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EndSARS: Tell Soldiers Not To Kill Any Protester – NUJ To Buhari

October 20, 2020 10:09 am

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to instruct soldiers not to shoot any of the youths protesting police brutality.

NUJ said that as men of the Nigerian Army take over the streets across the country in the name of Operation Crocodile Smile, Buhari should instruct the troops to ensure that none of the protesting youths is killed or brutalised during the exercise.

NUJ Chairman in Oyo State, Comrade Ademola Babalola and the secretary, Comrade Sola Oladapo in a statement, urged the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, to direct his men to exercise …

Trump Faces Tough Questions About African-Americans

September 16, 2020 5:49 am

U.S. voters had a rare opportunity to ask President Donald Trump tough questions during a town hall event on Tuesday night.

Trump fielded questions ranging from police brutality against Black people to his decision to downplay the coronavirus pandemic and his tepid support for mask-wearing.

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Referring to Trump’s campaign slogan ‘Make America Great Again,’ one voter, a Black man, asked the president: “When has America been great for African-Americans in the ghetto of America?”

‘We have tremendous African-American support,’ Trump said, referring to unspecified ‘polls’ and citing pre-pandemic employment numbers.’

Trump claimed …

African Countries Lobby For UN Probe Of American Systemic Racism

June 16, 2020 12:35 pm

African countries are lobbying to set up a U.N. inquiry into “systemic racism” and “police brutality” in the United States and elsewhere, aiming to defend the rights of people of African descent.

Reuters reported on a draft resolution circulating among diplomats in Geneva, which voices alarm at “recent incidents of police brutality against peaceful demonstrators defending the rights of Africans and of people of African descent”.

The resolution is due to be considered at an urgent debate of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Wednesday.

The 47-member Council agreed on Tuesday to convene at the request of Burkina Faso on …