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Hundreds freed from torture in third Nigerian 'school' raid in a month
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KATSINA, Nigeria - Police freed about 500 men and boys from a radical Islamic school in northern Nigeria on Wednesday where some had been chained to walls, molested and beaten, police sources said.
The raid in Katsina was the third such operation in less than a month, bringing the total of captives freed from abuse this month alone to about 1,000.
Two sources at the scene told Reuters that the owner of the school and five of his staff had been arrested. Police declined to comment on the raid.
The government is under pressure to take urgent action to free the potentially thousands of other children who remain in similar schools across Nigeria.
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed awarded Nobel Peace Prize
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OSLO - Mr. Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia, spearheaded a peace accord in his region and catalyzed reforms at home.
Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, for his work in restarting peace talks with neighboring Eritrea, ending a long stalemate between the two countries.
Mr. Abiy, 43, broke through two decades of frozen conflict between his vast country, Africa’s second most populous, and Eritrea, its small and isolated neighbor. When he became prime minister of Ethiopia in 2018, he made it clear that he wished to resume the stalled peace process, doing so in close cooperation with President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea.
The two nations share deep ethnic and cultural ties, but until July last year they had been locked into a state of neither peace nor war, a conflict that had separated families, complicated geopolitics and cost the lives of more than 80,000 people during two years of border violence.
In its official announcement, the Nobel Committee detailed a litany of accomplishments for Mr. Abiy in his first 100 days as prime minister: lifting the country’s state of emergency, granting amnesty to thousands of political prisoners, discontinuing media censorship, legalizing outlawed opposition groups, dismissing military and civilian leaders suspected of corruption, and increasing the influence of women in political and community life.
Egyptians demand el-Sisi's resignation
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Following Friday prayers in the Warraq area in Giza governorate, demonstrators chanted slogans calling for the resignation of el-Sisi and raised slogans condemning the deterioration of living conditions in the country as well as the spread of corruption.
Witnesses and security sources said police fired tear gas to disperse up to 1,000 protesters that were shouting "Leave Sisi", reported Reuters news agency.
Demonstrations were also witnessed on the streets of Luxor and Qena governorates.
In Cairo, security forces closed off entrances to Tahrir Square, the hub of the 2011 uprising that toppled former leader Hosni Mubarak. There was a heavy police presence around the square and at some junctions in the city centre.
Simultaneously, pro-Sisi demonstrations were also taking place in Alexandria, north Egypt.
Buses ferried people including company employees from Cairo and other cities to the rally, where crowds waved Egyptian flags and pictures of Sisi. Delta Sugar Company, a state firm, said it had bussed in workers from its factory in the Nile Delta and offices in Cairo.
At Cairo's Al-Fateh mosque, a starting point for protests in 2011, dozens of police, some in uniform and others in plain clothes with masks and large guns, stood near the exit as prayers finished. At least 20 security vehicles were stationed around the mosque or patrolling nearby.
Security forces also stepped up their presence in main squares in major cities and plainclothes police have been checking motorists' and pedestrians' mobile phones for political content.
Earlier, Egypt's president played down a call for protests against his rule, saying there were "no reasons for concern" even as the army and the police tightened security in the capital.
Rights groups said nearly 2,000 people have been arrested so far in a broad crackdown following last week's small but rare demonstrations against el-Sisi, who took power in a 2013 coup.
In a brief statement on Thursday, Egypt's Ministry of Interior warned it would "confront any attempt to destabilise social peace in a firm and decisive way".
Last week's protests were in response to a call for action from Mohamed Ali, an Egyptian businessman who accused el-Sisi of wasting public funds on vanity projects despite widespread poverty. The former military contractor, who lives in self-imposed exile in Spain, has called for a "million-man march" and a "people's revolution" to topple el-Sisi.
El-Sisi, who came to power after leading the military overthrow of then-President Mohamed Morsi in 2013, has rejected Ali's allegations. He has overseen a broad crackdown on dissent that has extended to liberal as well as Islamist groups and has effectively banned protests.
Morsi, the country's first democratically-elected president, died in June. He had been in custody since he was deposed as the president.(FA)
West Africa's largest Mosque opens
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DAKAR - A majestic new mosque that took nearly a decade to build is holding its first afternoon prayers today, in the Senegalese capital, Dakar.
Billed as the largest mosque in West Africa, the building and its grounds have a total capacity for 30,000 people - 10,000 inside and 20,000 within grounds.
Senegal’s President Macky Sall is expected to be in attendance for the inauguration.
The mosque is named, Massalikul Jinaan, meaning 'The Paths to Paradise.'
Its main building boasts five minarets, features a gold-leaf dome and decorations by Moroccan craftsmen.
The mosque, built at a cost of over $32m, was funded by the influential Mouride Sufi brotherhood, considered to be a pillar of Senegal's reputation for religious
tolerance.
The mosque is regarded as a symbol of the Mourides' economic power, after years of significant political and cultural influence. In a country where 90% of the
population is Muslim, this architectural achievement calls for celebration.(FA)
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