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2021-06-29 10:48:07 Western Sahara: City of Seville Names a Square After Aminatou Haidar
‍[SPS] The City Council of the San Pablo-Santa Justa district in Seville, Spain, has approved a motion to name a square in the historic city after Sahrawi activist Aminatou Haidar, according to media reports.
The proposal was presented by the coalition of left-wing parties Izquierda Unida (United Left), chaired by the Minister of Consumer Affairs Alberto Garzon, to pay tribute to the Sahrawi activist, according to the Europa Press agency.
The initiative comes at a "crucial moment" for the Saharawi people, said Di
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2021-06-29 10:45:11 South Africa: Zizi Kodwa Denies He's Compromised While Owing U.S.$70,000 to Friend Implicated in Fraud, Corruption
‍[Daily Maverick] Deputy State Security Minister Zizi Kodwa has acknowledged that he and other ANC leaders could have done more to avoid creating the perception that he was involved in wrongdoing, but he was adamant that the money he received from a former EOH executive was not in exchange for influencing tenders.
Deputy Minister of State Security Zizi Kodwa appeared at the Zondo Commission on Monday to testify about his relationship with former EOH executive Jehan Mackay, who allegedly played a leading role at the tech gia
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2021-06-29 10:45:06 Nigeria Suspends Operations of French NGO in the Northeast
‍[Nation] As the war against Boko Haram peaks, the operations of a French humanitarian organisation, Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED), have been suspended in Nigeria's northeast, the country's epicentre of terrorism.
Borno state Governor Babagana Zullum suspended the charity following a security incident in Maiduguri, the state capital, after its staff were caught carrying out shooting training for its personnel.
ACTED, headquartered in Paris, is reported to have found itself in hot water aft
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2021-06-29 10:39:10 South Africa's Police Need Urgent and Fundamental Reform
‍[ISS] Pressure from the public and political opposition is growing, but police reform in South Africa is unlikely to happen anytime soon. An attempt in May by Parliament's Portfolio Committee to discuss changes needed to 'fix' the South African Police Service (SAPS) was cancelled at short notice, with no reasons given.
More telling is the number of official reports in the past decade highlighting key challenges and presenting practical options to improve policing. These include the National Development Plan (201
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2021-06-29 10:39:05 Kenya's Huge Railway Project Is Causing Environmental Damage. Here's How
‍[The Conversation Africa] Kenya is constructing a railway line that connects the coastal port of Mombasa and the interior of the country. It is expected to terminate at Malaba, a town on the border with Uganda, and link up with other railways that are being built in East Africa. It's locally known as the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).
The passenger and freight railway line is one of the biggest infrastructure investments in Kenya's history. Construction began in 2014 at an estimated cost of US$3.8 billion, 90% of which is supplied b
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2021-06-29 10:36:13 Libya: Possible Presidential Run By Gadhafi's Son Adds Strain to Troubled Peace Process
‍[VOA] Saif Al Islam Gadhafi, son of the late Libyan autocrat Moammar Gadhafi, hasn't been seen in public since his rebel captors released him from detention in 2017. But he appears now to be mulling a run for the presidency of the war-torn north African country in elections the United Nations and Western powers are pressing for in December.
The prospect of Saif figuring in the elections is unnerving Western diplomats and international democracy advisers, who say Libya's troubled peace process has enough major ob
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2021-06-29 10:15:06 Ethiopia: Sergeant Guilty of Assassination of Army Chief, Retired General Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
‍[Addis Standard] The Federal High Court Lideta Branch 3rd Constitutional and Anti-terrorism Bench has today sentenced Private Mesafint Tigabu to life in prison. The body guard of the late General Seare Mekonnen, was named as the main suspect in the June 22, 2019 assassination of General Seare Mekonnen, the then Chief of staff of the National defense Forces of Ethiopia, and Major General Gezai Abera.
The court arrived at a guilty verdict on Private Mesafint Tigabu and gave an alternative appointment to June 18, 2021 to hear
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2021-06-29 10:09:11 Rwanda: Small Holder Farmers Seek Fortune in Chia Seeds
‍[New Times] Most hills of two sectors in Remera and Rurenge, Ngoma District, have turned purple, as blossoms of chia seed crop give farmers a hope of unprecedented income at the end of the season again.
It all started in 2018 when the new crop was tried in four farms in Ngoma 22 irrigation scheme located between the two sectors, with the result attracting the interest of more farmers.
The crop mainly produced for export is served as a food supplement; it was grown on about 100 hectares in the Ngoma 22 irrigated area t
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2021-06-29 10:09:06 Zimbabwe: Musicians Ex-Q, Nutty O Get Bail
‍[The Herald] URBAN Grooves musician EX-Q, born Enock Munhenga, and Zimdancehall singer Carrington Simbarashe Chiwadzwa, known as Nutty O, who appeared in court for allegedly tendering fake Covid-19 certificates at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport upon their return into the country from South Africa have been freed on $5 000 bail each.
The two were freed today by Harare magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi.
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2021-06-29 10:00:24 Liberia, Morocco Sign Agreements On Cooperation Roadmap and Hydrocarbons Exploitation
‍[FrontPageAfrica] The Government of Liberia and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco have signed two separate agreements on the cooperation roadmap for the period 2021-2023 and the cooperation agreement on the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in Liberia.
Speaking during that signing ceremony in the city of Rabat, Morroco, Liberia's Foreign Minister Ambassador Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., Liberian said relations between the Republic of Liberia and Morocco in the last few years have been dynamically and cons
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