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On Friday extremists attacked Mali's largest military base
Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
[DW] Armed men have broken into a jail in eastern Congo and released almost all the prisoners. The local mayor said an Islamist militant group was behind the attack.
BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA Harare provincial development co-ordinator Tafadzwa Muguti yesterday said government would descend on land barons parcelling out council land without approval, especially in Chitungwiza. Speaking during a tour of Chitungwiza Civic Centre at a ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of state-of-the-art offices at Chitungwiza town centre, Muguti said government was targeting land barons to bring back order to the dormitory town. Chitungwiza Municipality had previously threatened to demolish thousands of illegal structures in the town following revelations that some of the structures were built on wetlands and land earmarked for recreational facilities. However, the municipality shelved plans to demolish houses and other buildings in 35 illegal settlements across the town after a special full council meeting resolved to halt the contentious exercise. “The groundbreaking exercise is a show of strength of the central government and local community, to show land barons who is in charge of Chitungwiza,” Muguti said. “Chitungwiza Municipality is the one which is in charge, it is a great disappointment that State land has been parcelled out over the years without the signature of the Head of State, without the signature of the minister, I am hearing many people saying they have offer letters. “Let me tell the citizens and the residents of Chitungwiza that if the person who sold you land cannot guarantee you a title deed, it’s time you to wake up and ask yourself very serious questions.” He added: “Recently, there were demolitions in Chitungwiza and there was an outcry over human rights violations. Human rights violations do not apply when the law is broken. We have people that have taken the power of local authorities, some of them conniving with staff members to issue offer letters, offer letters are not title deeds,” Muguti said. He said Chitungwiza was sitting on 100% State land and for any development to take place, the State had to be involved. “To those who have broken the law, time is up we are coming after you, land barons, corruption shall not be tolerated in this new dispensation. We are very clear that vision attracts money, no one wants to invest in place where people do not want to respect property rights,” Muguti said. Meanwhile, Harare City Council has notified residents of the closure of Mbare Musika bus terminus for renovations and temporary use of alternative pick-up and drop-off points. “The City of Harare wishes to inform the public that Mbare Musika bus terminus is currently closed for renovations, the temporary rank shall only accommodate buses with COVID-19 compliance permits.” “The city, therefore, implores travellers and bus operators to comply and take due care so as to maintain orderliness and the safety of the travelling public.”
BEIJING/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) - An experimental vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech appeared to be safe in providing protection against the COVID-19 disease caused by the new coronavirus, preliminary results of a late stage clinical trial conducted in Brazil showed yesterday.
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In summary Gov. Gavin Newsom says Californians need to have confidence in a vaccine, and the state will have a review process regardless of which presidential candidate wins in November. Coronavirus vaccines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in coming months will not be distributed in California until a statewide panel of health […]
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BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin’ono, who is accused of inciting the public to commit public violence, has filed an application for the recusal of the presiding magistrate Nyasha Nduna. Chin’ono, who was represented by Gift Mtisi and Doug Coltart, elected to file a written application before the clerk of court and oral submissions later. Coltart said Chin’ono had numerous applications which he was supposed to file before the Harare magistrates, adding that their first step was to seek Nduna’s recusal. “The defence wishes to apply for your recusal from this matter. We want to file the application in writing and we commit to file that application by today. We want this application to be dealt with this week,” Coltart said. But the State led by Whisper Mabhaudhi and Tendai Shonhayi said Chin’ono’s application was not urgent. “The accused person did not give the reason why he wants the removal of the magistrate. He conceded that the application is not urgent by considering the matter next week. We can even file our response on November 2 for oral submission,” Mabhaudhi said. Nduna, however, in his ruling on the application for postponement by the State said Chin’ono’s matter was not urgent and that there was no evidence submitted in relation to the application. “It is lawful for the accused to make such an application, but the court is cognisant of the fact that once a person is allocated a case, that person should handle the case properly to finality. Accused person is not rendering evidence to the court that his lawyer Advocate Taona Nyamakura is going to undergo examination out of the country,” Nduna said. “The accused did not also produce any form of documentary evidence that he seeks to undergo toxicology tests in South Africa. This shows that the application may not be serious.” He said the State also had a right to study the application in order to make a meaningful response and that the accused person had the right to be represented by a lawyer of his choice. Nduna said the earliest date for hearing of the application was November 2. The State and defence then agreed to file their written submissions for the application by close of business tomorrow and the State will respond by October 28. Nduna recently made headlines after denying Chin’ono bail twice and turning down the journalist’s several other court applications. He also stopped Chin’ono’s lead counsel Beatrice Mtetwa from representing him, saying she had interfered with court processes.
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix on Monday previewed George C. Wolfe's August Wilson adaptation 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,' showcasing Chadwick Boseman's final performance opposite Viola Davis' powerhouse blues singer. The film, shot last year, was already one of the year's most anticipated, coming as the next chapter in Denzel Washington's ongoing project to turn Wilson's plays into films, following 2016's Oscar-winning 'Fences.' But since the unexpected death in August of 43-year-old Boseman from colon cancer, 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' has taken on a elegiac aura. Boseman's performance has been said to be among the […]
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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Former first lady Michelle Obama believes America needs a fresh start and urged undecided voters to empathize with Black women. “I want everyone who is still undecided to think about all those folks like me and my ancestors,” Obama stated in a video released on Oct. […]
The post Michelle Obama Urges Empathy for Black Women, Excoriates Trump in New Video Released by Biden Campaign appeared first on Voice and Viewpoint.
Sen. Kamala Harris won't be traveling for the next few days after a couple of staffers associated with her campaign have tested positive for COVID-19.
