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A demonstrator wearing a blindfold with an inscription "End Sars", gestures during protest against alleged police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria October 17, 2020. Picture taken October 17, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja. Protests about the Sars police unit have been going on for two weeks Protests began earlier this month in Nigeria calling on the authorities to abolish a controversial police unit. We have looked at some of the misinformation that has spread online. A striking image of a woman called Ugwu Blessing Ugochukwu crying while holding a folded Nigerian flag, and sitting on top of a statue have been widely shared on Twitter. Screen shot of social post labelled False The image is real, and she had joined protests in south-eastern Nigeria. But as the image was shared, people started adding misleading information. "Not one brother...3...on the same day...killed and dumped in a well," a widely-circulated reply to one of the posts with the image said, claimi...

John Magufuli (C) speaks during the official launch of his party's campaign for the October general election at the Jamhuri stadium in Dodoma, Tanzania, August 29, 2020. Tanzania President John Magufuli's idiosyncratic handling of the coronavirus pandemic has put the country in the global spotlight. Now one of the region's most unconventional leaders is seeking a second term. When Covid-19 arrived in Tanzania, President Magufuli didn't believe in people staying at home. He wanted them to get into the churches and mosques to pray. "Coronavirus, which is a devil, cannot survive in the body of Christ... It will burn instantly," Magufuli, a devout Christian, pronounced on 22 March from the altar of a church in Tanzania's capital, Dodoma. He would later speak against social distancing and the wearing of masks, and questioned the efficacy of testing after sending various animals and fruit to be checked for the virus - he announced that a papaya, a quail and ...

The Labour Party and business groups have voiced concern at the "ripple effect" of Covid shutdowns that are expected to be announced on Monday. On Friday, the chancellor said staff at UK companies told to close would get 67% of their wages from the government under the expanded Job Support Scheme. But no specific help was announced for workers who may be indirectly affected - for example, those in supply chains. The Treasury denied firms that are not fully closed would not receive help. Labour claims close to one million workers will be at risk, including 500,000 people in the wedding industry, 369,000 in the sports industry, and 142,000 event caterers. Shadow business secretary Ed Miliband said: "There are massive holes in the new safety net." A spokesperson for the Treasury said: "We do not recognise these figures," adding that Labour had "incorrectly" listed some sectors as not benefitting from the scheme. The spoke...

Mukul Garg wasn’t too worried when his 57-year-old uncle developed a fever on 24 April. Then, within 48 hours, two others in his family of 17 also became ill. The symptoms trickled in as expected - temperatures spiked and voices grew hoarse with coughing. Mr Garg initially chalked it up to seasonal flu, unwilling to admit it could be coronavirus. “Five or six people often fall sick together in this house, let’s not panic,” he told himself. Over the next few days, five more people in the house showed Covid-19 symptoms. And the pit in his stomach grew. Soon, the Garg family would become its own coronavirus cluster as 11 of its 17 members tested positive. “We met nobody from the outside and no-one entered our house. But even then the coronavirus entered our home, and infected one member after the other,”which has since attracted hundreds of comments from readers. The exhaustive account shows how the multi-generational family, a mainstay of Indian ...

From Tuesday, people in Moscow will be allowed to move around the city whenever they like Moscow's mayor said this was possible as hospitals were discharging more people than they were admitting But there remain concerns about a rush to reopen as the city still records 2,000 infections a day The UK recorded its lowest daily death toll since 22 March - 55 people died with Covid-19 The WHO said that the pandemic was worsening globally, even as it seemed to be easing in Europe In Brazil, the number of cases pass 700,000, but a controversy is growing over its data There are more than 7 million infections globally, with over 400,000 deaths More than seven million cases of coronavirus have been confirmed since the outbreak began, along with 404,000 virus-related deaths. And - despite progress in tackling the virus in Europe - the WHO says the pandemic is "worsening" globally. "More than six months into this pandemic, this is not the time for any country to take it...

Chief Constable Andy Marsh of Avon and Somerset Police has issued the following statement after officers at the Black Lives Matter protest were criticised for not intervening as the statue was torn down. He said he fully supported commanders on the ground who decided that intervening would lead to a violent confrontation. "While I certainly do not condone crime and damage of any support, i fully support the actions of my officers," he said. source: www.jsportnewsgh.com

Edward Colston's statue was pulled from its plinth in Bristol city centre on Sunday It happened during a Black Lives Matter protest There has been debate about the monument for years - Bristol mayor Marvin Rees described is as an "affront to humanity" The statue of the slave trader was later thrown in Bristol's harbour Police are investigating and Home Secretary Priti Patel has condemned the incident Conservatives in Bristol have also criticised saying pulling the statue down was "wanton criminal damage" But protesters disagreed with some saying the statue represents "years of hurt" Bristol mayor Marvin Rees says the statue will be retrieved from the harbour and put in a museum Bristol band Massive Attack describes Colston's past as "a philanthropy derived from crimes against humanity" source: www.jsportnewsgh.com

A British man who fell into a well on the Indonesian island of Bali has been rescued after six days. Jacob Roberts, 29, broke his leg after falling into the 4m-deep well in Pecatu village while being chased by a dog, said AFP quoting local authorities. The well was dry but his leg meant he was unable to get out. Witnesses say there was a small amount of water in the well which likely kept him alive. Mr Roberts' cries for help were eventually heard by a local resident. The resident had been looking for cattle feed near the area, which was in an isolated part of the village, said news outlet the Bali Sun. He alerted the local authorities. "He looked thin and injured," South Kuta police chief Yusak Agustinus Sooai said of Mr Roberts' condition when he was found on Saturday. Local search and rescue chief Gede Darmada said Mr Roberts was lifted out of the well in a stretcher by three men, according to the local search and rescue agency, Basarnas Bali. In a statement...

The chief minister of India's capital Delhi has said that state hospitals will now be reserved only for residents of the city. Arvind Kejriwal's announcement came amid allegations that hospitals are refusing to admit new patients. Delhi has witnessed a surge of infections in recent days. It currently has 27,000 cases with 761 deaths. India has a total of 256,611 confirmed Covid-19 cases, the fifth-highest number in the world. A five-member expert committee comprising top doctors told local reporters that Delhi could record 100,000 Covid-19 cases by the end of June if we follow the trend we are looking at, which "suggests that the cases are getting doubled every 14-15 days". The news comes even as India has taken steps to further relax its stringent lockdown - malls, restaurants, temples and offices are open from Monday. What are Delhi residents saying? There have been a number of reports that people with Covid-like symptoms are being turned away from hospitals ...

New Zealand is set to lift almost all its coronavirus restrictions within hours as it reports there are no active cases in the country. It will move to level one, the lowest of its four-tier alert system, at midnight local time (12:00 GMT). Under this, social distancing will no longer be required and there will be no limits on public gatherings, but borders will remain closed. New Zealand has reported no new Covid-19 cases for more than two weeks. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told reporters she did "a little dance" when she was told the country no longer had any active virus cases. "While we're in a safer, stronger position there's still no easy path back to pre-Covid life, but the determination and focus we have had on our health response will now be vested in our economic rebuild," she said. "While the job is not done, there is no denying this is a milestone. So can I finish with a very simple, 'Thank you, New Zealand'." 'A su...

The Presidency on Sunday said it has uncovered an ongoing plot by the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB to set the country against some of its allies such as the US, UK and the European Union.The Presidency said this while alerting Nigerians and the international community of the move it described as a most misleading campaign wherein the group uses false allegations of persecution of Christians against the Nigerian State. The Presidency said this in a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu and made available to DAILY POST on Sunday. It claimed that a very deep and wide investigation carried out by one of the agencies of the Nigerian government, working with international partners, has drawn its attention to two interconnected campaigns being concurrently run by the pro-Biafra group. The statement said that “Both [campaigns] are using the cover of Christianity – and calling for a US Special E...

Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world, with about 6.9 million confirmed cases in 188 countries. More than 400,000 people have lost their lives. This series of maps and charts tracks the global outbreak of the virus since it emerged in China in December last year. How many cases and deaths have there been? The virus, which causes the respiratory infection Covid-19, was first detected in the city of Wuhan, China, in late 2019. It then spread quickly across the globe in the first months of 2020. Confirmed cases around the world Please upgrade your browser to see the full interactive Source: Johns Hopkins University, national public health agencies Figures last updated 7 June 2020, 16:59 BST Note: The map and table in this page use a different source for figures for France from that used by Johns Hopkins University, which results in a slightly lower overall total. The US has by far the largest number of cases, almost 30% of the global total, according to figures c...

A single coal mine in Poland's Upper Silesia region is behind a record spike in the country's confirmed coronavirus cases, the health ministry says. Over the weekend 1,151 new infections were recorded nationally. An outbreak among miners and their families at the Zofiowka colliery in southern Poland accounted for two-thirds of that figure. The global number of deaths from coronavirus has now passed 400,000. There have been 6.9 million infections. Poland introduced a strict lockdown early in March, and has avoided the comparatively large number of deaths seen in Western Europe. In Poland, 1,157 people have died from Covid-19 and 26,561 have been infected but the stubborn persistence of cases in Upper Silesia mean the country has not passed its peak. Most EU countries recorded fewer new cases than Poland on Sunday. Upper Silesia is Poland's industrial heartland with more than a dozen active mines where workers toil in humid conditions at close quarters. More than 4,00...