here are your african news highlights africa wide morocco claims migrants died of asphyxiation
gambia ex-gambia spy chief sentenced to death south africa owner of south african bar where
21 teenagers died has been arrested west africa equals court declares buhari street
urban and norfolk kenya nairobi city named among the world's greatest places of 2022
diaspora afro-colombian politician trapped as ambassador tapped as ambassador to washington
morocco claims refugees died of asphyxiation a moroccan fact-finding mission has concluded that
the african migrants who died in stampedes during the attempt to enter the spanish angler by melilla
at the end of june died of asphyxiation blaming the police spanish ng reported a death toll of 37
confronted with videos that have gone viral on social networks showing the refugees being beaten
to the ground by moroccan police officers local authorities told the cndh that these were isolated
cases but the videos showed a different story the june 24 tragedy was preceded by a series of
violent clashes the previous week during sweeps by security forces targeting makeshift migrant
settlements near nador this migrant incident is the deadliest ever in the numerous attempts by
sub-saharan migrants to enter melilla and the neighboring spanish colony of cuerta
the aus the eu's only land borders with african continent ex-gambia spy chief sentenced to death
a ghandian court on july 13 sentenced five former members of the intelligence service to death
for the murder of a political activist during the rule of ex-president yahya jammeh
high court justice kombasila kamara pronounced the sentence against the former head of national
intelligence agency yanaku baba dj after finding him guilty of murdering a brima solo saden an
important figure in the position united democratic party in 2016. but dj also convicted was convicted
of bodily harm the agency's former operation chief sheikh omar jang as well as nia officials
babaku sala lamin daboy and tamam tamba mansari were convicted on the same charges and sentenced
to death by the banjoy court saddam was arrested during an april 2016 demonstration against jammeh
he died in custody two days later after having been beaten and tortured his death galvanized a
political movement that eventually outset jammeh who had ruled the west africa nation for 22 years
one of south african underwear 21 teens died arrested the owner of the bar in south
africa's coastal town of east london were 21 teenagers mysteriously died last month
has been arrested police in the east cape province have said provincial police said
in a statement that the owner aged 51 had been placed into cast study while two employees at
the tavern were subsequently arrested for insisting my yet to reveal their conclusion
on how their teens died with our source close to the investigation saying one theory
was chemical orgasmic and authorities also investigating possible accidental poisoning
owner is now expected to appear before the island magistrate caught on august 19 to face
charges after an investigation that focused on the alleged alleged supply of alcohol to minors
ecowas court declares buhari to taban unlawful the aqua's court has declared unlawful the suspension
of twitter by the government of president mohammad buhari and ordered administration not to repeat it
again this development is coming on the heels of a suit by social economic rights and accountability
project and 176 concerned nigerians recall that following the deletion of president muhammadu
buhari street the minister of information and culture lie mohammed announced the suspension of
twitter in nigeria the government also threatened to to arrest and prosecute anyone using twitter
in their country while the national broadcasting commission asked all broadcast stations to suspend
the patronage of twitter but in the judgment delivered on july 14th the aqua scout declared
that it had the jurisdiction to hear the case and that the case was therefore admissible the culture
that suspending the operations of twitter is unlawful and inconsistent with with the provisions
of article 9 of african's charter of human rights and article 19 of the international con
covenant of civil and political rights both of which nigeria is a state party it also ordered the
buhari-led administration to take necessary steps to align its policies and other measures to give
effect to the rights and freedoms and guarantee a non-reputation of the unlawful ban of twitter
nairobi city named among the world's greatest places of 2022 a must visit time magazine just
released its prestigious world greatest places of 2022 list and nairobi has made the cut
to compile the list of world's greatest bases time solicited solicit solicited nominations of places
from the international network of correspondence and contribution with a special eye towards those
places offering new and exciting experiences nairobi is one of 50 places on the list for
its cultural metropol metropolis with time calling it the safari capital of the world
time notes nairobi's many exciting experiences such as the nairobi contemporary art institute
eden nairobi and kuetu nairobi korea collection by hilton as results for their peak the magazine also
highlighted the brand new nairobi expressway the 650 million dollar project that provides
a long overdue reprieve from congestion in the center of the city so residents and visitors can
access it more easily and quickly than ever before afro-colombian politician tapped as ambassador to
washington a veteran afro-colombian politician who studied in the soviet union and fed his homeland
after being kidnapped by a parliamentary group has been tapped to become colombia's first black
ambassador to the u.s in a brief message posted on twitter on july 12 leftist president-elect
gustavo petro wrote that luis gilberto mullero will take colombia's most important diplomatic
post when he swung into office next month molyro 55 has a long record maneuvering in washington
power circles having established himself there more than two decades ago when fleeing death
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