\tTunisia – 1,157
\t\tUganda – 770
\t\tZambia – 1,430
\t\tZimbabwe – 489
SUGGESTED READING: rolling coverage of the coronavirus outbreak in Africa II
Burundi, Rwanda and Kenya are among 15 members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) ready to pilot the Comesa Electronic Certificate of Origin (eCO) system.
The eCO which is one of the latest tools developed under the Comesa Digital Free Trade Area (FTA) initiative is expected to facilitate intra-regional trade through reduction in the costs and time required in registration, application and submission of certificates and the post-verification of originating goods.
On June 10, the Comesa Secretariat undertook to collaborate with these countries to develop national piloting plans to ensure electronic certificates are implemented to boost the value of intra-Comesa trade, which has stagnated since FTA instruments were put in place in 2000.
Certificates of Origin are issued to exporters within the Comesa’s FTA to confer preferential treatment to goods originating from an FTA member.
In November last year, the 40th Meeting of the Council of Ministers adopted the draft regulations to implement the Comesa eCO system to facilitate trade for businesses and trade operators.
Ramkalawan, running for the presidency for the sixth time, won 54.9 percent of valid votes cast, poll body says.
A third-round donation of medical supplies from the Jack Ma Foundation will help the Seychelles' Health Care Agency in its response plan in case of a second wave of COVID-19, a top official said on Friday.
He added that \"Jack Ma has also given us PPEs like masks, gloves, gowns and all of these will boost up our stock as part of our preparedness in the event of a second wave.\"
Seychelles, a group of 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean, received a two-tonne consignment of donations from the China-based Jack Ma Foundation on March 25 as part of humanitarian aid to help fight against the spread of the COVID-19.
The relief initiative was launched by the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, the Jack Ma Foundation, and Alibaba Foundation as part of actions towards implementation of the Africa joint continental strategy for COVID-19.
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Seychelles has also received donations of medical supplies from different organisations and countries including the UAE, the United States, India and China among others.
There are now more than over 80,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.
SUGGESTED READING: Africa’s COVID-19 deaths pass 1,000 mark
Major African stats: May 18 at 6:00 GMT:
\t\tConfirmed cases = 84,521
\t\tNumber of deaths = 2,759
\t\tRecoveries = 32,515
\t\tActive cases = 49,322
\t\tAlgeria – 7,019
\t\tAngola – 48
\t\tBenin – 339
\t\tBotswana – 25
\t\tBurkina Faso – 796
\t\tBurundi – 23
\t\tCameroon – 3,105
\t\tCape Verde – 328
\t\tCentral African Republic – 327
\t\tChad – 503
\t\tComoros – 11
\t\tCongo-Brazzaville – 391
\t\tDR Congo – 1,455
\t\tDjibouti – 1,401
\t\tEgypt – 12,229
\t\tEquatorial Guinea – 594
\t\tEritrea – 39
\t\tEswatini – 203
\t\tEthiopia – 317
\t\tGabon – 1,320
\t\t(The) Gambia – 23
\t\tGhana – 5,735
\t\tGuinea – 2,658
\t\tGuinea-Bissau – 990
\t\tIvory Coast – 2,109
\t\tKenya – 887
\t\tLesotho – 1
\t\tLiberia – 226
\t\tLibya – 65
\t\tMadagascar – 304
\t\tMalawi – 70
\t\tMali – 860
\t\tMauritania – 62
\t\tMauritius – 332
\t\tMorocco – 6,870
\t\tMozambique – 137
\t\tNamibia – 16
\t\tNiger – 904
\t\tNigeria- 5,959
\t\tRwanda – 292
\t\tSao Tome and Principe – 235
\t\tSenegal – 2,480
\t\tSierra Leone – 505
\t\tSomalia – 1,421
\t\tSouth Africa – 15,515
\t\tSouth Sudan – 290
\t\tSudan – 2,289
\t\tTogo – 301
\t\tTunisia – 1,037
\t\tUganda – 227
\t\tZambia – 753
\t\tZimbabwe – 44
The Commonwealth of Nations, or more commonly just the Commonwealth, is an association of sovereign states consisting of the United Kingdom, some of its former colonies, and a few special cases. The Commonwealth nations maintain close economic ties, sporting associations and complementary institutions.
When was the Commonwealth of Nations Formed?
In the early twentieth century, the government of Britain was taking a hard look at its relationship with the rest of the British Empire, and particularly with those colonies populated by Europeans – the dominions.
The dominions had reached a high level of self-government, and the people there were calling for the creation of sovereign states. Even amongst the Crown Colonies, Protectorates, and Mandates, nationalism (and the call for independence) was on the rise.
The British Commonwealth of Nations was first noted in the Statute of Westminster on 3 December 1931, which recognized that several of the United Kingdoms self-governing dominions (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) were autonomous communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a common allegiance to the Crown, and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations. What was new under the 1931 Statute of Westminster was that these dominions would now be free to control their own foreign affairs – they were already in control of domestic affairs – and to have their own diplomatic identity.
There are 19 African states who are currently members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
See this Chronological List of African Members of the Commonwealth of Nations, or Alphabetical List of African Members of the Commonwealth of Nations for details.
No, Cameroon (which had only partially been in the British Empire following World War I) and Mozambique joined in 1995. Mozambique was admitted as a special case (ie could not set a precedent) following democratic elections in the
There are now more than over 270,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.
Major African stats: June 19 at 8:30 GMT:
\t\tConfirmed cases = 276,566
\t\tNumber of deaths = 7,426
\t\tRecoveries = 127,799
\t\tActive cases = 141,341
\t\tAlgeria – 11,385
\t\tAngola – 166
\t\tBenin – 597
\t\tBotswana – 79
\t\tBurkina Faso – 899
\t\tBurundi – 104
\t\tCameroon – 10,638
\t\tCape Verde – 823
\t\tCentral African Republic – 2,605
\t\tChad – 854
\t\tComoros – 210
\t\tDR Congo – 5,283
\t\tDjibouti – 4,557
\t\tEgypt – 50,437
\t\tEritrea – 142
\t\tEswatini – 586
\t\tEthiopia – 3,954
\t\tGabon – 4,340
\t\t(The) Gambia – 36
\t\tGhana – 12,929
\t\tGuinea – 4,841
\t\tGuinea-Bissau – 1,492
\t\tIvory Coast – 6,444
\t\tKenya – 4,257
\t\tLiberia – 542
\t\tLibya – 510
\t\tMadagascar – 1,403
\t\tMalawi – 592
\t\tMali – 1,906
\t\tMauritania – 2,424
\t\tMorocco – 9,074
\t\tMozambique – 662
\t\tNamibia – 39
\t\tNiger – 1,020
\t\tNigeria- 18,480
\t\tRwanda – 646
\t\tSao Tome and Principe – 688
\t\tSenegal – 5,475
\t\tSierra Leone – 1,272
\t\tSomalia – 2,719
\t\tSouth Africa – 83,890
\t\tSouth Sudan – 1,830
\t\tSudan – 8,020
\t\tTogo – 547
\t\tTunisia – 1,132
\t\tUganda – 741
\t\tZambia – 1,416
\t\tZimbabwe – 463
[Seychelles News Agency] A UNESCO World Heritage site in Seychelles -- the Vallee de Mai -- has reopened its doors to visitors with a new booking system.
Seychelles has a new president. Opposition candidate Wavel Ramkalawan was declared winner of Saturday's vote, upsetting incumbent Danny Faure.
Ramkalawan polled nearly 54.9% according to the country's electoral commission.
Faure, in power since 2016, was widely expected to win as the opposition fielded two candidates.
A priest, Ramkalawan had sought the presidency six times before emerging victorious. His win ends the dominance of the United Seychelles Party, which has governed since 1977.
Ramkalawan of the Linyon Demokratik Seselwa party campaigned on the pledge to raise the Indian Ocean country's minimum wage.
Virus and economy
The main concern of voters is the economic situation in the country, which has suffered the loss of vital tourism -- its main earner -- because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Seychelles has recorded only 149 mostly imported cases, but the virus has been a key campaign issue, with the health minister banning election rallies which would have been a barometer of support for various candidates in a country without a polling institute.
The campaign mainly happened over social media, where the opposition and its supporters are the most active, and on television where the country held its first ever debates between the candidates, which proved extremely popular.
Since the start of the pandemic, the economy has slowed significantly, with some 700 Seychellois losing their jobs, according to government figures.
And while average income is among the highest in Africa, the national statistics agency says that about 40 percent of Seychellois live in poverty because of the high cost of living.
Another key theme of the campaign was corruption, a largely taboo topic in the tiny country where business and politics are often intertwined.
Zimbabwe is preparing to welcome foreign visitors in time for the December holidays. There are some strict protocols in place, though.
Wellness travel, solo travel and girlfriend getaways are all rising in popularity - and one umbrella term, ‘graceful travel’, captures them all.
BY PATRICK CLARKE TRAVELPULSE/TNS The Bahamas began the long-awaited process of reopening to tourism again on Oct. 15, entering Phase 3 of the nation’s Tourism Readiness & Recovery Plan. As of Oct. 15, beaches and major hotels are permitted to open. However, all visitors are required to present proof of a negative COVID-19 (RT-PCR) test […]
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After an absence of more than six months, Virgin Atlantic will be heading to our shores once again, and travellers are ready for it.
The ravaging Covid-19 pandemic has severely affected the world and football was not spared as the sport has been disrupted with lockdown restrictions employed almost everywhere to tame the situation.
As a way to help national football associations - including Rwanda football association - cope with the effects of the pandemic, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has mobilised a $10.8 million relief fund that will be extended to its members.
The decision was communicated during a video conference CAF meeting on Thursday, May 28, when the Emergency Committee approved the immediate distribution of financial grants to 54 affiliated member associations.
\"A total of $10.8 million will be offered to the 54 member associations on the continent as part of a relief plan to ease the financial burden on the African football community during these unprecedented times,\" reads part of the statement.
Across the continent, many football leagues were suspended or cancelled for the 2019-20 season, while some were prematurely ended and titles awarded to the leaders, which was also applied with Rwanda Premier League where APR were crowned champions last week.
There are now more than over 380,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.
Major African stats: June 29 at 7:00 GMT:
\t\tConfirmed cases = 382,190
\t\tActive cases = 189,973
\t\tRecoveries = 182,553
\t\tNumber of deaths = 9,664
\t\tAlgeria – 13,273
\t\tAngola – 267
\t\tBenin – 1,149
\t\tBotswana – 92
\t\tBurkina Faso – 959
\t\tBurundi – 170
\t\tCameroon – 12,592
\t\tCape Verde – 1,155
\t\tCentral African Republic – 3,429
\t\tChad – 866
\t\tComoros – 272
\t\tCongo-Brazzaville – 1,087
\t\tDR Congo – 6,827
\t\tDjibouti – 4,643
\t\tEgypt – 65,188
\t\tEquatorial Guinea – 2,001
\t\tEritrea – 191
\t\tEswatini – 781
\t\tEthiopia – 5,689
\t\tGabon – 5,209
\t\t(The) Gambia – 45
\t\tGhana – 16,742
\t\tGuinea – 5,342
\t\tGuinea-Bissau – 1,614
\t\tIvory Coast – 9,101
\t\tKenya – 6,070
\t\tLesotho – 27
\t\tLiberia – 768
\t\tLibya – 762
\t\tMadagascar – 2,078
\t\tMalawi – 1,146
\t\tMali – 2,147
\t\tMauritania – 4,149
\t\tMauritius – 341
\t\tMorocco – 12,052
\t\tMozambique – 859
\t\tNamibia – 183
\t\tNiger – 1,074
\t\tNigeria- 24,567
\t\tRwanda – 900
\t\tSao Tome and Principe – 713
\t\tSenegal – 6,586
\t\tSeychelles – 70
\t\tSierra Leone – 1,427
\t\tSomalia – 2,894
\t\tSouth Africa – 138,134
\t\tSouth Sudan – 1,989
\t\tSudan – 9,257
\t\tTogo – 642
\t\tTunisia – 1,169
\t\tUganda – 859
\t\tZambia – 1,557
\t\tZimbabwe – 567
Worried about the economy amidst COVID-19, young people in Seychelles say they want to see the island nation diversify away from its reliance on tourism and grow the island nation's ICT sector and agriculture production to lower its reliance on imports.
SNA spoke to several young people to get their point of view on how COVID-19 has impacted Seychelles, what changes they would like to see as well as opportunities presented.
Echoing the need to diversify the economy, Jade Jules told SNA that though the country is small, Seychelles has a lot of potential.
Angelique Popounneau, another young Seychellois, told SNA that COVID-19 has provided the country with an opportunity to test the 'working from home' concept which most organisations or people were not employing before the pandemic.
Popounneau, who is chief executive of the Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT), added that whether people will see the working from home concept continue into the future, depends on the willingness of the organisations to create work environments that work for their workers.
Reminiscences of an ill-advised walk and the Mozambican way of life...
There are now more than over 590,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.
According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the breakdown remains fluid as countries confirm cases as and when. As of May 13, every African country had recorded an infection, the last being Lesotho.
Major African stats: July 17 at 9:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 663,953
Active cases = 306,176
Recoveries = 343,418
Number of deaths = 14,359
Algeria – 21,355
Angola – 607
Benin – 1,463
Botswana – 522
Burkina Faso – 1,038
Burundi – 303
Cameroon – 16,157
Cape Verde – 1,894
Central African Republic – 4,373
Chad – 886
Comoros – 328
Congo-Brazzaville – 2,358
DR Congo – 8,199
Djibouti – 4,993
Egypt – 85,771
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 251
Eswatini – 1,552
Ethiopia – 8,475
Gabon – 6,121
(The) Gambia – 78
Ghana – 26,125
Guinea – 6,359
Guinea-Bissau – 1,902
Ivory Coast – 13,554
Kenya – 11,673
Lesotho – 256
Liberia – 1,070
Libya – 1,652
Madagascar – 6,089
Malawi – 2,712
Mali – 2,440
Mauritania – 5,659
Mauritius – 343
Morocco – 16,545
Mozambique – 1,383
Namibia – 1,032
Niger – 1,102
Nigeria- 34,854
Rwanda – 1,473
Sao Tome and Principe – 740
Senegal – 8,481
Seychelles – 108
Sierra Leone – 1,678
Somalia – 3,106
South Africa – 324,221
South Sudan – 2,171
Sudan – 10,527
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 749
Tunisia – 1,327
Uganda – 1,051
Zambia – 1,895
Zimbabwe – 1,362
Despite dozens of countries being removed from the high-risk travel list on Monday, some new additions were made to the 'banned' category.
Major African stats: June 23 at 7:30 GMT:
\t\tConfirmed cases = 315,380
\t\tActive cases = 156,447
\t\tRecoveries = 150,594
\t\tNumber of deaths = 8,339
\t\tAlgeria – 11,920
\t\tAngola – 186
\t\tBenin – 807
\t\tCameroon – 12,041
\t\tCape Verde – 944
\t\tCentral African Republic – 2,963
\t\tDR Congo – 5,924
\t\tDjibouti – 4,599
\t\tEgypt – 56,809
\t\tEswatini – 643
\t\tEthiopia – 4,663
\t\tGabon – 4,739
\t\t(The) Gambia – 41
\t\tGuinea-Bissau – 1,556
\t\tIvory Coast – 7,677
\t\tKenya – 4,797
\t\tLesotho – 12
\t\tLiberia – 650
\t\tLibya – 595
\t\tMadagascar – 1,640
\t\tMalawi – 749
\t\tMali – 1,960
\t\tMauritania – 3,121
\t\tMauritius – 340
\t\tMorocco – 10,172
\t\tMozambique – 737
\t\tNamibia – 63
\t\tNigeria- 20,919
\t\tRwanda – 787
\t\tSao Tome and Principe – 702
\t\tSenegal – 5,970
\t\tSierra Leone – 1,340
\t\tSomalia – 2,812
\t\tSouth Africa – 101,590
\t\tSouth Sudan – 1,916
\t\tSudan – 8,698
\t\tTunisia – 1,159
\t\tUganda – 774
\t\tZimbabwe – 512
There are now more than over 220,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.
Major African stats: June 16 at 07:30 GMT:
\t\tConfirmed cases = 259,111
\t\tNumber of deaths = 7,016
\t\tRecoveries = 118,748
\t\tActive cases = 133,347
\t\tAlgeria – 11,147
\t\tAngola – 148
\t\tBenin – 532
\t\tBotswana – 60
\t\tBurkina Faso – 895
\t\tCameroon – 9,864
\t\tCape Verde – 781
\t\tCentral African Republic – 2,410
\t\tChad – 853
\t\tComoros – 197
\t\tDR Congo – 4,974
\t\tDjibouti – 4,539
\t\tEgypt – 47,856
\t\tEritrea – 121
\t\tEswatini – 520
\t\tEthiopia – 3,630
\t\tGabon – 4,114
\t\t(The) Gambia – 34
\t\tGhana – 12,193
\t\tGuinea – 4,639
\t\tIvory Coast – 5,679
\t\tKenya – 3,860
\t\tLiberia – 509
\t\tLibya – 484
\t\tMadagascar – 1,317
\t\tMalawi – 564
\t\tMali – 1,885
\t\tMauritania – 2,057
\t\tMorocco – 8,931
\t\tMozambique – 638
\t\tNamibia – 34
\t\tNiger – 1,016
\t\tNigeria – 17,148
\t\tRwanda – 636
\t\tSao Tome and Principe – 671
\t\tSenegal – 5,247
\t\tSierra Leone – 1,225
\t\tSomalia – 2,658
\t\tSouth Africa – 76,334
\t\tSouth Sudan – 1,776
\t\tSudan – 7,740
\t\tTogo – 537
\t\tTunisia – 1,125
\t\tUganda – 724
\t\tZambia – 1,405
\t\tZimbabwe – 391
There are now more than over 100,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.
Major African stats: May 29 at 7:00 GMT:
\t\tConfirmed cases = 129.452
\t\tNumber of deaths = 3,792
\t\tRecoveries = 53,400
\t\tActive cases = 72,260
\t\tAlgeria – 8,997
\t\tAngola – 74
\t\tBenin – 210
\t\tBotswana – 35
\t\tBurkina Faso – 847
\t\tBurundi – 42
\t\tCameroon – 5,436
\t\tCape Verde – 390
\t\tCentral African Republic – 755
\t\tChad – 726
\t\tComoros – 87
\t\tCongo-Brazzaville – 571
\t\tDR Congo – 2,660
\t\tDjibouti – 2,914
\t\tEgypt – 20,793
\t\tEquatorial Guinea – 1,043
\t\tEswatini – 279
\t\tEthiopia – 831
\t\tGabon – 2,431
\t\t(The) Gambia – 25
\t\tGhana – 7,303
\t\tGuinea – 3,553
\t\tGuinea-Bissau – 1,195
\t\tIvory Coast – 2,641
\t\tKenya – 1,618
\t\tLesotho – 2
\t\tLiberia – 269
\t\tLibya – 105
\t\tMadagascar – 656
\t\tMalawi – 203
\t\tMali – 1,194
\t\tMauritania – 346
\t\tMauritius – 334
\t\tMorocco – 7,643
\t\tMozambique – 233
\t\tNamibia – 22
\t\tNiger – 955
\t\tNigeria – 8,915
\t\tRwanda – 349
\t\tSao Tome and Principe – 458
\t\tSenegal – 3,348
\t\tSierra Leone – 812
\t\tSomalia – 1,828
\t\tSouth Africa – 27,403
\t\tSouth Sudan – 994
\t\tSudan – 4,346
\t\tTogo – 422
\t\tTunisia – 1,068
\t\tUganda – 317
\t\tZambia – 1,057
\t\tZimbabwe – 149
Nigeria's top police official on Saturday ordered the immediate mobilization of all officers to ``reclaim the public space from criminal elements masquerading as protesters'' after days of peaceful demonstrations over police abuses and then violent unrest that left at least 69 people dead.
\t The police order could further heighten tensions in Africa's most populous country after its worst turmoil in years. Nigeria's inspector general of police, M.A. Adamu, ordered colleagues to ``dominate the public space'' while announcing that enough is enough, a statement said.
\t Nigerians on Tuesday evening watched in horror as soldiers fired on a peaceful crowd of mostly youthful demonstrators singing the national anthem in the country's largest city, Lagos, with Amnesty International reporting at least 12 killed.
\t Some dismayed Nigerians then criticized President Muhammadu Buhari for not mentioning the killings and instead warning citizens against ``undermining national security.''
On Saturday, Nigerians living in the United Kingdom marched through London to condemn the shooting of people protesting police brutality. Demonstrations have also been in the US and South Africa.
The government has insisted that the protests, while well-intentioned, were hijacked by thugs who looted and burned vehicles and businesses in the two days after the soldiers opened fire.
\t Buhari has said 51 civilians were killed, along with 11 police officers and seven soldiers.
\t The scenes in Nigeria have struck a chord with the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States, and the shootings by soldiers sparked immediate international condemnation.
\t By not taking action against security forces, some Nigerians have warned, the president could inspire further abuses.
Some business owners took advantage of the relative calm to open. Others were out to inspect the damage to their premises.
\t The new police order came even as a 24-hour curfew loosened for the first time Saturday in Lagos, a city of some 20 million where glittering wealth and grinding poverty are in sharp contrast, inflaming grievances over inequality and corruption.
\t The police inspector general ``enjoins law-abiding citizens not to panic but rather join forces with police ... to protect their communities from the criminal elements,'' the statement said.
\t Elsewhere in Lagos, some youth took to the streets again Saturday, but this time to clean up some of the debris after the turmoil. Charred vehicles remained in some parts of the city.
\t ``Alot of harm has happened to people's business and our heart goes out to them,'' said one volunteer, Monica Dede.
\t As for the way forward in Nigeria, she said, ``we will still be heard, we will not be shut up, we will definitely push for what we believe in as the youths of Nigeria. We are part of the system, we are part of this governance.''
