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Haiti violence: Residents see no end to crisis as capital city reels from gang warfare
“Port-au-Prince is in panic mode,” a friend in the Haitian capital texted me. Residents of Petionville, a wealthier area of of the city, are shaken after their most violent day so far in the country’s spiralling security crisis. More than a dozen bullet-ridden bodies lay in the street – the victims of the latest gang […]
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Passage of anti-gay bill will incite violence in Ghana – UNAIDS
The Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Winnie Byanyima, has expressed grave concerns over the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill in Ghana, commonly known as the anti-gay bill. The legislation, which criminalizes and prohibits LGBT activities, was approved on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, sparking criticism […]
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Calm restored to Bawku after violence
Calm has been restored to Bawku in the Upper East region after unknown gunmen fired into a group of people at the community centre on Wednesday, January 17. The incident resulted in the death of three persons, while four others were injured. Residents are reported to have fled the area for fear of their lives. […]
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Nii Kotey Ashie accuses NPP of fomenting trouble in Odododiodioo
A parliamentary candidate hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Odododiodioo constituency, Nii Kotey Ashie, has blamed the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the electoral violence often recorded in the area. According to him, the NPP has been importing people from outside the constituency to cause trouble in the area during elections, […]
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Protest turns violent as activist jailed in Russia, dozens arrested
Russian police have cracked down on a large protest in the far eastern region of Bashkortostan after an activist was jailed. The protest broke out after a court in the town of Baymak sentenced Indigenous rights activist Fail Alsynov to four years in a penal colony on Wednesday. About 3,000 supporters were involved in the […]
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