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2021-05-13 10:36:05 Egypt: Frustration As Cairo Hotel Gang Rape Case Is Shelved
‍[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Public prosecutors freed four suspects in a case involving a woman who said she was drugged and raped in 2014 at the Fairmont Hotel in the capital, Cairo.
Egyptians said on Wednesday that attitudes towards women need to change to end sexual violence in the north African country, after a high-profile gang rape case was shelved.
Public prosecutors on Tuesday freed four suspects in a case involving a woman who said she was drugged and raped in 2014 at the Fairmont Hotel in the capital, Cairo, as evidence amas
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2021-05-13 10:00:43 Nigeria: Nine Militants Killed in Foiled Attack On Maiduguri - Army
‍[Premium Times] Troops of the Nigerian military repelled a Tuesday evening attack on Maiduguri by suspected Boko Haram terrorists.
The Nigerian Army has confirmed the foiled attempts by Boko Haram terrorists to attack part of Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital.
According to a statement by the Army spokesperson, Mohammed Yerima, on Wednesday, the terrorists were countered by combined gallant troops in conjunction with the police, youth vigilante and hunters.
It said heavy casualty was inflicted on the terrorists by the tro
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2021-05-13 02:24:05 Uganda: EU Demands Justice for Victims of Poll Violence
‍[Monitor] The president of the European Council, Mr Charles Michel, has asked President Museveni to account for the poll violence victims.
The demand is contained in his congratulatory message to Mr Museveni ahead of his swearing-in today for his sixth elective term.
"I also encourage continued efforts in order to ensure accountability for the violence that regrettably affected the electoral campaign period, and transparency regarding recent cases of abductions," reads a May 4 letter.
At least 54 people di
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2021-05-13 01:51:04 Namibia: Health Minister Shangula Pleads With Citizens to Get Vaccinated
‍[New Era] Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has cautioned Namibians who spread false and unsubstantiated information about vaccines and other aspects of the Covid-19 interventions.
Shangula was speaking during the launch of the private sector roadblock Covid-19 testing initiative in Windhoek yesterday.
He added that Namibia cannot ill-afford a situation where the health system becomes overwhelmed by Covid-19 patients; hence, people need to get vaccinated as soon as possible. "It is critical and urgent for more peo
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2021-05-12 23:57:10 Zimbabwe: Supreme Court Rules On ZPC/Intratrek Dispute
‍[The Herald] A full hearing was required in the civil lawsuit between Intratrek Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe Power Company before the High Court three years ago, the Supreme Court has ruled in an appeal judgment is in the process of being overtaken by events.
Intratrek was suing ZPC when it applied for a declaration confirming that the contract for the Gwanda Solar Project was valid, coupled with an order for specific performance. In default of that order it wanted US$25 million in damages. The validity order was granted
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2021-05-12 23:48:06 Zimbabwe: VP Chiwenga's Estranged Wife in Hospital
‍[The Herald] Estranged wife to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Mary Mubaiwa, has been hospitalised in Harare and the case in which she is accused of assaulting a house maid was deferred to next month.
Harare regional magistrate Mrs Letwin Rwodzi went to the hospital for the remand where she set June 29 as the trial date.
Mubaiwa is being charged with assault after she allegedly bashed a family child minder, Delight Munyoro, outside Hellenic School in 2019.
The State had applied for a warrant of arrest for Mubaiwa
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2021-05-12 23:00:43 Liberia: Tree Company Denies Link to Shooting, Arrests in Dorgbor
‍[FrontPageAfrica] The Liberia Tree and Trading company (LTTC) has sharply denied allegations that it ordered the shooting and arbitrary arrest of citizens of Gbi-Doru Administrative District.
Recently, residents of Dorgbor Town, President George Weah's maternal home, alleged that several gunmen claiming to be police officers on April 30, 2021 stormed the town and began firing live bullets, and in the process shot one person and arrested three persons including the victim that was reportedly shot.
But speaking to FrontPage A
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2021-05-12 22:57:04 Zimbabwe: Prosecutor-General Seeks Rescission of Chin'ono Judgment
‍[The Herald] Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi has filed an application for rescission of a default judgment granted against the prosecution that led to the acquittal of journalist-cum political activist Hopewell Chin'ono on charges of publishing falsehoods.
Chin'ono had approached the High Court seeking a review of the Harare Magistrates Court decision to place him on remand arguing that the Constitutional Court had since nullified the section of the law under which he was charged.
The State did not file opposing pape
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2021-05-12 22:00:43 Zimbabwe: Mamombe Lawyers Castigated for Misleading High Court
‍[The Herald] Deputy Chief Magistrate Ms Bianca Makwande has castigated lawyers representing MDC Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe and party member Cecilia Chimbiri for misleading the High Court that she was biased and malicious towards them.
Ms Makwande was responding to the application by the duo filed at the High Court seeking a review of the trial on the grounds that she conducted herself in an unprofessional manner in dealing with the various interlocutory applications made before her, by the duo's lawyers.
The tri
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2021-05-12 21:57:09 Zimbabwe: Mupfumira, Masoka Case Deferred
‍[The Herald] The case in which former Cabinet minister Prisca Mupfumira and ex-Public Service Commission permanent secretary Ngoni Masoka are charged with criminal abuse of office and concealing a transaction from a principal, has been deferred to May 21.
The deferment is pending a High Court determination on the Mupfumira's application for review of Chief Magistrate Mr Munamato Mutevedzi's ruling dismissing her application for separation of their trials.
Mupfumira approached the upper court seeking nullification of Mr
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