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Islamic Movement in Nigeria holds marches despite ban

The Shiite group says the marches are held to commemorate the annual event Ashura

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria have held marches in defiance of a ban on their organisation holding gatherings.

A South African judge has issued an arrest warrant for two Rwandan men. The men were wanted in connection to the killing of Patrick Karegeya, a Rwandan intelligence chief who was found strangled in a South African hotel room in 2014.

The UN says that forty thousand Cameroonians are trying to find safety in neighbouring Nigeria, following a bloody conflict in the country's English-speaking region. But finding shelter in a refugee camp is just the beginning of new challenges, as the incoming flow of people is straining the available resources.

(Image: Shiite parade on the streets of Kaduna as they rally to commemorate Ashura in Kano. Credit: NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Tue 10 Sep 201915:06GMT

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