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by Prince Charles Dickson The Edos say “Ehemwen wÿÿ iren te gua so ihuan, ren te vbe gua ku, sokpan ukpÿ iye-ÿkhÿkhÿ ÿre ÿ ma gie iren ku iku iren vbe avan”. A cockroach knows how to sing and dance, … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, Cockroach, Hotel Rwanda, IndepthAfrica, Ministry of Information (United Kingdom), Nigeria, Rwandan Genocide, state of emergency, Waiting staff
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By Chibuzo Ukaibe,Leadership (Abuja) The 36 governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) yesterday asked President Goodluck Jonathan not to yield to the agitation for a declaration of state of emergency in troubled states in the country. … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, Nigerian, rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi, state of emergency, Yobe State
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Witnesses say multiple explosions have rocked the northern Nigerian city of Kano. A local journalist tells VOA that the blasts went off Friday afternoon and damaged at least one police station. Other witnesses report hearing gunfire and seeing smoke rising … read more »
Summary: On December 25, 2011, well-coordinated bomb explosions occurred in three Nigerian cities. Boko Haram claimed responsibility. On December 31, the President of Nigeria responded by declaring state of emergency in some places. On January 1, 2012, Nigerian Government announced … read more »
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Maiduguri – Police say three people were killed in attacks by a feared sect despite a state of emergency in areas of northeast Nigeria. Borno state police chief Simeone Midenda said on Wednesday that two suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot … read more »
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Kano – Gunmen have attacked a police station in northern Nigeria’s Jigawa state, killing a teenage girl and wounding an officer in the first such incident since the president’s state of emergency decree. “The gunmen shot indiscriminately into the police … read more »
Johannesburg – Catholic bishops are urging reforms in Swaziland, calling sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarchy a police state that’s “tearing itself apart.” A statement issued on Thursday after a Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference visit to Swaziland says the king … read more »
February 22, 2011 by benim
Algiers – Algeria’s presidency says the country’s cabinet has approved a plan to lift a state of emergency in place for 19 years. The country’s government has already announced the plan, but the cabinet gave it formal approval on Tuesday. … read more »
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December 11, 2010 by benim
Guinea has lifted a state of emergency in a sign of rising stability in the West African state since elections marred by street violence. “The state of emergency has been lifted in all parts of the national territory,” General Nouhou … read more »
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November 18, 2010 by benim
Guinea’s government declared a state of emergency and imposed an overnight curfew on Wednesday after three days of violence that followed the announcement of the result of its first free election since independence. A rights group said it counted at … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, Conakry, Economic Community of West African States, emergency, Guinea, IndepthAfrica, Law, Muhammad Casey, Nuhu Thiam, political science, political-news, Sekouba Konate, state of emergency, War Conflict, west Africa news
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