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Protests overshadow party rallies ahead of Bosnia vote

Protests organised in Bosnia’s two largest cities on Friday by a pair of fathers demanding the truth about the alleged murders of their sons overshadowed rallies for Sunday’s general election. The young men’s parents and the opposition accuse the authorities of being involved in what they say were murders that were concealed by police and prosecutors for political reasons. Wide public support for the two grieving fathers has bridged Bosnia’s ethnic divisions, reflecting discontent with a political system and judiciary mired in corruption and party dominance in the 23 years…

Cameroon’s Paul Biya seeks seventh term in office

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Cameroonians are heading to the polls on Sunday where they are expected to re-elect their 85-year-old president to a seventh term. The election comes amid a tense backdrop of spiraling violence and unrest in the north and southwest of the country. President Paul Biya has ruled the country since 1982. Observers say he is almost certain to win the election, which means he will be 92 at the end of that term. Biya has often won past elections by a landslide. In the last election in 2011, the Supreme Court…

3 separatists, priest killed in Cameroon anglo zone

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Three anglophone separatists were killed in clashes with Cameroonian security forces in the flashpoint southwest town of Buea, a day before presidential polls, sources said Saturday. The incident on Friday followed the killing of an English-speaking priest by a soldier on Thursday in Bamenda, capital of the northwest — the other largely English-speaking region engulfed by the anglophone separatist uprising. The churchman’s slaying was confirmed in a statement issued by the town’s diocese. The unrest came as Cameroonians prepared to vote in polls that will be marked by unprecedented violence…

US Congress calls on Liberia to implement truth commission’s recommendations on war crimes

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The United States Congress has given its support for the complete implementation of Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) recommendation for the creation of a tribunal to try suspected war crimes and other atrocities committed during the nation’s 14-year civil war, which ended in 2003. On Wednesday, the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed a resolution supporting the creation of an Extraordinary Criminal Tribunal for Liberia. Between 1990 and 2003 the West African country was caught in a spiral of civil conflicts marked by an orgy of killings. During…

UK Government pledges “more timely payments” for small businesses

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Proposed measures to end the problem of late payments to small businesses by large companies which “abuse their position in the market” have been put forward by small business minister Kelly Tolhurst. Nearly a quarter of UK businesses report that late payments are a threat to their survival, according to the government. Tackling the problem could add £2.5bn to the UK economy and keep an extra 50,000 businesses open each year, according to research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). Among the proposals is a call for evidence on…

Court of Appeal rules asylum seekers cannot be held indefinitely pending return under Dublin III Regulation

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In an important decision handed down yesterday, the Court of Appeal ruled by a majority (with Lord Justice Sales dissenting) that asylum seekers cannot be held in detention indefinitely whilst awaiting possible return to another EU state under Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, which is commonly known as the Dublin III Regulation. Duncan Lewis Solicitors, who represented four of the appellants, called it a landmark judgment. EIN members can read the judgment here. According to the Guardian, the Court ruled that the Home Office unlawfully held many asylum seekers who passed…

The knife crime in the UK is not fair on awesome urban communities says’ Will.i.am

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The Rapper Will.i.am says he believes the UK’s knife crime epidemic in urban areas is “not as bad as it’s being reported”. Last month the homicide total in London alone for 2018 reached 100 amid growing fears over the level of violent crime across the country. Will.i.am, a member of hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas and a coach on The Voice UK, suggested it was unfair to focus too much on the problem in “urban areas”. He told the Press Association the issue should be tackled with “love, compassion,…

Nigeria: NNPC – Oil Revenue Rose By 35% to U.S.$416 Million in June

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Nigeria’s revenue from crude oil and gas sales rose by 35 per cent, representing $416m in June, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said yesterday. The NNPC in a statement, which announced the release of its June 2018 monthly financial and operations report in Abuja, stated the total financial value of the crude oil and gas export sales the country made in the month was $416.07 million in June. It explained that the figures were 35.78 per cent higher than that of the previous month which was $343.08 million. This…

Nigeria seeks 15% interest from MTN on $8.1bn moved abroad -court papers

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Nigeria seeks 15% interest from MTN on $8.1bn moved abroad -court papers Nigeria’s central bank is asking a Lagos court to make South Africa’s MTN pay 15 percent annual interest on the $8.1 billion it claims was illegally moved abroad, according to court documents seen by Reuters. The bank also asked the court to dismiss MTN’s case seeking to stop the monetary authority’s order for the telecoms firm to repatriate the funds back to Nigeria, the documents showed. The central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in August ordered MTN and its…

Dankwambo denies steps down for Tambuwal

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Gombe State governor Ibrahim Dankwambo has denied the report that he is set to step down for Sokoto State governor Aminu Tambuwal as the People’s Democratic Party picks its presidential candidate for the next general elections. The primaries will hold in Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, alleged to be in support of Tambuwal, is the governor. Two other aspirants – David Mark and Sule Lamido – were also reported by Sahara Reporters to have agreed to drop their own campaigns to support Tambuwal. “They have been able to get David Mark,…