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It’s Black History Month and Africa is bleeding.
What’s happening in Africa, a thread:
What’s happening in Africa, a thread:
What’s happening in Nigeria:SARS (Special Anti-Robbery Squad) is a social movement that was set up to tackle the issues of people stealing from each other in Nigeria in 1992, instead the Nigerian police unit are now killing, harassing and torturing innocent citizens.
#EndSARS
What’s happening in Congo:6 million people have died so that the Western World can benefit from its resources. Civilians are being killed, raped & kidnapped. 48 women are being raped each hour. Children are being maimed, murdered & recruited by armed groups.
#CongoIsBleeding
What’s happening in Ghana:The use of child labour in cocoa farms has increased within the past decade in Ghana, despite industry promising to reduce it. Children are being trafficked from Burkina Faso and Mali to work in Ghana as slaves on cocoa farms.
#ChildTrafficking
What’s happening in Ivory Coast:Ivory Coast is facing the same issue as Ghana, in the sense that child labour in the country has also increased. Children are being trafficked from Burkina Faso and Mali to work in Ivory Coast as slaves on Cocoa farms.
#ChildTrafficking
What’s happening in Namibia:Namibia is in a SGBV (Sexual and Gender Based Violence) Crisis where women no longer feel safe. Last year, police handled at least 2,400 domestic violence cases. More than 1,600 rape cases have been reported over the past 2 years. #ShutItAllDown
What’s happening in Guinea:The people of Guinea are protesting against President Alpha Conde’s run for candidacy for a third term as they believe it to be illegal. Clashes between protesters and security forces have led to several violent deaths and injuries.
#Guinea
What’s happening in Liberia:Thousands of Liberians protested in Monrovia in August against rising sexual assaults. Rape against young women and children has increased by 50% during the pandemic. 1000+ rape cases have been reported in the last 10 months. #RapeNationalEmergency
What’s happening in Cameroon:Conflict between the government and Anglophones has resulted in over 4,000 dead and 900,000 people displaced. Civilians are being assaulted, kidnapped and killed. 800,000+ children are not in school.
#AnglophoneCrisis
What’s happening in South Africa:Women in South Africa have been wearing black, protesting and drawing attention to the country's growing rates of sexual violence, murder and rape. Figures for sexual assault has gone up by 9.6%, and rape by 3.6% over the last year.
#AmINext
What’s happening in Zimbabwe:The Zimbabwean government have turned Zimbabwe into an army state. Women are being raped by soldiers and police. Innocent civilians are being tortured and killed. Police are throwing tear gas into buses filled with people. #ZimbabweanLivesMatter
What’s happening in Ethiopia:A massacre is going on in Ethiopia. An ethnic & religious genocide has started against Christians. Thousands of innocent civilians have been slaughtered, even more have become refugees. 78 Churches have been burnt down this year.
#PrayForEthiopia
What’s happening in Zambia:Following the forceful arrest of Kambwili & her daughter (whereby, in the process, they were harassed & almost undressed), Zambians have taken to the streets to protest. Police are using violent methods of restraints.
#EndPoliceBrutalityInZambia
What’s hapenning in Uganda:Innocent civilians are being shot at, killed and abused, some simply for voicing their opposing political views to president Museveni.
#UgandaNeedsChange
#EndPoliceBrutalityInUganda
What you can do to help:
Spread awareness, retweet, educate yourselves on the matters occurring in Africa, use the hashtags, pray.
#AfricaIsBleeding #JusticeForAfrica #HealAfrica #PrayForAfrica
Spread awareness, retweet, educate yourselves on the matters occurring in Africa, use the hashtags, pray.
#AfricaIsBleeding #JusticeForAfrica #HealAfrica #PrayForAfrica
