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Kenyan authorities have arrested two more individuals in the ongoing investigation into the Mukuru case, where a suspected serial killer has confessed to the murders of 42 women. This follows the arrest of the primary suspect on Monday, who the police believe is responsible for the serial killings.
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.
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Yesterday (June 28) Virgil Abloh unveiled his highly anticipated artwork for Pop Smoke’s posthumous album, Shoot For The Stars and to say that it was a dud would be a gross understatement.
Social media immediately pounced on the revelation and took the famed fashion designer to the woodshed for decorating Pop Smoke’s album cover with the type of special effect features used in 1995’s Mortal Kombat film.
Whether or not Pop’s team goes with another Virgil designed album cover or enlist the talents of someone else remains to be seen, but one things for damn sure, Virgil treated this project like it was a bail fund for protestors or something.
For his part Virgil took to IG to explain that the terrible album cover actually had a lot of thought go into it by both him and Pop, and though it seemed like a bunch of stuff just thrown together, there’s actually a deeper meaning behind the design.
Virgil Abloh’s Controversial Pop Smoke Cover Scrapped, 50 Cent Was Not Impressed
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For staff at Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital, fighting the ongoing COVID-19 surge is more than just finding more clinical professionals, ventilators or beds.
In Netflix’s “Da 5 Bloods,” Spike Lee takes his audience on a journey across the decades, putting a spotlight on the Black veteran experience in a way few filmmakers ever have.
The film follows four Vietnam War veterans who call themselves Da Bloods — Otis (Clarke Peters), Eddie (Norm Lewis), Melvin (Isiah Whitlock Jr.) and Paul (an absolutely gripping Delroy Lindo) — as they return to Vietnam to retrieve the remains of their fallen comrade and the fifth Blood, Stormin’ Norman (Chadwick Boseman).
Though it might be the most evocative Vietnam War film in recent times, Lee certainly isn’t the first director to capture the Black veteran experience on-screen.
Then, in 1995, two very different films about the Black veteran experience premiered.
The idea that Black American veterans’ battles have extended well beyond their tours of duty was also beautifully captured by Dee Rees in 2017’s “Mudbound,” a story of two families — one Black and one white — stuck together on a rural Mississippi farm.
Dozens of Christian conservative activists and clergy members defied Virginia’s stay-at-home order and gathered Saturday for a “Pray for VA, Pray for USA event.”
On March 30, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam put an executive order in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic requiring residents to stay at home with exceptions for jobs and activities deemed “essential.”
“What is more remarkable is that many churches have obeyed that unjust order to abstain from worship in the Lord’s table,” the Rev. Paul Michael Raymond told the attendees Saturday.
Raymond is the pastor of the Reformed Bible Church in Appomattox, Virginia, which has not shut down during the pandemic.
“The state has tried to dictate how, when, and where the church worships,” Raymond told attendees at Saturday’s event.
A 21-mile-long (35 km) column of trucks lined a major highway between Kenya and Uganda on Saturday, a sea of diesel engines and goods headed west but stopped at the border for time-consuming coronavirus tests.
The drivers, stuck on portions of highway between Eldoret, Kenya and the border town of Malaba, told Zenger News that Kenyan authorities are denying them access to food, water and lodging.
Drivers who test negative get certificates allowing them to cross the border again without more tests, even though they could come into contact with a contagious person after crossing the border, and bring the virus back with their paperwork.
Authorities in Uganda are also confiscating cookers at the border, citing security issues, according to truck driver John Omondi.
The post VIDEO: Truckers in 21-mile traffic jam for COVID-19 testing without food or water at Kenya/Uganda border appeared first on Zenger News.
Wallace was referring to comments on social media that arose after NASCAR announced Tuesday that an FBI investigation determined the noose found in Wallace’s car garage at Talladega was not a hate crime targeted at the only Black driver in the sport’s top series.
“The FBI learned that garage number 4, where the noose was found, was assigned to Bubba Wallace last week,” the FBI statement said.
Wallace also said that he thought NASCAR’s recent ban of the Confederate flag at races, a decision the No.43 driver prompted, helped fuel the sport’s hypersensitivity around acts of retaliation at Talladega.
“NASCAR was worried about Talladega,” Wallace said about the Alabama track.
Wallace called the superspeedway “one of the best race tracks to go to,” but said NASCAR had the race “circled on the radar with everything going around.”
NBA To Honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day With Virtual Panel On Race & Equality, Custom T-Shirts & More
THE year 2020 was defined by the COVID-19 pandemic which left all segments of society in Africa affected. Some areas suffered more than others, but none have been spared. In the democracy and good governance space, analysts, civil society groups, donors, and implementers were worried that the onset of the pandemic would drive a rise in authoritarianism. Today, a year after the first case emerged, and despite some evidence that suggests authoritarian governments may have reduced civic and political space, one cannot ipso facto conclude that this is indeed so. Societal dynamics have certainly changed in many countries, but the evidence around the effects on democratic engagement is mixed. On one hand, authoritarian governments may have seized on the pandemic to tighten control of the civic space and freedom of expression. In some cases, public health measures enabled them to further restrict the ability of opposition candidates to engage citizens and mount effective campaigns. In Uganda, for instance, the government prevented Bobi Wine, a popular musician and charismatic opposition leader, from campaigning and performing, citing public health risks. Bobi Wine was eventually arrested for violating COVID-19 restrictions. The restrictions on Bobi Wine’s movement and actions, however, predated the advent of the pandemic. He had been detained several times in the past on different charges. In Guinea, where incumbent President Alpha Condé sought a controversial third term in a contentious election, the context unfolded differently. Because of social distancing and other prophylactic contingencies, voters were instructed to leave the polling station immediately after the vote. These measures undermined the credibility of the electoral process. It is standard practice for voters and party representatives to remain at the polling station and observe the vote counting. These measures did not only reduce the transparency of vote tabulation and transmission of results, they also benefited the incumbent. On the other hand, civil society and democracy actors have adjusted accordingly and found other avenues to further their engagement. Much has been said and written about digital democracy and how it may be the way of the future. COVID-19 has forced an acceleration and expansion of this trend. Civil society organisations and their partners have capitalised on technology and leveraged on digital platforms, such as Zoom, Teams, and others, to carry on their activities. In response to public health measures, they have moved their critical initiatives — that is, training workshops, rallies, and other gatherings — online where skilled trainers and facilitators now have access to higher numbers of participants. Online programming offers several advantages, including the transferability of content. Training can be portable and offshored if the local environment is particularly sensitive. Training materials can be more easily shared. With a few country exceptions, mainly in the Sahel and central Africa, there has been a seamless transition
TWO weeks after Tanzanian and Kenyan leaders agreed on modalities for enabling truck drivers cross at border posts, Kenyan authorities have started blocking Tanzanian truckers from crossing Namanga frontier on grounds of lacking valid Covid-19 clearance certificates.
The government confirmed yesterday that Kenya is blocking Tanzanian truck drivers from crossing the Namanga One Stop Border Post (OSBP) claiming that they don't have valid certificates that show that they have tested negative for Covid-19.
The development is contrary to the agreement reached in Arusha by transport ministers of the two countries at the climax of their one-day meeting at the Namanga border post on May 22, this year.
\"Our truckers have been denied entry through Namanga as customs officials from Kenya demanded that they be retested at the border, which goes against the May agreements,\" explained Longido District Commissioner Mr Frank Mwaisumbe when contacted by 'Daily News' yesterday.
No Kenyan truck was seen crossing the Namanga border into Tanzanian territory for the better part of yesterday.
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Keyshia Cole and her boyfriend Niko Khale are gifting social media users with more and more adorable pictures of their baby boy!
A photo of baby Tobias Khale was posted on his Instagram page on Thursday, June 25, and folks described the image as “too cute for words.”
While the “cute” comments continued to roll in, fans also mentioned how much baby Tobias resembled Cole.
Cole also noted that baby Tobias was her “twin” in an April 21 post and wrote, “This picture just cracks me up.
Cole wrote via Instagram, “Baby boy is here Yall, OMG.”
Many people, Black and White, are slapping high fives and shouting Hallelujah over the sizeable number of Whites marching to protest the brutal lynching of George Floyd by a White police officer.
As usual in situations around race in this country, Brother Malcolm provides sound advice on what he called “sincere Whites” can contribute to the battle against White supremacy/racism.
I tell sincere white people ‘work in conjunction with us-each of us work among our own kind.’
Let sincere White individuals find all other White people they can who feel as they do-and let them form their own all-white groups to try to convert other white people who are acting so racist.
On another occasion, when speaking to young people on the same subject, Brother Malcolm said sincere Whites can “function more intelligently and more effectively in the White community itself and this has never been done.”
Kenyans have expressed outrage over a decision to exempt Japanese firms, employees, and consultants undertaking local projects funded through grants from Tokyo from paying income tax. Kenyan’s parliament approved the deal on Wednesday, sparking a series of protests and uproar from civil society groups and ordinary Kenyans on mainstream media and social media. According to...
The post Anger in Kenya as MPs say yes to tax-free deal for Japanese companies appeared first on Face2Face Africa.
The deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, and many more have sparked many celebrities to use their platforms to elevate their voices on []
Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac probably did not want to make the news this way. Since the restart to the... View Article
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Yenagoa — A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, Thursday convicted Mr. Yunusa Dahiru for the abduction, raping and impregnating a teenager, Miss Ese Oruru, in 2015.
The abduction of Oruru said to be the youngest child of Mr. Charles Oruru and Mrs. Rose Oruru occurred on 12 August 2015 at her mother's shop in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
Following public outcry and the intervention of the then Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr. Solomon Arase, Ese was reportedly rescued by Kano State Police Command on February 29, 2016 and placed in the custody of the government.
Dahiru was arraigned on March 8, 2016 before the Federal High Court in Yenagoa on charges of criminal abduction, illicit sex, sexual exploitation and having unlawful carnal knowledge of the minor.
Dahiru was arraigned and charged with abduction, kidnapping, unlawful carnal knowledge and sexual exploitation by the police on March 8, 2016.
