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Tanzania’s opposition says police blocking protest over vote

Mumbere Peter - November 2, 2020

TANZANIA A Tanzanian opposition leader says police have arrested several opposition figures and sealed off areas where a peaceful...

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Tanzanian opposition party says police kill 9 ahead of vote

Andrew Mbeki - October 27, 2020

NIGERIA Police in Tanzania shot dead at least nine citizens amid unrest over alleged fraud ahead of the country’s...

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357 persons in Police net over looting in Nigeria’s Plateau

Uzo Kingsley - October 26, 2020

NIGERIA Nigeria Police in north central Plateau State on Monday said it has arrested 357 suspects for looting government...

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Outrage in South Africa over police brutality in Nigeria

Andrew Mbeki - October 21, 2020

NIGERIA Hundreds of people took to the streets in South Africa on Wednesday to voice outrage at the shooting...

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Nigeria protesters demand police reforms for sixth day

Segun - October 14, 2020

NIGERIA Crowds protesting against police brutality in Nigeria took to the streets Tuesday for a sixth day across the...

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Nigerian Special Police Force still struggles with abuse reports

Segun - October 10, 2020

NIGERIA Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammed Adamu has forbidden several special units of the country’s police forces...

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Black man shot in the back seven times by Wisconsin police

Kate Howard - August 24, 2020

UNITED KINGDOM A black man is in a serious condition after being shot seven times at close range by...

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Police say 19 inmates, guards killed in Somalia prison riot

Abdul Sadiq - August 11, 2020

SOMALIA A Somali police officer says at least 19 people were killed during a riot in the central prison...

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Anti-lockdown protest in Madagascar over alleged police brutality

Mumbere Peter - June 4, 2020

MADAGASCAR A scuffle broke out between protesters and police in Madagascar Wednesday as citizens took to the street to...

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Troops, police clamp down in US cities as unrest over racism...

Jaden Brinley - May 31, 2020

USA Thousands of National Guard troops patrolled major US cities Sunday after five consecutive nights of protests over racism...

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sky news africa Global stock markets and oil prices plunged Monday as panicked investors bolted into safer assets such as gold after China warned that the spread of a deadly new coronavirus was accelerating. China extended its traditional Lunar New Year holidays to buy time in the fight against the epidemic, prompting neighbouring Mongolia to close its border after the death toll spiked to 81 despite unprecedented quarantine measures. Fears of a repeat of the 2003 SARS outbreak, which also began in China, spooked investors who only recently pushed markets to record highs -- meaning there was plenty of room for a reverse. All sectors were hit but luxury goods makers and airlines suffered particularly as Chinese tourist spending is a key factor for them. Wall Street opened lower, quickly losing nearly two percent as the global sell-off continued, adding to the pressure on Europe. In mid-afternoon trade in Europe, London was down some 2.2 percent, with Paris and Frankfurt doing even worse with losses of some 2.6 percent each. Oil prices were down around 2.5 percent, coming off early lows hit on concerns over demand from the world's top energy consumer China. - 'Major panic' - "Market participants in Europe have grave concerns about coronavirus," said Ava Trade analyst Naeem Aslam. "The bottom line is that the virus has become deadly and it has caused a major panic in markets." Chinese President Xi Jinping warned over the weekend that China was facing a "grave situation" given the "accelerating spread" of the new SARS-like virus that has infected nearly 3,000 people across the country. Analysts said there were growing fears the crisis could become as bad as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak that hammered markets and the global economy in 2003. "Coronavirus fears have gripped the markets... as all the major European equity benchmarks are nursing big losses," said analyst David Madden at trading firm CMC Markets UK. "Stocks that are connected to China are feeling the pain... as traders are afraid the health crisis will curtail economic activity." The outbreak has led China to lock down the epicentre of the disease, Wuhan -- a city of 11 million people -- while imposing tight travel restrictions on a number of other cities including Beijing. The move comes during the Lunar New Year holiday when hundreds of millions of people criss-cross the country and spend billions of dollars. The government decided late Sunday it would extend the holiday and related school closures beyond the January 30 end date to "reduce population flows", state media said. Most Asian markets were closed for the Lunar New Year break but Tokyo was open and fell two percent. Bangkok plunged nearly three percent on worries about the Thai travel sector. AFP / Behrouz MEHRI Tokyo stocks fell while other Asian markets were closed The flight to safety saw the yen rally against the dollar, with the unit now up more than one percent from eight-month lows touched earlier this year. Gold, another go-to asset in times of turmoil and uncertainty, is heading back towards $1,600 per ounce and the six-year peaks touched at the start of January. While the main focus is on the spread of the virus, traders will also be keeping an eye on the release of earnings this week from top companies including Apple, Facebook and Samsung. The oil market had already tumbled more than six percent last week owing to concerns about the effects on demand in China, which is the world's number two economy after the United States. - Key figures around 1430 GMT - London - FTSE 100: DOWN 2.17 percent at 7,421.71 points Frankfurt - DAX 30: DOWN 2.52 percent at 13,234.06 Paris - CAC 40: DOWN 2.58 percent at 5,869.95 New York - DOW: DOWN 1.5 percent at 28,543.75 EURO STOXX 50: DOWN 2.41 percent at 3,687.90 Brent Crude: DOWN 2.57 percent at $58.35 per barrel West Texas Intermediate: DOWN 2.40 percent at $52.89 Tokyo - Nikkei 225: DOWN 2.0 percent at 23,343.51 (close) Hong Kong - Hang Seng: Closed for a public holiday Shanghai - Composite: Closed for a public holiday Dollar/yen: DOWN at 108.94 yen from 109.28 yen Friday Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.1015 from $1.1025 Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.3060 from $1.3073 Euro/pound: UP at 84.37 pence from 84.34 pence

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Tanzania’s opposition says police blocking protest over vote

Tanzanian opposition party says police kill 9 ahead of vote

357 persons in Police net over looting in Nigeria’s Plateau

Outrage in South Africa over police brutality in Nigeria

Nigeria protesters demand police reforms for sixth day

Nigerian Special Police Force still struggles with abuse reports

Black man shot in the back seven times by Wisconsin police

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Anti-lockdown protest in Madagascar over alleged police brutality

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