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Johannesburg – An Ethiopian man was shot dead at a business premises in Klipgat on Saturday morning, North West police said. The man was found lying in a pool of blood near a pit toilet, said Captain Amanda Funani. He … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Ballistic trauma, England, Friday, indepthafrican, Law, North West, Police, Saturday, Saturday morning cartoon
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By Reuben Abati State House Press Release – Our attention has been drawn to a statement by the Leadership Newspaper titled “Statement on the Arrest and Detention of LEADERSHIP journalists” (April 10), the latest episode in the matters arising from … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, Press Releases, West Africa
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Leadership Newspaper, Leveson Inquiry, News of the World, Nigeria, Police, Presidential directive, Press Complaints Commission
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We call upon the government of Paul Kagame to release those arrested in today swoop, and ensure that police officers and their hierarchy are held accountable for their actions. File photo of supporters of Madame Victoire Ingabire, courtesy: therisingcontinent.wordpress.com (KIGALI) … read more »
By TransConflict Internally displaced persons of the Ruhororo site are living in difficult conditions amongst an already well established population. Despite the harsh conditions that an IDP must live, matters are made more difficult by the frequent confrontations they encounter … read more »
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Tagged Burundi, Head of state, IDP, IndepthAfrica, Internally displaced person, Landry Nintereste, Police, Ruhororo, Saturday 24th November
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MAIDUGURI – Nigerian security forces killed 20 militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram in a firefight in the northeast on Sunday, a spokesman said. Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, spokesman for joint military and police forces in the northeastern state … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, bokoharam, Borno State, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, MAIDUGURI, militant, Monguno, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Police
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Amnesty International has urged the Nigerian authorities to immediately stop the forced eviction of hundreds of residents in the region as hundreds of homes are being demolished in the Oke Ilu-Eri area of Badia East n Lagos. On Saturday, bulldozers … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Amnesty International, Demolition, eviction, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Police, World Bank
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Thirteen illegal immigrants arrested by police in Makueni on Wednesday night were taken to Makindu law court on Thursday. The Ethiopians aged between 18-35 years appeared before the Makindu Senior Resident Magistrate Michael Kizito to answer charges of being in … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Emali, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, Irregular immigration, Kenya, latest ethiopian news, Makindu, Makueni, Mombasa, news ethiopia, Police
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People thought they would see no more peaceful protesters shot by police, but the force is turning violent again. By Justice Malala,The Guardian South African police officers have admitted that weapons were planted near the bodies of miners after the … read more »
Posted in Article, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Andries Tatane, Bheki Cele, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Lonmin, Nelson Mandela, Oscar Pistorius, Police, South Africa
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Police in Abuja this afternoon detonated a time bomb dropped at the entrance to the Area 8 Abuja office of NIPOST. Eye witnesses told Daily Times that the parcel containing the expolsive device has been at the gate since last … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Daily Times, Delta State, Friday, IndepthAfrica, local Nigerian newspaper, news about Okonjo Iweala, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Nigerian news, Nigerians, Okonjo-Iweala, Police
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By Munonyedi Val When I was just growing up in the 80’s, can’t remember precisely the age then, there was this policeman who was very fond of me and always refer to me as his friend. I am sure the … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Cell Phones, Mobile phone, nigeria africa, Nigeria news, Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian news, Northern Nigeria, Police, Police officer, Police station, Science and Technology, Sunday, West Africa
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By Ashenafe Endale, Addis Fortune A two-day protest by residents of Alamata town, 600Km north of Addis Abeba, in the Tigray Regional State, led to the arrest of close to 40 people, who are all currently under custody, in a … read more »
Two young suspects were arrested for raping an Ethiopian maid in Fujairah during the past week. The arrested duo had recently been released after serving a jail term for stealing contents of 30 cars in Fujairah. The details in the … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged arrest, Delhi, Ethiopia, ethiopia maids, Ethiopia news, ethiopian maids, ethiopian news, Facebook, Fujairah, Maid, Police, Rape
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An Ethiopian housemaid committed a suicide by hanging herself at her employer’s house in Saudi Arabia after claiming she had kept seeing ghosts. Her employing family found the maid hanged by a rope at her room adjoining their house in … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Arabic language, Employment, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Maid, ethiopian maid suicide, ethiopian news, Hanging, IndepthAfrica, Maid, Police, Saudi Arabia, Shuqrah
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Cameroonian security forces used teargas to disperse about a thousand opposition supporters who had gathered in the commercial capital on Tuesday to protest against President Paul Biya as he marked 30 years in power, witnesses said. Biya, 79, has kept … read more »
This Video contains scenes that some viewers may find disturbing”. “Viewer discretion advised Investigators in Nigeria say they have taken 13 people into custody after a mob attacked four students and burned them alive — killings that were videotaped and … read more »
Conakry – Human Rights Watch called Thursday on Guinean authorities to support an inquiry into a 2009 massacre when troops killed some 160 civilians and raped others in the capital Conakry. On September 28, 2009, thousands of opponents of a … read more »
North West – Julius Malema was sent packing under police escort from strife-torn Marikana on Monday, and threatened with arrest if he didn’t leave the area at once. Malema and his entourage had arrived in two cars at Wonderkop stadium … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress Youth League, Holiday Inn Express, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Jeff Radebe, Julius Malema, Lonmin, Police, South African National Defence Force
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The majority of the dead in the 16 August massacre at Marikana appear to have been shot at close range or crushed by police vehicles. They were not caught in a fusillade of gunfire from police defending themselves, as the … read more »
Posted in Article, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa news, IndepthAfrica, Marikana, Nyala, Peter Alexander, Police, South Africa, SWAT, Tsepo, University of Johannesburg
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We had a security incident at our home tonight. It was literally a minute before midnight when I was prodded out of bed by the sound of the siren for the electric fencing screaming. In typical fashion, I loitered, somewhat … read more »
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, African National Congress, ANC, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Police, reuters africa news, South Africa, United States
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During the past few days the country and the world has witnessed the violent strike and murder of workers and police men by workers and the action by the police force and striking workers and the death of workers at … read more »
Posted in Article, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Lonmin, NUM, Police, reuters africa news, Rustenburg, South Africa, Strike action, trade union
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by ex-IGs, Osayande, ngrguardiannew IG earns less than EFCC, SSS bosses • ‘No mandate for Police Affairs Ministry in constitution’ • Panel, ex-IGPs reject state police IT is not new that the officers and men of the Nigeria Police are … read more »
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Tagged Federal Ministry of Finance, Goodluck Jonathan, Inspector General, Inspector-General of Police, Ministry of Police Affairs, National Intelligence Agency, Nigeria, Police
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By Alex Bossman Baafi The word Integrity used to feature most prominently in the 90s, when the then ruling President made it a mantra and used it to describe most people in government. The president at the time used to … read more »
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, breaking news, crime, East Africa, Ghana, God, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Integrity, Job, Lord, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Police, Satan, West Africa
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Police in Swaziland have shot dead a number of suspects recently in what appears to be a “Shoot-to-Kill” policy. Last month a serial rapist suspect Bhekinkhosi Masina, popularly known as Scarface, was shot by police as they cornered him for … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Southern Africa, Swaziland
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Amnesty International, breaking news, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Lomahasha, Mbabane, Mswati III, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Police, South Africa, Swazi Media Commentary, Swaziland, West Africa
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The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Drugs and Narcotics, Mr. Adams Jagaba, was yesterday quizzed by the Police in connection with the $620,000 bribe collected by Hon Farouk Lawan from businessman Femi Otedola. Jagaba, who had declined police invitation, … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Bribery, Chairman, FaroukLawan, FemiOtedola, IndepthAfrica, Jagaba, Narcotic, Police
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Police authorities in Delta State on Wednesday said a child stolen and sold for N250,000 had been recovered in Agbor, Delta State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Charles Muka, who confirmed the development, said five persons had also been arrested … read more »
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More than a hundred people attended today’s funeral for one of the two women who died in the collapse of a mall roof in Elliot Lake, Ont. Doloris Perizzolo, a 74-year-old widow, was to be buried at Woodlands Cemetery, not … read more »
The Police Special Task Force investigating the former chairman of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on fuel subsidy probe, Farouk Lawan and the former committee’s secretary Boniface Emenalo on allegation that they received $500,000 and $120,000 in bribes … read more »
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William Finnegan In 1955, openly racist, all-white juries made certain that the confessed killers of Emmett Till walked free in Mississippi. In Florida today, the Stand Your Ground law may yet block the workings of justice. The killing of Trayvon … read more »
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Tagged africa african news, American Legislative Exchange Council, Castle Doctrine, Emmett Till, Florida, indepthafrica africa news, National Rifle Association, Police, Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman
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Rabat – Morocco’s state news agency says anti-government riots have spread in the northern part of the North African country, resulting in serious injuries among security forces. Security forces broke up a protest march on Sunday from the village of … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Demonstration (people), Imzouren, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Morocco, North Africa, Police, Rabat, Rif
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Nineteen people have been arrested after police carried out an online sex sting, including a man wanting to contract a disease through unprotected sex. The suspects, six of whom were married, were arrested for crimes including soliciting prostitution and drug … read more »
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Swazi police ‘shoot-to-kill’ victims mount up
Police in Swaziland have shot dead a number of suspects recently in what appears to be a “Shoot-to-Kill” policy. Last month a serial rapist suspect Bhekinkhosi Masina, popularly known as Scarface, was shot by police as they cornered him for … read more »