Monthly Archives: October 2017

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http://www.france24.com/en/20171017-several-dead-togo-following-imams-arrest

http://www.france24.com/en/20171013-south-african-court-allows-graft-prosecution-against-zum da-proceed   The South African National Prosecuting authority have appealed against the high court ruling made in April of 2016. The ruling said he breached the country’s constitution by refusing to repay government money spent on his private home. He was accused of corruption many times. He had three options to deal with the situation. Resign, which was highly unlikely, the… Read more »

http://www.france24.com/en/20171013-kenya-police-shoot-two-dead-during-opposition-protest

Kenya’s political crisis continues as the electoral commissioner stated that next week’s election cannot be guaranteed to be fair. Odinga states “All indications are that the election scheduled for 26 October will be worse than the previous one.” The government lifted the ban for protests, and thus stability spiraled further out of control. Death threats sent to the electoral board… Read more »

France 24 A plague outbreak in Madagascar has killed at least 74 people and 805 cases have been reported so far. The government has deployed resources to curb the disease, but many obstacles remain. As plague cases rose last week in Madagascar’s capital, many city dwellers panicked. They waited in long lines for antibiotics at pharmacies and reached through bus… Read more »

France 24 At least four people were shot dead on Wednesday in clashes between protesters and security forces in Togo’s two largest cities after soldiers and police launched teargas to prevent the latest anti-government protest. Opposition parties had refused to cancel plans for demonstrations on Wednesday and Thursday, despite a government ban on weekday protests on security grounds. The government said three people were… Read more »

France 24 Four Moldovan nationals were killed and three French soldiers hurt on Saturday when a transport plane chartered by France’s army crashed off Ivory Coast, authorities said. There was a storm over Abidjan early in the day, but it was unclear whether heavy weather had played a role in the Antonov aircraft going down. A French military source said the plane was chartered… Read more »

France 24 The trial of more than 1,600 people suspected of ties with Boko Haram was expected to begin in Nigeria on Monday behind closed doors, in the biggest legal investigation into the eight-year militant Islamist insurgency. More than 20,000 people have been killed and two million forced from their homes in northeastern Nigeria during the insurgency, contributing to what the United Nations has… Read more »