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Authorities in Tanzanian have announced the creation of a surveillance squad whose job it will be to identify gay people on social media and arrest them. Paul Makonda, regional commissioner for the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, said the 17-member team

The Nigerian police say they have arrested 400 Shia Muslims following several days of protests in the capital, Abuja. The police say the members of the pro-Iran Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) had 31 petrol bombs as well as other dangerous

The outgoing Turkish Ambassador to Ghana Her Excellency Nesrin Bayazit, has recounted her experience and great strides made at improving diplomatic ties between Ghana and Turkey. A relationship spanning 60 years which started in 1958, during her tenure has been further

Infamous Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger has been found dead in a US federal prison in West Virginia. The 89-year-old was discovered unresponsive in his cell at the maximum security facility shortly after being transferred there from a Florida jail. US

A top criminal lawyer whose clients included gang leaders has been shot dead outside his children’s school in Cape Town as he was dropping them off for the day. Police say they are searching for an as-yet unidentified suspect who shot

An ex-nurse in Germany has admitted at the start of his trial that he murdered 100 patients, making him one of the world’s most prolific serial killers. Detectives say Niels Högel, 41, administered fatal doses of medication to the people in

 The fiancee of murdered Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi has demanded that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reveal the whereabouts of his body. In an emotional plea, Hatice Cengiz told an audience in London: “I believe that the Saudi regime knows where his

Phones and body parts have been found in the water where a Lion Air passenger plane crashed and sank in Indonesia. Officials say 189 people were on board, up from an earlier report of 188. At least one child, two babies and