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Australia's PM fended off accusations of having blood on his hands as he retreated from a threat to jail Australians trying to escape Covid-wracked India.
Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
Bank of Kigali (BK) Group has approved shareholders' dividends to the tune of Rwf14.4 per share in dividend payout for the year 2019.
Financial institutions globally are undergoing economic stress due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, making it hard for some banks to return capital to their shareholders.
BK Group's chief executive, Diane Karusisi touted the BK's capital position, saying it's strong and that shareholders will be able to receive payouts once BNR approves.
We believe we shall be in position to distribute dividends,\" she told shareholders at the bank's annual general meeting.
BK says its clients have been affected, forcing some to close operations, and Karusisi indicated that the bank was ready to avail more capital to facilitate struggling businesses.
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo has imposed an indefinite ban on patients’ visits after recording four COVID-19 cases in a single day early this week.
Authorities at the hospital had all along imposed restrictions on the number of people visiting patients, but after four COVID-19 cases were recorded on Wednesday, a total ban has now been put in place.
Hospital authorities said the indefinite ban was necessary in stemming the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Four people, including a nurse at the hospital and a patient who went to the health institution for treatment on Wednesday, tested positive for COVID-19.
The country has, in recent days, recorded a jump in COVID-19 cases, mainly from returning Zimbabweans at quarantine centres.
Businesses in Mombasa, including at Mackinon market, the city centre and Kibokoni in Old Town, would be booming at this time.
Shops in Nairobi's Eastleigh, Marikiti in Mombasa and the livestock market in Garissa have been shut.
Ms Hamisa Zaja, a local, said most of these items are ordinarily found at Mackinon market and in Old Town.
Some traders have moved their businesses to Bondeni, just opposite Mackinon market.
MARKET CLOSED
Mr Salim Bajber, a kanzu trader, transferred his business to Kizingo.
NATIONAL tree ambassador Never Bonde has petitioned various government departments over rampant deforestation and illegal firewood trading occurring in Bulawayo’s residential areas.
“Poaching of firewood, the illegal business of charcoal transportation and selling has been rampant of late, meaning that deforestation is rampant where these people are chopping trees,” he said.
“We have written a letter engaging the Forestry Commission, EMA through the police’s assistance to launch an operation aimed at curbing this wood poaching and illegal charcoal trading.”
In a letter dated May 26 addressed to the government institutions, Bonde said: “According to the research we have done before and during this lockdown around Bulawayo, we have noticed with great concern the rise in the illegal sale of charcoal and firewood at different shopping centres, bus termini and households.
Bulawayo and Umguza Forestry Commission conservationist Bekithemba Ngwenya confirmed receiving the letter from Bonde, but said he was yet to consult his bosses on the way forward.
Fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) group, which was driven out of Uganda in the late 1990s, attacked Samboko village, about 100km (60 miles) southwest of the city of Bunia, Omar Kavota from rights group CEPADHO said on Wednesday.
A day after killing at least 17 in the nearby village of Makutano, ADF members killed at least 40 people with machetes and looted food and valuables early on Tuesday, Kavota added
On the ground, some people have fled and others have given themselves the courage to stay for the moment.
More than 400 people have been killed in attacks attributed to the ADF since the army began an offensive to oust the group from its bases last year, according to the Kivu Security Tracker (KST), a research initiative that maps unrest in the region.
About 200,000 people have fled their homes in Ituri province, where the two villages are located, in the past two months because of the widespread violence by a variety of armed groups.
Last month, 22 people from the Hema community were killed in attacks in the village of Koli in Ituri province, which were blamed on the Cooperative for the Development of Congo – an armed political-religious sect drawn from the Lendu ethnic group.
Luanda — Angola has recorded six new positive cases of local transmission of covid-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 58.
Speaking at the daily covid-19 update briefing, the minister said the new cases are Angolan nationals linked to the so-called case 26, resident of Futungo de Belas neighbourhood, in Luanda.
The case 26 is about an Angolan national who arrived in the country on March 18 from Portugal, having skipped home quarantine.
Due to the case 26, the health authorities have placed Futungo de Belas under a sanitary lockdown, pending the results of more than 300 specimens collected there.
Angola has 58 positive cases, three deaths, 17 recoveries and 38 active patients in stable condition, 31 of local transmission.
South Africa has the most reported cases – 18,003, with deaths numbering 339.
Other most-affected countries include Egypt (14,229 cases), Morocco (6,652), Algeria (7,133), Ghana (6,269) and Nigeria (6,677).
The numbers are compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (world map) using statistics from the World Health Organization and other international institutions as well national and regional public health departments.
For the latest totals, see the AllAfrica clickable map with per-country numbers.
Also see: Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization Africa and African Arguments.
Second Lt. Irma “Pete” Cameron Dryden—the only living nurse who provided care for the military unit—recently celebrated her 100th birthday, 11 Alive reported.
In 1943 she relocated to Alabama and enlisted in the military where she worked as a nurse and ended up marrying Charles Dryden who served as one of the airmen.
The Tuskegee Army Nurses Project—a platform designed to keep the legacies of former nurses who worked at the Tuskegee Army Air Field alive—detailed the obstacles the group of women faced.
The Department of the Army was dragging its feet on allowing women of any race into the Army Nurse Corps (ANC)–that is until the United States entered World War II and there was a shortage of nurses.
The segregated Army had limited black ANC nurses to around 500 more or less during World War II.
Social media restricted
Authorities in Burundi cut access to social media networks early on Wednesday morning.
NetBlocks.org, an organisation monitoring internet shutdowns, analysed traffic from Burundi's three major internet providers and determined that access to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp had been restricted.
⚠️ Alert: Social media and messaging apps disrupted in #Burundi on election day; real-time network data show Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram and WhatsApp unavailable via leading network operators; incident ongoing 📉 📰 https://t.co/lPlbogsFLZ pic.twitter.com/T9CGP2wPB8 - NetBlocks.org (@netblocks) May 20, 2020
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Willy Nyamitwe, a advisor to Nkurunziza and former government spokesperson, denied that the internet in Burundi had been severed, but did not address the cut to social networks.
Social media users in Burundi reported having to use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to bypass the government's restrictions.
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — A coalition of 180 rights group on Wednesday called for a boycott of next year's Beijing Winter Olympics tied to reported human rights abuses against ethnic minorities in China. The games are to open in one year, on Feb. 4, 2022, and are set to go forward despite the pandemic. The coalition is composed of groups representing Tibetans, Uighurs, Inner Mongolians, residents of Hong Kong and others. The group has issued an open letter to governments calling for a boycott of the Olympics 'to ensure they are not used to embolden […]
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Collectively, we need to provide extra support to protect those experiencing domestic violence through specializing training of first responders, additional emergency shelters for survivors, immediate removal of abusers, and increased support for helplines.
While the current economic downturn is affecting both men and women, past evidence shows that domestic violence against women increases during periods of high unemployment.
According to the Iraq Family Health survey, 1 in 5 Iraqi women are subjected to domestic violence.
As in many other countries, COVID-19 has exacerbated instances of domestic violence in Iraq, with an average increase of 30% since the country-wide curfew began, and some regions seeing an increase as high as 50%.
For survivors of violence and women displaced in Iraq and globally, the consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns often mean limited access to life saving services.
Since Magufuli was elected in 2015, Lissu has made it his job to fearlessly challenge the autocratic leader - and more than a dozen bullet wounds were not enough to shut him up.
Almost three years ago, Lissu, the former president of the Tanganyika Law Society (TLS), was en route to his home in Tanzania's capital Dodoma at around 11am for a lunch break during a parliamentary session.
The changes to Tanzanian society were \"immediate\" following Magufuli's election win almost five years ago, Lissu says.
According to Lissu, Magufuli, quite simply, needs the money to implement dozens of national megaprojects he has spearheaded, while Magufuli's fledgling attempts at revamping Air Tanzania, the country's flag carrier, have alone cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
What's unique under Magufuli, according to Lissu, is that the arrests are being made solely for criticising the president.
MORE on Wednesday tore into former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenPoll: Majority 'sympathetic' to protesters, disapprove of Trump's response In a year like no other, we'll hold the election of our lifetime The Hill's Morning Report - Protesters' defiance met with calls to listen MORE over his work on a 1994 crime bill during his tenure in the Senate, accusing him of setting black Americans back “big time.”
In a pair of tweets, Trump claimed that he has done more for the black community as president than Biden — or any president since Abraham Lincoln — ever has.
Trump’s tweets about his likely 2020 opponent for president come as the country has seen widespread civil unrest following the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis last month.
A CBS News/YouGov poll released on Tuesday showed 50 percent of registered voters believe that, as president, has worked against the interests of black Americans, while 72 percent said that they believe Trump’s work in office has been more favorable to white people.
Meanwhile, 46 percent of respondents said that, if he’s elected president, Biden’s work would favor black Americans, while about 22 percent said that he would work against them.
Khartoum — The Federal Ministry of Health announced the registration of (137) new cases of infection with Corona virus, in addition to (6) deaths.
The fatalities registered, (3) deaths in Khartoum State and (two deaths) in Al Gazira State, (one death) in the River Nile State from the previously reported cases, which brings the total number of the infection cases of corona virus since the beginning of the pandemic in Sudan to (2728) cases, including (111) deaths.
the cumulative total number of cases of infection with corona virus since the beginning of the pandemic in Sudan, according to the affected states, Khartoum (2208) cases, the Al Gazira (143) cases, North Kordofan (88), Gedaref (84) cases, Sennar (66) cases, South Darfur (25), Kassala (30) ), West Darfur (14), North Darfur (12), River Nile (10), Northern state (13) cases, White Nile (8) West Kordufan (6), East Darfur (6), Blue Nile (4), Al Red Sea (6), South Kordufan (3).
The federal ministry of health registered the recovery of (39) cases, including (24) in Sennar state (13) in Khartoum state, in addition to (one case) in both Al-Gazira the Northern state, bringing the total number of cases of recovery to (286).
The Ministry indicated the daily laboratory examination carried out for (234) samples in the National Laboratory for Public Health (STAC) , of which (125) cases were positive for the first time with a positive rate of 54.8%, (42) samples were also examined in the Blue Nile Institute laboratory, of which (9) Of them positive for the first time, with a positive rate of 21%, and (5) samples were examined in the central laboratory of the state of the Red Sea, of which (3) cases were positive for the first time with a positive rate of 75%.
Cameroon is marking its national day Wednesday under coronavirus restrictions and amid ongoing clashes between the military and anglophone separatists.
Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya, broke his silence on the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday night in a televised address to mark the country’s national day.
He made no mention of the ongoing separatist conflict in western Cameroon that the U.N. says has cost more than 3,200 lives and displaced more military raised flags on public buildings Wednesday to mark the anniversary of a 1972 referendum for a unified state instead of the federal system agreed to when the country first gained independence.
Cameroon’s anglophone rebels refuse to honor national day, saying the referendum was unjust because it allowed the French-speaking majority to rule over them.
Ongoing clashes
Cameroon’s military said clashes with rebels this week killed at least six people, where separatists had called for a lockdown and vowed that national day would not be observed.
Guinea's main opposition candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo arrived in the capital Conakry on Thursday ahead of this weekend's election, greeted by hordes of animated supporters.
The city had earlier resounded to the sound of car horns as supporters of President Alpha Conde, who is seeking a controversial third term on Sunday, whisked through the city in a motorcade.
After about a week of combative campaigning, the 82-year-old president himself returned to the capital on Wednesday amid heightened political tension in the West African state.
Conde's re-election bid comes after he pushed through a constitutional referendum in March, which he argued would modernise the country, but which allowed him to bypass a two-term limit for presidents.
Opposition to this triggered mass protests from last October, sparking a massive crackdown by security forces and claiming dozens of lives.
Rights groups are increasingly critical of Conde, whom they say is veering towards authoritarianism.
Diallo's motorcade proceeded through streets thronged with supporters wearing the green and white colours of his party Thursday, while a swarm of motorbike riders driving ahead of the opposition leader slalomed between the supporters.
\"We're tired, we want change,\" said unemployed mechanic Balde Mamadou Oury, 35.
Twelve candidates are contesting Sunday's election in total. However most think only Conde and Diallo are serious contenders.
After decades as an opposition activist, Conde became Guinea's first democratically-elected president in 2010 and won re-election in 2015.
Diallo, 68, now Guinea's leading opposition politician, was formerly a prime minister under authoritarian leader Lansana Conte.
After months of tension between the pair, Guineans interviewed by AFP expressed fears of potential violence on election day and the period that follows.
Clashes between Conde and Diallo supporters have wounded several people in different parts of the country in recent days.
'Hate speech'
Kabinet Fofana, a Guinean political scientist, warned there was a danger one of the candidates would not accept the outcome of the election.
\"A major difficulty is the question of recognition, acceptance of the results of the ballot boxes,\" he said.
The outcome of Guinea's poll is likely to resonate further afield too, kicking off a string of elections this year across West Africa.
Activists are concerned that a win for Conde would bode ill for democratic norms in the region.
Aside from the third presidential term, Guinea's election campaign has been marked by fears of increased ethnic tensions in the diverse country.
For example, Conde - who normally speaks French when addressing the nation - last month told voters in the Malinke language that backing an opposition Malinke candidate amounted to voting for Diallo.
Politics in Guinea are mostly drawn along ethnic lines. President Conde's party is largely backed by Malinke people, and Diallo's UFDG by Fulani people, although both insist that they are pluralist.
Against a back
Nkurunziza’s sour relations with international organisations began in 2015 when he insisted on running for a for a third term.
Later in 2017, Burundi became the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, amid accusations by African countries that the court was targeting Africans for prosecution.
Lewis Mudge, Human Rights Watch director for Central Africa said Nkurunziza betrayed his call.
“When Pierre Nkurunziza was sworn in as president in 2005 at the end of a brutal civil war, many hoped he would lead the country on a path of democratic reforms,” Mr Mudge said.
“Nkurunziza was willing to isolate Burundi almost entirely from the international community, with devastating consequences for the Burundian population.
All the while, President John Magufuli has led a crackdown on anyone who dares raise concerns about the virus's spread in his East African country or the Government's response to it.
The country's number of confirmed virus cases hasn't changed for three weeks, and the international community is openly worrying that Tanzania's Government is hiding the true scale of the pandemic.
While many African countries have been praised for their response to the coronavirus, Tanzania is the most dramatic exception, run by a president who questions — or fires — his own health experts and has refused to limit people's movements, saying the economy is the priority.
While health experts say recorded coronavirus cases and deaths the world over are undercounts, Opposition leaders accuse Magufuli's Government of hiding the outbreak's true toll.
Kenya closed its border with Tanzania this month except for cargo traffic and imposed stringent testing measures on Tanzanian truck drivers after more than 50 of them tested positive for the virus in a single day.
Now, the family of Floyd is speaking out and they want the four Minneapolis cops involved to be charged with murder.
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The four cops involved with Floyd’s death were fired on Tuesday, according to the police department, and now the case is being investigated by state and federal authorities including the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The officers confronted Floyd, who was inside the vehicle at that point, and the cops said he “physically resisted” after he got out the car.
However, video of the moment Floyd was taken out of his car by the police shows that he didn’t seem to initially resist as reported.
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Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced that Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is receiving $229,627,520 in Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula funds from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) through the CARES Act.
“The funds that my colleagues and I fought for in the CARES Act are critical to ensuring that our first responders, and front-line workers, are able to safely commute to and from work,” said Congresswoman Johnson.
“DART and its contracted partners must be able to provide services, without major interruptions, while at the same time providing a safe and secure workplace for their employees.
I will continue to fight for the funds needed to see us through this and future pandemics.”
DART will use the grant funds to pay operating, administrative, preventive maintenance, and other expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19.
PROLIFIC artiste Josh Meck has released the video of his gospel song titled Chitsike.
Meck, an acclaimed songwriter, and music producer shifted to gospel music last year in a surprise move.
The musician said he was inspired to take gospel music seriously after some session work with acts such as Pastor G, Tidings of Love and Prince Mafukidze.
The musician described his offering as gospel jazz and vowed to churn out more songs and videos.
In April, Meck was compelled to suspend the Afriq Worship Night, a music crusade at the Zimbabwe-Germany Society in Harare due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
In order to assist the courts to address these questions fairly, there is a need for jurisprudential clarity on the appropriate standard of proof which petitioners must satisfy in order to convince the court to entertain their claims, and the appropriate legal test for nullifying election results.
The judgment of the Supreme Court of Malawi, in the recent case of Peter Mutharika v Lazarus Chakwera and Saulos Chilima is acclaimed for being the first decision by a court in the region to nullify the results of a presidential election.
In arriving at its verdict, the Supreme Court has made some findings and pronouncements which introduce a fresh and positive dimension to the development of the jurisprudence on election petitions in the Sadc, regarding the legal test for nullifying the results of a presidential election as well as the standard of proof.
Thus, the findings and legal propositions made by the Supreme Court of Malawi on the standard of proof and the legal test for nullifying presidential election results, are likely to influence the adjudication of future presidential election petitions in a number of Sadc countries.
Prior to the Supreme Court’s decision in Mutharika v Chakwera and Chilima, apex courts in the region, including in Malawi itself, had endorsed the quantitative test as the only appropriate approach to apply when dealing with petitions involving presidential election results.
