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Senegal condemns ex-leader's call to 'burn voters card'
Louise Dewast
Dakar, Senegal
BBC
Senegal's government has
condemned calls for violence by former President Abdoulaye Wade, who
claims the presidential poll scheduled later this month is rigged in
favour of the incumbent Macky Sall.
The
government says calls by the 92-year-old former leader for people to
attack polling stations and burn their voter cards and electoral rolls
are irresponsible
and subversive.
Mr Wade, who lives in France, returned to Dakar last
week after his son was barred from standing in the poll due to a corruption
conviction.
As a result, his party - Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) - does not have a presidential candidate.
The government added that Mr Wade's attitude would not be tolerated and that any illegal action will be
sanctioned.
Mr Wade - who has been a leading figure in the country since the 70s - still has a base of supporters but it is unclear
whether they will dismiss or listen to his calls for violence.
He
led the West African nation from 2000 - 2012. He stepped down after he
was defeated by President Sall while seeking a controversial third-term.
jeudi 14 février 2019
Kenyan policeman sentenced to death in rare officer conviction
Nahashon Mutua had previously tried to pin the
death on an inmate
Kenya's High Court has
sentenced a senior policeman to death for the murder of a detainee - one of two
cases resulting in rare officer convictions.
In a separate case, five
senior police officers were found responsible for the death of a six-month-old
baby hit over the head by riot police.
Kenya's police have previously
faced accusations of impunity over killings.
Nahashon Mutua received a
death sentence for fatally beating detainee Martin Koome with a metal bar in
2013.
Mutua was the officer in
charge at a police station in the capital, Nairobi, when Koome was brought in
following a domestic fight.
The officer had tried to frame
an inmate for the murder but he was convicted in December and sentenced to
death on Thursday.
What is the reaction in Kenya?
Ferdinand Omondi, BBC News, Nairobi
Nahashon Mutua's death
sentence trended on Kenyan social media within minutes of his sentencing. Not
many Kenyans would have expected the outcome. Policemen in Kenya have got away
with it before: brutal beatings, torture and even broad daylight killings, some
caught on camera.
The state stubbornly refuses
to acknowledge it as a widespread problem; dismissing the cases as individual
bad apples. But all the hard work of human rights groups, public pressure and
the six-year-old Independent Police Oversight Authority (Ipoa) is beginning to
bear fruit.
More officers are getting
charged and prosecutors are beginning to win cases. The civilian-led Ipoa is
getting plaudits for holding police officers accountable, and many Kenyans hope
this new trend will be a deterrent.
Amnesty International says
justice has prevailed against extrajudicial killings, but maintains it does not
support the death penalty, which is still part of Kenyan law.
Why was Martin Koome arrested and what happened?
Chief Inspector Mutua was the
officer in charge of Ruaraka police station when a suspect, Martin Koome
Manyara, was brought in following a domestic brawl, back in December 2013.
Neighbours who heard the
incident reported the matter to the police.
During the case, the court
heard how Mutua had tried covering up the murder several times, including
faking a report, freeing suspects present during the night of the incident and
even charging one cellmate, Kelvin Odhiambo, with the murder of Koome.
It was Mr Odhiambo who sought
the help of the oversight authority who eventually uncovered Mutua's behaviour.
Charges against Mr Odhiambo were dropped and he turned state witness.
What about the other police brutality case today?
In another courtroom on the
same day, five police commanders were found responsible for the death of baby
Samantha Pendo.
Samantha was beaten on the
head in the middle of clashes between police and demonstrators in Kisumu, in
the west of Kenya, after Uhuru Kenyatta was announced as the winner of the
presidential election in 2017. She died in hospital three days later.
What do we know about how police act in Kenya?
In September, the
BBC's Africa Eye investigative unit highlighted police impunity in Kenya, covering the story of
a notorious officer who became national news after mobile footage showed him
gunning down two apparently unarmed men in broad daylight.
mercredi 13 février 2019
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Election clashes turn deadly in Senegal
Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service
At least one person has been killed during
clashes between supporters of rival politicians ahead of this month's elections
in Senegal.
The fighting broke out on Monday in Tambacounda in the east
of the country between supporters of the opposition candidate, Issa Sall, and
people backing the incumbent Macky Sall.
President Sall has accused
opposition politicians of instigating the violence.
Senegal is a
relatively stable country where there have been successive peaceful elections,
but this time tension is high.
Five human rights groups, including Amnesty
International, have called on all candidates to tell their supporters not to
resort to violence.
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Tanzania male MPs face circumcision call to stop HIV spread
BBC
A female MP in Tanzania has
called for checks to determine whether or not her male colleagues have
undergone circumcision - a procedure known to reduce the risk of HIV
transmission.
Jackline Ngonyani said any MPs
found not to have been circumcised should be required to undergo the procedure.
Her suggestion divided opinion
among her colleagues.
HIV is seen as a major threat
to public health in Tanzania. Around 70% of the male population is circumcised.
Around 5% of Tanzania's adult
population is believed to have been infected by HIV - giving it the 13th
highest rate of infection in the world, according to figures from 2016.
The World Health Organization
(WHO) says circumcision reduces the risk of heterosexual men contracting HIV by
around 60%.
Several African countries that
are fighting HIV epidemics have launched campaigns to encourage men to undergo
the procedure, which involves surgically removing the foreskin from the penis.
Ms Ngonyani made the comments
during a debate in parliament about how to curb the spread of HIV in the
country.
Her suggestion was backed by
MP Joseph Selasini.
In neighbouring Kenya, some
top politicians voluntarily submitted to the procedure in 2008 as a way of
encouraging men from their communities to do the same.
However, MP Joseph Kasheku
opposed Ms Ngonyani's proposal, describing it as uncouth and invasive.
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