TANZANIA STEPPING UP CRACKDOWN ON CRITICS AFTER RECENT POLLS, UN WARNS. (PHOTO).

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 Tanzania stepping up crackdown on critics after recent polls, UN warns Tanzania has stepped up its crackdown on opponents after contested elections in October that were marred by deadly violence, the United Nations warned Friday, AFP reported. Rights groups say more than 1,000 people were shot dead during three days of protests over elections on October 29 that the opposition and foreign observers describe as fraudulent. Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan retained the presidency with 98 percent of the vote, but the main opposition candidates were either jailed or disqualified. "The government has intensified a crackdown against opponents since the vote," UN human rights office spokesman Seif Magango told a press briefing in Geneva. "Reports indicate that since mid-November, dozens of individuals including academics, civil society actors and local political leaders have been detained, with several arrests allegedly carried out by unidentified armed personnel....

BAWA VISITS KUKAH CENTER,SEEKS PARTNERSHIP IN FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION.(PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE


Bawa Visits Kukah Center, Seeks Partnership in Fight against Corruption

The Executive Chairman of the EFCC on Thursday, June 2, 2022, visited the Kukah Center for Faith and leadership for dialogue on how the Commission can partner with the Center in preventing corruption and fraud in Nigeria.

The Chairman of the Center, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah who received the EFCC boss noted that interfaith dialogue is at the core of the Center’s work and involves actively promoting conversations among Nigeria’s faith communities, as well as between leaders in faith and public policy.

He introduced Bawa to staff of the Center and conducted him round its facilities.

An elated Bawa, thanked Bishop Kukah for his efforts in promoting religious harmony, stressing that the Commission had long identified religion as a potent tool in fighting corruption which informed the establishment of an Interfaith Committee that produced a Preaching and Teaching Manual for Muslims and Christians in Nigeria.
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