jeudi 27 juin 2019
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Teenage corn-seller shot by Liberia police dies
bbc
Jonathan Paye-Layleh
BBC Africa, Monrovia
Police
in Liberia have confirmed that a 17-year-old teenager shot when
officers opened fire to disperse protesters on Monday has died of a
bullet wound to the head.
Abraham
Tomey was sitting by the roadside roasting corn to sell when a police
bullet struck him as he apparently attempted to run away from the
confrontation between police and protesters in Kingsville, about 20km
(12 miles) south-east of the capital, Monrovia.
Police
spokesman Moses Carter told the BBC that the officers involved in the
shooting would be investigated “because under the law, they have to
shoot only when their lives are under threat".
He earlier told a local radio station that Tomey had died in a hospital about 10km from the site of the shooting.
Police
were dispersing a crowd protesting against the suspected ritual killing of two children, aged 10 and 14, in Kingsville.
Killings
for ritual purposes are common in Liberia. Some body parts are believed
to be useful in preparing charms for gaining political power and luck.
mardi 25 juin 2019
Aliou Sall, Senegal president's brother, resigns post amid corruption claim
bbc
The brother of Senegal's
president has resigned as head of a state-run savings fund after the BBC named
him in a report over alleged corruption.
The report alleged that Aliou
Sall was secretly paid $250,000 (£196,300) in 2014 by a gas company that sold
its shares in Senegalese gas fields to BP.
Mr Sall has denied the claims,
calling them part of a campaign to make him "public enemy number
one".
Senegal's attorney general
said an investigation had been launched.
"This unfortunate
controversy is based only on untruths," Mr Sall said in a statement on
Monday.
He had directed Senegal's
Caisse des Depots et Consignations, or CDC fund, since September 2017.
In 2012, Senegal's then
government awarded exploration rights for two offshore oil and gas fields to
Petro-Tim. The firm was part of Timis Corporation, run by Romanian-Australian
business tycoon Frank Timis.
The company had no previous
experience of oil and gas exploration and an investigation - ordered by
President Macky Sall after he took office - concluded that Petro-Tim should
lose its concessions. President Sall still pushed the deal ahead, leading to
protests in Senegal.
According to the BBC
investigation, his brother was later hired by Timis Corporation and paid $1.5m
(£1.18m) over five years. Aliou Sall was also promised shares in some of Mr
Timis's companies which were worth $3m.
Media captionWhy is BP paying
$10bn over Senegal gas deal?
When gas was discovered in the
two fields in 2016, BP agreed to pay between $9bn (£7.06bn) and $12bn in
royalties to Timis Corporation for its stake, over a 40-year period.
The BBC investigation said
documents showed BP was aware of Timis Corporation's $1.5m payments to the
president's brother, and went ahead with the deal anyway.
Records also allegedly show
that, in 2017, an offshore trust owned by Frank Timis secretly paid $250,000
(£196,000) to a company owned by Aliou Sall, which it said was for "tax
due to the Senegalese government".
BP said it had conducted
extensive due diligence and that figures published by the BBC were inaccurate.
Mr Timis has also denied any wrongdoing.
President Sall has weighed in
on the affair, calling the accusations an attempt to destabilise the country.
His brother had already
stepped down in October 2016 from his post at Timis Corporation after facing
criticism of a possible conflict of interest.
The report has dominated the
country's media and prompted protests in the capital, Dakar. Political
opponents and civil society groups have demanded "transparency" in
contracts related to gas and oil exploration in Senegal.
One MP, Aymérou Gning, has
told local media that a parliamentary inquiry could be opened.
Rwandan youth conned over fake conference
bbc
Cyuzuzo Samba
BBC Great Lakes, Nairobi
BBCCopyright: BBC
The young
people had each handed over $5 (£3.90) to register for the conference
Rwandan police are
investigating how thousands of young Rwandans were conned into paying a
registration fee for a wealth and fitness conference that never happened.
The young people turned up at
a conference centre in the capital, Kigali, to find that their $5 (£3.90)
online registration fee was for nothing.
The venue was full with at
least 2,000 hopeful participants but no organisers could be found.
Speaking to the BBC, some of
those who turned up said they were told they would receive $197 for taking
part.
The police and youth ministry
arrived at the venue once news of the con had spread on social media.
Youth Minister Rose Mary
Mbabazi told the unfortunate participants that they had been the victims of a
scam. She added that this should be a lesson for those who go for “empty
promises of easy money” online.
The police assured the
frustrated young people that they would pursue the case and get the fees
returned.
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Ethiopia's capital to ban motorbikes
bbc
The authorities in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, are banning motorbikes
from the city's streets as part of an effort to reduce crime.
The administration believes that a rising number of thefts are being
committed by people on motorbikes.
Addis Ababa Deputy Mayor Takele Uma said motorbike owners have just over a
fortnight to find alternative transport before the ban comes into effect on 7
July.
In recent years, motorbikes have become increasingly popular in the city as
a means to avoid traffic jams, but there they are not as commonly seen as in
many other African cities such as Nairobi, the BBC's Kalkidan Yibeltal says.
Embassies and the postal service will not be affected by the ban.
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Senegal's Leye begins coaching career in Belgium
Mohamed
Fajah Barrie
BBC Sport,
Sierra Leone
His appointment comes after the 36-year-old retired
from playing at the end of the last season.
"Mbaye Leye has been chosen by Standard Liege to
join our pro team staff and join Eric Deflandre as a duo of assistants to
Michel Preud'Homme next season," Standard Liege said in a statement on
their website.
"Our club wishes Mbaye Leye a good return to the
Meuse and a beautiful development in this direction of his new career."
Leye said on social media that his appointment is a
"new challenge."
He is returning to the former Belgian champions where
he played from 2010 to 2012 scoring 11 goals in 56 games and helped them to win
the 2011 Belgian cup.
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