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Zimbabwe election: First vote without Mugabe
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Long queues have formed at polling stations in Zimbabwe in the first since general election since long-serving ruler Robert Mugabe was ousted. Foreign observers have hailed the election as an opportunity for Zimbabwe to break with its repressive past. The presidential
Egypt sentences 75 to death over 2013 protests
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An Egyptian court has sentenced 75 people to death for their role in the violence that erupted after President Mohammed Morsi’s removal in 2013. The group, including leaders of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, are part of a mass trial of more
Kenya slum demolished to make way for road
on: by Fernil News
The homes of about 30,000 people have been demolished in a Kenyan slum to make way for a new $20m (£15m) dual carriage way in the capital Nairobi. The residents, living in part of the city’s largest slum, Kibera, were given
Greece wildfires: Reports say at least 50 dead
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At least 50 people are feared dead in wildfires burning in the Attica region around Athens, in Greece’s worst fire crisis in more than a decade. According to the Red Cross, 26 bodies were found in the yard of a villa
Somalia’s al-Shabab carries out attack on military base
on: by Fernil News
Militant Islamists have stormed a military base in southern Somalia after detonating a suicide car bomb. Al-Shabab says its fighters killed 27 soldiers in the raid, about 50km (31 miles) from the port city of Kismayo. A government spokesman confirmed to
Somali father defends FGM after daughter, 10, dies
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The father of a 10-year-old girl who died after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) in Somalia has defended the practice. Dahir Nur’s daughter died of blood loss on 17 July, two days after being taken to a traditional circumciser. But he
Flight scare as Helicopter with gold lands at maize farm
on: by Fernil News
There was a flight scare at Yanowa near Asamankese in the Eastern region after a helicopter transporting gold from the Bibiani Chirano gold mines to Accra developed a mechanical fault and forced landed at a maize farm at Kumikrom. No member
Asawase Killings: IGP To Brief Defence And Interior C’ttee
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The Inspector General of Police (IGP) David Asante Apeatu is expected to brief the Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament later Monday July 23, 2018 on the killing of some seven suspected criminals in Kumasi. The Minority ahead of the meeting