State of emergency

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Tunisia Extends 2015 State of Emergency

Tunisia has extended for another four months a state of emergency in place since a 2015 jihadist attack, the...

Headlines

Tunisia Extends 2015 State of Emergency

Tunisia has extended for another four months a state of emergency in place since a 2015 jihadist attack, the...

News

Montreal Declares State of Emergency Over Floods

A state of emergency has been declared in the Canadian city of Montreal due to flooding caused by torrential rains and...

Headlines

What Changes Under Turkey’s New Constitution Plan

Turkey on Sunday votes in a landmark referendum on a new constitution that would grant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

International

Ethiopia Extends State of Emergency After Relaxing Restrictions

Ethiopia has extended the nationwide state of emergency declared last year by another four months on Thursday after...

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Declare State of Emergency On Accra Floods – Vanderpuije

The government must declare a state of emergency following perennial flooding in some parts of Accra including the...

International

Tunisia Extends State of Emergency

The state of emergency has been in place since a November 2015 bombing A state of emergency imposed in Tunisia in 2015...

Headlines

Wildfire Razes Homes In New Zealand

A wildfire destroyed at least 11 homes and forced hundreds of terrified residents to evacuate in the New Zealand city...

Business

Power Purchase Agreements To Be Reviewed

The government has hinted of its plans to review emergency power purchase deals entered into by the previous...

International

Ethiopia To Release Over 9000 Curfew Detainees, 12,500 New Arrests Reported

Ethiopian authorities have disclosed that some 9,800 people detained under the current state of emergency will be...

International

Paris Attacks: France State of Emergency To Be Extended

France's state of emergency imposed after last year's terror attacks in Paris is likely to be extended, Prime Minister...

International

Ethiopia Releases List of Over 11,000 State of Emergency Detainees

Ethiopia’s State of Emergency Inquiry Board has released the names and reasons of arrest for over 11,000 people...

International

‘More Than 1,600’ Detained In Ethiopia

Ethiopia's security forces have detained more than 1,600 people under a state of emergency imposed on 9 October to end...

International

Turkey Purges 13,000 Police Officers Over Failed Coup

Thousands of police were also among those purged in the immediate aftermath of the failed overthrow Turkey has...

Opinion

Emergency Economic Stabilisation Bill 2016 And Dictatorship In Nigeria.

It’s heart-warming to note efforts by the present administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari to invigorate the...