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Police Investigate Murder of Zambia’s Broadcasting Regulator Boss

Web News 25 July 2024 73 0

Police are investigating the abduction and murder of Zambia’s newly appointed broadcasting regulator chief. Guntila Muleya’s body was discovered on the outskirts of the capital, Lusaka, on Wednesday with gunshot wounds. His death has shocked people especially as the motive is unknown and as gun Continue Reading

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Anti-Corruption March: Museveni Reads Riot Act to Protesters

Web News 22 July 2024 107 0

Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, has warned protesters planning an anti-corruption march on Tuesday that they are “playing with fire” and will not be tolerated. BBC reports on Sunday that the protesters, mostly young Ugandans, are demanding an end to corruption in government and have been inspired by recent demonstrations in neighbouring Kenya. Museveni was reported Continue Reading

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World Leaders Wow Biden over Presidential Race Decision

Web News 22 July 2024 149 0

Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race has sent ripples around the world, with a number of global leaders reacting to the news. He also endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris and said he would “focus all my energies on my duties as President” for the rest of his term. Many of his […]Continue Reading

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Bangladesh Court Abolishes Job Quotas Following Deadly Protests

Web News 21 July 2024 122 0

Bangladesh’s top court has scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that had sparked violent clashes across the country that have killed more than 100 people. A third of public sector jobs had been reserved for the relatives of veterans from the country’s war for independence from Pakistan in 1971. But now the court […]Continue Reading

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Kagame’s victory, a affirmation of trust and confidence – Obasanjo

Web News 20 July 2024 176 0

By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described the re-election of President Paul Kagame of Rwanda as an affirmation of trust and confidence reposed in him. Chief Obasanjo made this known In a congratulatory message, released to newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The one time chairman of the African Union, AU, stated that […]Continue Reading

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Kenya Police Disallow Protests in Nairobi, Environs

Web News 18 July 2024 115 0

Kenya police have banned protests in the centre of the capital, Nairobi, and surrounding areas “until further notice”, citing their leaderless nature that has made it difficult to enforce safety.It comes after weeks of deadly anti-government protests in which scores of people have been killed.Nairobi city centre has been the heart of the youth-led protests, […]Continue Reading

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Trump: Secret Service Suspicious of Gunman Prior to Attack

Web News 18 July 2024 102 0

Donald Trump’s would-be assassin was flagged as “suspicious” by the Secret Service up to an hour before he began shooting but was lost in the crowd, lawmakers have been told by law enforcement officials. In two closed briefings to lawmakers in the House and Senate on Wednesday, law enforcement officials, including the Secret Service, shared […]Continue Reading

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Kagame Seeks to Extend 24-Year Rule

Web News 15 July 2024 70 0

Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame, feared and admired in equal measure, is seeking to extend his 24-year rule in an election analysts say he will win by a landslide. He has dominated every election since becoming president in 2000, with over 90% of the vote. In 2017 he won with a staggering 99%. Mr Kagame, 66, […]Continue Reading

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Biden Calls on Americans to Cool Temperature around Political Debate

Web News 15 July 2024 75 0

The 2024 election campaign has a new iconic image: Donald Trump, moments after narrowly avoiding serious injury or death from an assassin’s bullets, standing with his fist raised, lines of blood streaked across his face, an American flag billowing in the breeze behind him. “Fight! Fight! Fight!” the former president said, as some of the […]Continue Reading

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20-Year-Old Identified as Suspect in Trump Rally Shooting

Web News 14 July 2024 97 0

The FBI has identified the shooter in the assassination attempt on former president, Donald Trump as 20-year-old, Thomas Matthew Crooks of Pennsylvania, US media reported early Sunday. “The FBI has identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the subject involved in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on July 13, […]Continue Reading

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Eight Female Bodies Recovered from Dumpsite – Kenyan Police  

Web News 14 July 2024 93 0

A total of eight bodies, all of them female, have been recovered so far from a dumpsite in a Nairobi slum, Kenya’s acting Police Chief, Douglas Kanja, said on Sunday. “They were severely dismembered in different states of decomposition and left in sacks,” Kanja told a press conference, adding that investigations into the gruesome find […]Continue Reading

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Ecuador Jails Five for Murder of Presidential Candidate

Web News 13 July 2024 96 0

Five people linked to one of Ecuador’s biggest criminal gangs have been jailed for the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio last year. Mr Villavicencio, a member of the country’s national assembly and an ex-journalist, was shot dead as he left a campaign rally in the capital, Quito, last August. Carlos Angulo, the alleged leader […]Continue Reading

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Critics Oppose Biden Candidacy Despite News Conference

Web News 12 July 2024 88 0

Joe Biden’s press conference in which he insisted he was still fit to run for US president has failed to silence critics from his own party.Three Democratic politicians joined the growing list calling on Mr Biden to drop out of the US presidential race.Calls for the 81-year-old to step aside have escalated since he stumbled […]Continue Reading

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Niger Declares Curfew over Jailbreak

Web News 12 July 2024 104 0

Authorities in Niger have declared a curfew in the volatile Tillaberi region after several prisoners escaped from a heavily fortified jail known to hold jihadists. The incident occurred on Thursday at Koutoukale prison located about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north-west of the capital, Niamey, the interior ministry said. Two other attempted jailbreaks at the facility […]Continue Reading

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Israeli Air Strike : Gaza School Records 16 Deaths

Web News 7 July 2024 126 0

At least 16 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a UN-run school in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials have said. Dozens more have been injured. According to the Hamas-run health ministry, the building was sheltering thousands of displaced people at Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Israel said it had struck […]Continue Reading

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Air Strike Puts 100,000 Ukrainians in Darkness

Web News 6 July 2024 117 0

A Russian attack on a power facility in Ukraine has left 100,000 people without power in the north-western region of Sumy. Work is under way to restore power, National grid operator Ukrenergo said, following the strikes, which caused emergency shut-offs for consumers in the city and region of Sumy, which borders Russia. There were no […]Continue Reading

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Biden Says Only God Could Convince Him to Step Down

Web News 6 July 2024 137 0

US President, Joe Biden has said only the “Lord Almighty” could convince him to end his bid for re-election, as he sat for a rare primetime interview in an effort to calm Democratic concern over his candidacy. Speaking to ABC News on Friday, Mr Biden also declined to take a cognitive test and make the […]Continue Reading

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High-Stakes Parliamentary Election Holds in France

Web News 30 June 2024 114 0

France is voting in a parliamentary election that could make history, with the far right closer to power than it has ever been in modern times. The National Rally (RN) of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella is well ahead in the polls – three weeks to the day since they won European elections. President […]Continue Reading

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Attacks on Dagestan Synagogues Leaves Many Dead

Web News 24 June 2024 152 0

Attacks on Police officers, churches and synagogues in Russia’s North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan have left many people dead. Gunmen targeted the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala on the Orthodox festival of Pentecost. The dead include more than 15 Police officers and several civilians. Six of the attackers are dead and police are hunting for […]Continue Reading

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Undocumented Spouses of US Citizens to Benefit from Biden’s New Policy

Web News 18 June 2024 145 0

President Joe Biden is set to announce a new policy that would protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation, according to administration officials. The action will apply to those who have been in the country for at least 10 years and will allow them to work in the US legally. […]Continue Reading

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Mongolia Opposition Party Bigwig Beaten to Death

Web News 17 June 2024 154 0

A Mongolian opposition politician was beaten to death, his party said Sunday, ahead of parliamentary elections due this month. The victim was a member of the Democratic Party (DP) and a governor of Sant Sum in central Mongolia, his party said in a statement. The man was killed on Saturday, the party said. Local media […]Continue Reading

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Suffocation Kills 8 in Refrigerated Truck In China

Web News 17 June 2024 140 0

Eight people died after suffocating in a refrigerated truck in central China’s Henan province, investigators said. In a statement released on Sunday, a local investigative team said that the eight had been “illegally” transported in the cold-chain vehicle to the town of Hongzhuangyang. “The driver found eight people suffocating and unconscious in the car,” investigators Continue Reading

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Kuwait Residential Fire Claims 41 Lives

Web News 12 June 2024 146 0

At least 41 people have been killed in a fire at a residential building in the Kuwaiti city of Mangaf, the Interior Ministry says. Video shared on social media showed flames engulfing the lower part of the building and thick black smoke billowing from the upper floors. At least another 15 were injured and taken […]Continue Reading

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Japans Asylum Laws Draw Concern from Campaigners

Web News 10 June 2024 194 0

Japanese laws making it easier for the country to deport failed asylum seekers took effect Monday, with campaigners warning that the new system will put lives at risk. The world’s fourth-largest economy has long been criticised for the low number of asylum applications it accepts. Last year refugee status was granted to a record 303 […]Continue Reading

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Benny Gantz Resigns from Israeli’s War Cabinet

Web News 9 June 2024 291 0

Israeli war cabinet minister, Benny Gantz has quit the emergency government in a sign of deepening divisions over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s post-conflict plans for Gaza. Speaking during a news conference in Tel Aviv on Sunday where he announced his resignation, Mr Gantz said the decision was made with a “heavy heart”. “Unfortunately, Mr Continue Reading