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The world is shocked by a video which appears to show three policemen harassing and humiliating a man with no legs and one arm.

More than 100,000 have watched the short film posted on Facebook, which shows the man being abandoned by the police officers after being made to remove his artificial legs and strip to his underpants.
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Violent scenes break out in France during anti-labour reform protests

As the policemen walk away, a passer-by who filmed the scene on his smartphone is heard shouting: “Officer, officer, we need you. Officer, turn back please. This is humiliation, It is not normal.”

The man who made the video, Jean-Didier Bakekolo, told French media: “I found myself witnessing a police search of exceptional brutality. The officers forced this man to undress and left him struggling to put back his artificial legs…He was ill-treated to the point of being forced to sit on the ground partially undressed.”

The incident, which happened on the underground platforms at the Gare de Lyon in Paris on Monday night, comes at a time when relations between police and public in France are already strained.

Police have been accused of acting with unnecessary violence to control a fringe of aggressive demonstrators during left-wing protests against plans to reform French employment law. Police unions have retorted that the violence comes mostly from the protesters and that several officers have been seriously hurt.

One police union, Alliance, has called for a demonstration by police on 18 May to protests against what they see as a “campaign of anti-police hatred” on the left of French politics.

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Nigerians in Essen-Germany came out en masse on Friday 6 May 2016, to show solidarity and to protest the barbaric activities perpetrated in Nimbo, Uzo-Uwani local government areas of Enugu State by Fulani herdsmen.
The protestors who were in their numbers peacefully singing slogans while waving banners condemning the killings and destructions by these herdsmen.
Speaking to Cameroon Concord's EU correspondent on Friday afternoon, one of the prostesters-Emeka Ani, had this to say:

To be honest with you,We are shocked and saddened over the level of killings perpetrated by these Fulani herdsmen in Nimbo community and in other parts of Eastern Nigeria.
The Nigerian community in Germany sympathizes with the Government and people of Enugu State.

We appeal to the people of Enugu State to remain calm and we applaud the Governor of Enugu State, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for the maturity he displayed in handling the matter.

Last week alone,six people were killed with scores wounded and properties destroyed by suspected herdsmen in the Nimbo, Uzo-Uwani local government areas .
Michael Charles Ugochukwu ,the organizer of the protest in his speech expressed gratitude to all who turned out to take part in the protest march while also calling on the attention of the global authorities including Germany to urge the Nigerian Government to do more to protect its citizens against such attacks.

A few days ago, Nigerian in the United Kingdom, also staged a similar protest at the UK Westminister Parliament in London to condemn the killings, meanwhile back in Nigeria, students from the Federation of Association of Nsukka Students and the South-East Students Association last week staged a protest as well in condemnation of the killings.

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Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa has implemented a smoking ban at public gatherings and venues, despite the country having one of the lowest tobacco usage rates in the world.

The mayor of Addis Ababa, Diriba Kuma, announced on Wednesday that smoking would be made illegal in places including bars, cafes and restaurants, as well as at major public gatherings such as religious festivals. Smoking on streets is still permitted but tobacco advertising is also to be banned, AFP reported. “Due to tobacco, people are dying and being exposed to several health hazards,” said Kuma. “For these reasons, the public have the responsibility to fight tobacco smoking in public gatherings.”

The announcement follows a law passed by Ethiopia’s parliament in 2014 but which has so far only been implemented in the northeastern town of Mekelle. Violators of the law will face a fine of 2,000 Ethiopian biir ($92) or 2,500 Ethiopian biir ($116) for those who send children under the age of 18 to buy cigarettes for them.

The prevalence of smoking in Ethiopia is one of the lowest in the world—only 0.5 percent of Ethiopian women and 8.9 percent of Ethiopian men smoke any tobacco product, according to 2012 data collated by the World Health Organization (WHO). According to the World Lung Foundation, Ethiopians smoked an average of just 75 cigarettes per year in 2014. But there are signs that smoking is on the rise, with Ethiopia’s premier tobacco company the National Tobacco Enterprise increasing its production of cigarettes from 4 billion to 6 billion per year.

Ethiopia signed up to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2004 and has until 2020 to implement the ban on smoking in public places across the country. Other African countries including Kenya and Niger have introduced public smoking bans in recent years but levels of enforcement have varied.

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A Cameroonian has attempted to take his own life by climbing an electric pole in Lagos-Nigeria.Schocked residents said the the individual who appeared to be mentally deranged was demanding N5 million(14 Million FCFA) or he would kill himself. According to witnesses, when persuaded to come down from the PHCN pole, the Cameroonian, Frederic Gino, told the bewildered onlookers that he would only climb down if he got the money.

Media reports say Gino had climbed the electric pole in an attempt to commit suicide, the man had been on the pole as early 5:30am and all efforts by the community to bring him down proved abortive. He was, however, rescued by officials of Lagos State Emergency Agency in collaboration with officials of the state Fire Services.When questioned, He said his name is Fredrick Gino from Cameroon and he doesn't know how he got to Nigeria

The individual sustained injuries during the rescue attempt and was immediately taken to a local hospital.

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It was with euphoria that men, women, young and elderly persons in Mpondo Balong village in Muyuka sub division received for the first time in 100 years, electricity. School children sang, dance groups performed and old women forgot their old age and dance on. The ceremony to officially hand over the project to the villagers was presided by the Muyuka Council mayor, NKENG Michael, initiator of the huge project.

For the past 100 years since creation of the village, the people have never had electricity and have been using bush lamps. The people have been told to register their names on the village list in order to receive connection soonest. Most villages in Cameroon have not been electrified, absence of farm to market roads, pipe bone water among others. The problem of electricity in Cameroon has reached its acme. ENEO officials claim that the situation is now worse because of the proliferation of industries.

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The Nigerian Senate has agreed on the enactment of a law that will see kidnappers given the death penalty

The Senate further recommended that funding of security agencies be a priority amid the growing incidents of kidnapping in the country with over 225 cases recorded in October and November 2015 with over 28 million Naira paid in ransom by victims reports the Vanguard

In recent times, instances of kidnapping and hostage taking have been on the rise in Nigeria, spreading from the ‘usual suspect’ areas in the south-south and southeast to other parts of Nigeria, thereby becoming a national cause for concern. Last week, a former Nigerian minister was taken in Ogun state while returning home from her farm.

On Tuesday, a state of emergency was declared in Kaduna state due to the high rate of kidnappings. Lagos and Abia States have also recently experienced similar scenarios involving the kidnapping of students, workers, and expatriates alike, with kidnappers demanding for ransom in most cases.

Details: Elangwe Pauline; 05.May.2016; Hits: 3003

This is the moment one brave woman stepped out in front of the leaders of a 300-strong Nazi march - and raised her fist in defiance.

The photograph was taken in Borlange, Dalarna, in central Sweden, where the militant Nazi organisation Nordiska motståndsrörelsen (Nordic Resistance Movement) was holding a rally on International Workers' Day this weekend.

As hundreds of right-wing extremists, dressed in homemade uniforms of white shirts and dark green ties, marched down the street, 42-year-old Tess Asplund stood in their way and faced the group's leaders with her arm in the air.

The photograph of her brave and defiant action has been shared by thousands of Scandinavians on Twitter and Facebook, and the snap is already being hailed as an iconic moment in modern Swedish history.

Ms Asplund had been taking part in a counter demonstration, organised by Dalarna Against Racism, to protest the Nazi march in Borlange on Sunday.

Speaking to local media, Ms Asplund, from Stockholm, says she is shocked that the photograph has had such spread online in the past few days.

'I normally stand with a raised fist at demonstrations, this is not new to me,' Ms Asplund, who has been an activist for 26 years, told P4 Dalarna.

'I just felt when they came walking that "you shouldn't be here" and then one of them stared at me and I stared back. He said nothing and I said nothing, and then the police came and removed me.'

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