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The hashtag #JusticeForTshego has been trending on Twitter in South Africa after the horrific killing of 28-year-old Tshegofatso Pule. Her stabbed body was found hanging from a tree near Johannesburg. She was eight months pregnant,…
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Members of one of Nigeria’s main medical unions say they will go on strike from Monday following frustration over pay and a lack of personal protective equipment (PPE). “Inhumane and hopeless” is how the Nigerian Association of Resident…
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Boko Haram gunman killed at least 69 people and razed a village to the ground in northern Nigeria’s Borno state on Tuesday afternoon, three sources told Reuters. The men attacked the village of Faduma Koloram, in Gubio local government…
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Derek Chauvin worked for the Minneapolis Police Department for more than 18 years. Then, within one week, he was filmed kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for eight minutes before he died; fired from the police department; and charged with…
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Nigerians who are currently in South Africa and wish to return back home despite the closure of the country’s borders will have to pay at least $840 to be flown back via a chartered flight. This is according to a notice issued by…
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At least 127 journalists in 31 countries have died due to the novel coronavirus over the past three months, the Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) said Tuesday. “Media workers play an important role in the fight against the novel…
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Derek Chauvin, the white former Minneapolis, Minnesota police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes during his fatal arrest will now face second-degree murder charges, officials announced Wednesday. State…
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The handcuffed unarmed black man who died in police custody after a former police officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes was killed by “asphyxiation from sustained pressure,” an independent autopsy found Monday. Drs. Michael…
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A recently conducted poll has shown that 81% of Malawians are not afraid of COVID-19 and are more concerned about hunger. Those aged above 55 are least afraid of the virus despite them being at higher risks than the younger population.…
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As nationwide protests over the murder of George Floyd enter their sixth day, US President Donald Trump said Sunday that Washington would list far-left anti-fascist political activist movement Antifa as terror group. “The United States…
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