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    Burundi Coup: Rival Soldiers Battle For Supremacy

    Rival groups of soldiers in Burundi are battling for control of the capital Bujumbura amid confusion over the success of an attempted coup. There is heavy fighting at the state radio building, where broadcasts have been going on and off air. Witnesses say soldiers loyal to President Pierre Nkurunziza controlled key areas, including the airport, […] More

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    Polls: Mixed Feelings Trail Deployment of Soldiers

    The deployment of soldiers ahead of Saturday’s Presidential election is sparking mixed reactions among residents in Lagos and Ogun state. While some residents see the deployment as a welcome development, others are lamenting that the roadblocks mounted by the soldiers on major roads have resulted to traffic gridlock, adding that their presence is intimidating. TELL, […] More

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    UN to Plead for 54 Convicted soldiers

    The United Nations has disclosed plans to take appropriate action over the imminent execution of 54 soldiers sentenced to death by the Nigerian Army. In a letter to the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Summary or Arbitrary Executions, stated that the UN is considering appropriate action, including […] More

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    Death Sentence On 54 soldiers Genocidal — Falana

    Nigerian human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has described as “genocidal” the recent sentencing of 54 soldiers to death by an army court martial. While strongly condemning the death sentence, Falana said the convicted soldiers, the second set to be condemned to death, had been sent on a suicide mission by army authorities ill-equipped and poorly […] More

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    Ebola: 850 Returning Nigerian Soldiers to be Quarantined

    Not less than 850 Nigerian soldiers who are on peacekeeping mission in Liberia would be quarantined for 28 days when they return to the country in March 2015. The two battalions of the Nigerian Army presently in Liberia were formerly scheduled to return to the country in January but latest developments led to their arrival […] More