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Month: December 2021

5 December 2021 by AFP
Barrow declared victor in Gambia's presidential poll Adama Barrow was on Sunday declared the victor of The Gambia's presidential election by the electoral commission, winning a second term in office in the tiny West African nation. Commission chairman Alieu Momarr Njai declared Barr [...]
5 December 2021 by AFP
Gambia incumbent leads in partial results, opposition cries foul The Gambia's incumbent president Adama Barrow appeared on course for re-election Sunday as partial results from most districts placed him in the lead after Saturday's crucial polls for the young democracy. But his challengers reje [...]
5 December 2021 by AFP
Gambia incumbent Barrow leads in partial presidential results The Gambia's incumbent president Adama Barrow appeared on course for re-election Sunday, as partial results from most districts placed him in the lead after Saturday's crucial polls for the young democracy. Barrow, who ousted dict [...]
5 December 2021 by AFP
Gambians await presidential result in test for young democracy Gambians were waiting Sunday to find out the winner of the first presidential election in the tiny West African nation since former dictator Yahya Jammeh fled into exile, with incumbent Adama Barrow enjoying the advantage in parti [...]
5 December 2021 by AFP
'Spiral of death' in DR Congo's Ituri province In Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province, armed groups are attacking more and more villages by the day. Last month more than 100 civilians were killed in just a week. DRC and neighbouring Uganda this week launched a milita [...]
4 December 2021 by AFP
Gambians vote in first presidential poll since dictator fled Gambians voted on Saturday in the first presidential election in the tiny West African nation since former dictator Yahya Jammeh fled into exile. The voting will be closely watched as a test of the democratic transition in The Gam [...]
4 December 2021 by AFP
Seven killed in attack on DR Congo mining town An armed group slew seven civilians in an attack on a mining town in Democratic Republic of Congo, a source said Saturday, with the army claiming it killed 36 attackers. Fighters from the armed Cooperative for the development of C [...]
4 December 2021 by AFP
Gambians vote in first presidential election since dictatorship Gambians began voting on Saturday in the first presidential election in the tiny West African nation since former dictator Yahya Jammeh fled into exile. The voting will be closely watched as a test of the democratic transition in [...]
4 December 2021 by AFP
Gambians vote in first presidential election since Jammeh era Gambians were due to head to the polls on Saturday, in the first presidential election in the tiny West African nation since former dictator Yahya Jammeh fled into exile. The voting will be closely watched as a test of the democra [...]
3 December 2021 by AFP
In The Gambia, victims of ex-dictator hope for justice In a victim's centre in The Gambia's capital Banjul, Mariama Marong Baldeh lifts up an old photo of herself and her deceased husband, a Gambian soldier, recalling a happy memory. The photo was taken before the 1994 execution of he [...]
Ephrem Rugiririza
3 December 2021 by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro
In Tribute to Ephrem The editorial staff of Justice Info are in mourning after the death of our Africa editor, Ephrem Rugiririza, on Tuesday November 30 at his home in Kampala, Uganda. We publish here a tribute from one of those who knew him best in h [...]
2 December 2021 by AFP
NGOs to UN: Yemenis need 'justice' for war crimes, abuses More than 60 non-governmental groups on Thursday urged the United Nations to ensure war crimes and human rights abuses in Yemen's conflict are documented and investigated to ensure accountability. The groups, which included Amnest [...]
2 December 2021 by AFP
Timeline: The Gambia's democratic transition In a key test of The Gambia's transition to democracy, President Adama Barrow is hoping to win a second term in elections on Saturday. Here is a timeline of the tiny West African country since he was first elected in 2016. - 2016: [...]
2 December 2021 by AFP
Libya court reinstates Kadhafi's son as presidential candidate: media A court in southern Libya on Thursday reinstated Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi, as a candidate in next month's presidential election, Libyan media reported. He had lodged an appeal earlier in the day [...]
2 December 2021 by AFP
CORRECTED: Gambians go to polls in first vote since Jammeh era Gambians go to the polls to pick a president on Saturday, in the first election in the poor West African country since ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh fled into exile. Voters in the tiny nation, the smallest on mainland Africa, which str [...]
2 December 2021 by AFP
German prosecutors seek life for Syrian in torture case German prosecutors on Thursday called for life in prison for a former Syrian intelligence services colonel accused of crimes against humanity in the first trial worldwide over state-sponsored torture in Syria. Anwar Raslan, 58, is [...]
2 December 2021 by AFP
Gambians go to polls in first vote since Jammeh era Gambians will go to the polls to pick a president on Saturday, in the first election in the poor West African country since ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh fled into exile. Voters in the tiny nation, the smallest on mainland Africa, whic [...]
Group of nomadic Sámis
2 December 2021 by Astri Dankertsen and Malin Arvidsson
Truth commissions in the Nordic states: Who is to be reconciled with whom? The Church of Sweden made an official apology to the Sámi people on 24 November, just weeks after two new truth commissions were set up to inquire into historical injustices against the Sámi in Sweden and Finland. Although differe [...]
1 December 2021 by AFP
Cheerio Charlie Watts and Prince Philip: 2021's big-name deaths From Britain's Prince Philip to Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, here are some of the most notable deaths of 2021. - January - Phil Spector, who revolutionised 1960s pop music with his "Wall of Sound" but who was jailed for m [...]