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The #EndSARS campaigners, who are protesting against police brutality in Nigeria, have now started the process of electing leaders and advisers. The plan for elections was revealed by an unidentified group, BNI, which made provisions for…
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Chileans have voted overwhelmingly in support of rewriting their constitution, which dates to the dictatorship of Gen Augusto Pinochet. With nearly 90% of the vote counted, 78% of people had voted “yes” in a referendum that was called…
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Spain has declared a national state of emergency and imposed a night-time curfew in an effort to help control a new spike in Covid-19 infections. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the curfew, which came into force on Sunday night, would…
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US President Donald Trump has admitted he has a Chinese bank account, according to a report by the New York Times. The account is controlled by Trump International Hotels Management and paid local taxes between 2013 and 2015. It was…
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The Nigerian National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has warned media houses to be cautious with airing videos generated by the public on the ongoing #EndSARS protests. The regulator’s warning comes after protesters were shot at in…
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Burundi’s Supreme Court has handed a life sentence to former president Pierre Buyoya for having a hand in the assassination of his successor Melchior Ndadaye. Mr Buyoya, now 70, is currently an African Union envoy to the Sahel. He has…
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A number of people taking part in a protest against police brutality have reportedly been shot dead or injured in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos. A witness told the BBC he had counted about 20 bodies and at least 50 injured after soldiers…
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Kenya’s health minister has warned that rising Covid-19 infections in the country could lead to a second wave of the pandemic. Minister Mutahi Kagwe said infections spiked after President Uhuru Kenyatta announced further easing of…
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Italy has announced a new raft of measures to tighten restrictions amid a surge in coronavirus cases. A mask-wearing PM Giuseppe Conte said the measures were needed “to avoid a new lockdown”. Mayors will get powers to close public…
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Polls closed and counting began in Guinea on Sunday evening following a largely peaceful day in which voters decided whether to give 82-year-old President Alpha Conde a third mandate, made possible by a constitutional change in March. At…
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