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Cameroon: Regional elections campaign begin amid heightening Anglophone crisis
Despite threats of attacks by separatists in its English-speaking regions, Cameroon has begun the campaign season for its December 6 regional council elections. The separatists, who have vowed to disrupt the polls, attacked several military convoys dispatched to protect voters.…
#EndSARS – UK Parliament to debate petition against Nigeria’s govt
The British Parliament will on Monday debate a petition seeking to sanction the Nigerian government and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) over alleged human rights abuses during the #EndSARS protests. The Parliament posted over the weekend explaining that the debate…
Burkina Faso awaits results of presidential polls
Counting is underway in Burkina Faso following Sunday’s polls which was contested by 13 candidates incumbent Roc Marc Christian Kabore who is seeking re-election. The event passed off peacefully without major incidents although voting did not take place in some…
CAF President handed five year ban by FIFA
FIFA has banned CAF President, Ahmad Ahmad who also serves as FIFA Vice President for an initial five years. The Malagasy was also fined 200,000 Swiss Francs after he was found guilty of breaching several articles of the FIFA Code…
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GHANA ELECTION: EC rejects denying security agencies special voting rights
Ghana’s Electoral Commission has described as baseless and unfounded a viral video suggesting that the Commission has denied security agencies the opportunity to register in the special voting exercise slated for Tuesday, December 1, 2020. The commission in a statement…
Nigeria: Rights group demand lower cost of governance
Nigeria’s third Gross domestic product GDP report released by the National Bureau of Statistics last week, indicated that the Country has slipped into a Recession. According to statistics Bureau – NBS, the eceonomy contracted by double digit. However, the decline…
Mauritania: HRW urges Parliament to revise draft law
Human Rights Watch is calling on Mauritania’s parliament to revise a draft law on associations it is due to confirm during its current session. The rights body wants the law to meet international standards on freedom of association. The law as drafted…
Ethiopia: 4000 cross into Sudan daily – UNHCR
The United Nations said Tuesday that an average of 4,000 women, children and men are crossing the Ethiopian border into eastern Sudan every day. The United Nations refugee agency reports that those fleeing the fighting continue to arrive exhausted from…
Nigeria: Bandits abduct 12 police officers
Suspected bandits have kidnapped 12 police officers along Katsina-Zamfara expressway, a report by BBC Hausa has revealed. According to the report, the officers, who are assistant superintendents of police, were kidnapped ten days ago. The officers were on their way…
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