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bukin a faso sankara assassination suspects ordered to pay 1.3 million u.s dollars in damages
the military count in ugadugu has sentenced former burkina faso president
blaise campare and nine other defendants to pay more than 1.3 million u.s dollars in damages to
the beneficiaries of former head of state thomas sankara and his companions assassinated in 1987.
the sam is ordered to be jointly paid by blaise campare the former commander
of his guard hyacinthando and the former head of the army in 1987 gilbert d'andere
all sentenced to life imprisonment in early april for the involvement in the assassination
as well as seven other defendants sentenced to between 3 and 20 years in prison
according to the court decision the book in the bay government will have to compensate
the beneficiaries if the convicted persons are unable to pay their amounts
the military count however rejected a request for the return of thomas sankara's property
to his family thomas sankara who came to power in a coup in 1983 was killed along with 12 of
his companions by a commando during a meeting at the headquarters of the national council
of the revolution cnr in ugadugu he was 37 years old the death of thomas sankara who
wanted to decolonize mentalities was a taboo subject during mr kampara's 27 years in power
he was forced out by a popular uprising in 2014. he has since been living in exile in court devore
and has been sentenced in absentia as has hyacinth cofando who has been on the run since 2016.
malawi malawi parliament moves to abolish death penalty malawi's parliament has started public
inquiries in the capital ilongway on a proposal to abolish the death penalty following last month's
adoption of a report recommending the move it comes after parliament mandated its legal affairs
committee to solicit views from the general public on the subject before potentially changing any
laws malawi count appealed to have abolished the death sentence in april last year after supreme
court judge had the petition of a convicted murderer and ruled that the death penalty
negates their rights to life which is otherwise provided for under the malawi's constitution
the judge then ordered the re-sentencing of all cases where the death penalty was handed down
however four months later the supreme court issued a statement saying the judge had
expressed his personal opinion and the death penalty remained applicable there have been
growing calls for malawi to abolish the death penalty especially because the country is a
signatory to the declaration of universal human rights in which the punishment is not allowed
kenya kenya finds colonial error bomb used to colonize them in farm a colonial era unexploded
mortar bomb has been discovered in a farm at a village in central kenya kenyan police said
concerned villagers miled around the object some arguing that it was a missile while others claimed
that it was part of the harvest officers from the directorate of criminal investigations dci
who responded immediately after being informed identified the object as a mortar bomb
the dangerous military ordinance was left behind by the british forces at the height of the mao
mao uprising in 1953 when sections of mount kenya and aberdeer forest suffered aerial bombardment to
flush out malmo fighters when british settlers began pouring into kenya in 1902 they intended
to set up an agricultural colony whose samplers could help pay the cost of other imperial projects
in east africa to do this the british needed land and labor which led them into a series of policy
decisions that culminated in a grotesque genocide that the history books have largely overlooked
thousands of people were killed during the mauma revolt against british rule in kenya
and was one of british army's bloodiest post-war conflicts
their prizing was a great significant step towards the independence of their country
west africa eu seeks cocoa uprising alliance with west african countries
european legislators under the auspices of the responsible business conduct working group of the
european parliament have written to the european commission to commence talks with ivory coast and
ghana to address pure cocoa pricing earlier in the year ghana and ivory coast which accounts
for two-thirds of the world's cocoa called on the eu to join them in creating an economic pact
to boost living wages for cocoa farmers low prices paid for cocoa are a main driver of deforestation
and child labor in the sector the deal would entail an agreement between all parties on want to
do to resolve the low price of cocoa and manage cocoa supply to prevent market shocks it said
the eu is a leading destination for ivorian cocoa accounting for about 67 percent of the country's
exports both countries in 2019 imposed a living income premium on all cocoa purchases in order to
raise farmers wages kenya content moderator in kenya soos meta over working conditions
a former moderator working for facebook owner metaplatforms inc has filed a lawsuit alleging
that poor working conditions for contracted content moderators violate the kenyan constitution
the petition also filed against metal's local outsourcing company sama alleges that workers
moderating facebook posts in kenya have been subjected to unreasonable working conditions
including irregular pay inadequate mental health support union busting and violations
of their privacy and dignity the lawsuit filed by one person on behalf of a group
six financial compensation an order that outsourced moderators have the same health
care and pay skill as meta employees that unionization rights be protected and an
independent human rights audit of the office the lawsuit specific requires for action are
more granular and wide-ranging than those sort in previous cases and could reverberate beyond kenya
globally thousands of moderators review social media posts that could depict violence
nudity racism or other offensive content many work for third-party contractors rather than tech
companies meta has already faced scrutiny over content moderators working conditions
last year a california judge approved an 85 million dollar settlement between facebook
and more than 10 000 content moderators who had accused the company of failing to protect them
from psychological injuries resulting from the exposure to graphic and violent imagery
sierra leone sierra leone launches bid for un security council seat sierra leone has
launched a bid for a seat in the non-permanent category of the united nations security council
unnc president julius madavia officially launched the campaign
at a ceremony at state house the council is one of six organs of the un and it
has the primary responsibility of maintaining international peace and security sierra leone
served in the influential position once from 1970 to 1971 since it joined the un in 1961.
sierra leone's plan to beat for a seat on unsc had been rumored for some time reports
suggested that the government had been mobilizing support from friendly countries particularly on
the continent the ministry of foreign affairs said sierra leone is a sole candidate for africa
and has been endorsed by the african union and west african bloc ecoes the government said the
bid isn't about sierra leone alone noting that it's also part of a larger goal of attaining
africa's long-held desire for reforms in the unscr sierra leone has been leading the africa union's
committee of 10 c10 to negotiate the continent's position on the reforms for about a decade
the other members are kenya equatorial guinea the republic of the congo namibia zambia libya algeria
senegal and uganda nigeria former nigerian leader rejects presidential nomination former president
goodluck jonathan has rejected a presidential nomination form bought for him by a group from
northern nigeria jonathan's media adviser ike chukou eze said in a statement that a group had
bought the form and that the former president did not authorize the punches and considered
the move by the group and insult the form was for the ruling all progressives congress apc
that defeated jonathan who governed nigeria on the platform of the people's democratic party
before losing his re-election bid to muhammadu buhari in 2015. nigeria's main political parties
are expected to hold their primaries later this month to meet their electoral commission's
dateline of 3rd june for the submission of their candidates for the february 2023 election
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