Memphis police chief urges citizens to be nonviolent ahead of the release of video in Tyre Nichols’ case
The Memphis police chief condemned the actions of officers involved in the arrest of Tyre Nichols earlier this month as “a failing of basic humanity” ahead of the impending release of video showing the incident.
“This is not just a professional failing. This is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual,” Chief Cerelyn Davis said in a YouTube video Wednesday, her first on-camera comments about the arrest that preceded Nichols’ death.
“This incident was heinous, reckless, and inhumane, and in the vein of transparency, when the video is released in the coming days, you will see this for yourselves.”
Africa has become ‘less safe, secure and democratic’ in past decade, report finds
Progress in key areas has stalled because of Covid, conflict and the climate crisis, but peaceful nations are performing better
Africa is less safe, secure and democratic than a decade ago, with insecurity holding back progress in health, education and economic opportunities, according to an assessment of the continent.
The Ibrahim index of African governance, which examines how well governments have delivered on policies and services, including security, health, education, rights and democratic participation, said Covid had contributed to the stalling of progress over the past three years.
Mo Ibrahim, a Sudan-born businessman who launched the index in 2007, said economic opportunities and human development had improved “quite a lot” across Africa over the past 10 years. “But on the other hand, we see other forces pulling us back. The security and safety of our people is deteriorating,” he said.
Putin’s Ukraine invasion has pushed Sweden and Finland to join Nato – but Turkey is blocking it
The burning of a Quran at the Swedish protest at the weekend has hardened Turkey’s resolve against an expansion of Nato, writes Borzou Daragahi, as well as offering the country’s President Erdogan a chance to look strong ahead of elections in May
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has has created a moment of existential crisis for Europe, with Finland and Sweden seeking the security of Nato membership. However Turkey’s opposition to that expansion as its leader faces a tight spring presidential election threatens that plan.
Turkey has long had a troubled relation with Sweden, worsened by the spat over Nato membership and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan need to look strong to would-be voters. This has taken on a whole new dimension since the burning of a copy of the Quran by a far-right politician at a protest outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm at the weekend. Demonstrators in Stockholm last week also hung an effigy of of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from a lamppost.
Sexual abuse: How FIBA fail to protect Malian athletes
DW Exclusive: A teenage whistleblower is suing basketball's world governing body for failing to protect her from retaliation after she reported widespread sexual abuse by former officials of Mali's national team.
"On the one hand I am proud of myself but on the other, I have regrets. Because it has robbed me of my chance, it has destroyed my dream of playing abroad and continuing my studies."
As a talented basketball champion, Siaka Fofana has seen her childhood hopes for the future shattered simply because she had the courage to reject the sexual advances of a former coach and report them to the Malian Basketball Federation (FMBB).
The teenage whistleblower has spent over a year in limbo after filing an official complaint against the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), accusing them of failing to protect her against retaliation.
Palestinian officials say several killed in Israeli raid on West Bank refugee camp
Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians, including a 60-year-old woman, and wounded several others during a raid in a flashpoint area of the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian health officials said, in one of the deadliest days in months of unrest.
The violence occurred in what Palestinian health officials described as a fierce operation in the Jenin refugee camp, a militant stronghold of the West Bank that has been a focus of nearly a year of Israeli arrest raids.
The Israeli military said forces were operating in the area but did not immediately provide any other details. Israeli media reported troops came under fire during the raid. At least one of the dead was identified as a militant.
Thousands of Cubans left scrambling after new US asylum policy
Patri, 24, is hiding $1,100 in a storage ottoman in her bedroom in the Cuban capital of Havana. “It doesn’t look like much, but I’ve been saving it for five years,” the manicurist and makeup artist said, surveying her thin stack of bills.
Patri asked that her last name be omitted for her safety, as privately exchanging Cuban pesos for dollars is technically illegal. To avoid drawing attention to herself, Patri has only informed her father and grandmother of her plans to leave Havana for the United States this year.
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