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Fate of jailed fighters still unknown months after Ethiopia truce

Mebrahtu Tadesse (his real name withheld on request) calls himself a lucky man. In September 2022, the 22-year-old was an infantryman in a band of fighters loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the governing party of the northern Ethiopian region. For almost two years, they had been defending …

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Economic Fighters League to join Martin Kpebu’s ‘Kumi preko reloaded’ demo

A pressure group, the Economic Fighters League, has stated that it will be joining the “NanaMustGo” (Kumi preko reloaded) demonstration being organised by renowned lawyer, Martin Kpebu, on Saturday, November 5, 2022. In a press statement sighted by GhanaWeb, the group indicated that its decision to join the demonstration to …

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Senegal blasts Kyiv over “illegal” call for fighters

Senegal has condemned the Ukrainian embassy for calling for fighters to join its effort to repel Russia’s invasion, warning that recruiting mercenaries or even volunteers breached its laws. In a statement Thursday evening, Senegal’s foreign ministry said it had summoned the Ukrainian ambassador after reading, “with astonishment”, an embassy Facebook …

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Economic Fighters League to stage ‘Y’ani Abre’ march for Barker-Vormawor

Social justice group Economic Fighters League (EFL) has planned a march for Monday, February 28, to demand the release of activist and coup d’etat-charged Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor. Lawyer Barker-Vormawor was arrested on Friday, February 11, immediately upon his return from the United Kingdom after he had posted on Facebook that …

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