The Nigerian government, in a coordinated effort, has allegedly paid hoodlums to attack #EndSARS protesters in Lagos, Abuja and other cities in the country. The attacks have seen by protesters as a move to cause confusion and discredit the protests. The hoodlums brought different weapons including knives and axes to disrupt the protests.
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Africans rising Nigeria’s #EndSARS protests are a stern warning to the older generation in power
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Politics and Society Why disbanding the notorious anti-robbery squad won’t stop bad policing in Nigeria
The dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad is the first step, but Nigeria needs a complete reform of its police.
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Politics and Society George Bizos: heroic South African human rights lawyer with a macabre duty to represent the dead
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Politics and Society UCT mourns the passing of Advocate George Bizos
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Politics and Society Young people living on Harare’s streets provide glimpses into life under COVID-19 lockdown
The story map reveals that like any part of society, street youth are both subject to and willing to conform to rules and conventions, in this case for their own and others’ safety.
Arts and Culture HBO’s sci-fi horror series Lovecraft Country relives the Jim Crow era
Lovecraft Country, a must watch landmark show is a story which grapples with America’s troubled past and present, a binary opposite defined relationship of us versus them is pitted throughout the narrative, be it law enforcement vis-à-vis policing and white American supremacy in the fray. It can be read as an allegory for the Black American horror reality.
African identities Africa’s policies hold key to LGBT rights on the continent: here’s how
Predominant public sentiment remains largely anti-homosexual and overshadows constitutionally guaranteed rights in Africa.