By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on France 24
France will close several major Paris museums and deploy about 70,000 police officers ahead of a new day of protests. The movement, which began with high school students protesting their learning conditions, has widened amid rising living costs, according to France 24.
France will deploy 70,000 police officers and specialised units to oversee demonstrations planned for Saturday, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced. The mobilisation aims to prevent further riots after the previous weekend’s violence, looting and fires, according to the minister, as quoted by Reuters.
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Emmanuel Macron convenes France’s Defence Council to discuss new security measures in response to a social crisis marked by demonstrations and curfews. The president is also due to receive student representatives at the Élysée Palace, on the eve of further mobilisation, reports Agence France-Presse.
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The attack described as a racist terrorist attack in Yvelines left six victims, including one man killed and a 12-year-old girl seriously injured. Emmanuel Macron called for unity in Trappes and praised the police response, according to a statement reported by Bamada.net.
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Emmanuel Macron has cancelled his planned trip to Abuja and Dakar on 30 and 31 October, amid a mobilisation of secondary-school pupils in France. The trip would have been his first official visit to Senegal since Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s election, according to Jeune Afrique.
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Two police officers resign after baby’s death in MississippiSenatobia officer Hunter Foster and the city’s acting police chief in Mississippi resigned after the shooting death of one-year-old black child Kohen Wiley. The Mississippi attorney-general found the use of force justified, while the family is seeking a federal investigation, according to local authorities.
Sudanese minister clarifies diya calculationSudanese Justice Minister Abdullah Darf said that changing Article 42 of the penal code concerned diya, compensation paid as blood money, previously set at 330,000 pounds. The 2020 amendment removed the Supreme Court president’s power to determine its amount, according to Bajnews.The week in Africa
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