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Qatar charges outspoken Kenyan rights activist with spreading disinformation

Bidali wrote under the pen-name Noah and shed light on the injustices faced by workers in Qatar (Supplied) By Areeb Ullah Qatar has charged an outspoken Kenyan rights activist with taking “foreign” money to spread disinformation after holding him without charge in solitary confinement for nearly three weeks. Earlier this month, Malcolm Bidali was arrested

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Somali Gor-gor Commandos has graduated Isparta School in Turkey

Photo/Somali Times The 7th Gor-gor National Army Commandos have been trained at Isparta School in Turkey, where they have been undergoing various types of training for some time. The Somali National Army have undergone intensive training in Turkey. The troops were trained at Isparta School in Turkey and the closing ceremony was attended by officials

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Germany officially calls colonial-era killings in Namibia ‘genocide’

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Lisbon, Thursday, May 27, 2021. European Union foreign ministers meet Thursday to discuss EU-Africa relations and Belarus. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) Germany on Friday apologised for its role in slaughter of Herero and Nama tribespeople in Namibia more than a century ago

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Hong Kong tycoon gets 14-month jail term over 2019 protest

File – In this Feb. 9, 2021, file photo, democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, center, leaves the Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong. Lai was sentenced to more jail time Friday, May 28, 2021 over his role in an anti-government protest in 2019, as authorities crack down on dissent in the city. (AP

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UK PM Johnson disagrees that thousands died from COVID due to his inaction

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends the weekly question time debate in Parliament in London, Britain, May 26, 2021, in this screen grab taken from video. Reuters TV via REUTERS By Reuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday he disagreed with his former aide Dominic Cummings’ claim that tens of thousands of people

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Nigerian government declares 156 missing, 4 dead over boat mishap

Rescue operation still underway, says area manager of National Inland Waterways Authority The Nigerian government has declared 156 people missing in a boat mishap Wednesday in northwestern Kebbi state. Yusuf Birma, area manager of government agency the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), said a rescue operation is still underway but added that four people have

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Chinese envoy asks Somali parties to break political deadlock over delayed elections

Zhang Jun (L), China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, addresses a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Somalia at the UN headquarters in New York, May 25, 2021. /Xinhua UNITED NATIONS, May 25 (Xinhua) — A Chinese envoy on Tuesday called on parties in Somalia to strive to break the current political

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Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers detain hundreds in Tigray

Ethiopian soldiers ride on a truck near the town of Adigrat, Tigray region, Ethiopia, March 18, 2021. REUTERS/Baz Ratner By Giulia Paravicini, Katharine Houreld Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers forcibly detained more than 500 young men and women from four camps for displaced people in the town of Shire in the northern region of Tigray on

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20 people disappear or were killed since January in Kenya most are foreigners

The last victim killing spree in Kenya Mohamed Bashir Mohamoud. More than 20 people have disappeared since January and their bodies dumped in mortuaries, roadside thickets and on river banks. Data maintained by police watchdog lobby, the Independent Medico-Legal Unit, shows the disappeared people were tortured before being killed. The cases bear similarities, including claims

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Somali Foreign Minister says agreement has been reached on elections

Photo/Somali Times The United Nations Security Council convened today for a special session on the situation in Somalia, and was addressed by members of the Somali Foreign Ministry Mohamed Abdirizak and United Nations Special Representative to Somalia James Swan. First, Somali Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak said in his speech to the Security Council that an

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