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Uganda’s Bobi Wine ‘arrested and brutalized’

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– – Ugandan presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has been arrested by police. On Tuesday he was cleared by the electoral commission to run for President. But minutes later he was taken by the police and driven away. His supporters had gathered outside the nomination venue and along the road to the centre. Bobi Wine will… Read More
Pacific 

‘Super typhoon’ Goni: Towns cut off as COVID-19 impacts response

Village Reporter
The Bicol region – where typhoon Goni made its landfall on Sunday – currently has some 425 active COVID-19 cases and the risk of transmission remains high, especially in typically crowded evacuation centres, according to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).   About 361,000 people are sheltering in evacuation centres across the affected regions while another 54,400… Read More
Africa Ivory Coast West Africa World 

Ivory Coast: Alassane Ouattara wins re-election with 94% of votes

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He secured 94% of the total votes cast with the results expected to be confirmed by the Constitutional Council. Main opposition candidates Pascal Affi N’Guessan and Henri Konan Bédié who boycotted the election got 1% and 2% respectively. The fourth candidate, Kouadio Konan Bertin, also got 2%, according to the official results. African Elections have become a mere formality, electoral… Read More
Africa East Africa Featured World 

Uganda: Bobi Wine cleared to run for president

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– – Ugandan opposition lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has been cleared by the electoral commission to contest for president. He can now start official campaigns for the presidency, according to local media report. Bobi Wine will challenge nine other contenders including incumbent President Yoweri Museveni who has been in power since 1986. Police earlier in the… Read More
Pacific 

UN expert urges Myanmar not to undermine ‘very lifeblood of democracy’ ahead of polls

Village Reporter
Thomas Andrews, UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, said that the Government has set a “laudable standard” for the upcoming election – that they be free, fair, and reflect the will of the people.   “But this cannot happen as long as it is enforcing laws that undermine the very lifeblood of democracy, and the… Read More
Europe 

UN chief condemns deadly attacks in Austrian capital Vienna

Village Reporter
According to media reports, gunmen opened fire Monday evening (local time) at multiple locations in central Vienna. One of the victims was killed at the scene of the shootings, while a second died of their injuries. At least fourteen wounded people are in hospitals, some with serious injuries.  I’m following with grave concern the violent attacks of terror in Vienna,… Read More
Europe 

UN rights chief warns of possible war crimes in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Village Reporter
Michelle Bachelet on Monday expressed alarm at continuing indiscriminate attacks in populated areas in and around the border region, in contravention of international humanitarian law, despite a recent agreement by the two sides.  “Since the conflict reignited in September with the terrible consequences we are now seeing, there have been repeated calls, including by myself, for the parties to take… Read More
Africa World 

WHO chief goes into quarantine after Covid-19 contact

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– – The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has gone into self-quarantine after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement that he had no symptoms but is isolating according to health protocols. “I have been identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive for Covid-19.… Read More
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