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Police brutality: Jamaican Officers now wear body cameras
In a bid to enforce professionalism in policing, Jamaican police authorities has announced that its officers have started using body cameras, more than two years after it was first announced, says Jamaican Observer. The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) announced Monday that police officers in Kingston and St Andrew have started…
Read More »Govt to publish list of gay people
A list of gay people is set to be published by the government of Tanzania, days after shutting dozens of AIDS clinics accused of promoting homosexuality, according to a report by Jamaica Observer. Tanzanian government said on Saturday it is planning to publish a list of gay people allegedly selling…
Read More »Anti-government: Egypt jails 21 for life
An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 21 anti-regime opponents to life for allegedly committing violence following the 2013 coup against president Mohamed Morsi, according to a local judicial source. The defendants — who were tried in absentia — were charged with promoting violence in Menoufiya province in the Nile Delta…
Read More »Jailed 5000 doctors regain freedom
The Court of Appeal in Kenya on Wednesday ordered the release of jailed 5000 doctors. The Appeal Court freed the doctors to enable officials of the national doctors’ union to continue negotiations with the government over a strike that has paralyzed the public health sector. This followed a consent agreement…
Read More »Court to jail 5000 doctors
About 5000 doctors have been sentenced to one month in jail for going on strike over pay conditions in public hospitals. According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), a Kenyan judge on Monday ordered that officials from the national doctors’ union be jailed for one month amid an ongoing strike.…
Read More »Adele wins big in Grammys   Â
   British born singer, Adele cart away most of the prestigious titles at stake at the 59th Grammys at the Staples Centre, Los Angeles. Born Adele Adkins, she scooped Best Pop Solo Performance for her hit song Hello, brushing aside Beyoncé’s Hold Up. Adele also won Best Song…
Read More »Judges reject Trump’s travel ban
President Donald Trump suffered yet another legal blow on Thursday when a federal appeals court refused to reinstate his executive order temporarily banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the Trump administration…
Read More »Border ‘wall’ to cost $21.6 billion, takes 3.5 years to build: internal report
The proposed border wall between America and Mexico initiated by President Donald Trump is estimated to cost America $21.6 billion and may be completed towards the tail end of Trump’s administration, says a U.S. Department of Homeland Security internal report. Reuters reported that the estimated price-tag is much higher than…
Read More »U.S. court to hear Trump’s travel ban today
A U.S. federal appeals court will hear arguments on Tuesday over whether to restore President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries, the most controversial policy of his two-week old administration. In a brief filed on Monday, the Justice Department said last week’s suspension of Trump’s…
Read More »Travellers rush to the U.S. as court denies Trump ban blocked
Travellers to the U.S. who were denied access as a result of President Donald Trump’s executive order on travel ban have resumed their trip following appeals court ruling. A U.S. Appeals Court in San Francisco late on Saturday denied a request from the Department of Justice to immediately restore an…
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