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Detained Tunisian ex-justice minister Noureddine Bhiri of the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, who is refusing food or medication after his transfer to hospital, is suspected of "terrorism", the interior minister said Monday.
In May, Burundi held a presidential election which was won by Evariste Ndayishimiye, candidate of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party.
Ndayishimiye was hurriedly sworn in after the untimely death of president Pierre Nkurunziza in June.
Rights violations continue
The Council encouraged donor countries which had suspended aid to Burundi to continue dialogue towards resumption of development assistance.
A report by a UN watchdog in September said human rights violations were still being committed in Burundi, including sexual violence and murder.
The country was plunged into a crisis in April 2015 when Ndayishimiye’s predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a controversial third term, which he ultimately won in July 2015.
His candidature, which was opposed by the opposition and civil society groups, resulted in a wave of protests, violence and even a failed coup in May 2015.
Hundreds of people were killed and over 300,000 fled to neighboring countries.
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Kinshasa -Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo's southeastern mining heartland are boosting efforts to tackle child labour amid concerns that the coronavirus pandemic could drive more families to put their children to work in mines, officials said.
A man has been trampled to death by an elephant in Zimbabwe while taking a selfie, according to reports. The elephant was reportedly later put down by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority.
Election buildup has been marked by protests in opposition strongholds with two people dying after troops opened fire to break up a protest in the city of Save.
Clearly, Tommie Lee is proud of her assets, and she made that quite clear on Monday, June 8. The 35-year-old former \"Love and Hip Hop Atlanta\" star put
Electoral reform ought to be one of the core institutional reforms needed for Guyana to evolve into a modern society without extreme inequality and circumvent political instability.
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Karlie Redd became the talk of social media this week, after folks clowned a recent photo of her.
On Monday, May 25, “Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta” star “Shekinah Anderson uploaded an Instagram post of herself, Redd and their fellow castmates posing together for a group picture.
The comments on the post quickly went left, after fans claimed it was an unflattering photo of Redd.
We ain’t neva seen karlie without makeup look like a different person”
The post featuring Redd comes a few months after folks accused her of undergoing facial reconstructive surgery.
In more recent news, fans learned Redd and her fellow “LHHATL” cast member Sierra Gates were no longer on speaking terms.
Chad’s former dictator Hissene Habre will return to prison in Senegal on Sunday after a two-month release aimed at protecting him from the coronavirus.
Habre seized power in Chad in 1982, fleeing to Senegal in 1990 after he was overthrown.
But on April 6, a judge granted Habre a 60-day release from prison after his lawyer argued that his age left him particularly vulnerable to coronavirus.
However, Babacar Dione of Senegal’s justice ministry told AFP that Habre would return to prison on Sunday.
A lawyer who represented Habre’s victims said in a statement on Sunday that “no one wants to see Habre himself unprotected,” despite atrocities committed under his rule.
Nyumba Kumi to police Covid patients in State homecare plan
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 0:01
By ANNIE NJANJA
Health Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi.
PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG
The Ministry of Health is banking on the community policing groups such as the Nyumba Kumi Initiative, local administration and estate groups to monitor the Covid-19 patients on home-based care.
Health Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi said this on Monday when she announced 59 new Covid-19 cases, raising the national tally to 4,797.
She said this as the government released more than 600 Covid-19 patients showing no symptoms for home-based care, stepping up its plans to free-up bed spaces for seriously-ill patients in hospitals.
The ministry launched the home-based care a fortnight ago to lessen the burden being borne by public facilities owing to the increasing number of Covid-19 patients.
Ethiopian migrants protest outside the headquarters of international organizations in Aden after a fire killed dozens of migrants at a holding facility in Yemen's capital, Sanaa. Human Rights Watch said the fire was started by Huthi rebels.
The capital of Senegal, Dakar, is the westernmost point in Africa. The country, slightly smaller than South Dakota, surrounds Gambia on three sides and is bordered on the north by Mauritania, on the east by Mali, and on the south by Guinea and Guinea-Bissau.
Senegal is mainly a low-lying country, with a semidesert area in the north and northeast and forests in the southwest. The largest rivers include the Senegal in the north and the Casamance in the southern tropical climate region.
Multiparty democractic republic.
The Toucouleur people, among the early inhabitants of Senegal, converted to Islam in the 11th century, although their religious beliefs retained strong elements of animism. The Portuguese had some stations on the banks of the Senegal River in the 15th century, and the first French settlement was made at St.-Louis in 1659. Gorée Island became a major center for the Atlantic slave trade through the 1700s, and millions of Africans were shipped from there to the New World. The British took parts of Senegal at various times, but the French gained possession in 1840 and made it part of French West Africa in 1895. In 1946, together with other parts of French West Africa, Senegal became an overseas territory of France. On June 20, 1960, it formed an independent republic federated with Mali, but the federation collapsed within four months.
Although Senegal is neither a large nor a strategically located country, it has nonetheless played a prominent role in African politics since its independence. As a black nation that is more than 90% Muslim, Senegal has been a diplomatic and cultural bridge between the Islamic and black African worlds. Senegal has also maintained closer economic, political, and cultural ties to France than probably any other former French African colony.
Senegals first president, Léopold Sédar Senghor, towered over the countrys political life until his voluntary retirement in 1981. He replaced multiparty democracy with an authoritarian regime. An acclaimed poet, Senghor sought to become
[Shabelle] Somalia and the UN have lauded the role played by Somali women in peace, security and governance as the world celebrated the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325.
In a June 7 Instagram post, the couple remade a viral video that’s come to be known as the “Lose Yo Job” remix.
Bambi, who’s wearing a sports bra and a pair of shorts, placed her hands behind her back and started lip-syncing the trending “Lose Yo Job” song.
But bam shaking that belly like ol girl fr, chill tho my baby in there lol”
Instagram users had a field day over the pair’s video.
The “Lose Yo Job” viral video was recorded four months ago and posted on Facebook.
The woman, Johnniqua Charles, seen dancing and singing in the clip, recently told Buzzfeed News that her life has started to drastically change since the video has gone viral.
The police raid against the group in the Kongo Central town of Songololo on April 22 resulted in 15 deaths and the raid on April 24 on Nsemi's Kinshasa residence killed at least 33 people.
Human Rights Watch interviewed by phone more than 50 people, including victims of abuses and witnesses, BDK members, hospital staff, government and United Nations officials, human rights activists, and journalists.
On April 12, Nsemi, a former member of parliament and self-proclaimed \"president of the Federal Republic of Kongo Central,\" published a new installment of his regular newsletter called \"Kongo Dieto,\" or \"Our Kongo\" in Kikongo, the language spoken by the Bakongo people, the main ethnic group in Kongo Central.
For weeks, he had been requesting, in writing and in video statements, the payment of his parliamentary allowance, the release of BDK members from prison, and the appointment of native Bakongo people in administrative positions in the Kongo Central province, among other demands.
In Kongo Central, immediately after the raid, the police arbitrarily arrested and beat several BDK members.
Beauty Mogul Rihanna is commemorating Breast Cancer Awareness month by featuring three black survivors, all of whom have been diagnosed with chronic forms of breast cancer.
Rihanna’s lingerie brand, in a statement, said: “This Breast Cancer Awareness month …
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) — A powerful earthquake centred near the southern Mexico resort of Huatulco killed at least four people, swayed buildings in Mexico City and sent thousands fleeing into the streets.
Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said one person was killed and another injured when a building collapse in Huatulco, Oaxaca.
The US Geologic Survey said the quake hit at 10:29 a.m. (11:29 am Eastern) along Mexico's southern Pacific coast at a depth of 16 miles (26 km).
Mari González of the Princess Mayev hotel in Huatulco said staff and guests were able to evacuate the building before the quake, but that 45 minutes after the initial quake they were still outside as strong aftershocks continued.
Local news media reported damage to some buildings in the state capital, Oaxaca city.
This West African nation on the Gulf of Guinea, between Togo on the west and Nigeria on the east, is about the size of Tennessee. It is bounded by Burkina Faso and Niger on the north. The land consists of a narrow coastal strip that rises to a swampy, forested plateau and then to highlands in the north. A hot and humid climate blankets the entire country.
Republic under a multiparty democratic rule.
The Abomey kingdom of the Dahomey, or Fon, peoples was established in 1625. A rich cultural life flourished, and Dahomeys wooden masks, bronze statues, tapestries, and pottery are world renowned. One of the smallest and most densely populated regions in Africa, Dahomey was annexed by the French in 1893 and incorporated into French West Africa in 1904. It became an autonomous republic within the French Community in 1958, and on Aug. 1, 1960, Dahomey was granted its independence within the Community.
Gen. Christophe Soglo deposed the first president, Hubert Maga, in an army coup in 1963. He dismissed the civilian government in 1965, proclaiming himself chief of state. A group of young army officers seized power in Dec. 1967, deposing Soglo. In Dec. 1969, Benin had its fifth coup of the decade, with the army again taking power. In May 1970, a three-man presidential commission with a six-year term was created to take over the government. In May 1972, yet another army coup ousted the triumvirate and installed Lt. Col. Mathieu Kérékou as president. Between 1974 and 1989 Dahomey embraced socialism, and changed its name to the Peoples Republic of Benin. The name Benin commemorates an African kingdom that flourished from the 15th to the 17th century in what is now southwest Nigeria. In 1990, Benin abandoned Marxist ideology, began moving toward multiparty democracy, and changed its name again, to the Republic of Benin.
By the end of the 1980s, Benins economy was near collapse. As its oil boom ended, Nigeria expelled 100,000 Beninese migrant workers and closed the border with Benin. Kérékous socialist collectivization of
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Last week, the Burundian Constitutional Court upheld the final election results as announced by the National Election Commission, showing General Evariste Ndayishimiye winning 68 percent of the vote.
After Ndayishimiye was declared the winner, Rwasa said the results were fraudulent and vowed to take his case to the Constitutional Court and to the East African Community court of law.
Rwasa also said that he took note of Constitutional Court’s rejection of his case alleging that the elections were marred by massive fraud.
The main opposition alliance CNARED, whose majority of leaders are now in exile, echoed Rwasa by saying that it also takes note of the court’s confirmation of the election results.
Gaston SIndimwo, the current first vice president who finished third in the election, alleged collusion between the ruling party and the election commission during the campaign but expressed acceptance of the court decision.
BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has dismissed claims that the imprisonment of MDC Alliance executive member Makomborero Haruziviishe was political persecution and lauded the courts for discouraging “hooliganism” and public disorder in the country. Haruziviishe (29), an MDC Alliance executive member, was on Tuesday jailed for 14 months for inciting public violence, a sentence which is being challenged by civil society groups and human rights lawyers. In a series of tweets on his @Jamwanda2 Twitter handle yesterday, Charamba mocked MDC- Alliance for failing to save the activist from being sent to jail. He later told NewsDay that he was using the social media platform to “influence moral behaviour”. “I am not mocking anyone. I am mocking hooliganism which is taking the human form of Makomborero Haruziviishe,” Charamba said. “You don’t expect us to shower confetti on lawlessness. Haruziviishe is a young college dropout who confuses politics with violence. By imprisoning him, we try to use him as an example to discourage such behaviour. What I am doing in my tweets is moral sanctioning. There are certain behaviours which cannot just be condoned in society.” He said Haruziviishe’s conviction had nothing to do with politics because he was tried and convicted in a court of law “independent” from political parties’ interference. “Was he tried at the Zanu PF headquarters or MDC party offices that it can be referred to as a political matter?” Charamba asked rhetorically. But MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said by imprisoning and arresting human rights activists, government was demonstrating beyond doubt there was no new dispensation to speak of. “It is clear that politicians are abusing the courts and weaponising the law to silence dissent and punish members of the opposition. This is the latest symptom of the ever-growing bad governance crisis this nation faces. This is not about Mako, buy what he represents, the quest by the people for freedom from tyrannical rule.” She added: “It’s a huge matter of regret that civil servants such as Charamba are mocking human rights defenders. “He clearly lacks the courage to associate his true identity with the abhorrent content of his tweets. How can he then be expected to understand or respect the type of courage it takes to fight brutal regimes such as the one he represents?” Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum executive director Musa Kika said Charamba’s tweets were acts of “oppressors rejoicing at the efficacy of their system to silence critics”. “Unfortunately, it appears Charamba and others are oblivious to the fact that due to the temporary nature of power, the architects of manipulation of the criminal justice system may find themselves victims to that system,” said Kika. “There is precedent for that.” Human Rights Watch Southern Africa director Dewa Mavhinga said Haruziviishe’s imprisonment was a political matter, hence a senior government official like Charamba should stop dabbling in partisan politics. Follow Miriam on Twitter @FloMangwaya
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[DW] A spat among Tunisia's president, prime minister and parliament has brought the government to a grinding halt as the country battles COVID and an economic recession.
Cecil Fielder (b. 21 September 1963) is a professional baseball player who was noted for being a power hitter in the 1980s and 1990s. Fielder played with several teams during his career such as The Hershin Tigers (1989), the Toronto Blue Jays (1985-88) and the Detroit Tigers (1990-96). In 1990, he became the very first baseball player to have reached the home run mark since George Foster hit 52 in 1977 for the Cincinnati Reds. Cecil Fielder is also the father of Prince Fielder who is the first baseman for the Texas Rangers.
In the very beginning of his professional career, Fielder was originally drafted by the Baltimore Oriotes in 1981’s 31st round of the amateur draft however Cecil did not sign up for this. Then again the Royals traded him to the Toronto Blue Jays in 1983. Five years later in 1988 he was signed up by The Hershin Tigers who paid him $1,050,000 as well as gave him a full-time translator and chauffeur. Fielder then caught the eye of the Detroit Tigers when he hit 38 home runs in Japan’s Central League in 1989. Soon after, he returned to the US. It was when Fielder hit his 50th and 51st home runs on the last day of the Tiger’s season at the Yankee Stadium that he made history- he was the second person in the previous 25 years to have made a leap to the HR plateau .
Fielder went on to join Hank Greenberg in 1991 after making 44 home runs- he was the only Tiger player at the time to have 40 or more homers. Fielder was also one of the first Tigers to have hit 25 homers in 6 consecutive seasons in 1994. Cecil Fielder was selected for the All-Star Team in 1990,1991 and 1993. In 1992 Fielder was titled ‘The Tiger of The Year’ by BBWAA’s Detroit Chapter.
In 1993, Cecil Fielder managed to sign a $6 million 5 year contract which resulted in him being known as one of the highest paid baseball players in the world. In the later years of his professional career, Cecil Fielder is known to have batted .255 with 319 HRs, .482 slugging average and he drew 693 walks for a .345 on base, percentage win. Towards
*No new Covid-19 cases have been registered in Tunisia for the past five days, the country’s authorities said Friday, after a further easing of the curfew, and the reopening of supermarkets throughout the country.
In view of the slowdown of the pandemic in Tunisia, authorities allowed the reopening of all supermarkets and souks on Friday but called for the respect of hygiene measures.
On Wednesday, President Kais Saied announced a further easing of the night curfew.
Imposed since 22 March, the curfew had already been shortened by two hours at the end of April.
Tunisia began lifting some of the strict containment measures on 4 May, but authorities are still calling for vigilance, respect for hygiene, physical distancing and the wearing of masks.
