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Will Nigeria’s ruling party pick northern candidate after Atiku’s emergence?

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– – Following the emergence of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar – a northerner – as the standard-bearer of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), there is now fresh pressure on the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to pick a northern candidate that can rival Atiku. Former Vice-President Atiku, who like games at best Australian online casino, emerged… Read More
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African academics express anger over new UK visa scheme

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– – Some African academics and students are crying foul over the new visa scheme introduced by the United Kingdom. The new UK visa scheme designed to attract the “brightest and best” graduates from around the world does not include any African universities on its list of institutions where those degree-holders can come from. The list of eligible universities from 2021, published… Read More
Europe 

Ukrainian refugees arrive in Poland ‘in a state of distress and anxiety’

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“Poland remains the main country of arrival for refugees from Ukraine,” UNHCR spokesperson Olga Sarrado told journalists at a regular press briefing in Geneva. And while the pace has slowed in comparison to early March – when over 100,000 people were arriving per day – May has continued to witness around 20,000 daily arrivals. Vulnerable refugees Although more people are going… Read More
Pacific 

Afghan authorities urged to address serious human rights challenges

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Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett was speaking to journalists at the end of an 11-day visit to the country.  Mr. Bennett said Afghanistan is facing a plethora of human rights challenges that are having a severe impact on the country’s people. However, the Taliban have failed to acknowledge or address the magnitude and gravity of abuses, many of which were committed… Read More
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Senegal hospital fire kills eleven newborn babies

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A hospital fire in the western city of Tivaouane in Senegal has killed eleven newborn babies. Senegal’s president, Macky Sall said in a statement that the fire at Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital was in the maternity department. “To their mothers and their families, I express my deepest sympathy,” President Sall wrote in a tweet. Je viens d’apprendre avec… Read More
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Nigeria arrests suspected head of cybercrime gang

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– – The cybercrime unit of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested a 37-year-old Nigerian man in an international operation spanning four continents. The arrest was coordinated and facilitated by the recently created Africa operations desk within INTERPOL’s cybercrime directorate, a statement on Interpol website said. The suspect is alleged to have run a transnational cybercrime syndicate that launched mass… Read More
Europe 

Cultural destruction in Ukraine by Russian forces will reverberate for years, UN rights expert warns

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“As in other conflicts, we currently witness the unfolding of suffering in Ukraine that does not seem to end and we cannot stop,” said Alexandra Xanthaki, Special Rapporteur on cultural rights. “The questioning and denial of the Ukrainian identity and history as a justification for war, is a violation of the Ukrainians’ right to self-determination and their cultural rights. “Self-identification… Read More
Pacific 

UNHCR chief urges support for Bangladesh to save Rohingya lives, ‘build hope’

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“The world must remember the crisis that Rohingya refugees and their hosts have been facing for the last five years,” Filippo Grandi said after visiting refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char island, in the Bay of Bengal.     Bangladesh hosts some one million Rohingya refugees, most of whom fled from Myanmar in 2017. UN priority Today was spent with… Read More
Pacific 

UN rights chief Bachelet holds ‘valuable’ meeting with China’s President Xi

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In a tweet on Wednesday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Bachelet, indicated that she had been able to “discuss directly” important issues via videolink with the country’s premier, without providing further information about her talking points. .@mbachelet: Meetings with President Xi & senior officials have been valuable to discuss directly human rights issues & concerns in China & global. For development,… Read More
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