The massacre saw scores of houses and vehicles torched after gang members opened fire early last Tuesday in the town of Pont Sonde, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the capital Port-au-Prince.
Tanzania’s Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence and National Service, Dr. Faraji Mnyepe, attended a commemoration in Dar es Salaam, attended by Egyptian Ambassador to Tanzania, Mr. Sherif Ismail, and senior military officials.
In his decision on Friday morning, Judge Mugambi said the petition raises serious constitutional issues requiring a panel to hear the matter.
Up to 40 attackers fired at miners for half an hour starting around 12:30 am (1930 GMT Thursday) “before escaping into the night”, said Asim Shafi, police chief in Duki district, where the attack occurred.
An Israeli air strike killed at least 22 people in central Beirut on Thursday as Israeli ground troops in Lebanon were accused of firing on the UN’s peacekeeping headquarters, injuring two Blue Helmets.
Israel’s army said Friday it had killed Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad’s top commander for the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
Like thousands of Liberians, 50-year-old Wolo spent decades establishing a new life in a Ghanaian refugee camp, but has now returned to her homeland in a wave of repatriations by the Liberian government.
The war between Daglo’s Rapid Support Forces and the regular military, led by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has killed tens of thousands and caused the world’s largest displacement crisis.
Globally, UNICEF estimates that sexual violence has affected some 370 million girls and women, with around one in five in sub-Saharan experiencing sexual assault or rape before they turn 18.
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