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Masked protesters yell from the road block they erected as they face off with security forces near the University Politecnica de Nicaragua in Managua, Nicaragua, yesterday
NICARAGUAN journalist Angel Gahona has been shot dead during a live broadcast of anti-government protests.
Mr Gahona was broadcasting live on Facebook, covering demonstrations in the coastal town of Bluefields when he was fired at.
He slumped to the ground after being hit by the bullet and footage showed people running towards him screaming his name.
Claims that Nicaragua has abolished elections followed a headline that stripped Daniel Ortega’s remarks of their historical and political context. The full speech tells a different story, says BECCA RENK FOSTER
A society that grows accustomed to ‘undesirable’ people also grows accustomed to undesirable deaths. Minneapolis serves as a wake-up call, including for our own refugee policies, writes MARC VANDEPITTE
