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Panel seeks comprehensive overhaul of Nigeria’s non-custodial justice system
Realnews Magazine
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August 15, 2025
Politics THE Independent Investigative Panel on Alleged Corruption, and Other Human Rights Violations in the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has called for a comprehensive overhaul of Nigeria’s non-custodial justice system,. On the fourth day...
Liberia: Ex-LDEA Official Urges Communities to Stop Jungle Justice, Property Demolition
Front Page Africa
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August 15, 2025
Fadiga pointed out that engaging directly with criminal elements can pose serious risks, and there may be legal implications if any actions taken infringe upon the rights of individuals. Monrovia – Former Deputy Director for Operations of the...
Sindh CM renews pledge for equal opportunities to every citizen on I-Day
The Nation
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August 15, 2025
Karachi - To commemorate the anniversary of the Independence of Pakistan with national zeal and fervour, the Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday, paid a visit to the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. In a symbolic...
Why Special Detectives from South Africa are in Kenya
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 15, 2025
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has announced a strategic partnership with South Africa’s Special Investigating Unit (SIU) as the two countries seek to intensify the fight against corruption across borders. In an official...
NIIRA 2025 Breaths Life Into Future Of Insurance Industry – NIA
Daily Independent
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August 15, 2025
1 LAGOS – The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) has said that the insurance industry reform bill signed into law last week has breathed a fresh life into the insurance ecosystem and the larger financial service landscape. The umbrella body of...
The Assassination of Palestinian Journalists
CounterPunch
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August 15, 2025
Image courtesy of Al Jazeera. In contemporary conflict the “weaponization of information” or “targeting of journalists” shows a pattern of squashing dissent. Analysts like Martin Libicki and John Arquilla argue how information itself becomes a...
Human Trafficking “a deep concern” for the Church in Africa: Talitha Kum Zimbabwe
ACI Africa
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August 14, 2025
The Zimbabwean-born official of the Talitha Kum Network, which supports victims of trafficking as well as refugees and migrants in the Southern African nation, noted that the human trafficking challenge is of great concern to the Church in Africa...
Suspected French spy arrested in alleged Mali coup plot
BBC
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Mali's military rulers say they have arrested a French national on suspicion of spying for his country in an attempt to destabilise the African nation. In a statement read on national television late on Thursday, the junta said that Yann Vezilier...
Bishop Sipuka urges interfaith leaders to take action for the poor at G20 Forum
IOL
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President of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) and Chairperson of the National Church Leaders’ Consultation, Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka, delivered rousing remarks that left attendees giving him a standing ovation at the G20...
US scraps $100m in study abroad programs
The PIE news
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August 14, 2025
Stakeholders warn that the funding cuts will probably result in furloughs, redundancies or – in the worst cases – organisations being forced to close. The move comes after months of policy turmoil in the US, as the Trump administration wages war...
Liberia: Candidates Contest Nimba County District Five By-Election Results, Threaten Legal Action
Front Page Africa
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August 15, 2025
Candidate Borris B. Barleah claimed that alleged discrepancies and irregularities occurred in several key precincts and is demanding an urgent recount of votes. Sanniquellie, Nimba County – An independent candidate in the just held District # 5...
I will vote for the PPP/C because the Opposition is incapable of confronting these issues
Stabroek News
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August 15, 2025
Dear Editor, For the past two general elections, I voted for the PPP/C, and I will vote for them again. But my vote comes with serious concerns. The PPP/C has shown visible cracks when it comes to corruption and accountability. Across social...
President Mahama will lead “relentless and ruthless” war on illegal mining – Ablakwa
Ghana Business News
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August 15, 2025
President John Dramani Mahama will spearhead what government describes as a “relentless and ruthless campaign” to end illegal mining, or galamsey, once and for all, Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa,...
South Africans view alcohol consumption as a pressing national issue
IOL
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A recent poll has found that close to 96% of South Africans believe that alcohol consumption is a national problem and 73% are deeply concerned about alcohol-fuelled violence. The poll results are contained in a statement released by the...
Trump vows to help free jailed Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai
The Globe and Mail
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August 15, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:A man in Hong Kong in June calls for the liberation of jailed publisher Jimmy Lai. Mr. Lai has spent four years and eight months in solitary confinement at a maximum-security prison.TOMMY WANG/AFP/Getty Images U.S....
Three women charged over newborn’s death in female genital mutilation case
The Independent
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August 15, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Edo bye-elections: CSO tasks INEC on free, fair process
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 14, 2025
As Edo state heads to the polls on August 16, 2025, for the Edo Central Senatorial District and Ovia Federal Constituency bye-elections, the Coalition of Observer Groups in Nigeria has expressed deep concern over credible reports that threaten the...
EFCC to arraign 23 suspected internet fraudsters arrested at OOPL
Premium Times
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August 14, 2025
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign 23 suspected internet fraudsters, who were recently arrested at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State. The commission said in a statement...
ZEC urges election supervisors to uphold law and fairness
Daily News Tanzania
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August 15, 2025
ZANZIBAR: THE Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) has urged constituency election supervisors to act as pillars of democracy by ensuring that the October polls are conducted strictly in line with the law, free from bias and in full respect of...
City of Joburg to repeal private CCTV by-law
The Citizen (South Africa)
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August 15, 2025
Sapoa, which is among three organisations legally challenging the bylaw, believes it’s unconstitutional and invalid. The City of Joburg intends to repeal its controversial private security by-law, adopted in February, which required...