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Nigerian government-enforced Twitter suspension takes effect

File – In this April 26, 2017, file photo is a Twitter app icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. Millions of Nigerians were unable to access Twitter after the government enforced an indefinite suspension of the microblogging platform’s operations in Nigeria. The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria said in a statement Saturday,

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Police are hunting a Mombasa gang murdered a Dutch National and his security guard

Photo: Credit  Associated Press . According to sources from Nairobi news. A woman who had been tied in a car lead police to an apartment where the Dutch national was found dead. Police are hunting for a gang in Sahnzu, Mombasa that killed a Dutch national and his security guard. Herman Rouwenhorst and the watchman

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Australia presses Saudi Arabia on dual national extradited from Morocco

Osama al-Hasani has not been heard from since being extradited to Saudi Arabia (Twitter/screengrab) Australia’s foreign minister has raised the case of a Saudi-Australian dual national who was extradited from Morocco to Saudi Arabia in March. The extradition was condemned by his relatives and rights groups over fears that he may be subject to torture.

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EU officially closes its airspace to Belarusian carriers

Belarusian aircraft banned to overfly, land over EU territory The European Union officially banned on Friday Belarusian carriers from its airspace. The Council of the EU decided to prohibit the overflight of EU airspace and access to EU airports for all Belarusian aircraft, the institution representing EU governments announced in a press release. The decision

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Theresa May joins Tory rebellion over overseas aid cuts

Theresa May in the House of Commons in February. Photograph: PA By Patrick Wintour Former PM among 30 Tory MPs backing amendment aiming to reverse cuts to aid spending The former prime minister Theresa May has joined a growing rebellion of Tory MPs over cuts to the government’s overseas aid programme. Thirty Tory MPs now

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Italians cite Uhuru, Ruto feuds in botched Kimwarer, Arror projects

President Uhuru Kenyatta. By SAM KIPLAGAT Three Italian firms at the centre of the Sh63 billion Kimwarer and Arror dams scandal have claimed that power struggles between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto led to the illegal cancellation of the projects. In filings before the International Court of Arbitration, Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti

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Sri Lanka braces for environmental disaster as ship sinks

This photo provided by Sri Lankan Air Force shows the sinking MV X-Press Pearl at Kapungoda where it is anchored off Colombo port, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Salvage experts were attempting to tow the fire-stricken container ship that had been loaded with chemicals into the deep sea as the vessel started to sink

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Qatar releases Kenyan rights activist after three weeks in solitary confinement

Bidali’s mother fears for his safety and mental health after he was held in solitary confinement for nearly three weeks (Supplied) By Areeb Ullah Malcolm Bidali was charged by Qatar last week with taking ‘foreign’ money to spread disinformation Qatari authorities released a Kenyan security guard on Wednesday who was arrested after blogging about the

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Racist signboards erected close to mosques in Austria’s capital

Austrian Integration Minister Susanne Raab Tuesday defended the contentious Islam map. By Askin Kiyagan Controversial ‘Islam map’ exposes mosques to racist attacks, says Islamic Religious Authority of Austria Racist signboards were erected in many locations close to mosques in the Austrian capital Vienna, sources from the country’s Islamic community said on Wednesday. Following the appearance

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Iran’s biggest navy ship sinks after fire in Gulf of Oman – media

Iranian Kharg warship is pictured at a dock in the Syrian coastal city Latakia February 25, 2011. Picture taken on February 25, 2011. REUTERS/Davoud Poorsehat/IRNA/File Photo Iran’s largest navy ship the Kharg sank on Wednesday after catching fire in the Gulf of Oman, but the crew were safely rescued, Iranian media reported. No further explanation

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