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Today in 1961, Nelson #Mandela was acquitted of treason charges after a four-year-long trial.⠀
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In December 1956, the #SouthAfrican Police arrested 156 people from around the country for treason, a charge which carried the death sentence. The 156 defendants included South Africans of all races (in apartheid categories: 105 Blacks, 21 Indians, 23 Whites and 7 Coloureds).⠀
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The Treason Trial was the South African apartheid government’s response to the adoption of the Freedom Charter on 26 June 1955. The defendants were accused of participating in a conspiracy, inspired by international communism, to overthrow the South African state by violent means.⠀
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Almost the entire leadership of the Congress Alliance, which was made up of the African National Congress, the Congress of Democrats, the South African Indian Congress, the Coloured People’s Congress, and the South African Congress of Trade Unions, were put on trial.⠀
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The trial started on 19 December 1956 and lasted for four-and-a-half years. All of the defendants were found not guilty, but some of them were later convicted at the #Rivonia Trial, which led to Mandela’s 27-year-long imprisonment.⠀
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📷: Mandela sings with supporters and his fellow accused during his first treason trial in #Johannesburg, South Africa. 1956. Photo: Baileys African History Archive

How are you keeping hopeful in these uncertain tim

How are you keeping hopeful in these uncertain times? For us, we’re reading.⠀
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As at yesterday, #Nigeria reported 97 coronavirus cases, including the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai. As we fight against the virus, here’s an old quote from Ben Okri—a useful way to think about this moment in our collective history.

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Today in 1994, guards of South Africa’s ANC part

Today in 1994, guards of South Africa’s ANC party killed protesters from a rival party.
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On 28 March 1994, about 20,000 #Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters marched to Shell House, #Johannesburg in protest against the 1994 elections. At the time, Shell House was the headquarters of the African National Congress (#ANC) in #SouthAfrica. ANC security guards opened fire and killed more than 50 people.
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The incident reflected the rising tensions between the ANC and IFP, which had begun in the 1980s in KwaZulu-Natal and had then spread to other provinces in the 1990s. The IFP claimed that the ANC was intent on undermining traditional authorities and the power of Zulu chiefs.
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The purpose of the march was to demand that the #KwaZulu homeland be transformed into a sovereign #Zulu kingdom. But the protesters never made their demands heard because shortly after they arrived, the shootout started.
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The incident, coined the ‘Shell House Massacre’ by the media, occurred at the height of election campaigns when the ANC was attempting to establish itself as an organization that had been transformed from a revolutionary liberation movement to a responsible political party capable of governing the country.
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In June 1995, then-President Nelson #Mandela claimed that he had ordered the guards to defend Shell House, ‘even if they had to kill people’.
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📷: Zulus march through Johannesburg, South Africa in commemoration of the Shell House Massacre. 1997. Video: AP Archives.

Nigeria needs N120 billion to fight COVID-19. #RxC

Nigeria needs N120 billion to fight COVID-19. #RxCOVID19😷⠀
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On Thursday, Godwin #Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of #Nigeria, announced that the federal government planned to raise N120 billion to procure the ‘infrastructure’ needed to fight the #coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria.⠀
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He also appealed to private companies to make voluntary contributions toward the projected amount and join the fight against coronavirus in Nigeria.⠀
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‘So far, the federal government has made giant strides in the fight, but it is clear that the private sector needs to step in and support efforts already being made,’ Emefiele said at a press conference in Lagos.⠀
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This week, Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed pledged N6.5 billion to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and a further N10 billion for Lagos state, the epicentre of the outbreak.⠀
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The ‘Nigeria Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19’, a group of leading private companies, was launched and is headed by the Aliko Dangote Foundation and Access Bank.⠀
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Also on Thursday, UBA Group, led by Tony #Elumelu, pledged N1 billion to Nigeria as part of a broader N5 billion coronavirus donation. Emefiele added that the organizations of other prominent Nigerians, including #Dangote, would donate N1 billion each.⠀
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As of Friday, Nigeria had 65 #COVID19 cases and one death.⠀
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📷: People walk along a main road wearing face masks in Yaba, Lagos. 28 February 2020. Photo: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP

'Our President should address us live.' Nigerians

'Our President should address us live.' Nigerians ask #WhereIsBuhari on social media. #RxCOVID19😷 [Swipe left!]⠀
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On Thursday, the #Nigerian presidency responded to rumours that President Muhammadu #Buhari had been snuck out of Nigeria to receive treatment for #COVID19 by posting a photo of the President ‘at work’ on Twitter.
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This response came days after Nigerians launched a Twitter campaign, #WhereIsBuhari, demanding a statement from President Buhari on how Nigeria plans to overcome the #coronavirus.
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So far, Nigeria has reported 70 coronavirus cases, including 1 death. And earlier this week, the president’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, tested positive for the virus. Since then, there have been rumours that the president had also contracted the infection. The presidency has warned, however, that these rumours are ‘fake news’.⠀
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