and civil society leader was detained. Many courts were deserted in the capital Ouagadougou and some hearings did not take place, an AFP reporter said. The order of lawyers said a national strike had been called…
The strike came after Guy Herve Kam was detained on Thursday at a military jail on charges of participating in a plot against the West African nation’s junta. Amnesty International on Friday condemned the arrests of Kam and Lieutenant-Colonel Emmanuel Zoungrana, who according to his team, was also kidnapped last week shortly after being released from prison and accused of attempting to “destabilise” the state.
Bandits have killed the Chief of Gidan Usmanu Village, Auwal Wali, in his residence at the Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State, the military confirmed on Tuesday. Spokesman for the Army 6 Brigade, Oni Olubodunde, who confirmed the incident in a statement, added that the Commander of the 6 Brigade/Sector 3 Operation Whirl…