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Birmingham police declare major incident after multiple stabbings in city centre

Police were called to one stabbing, and then additional incidents were reported afterwards (Image: SnapperSK) By Chris Kitching & Sam Rkaina Multiple people have been stabbed in Birmingham city centre, with police declaring a major incident. Witnesses reported seeing a woman with serious injuries, and two people who had been “stabbed in the neck”. Small

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Africa’s best and worst places to use phone data

A woman talking on phone. Shutterstock What you need to know: In Sudan, Algeria, Reunion, Ghana, Western Sahara, Morocco and Mayotte, citizens pay Sh68, Sh70, Sh77, Sh101, Sh106, Sh106 and Sh116, respectively. South Africa, which has the highest upper middle class population in Africa, falls short in the rankings, appearing at position 148 as a

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Deposed president evacuated from Mali for medical treatment

In this June 30, 2020, file photo, Mali’s then President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita poses for a group photograph during the G5 Sahel summit in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Keita, the Malian president ousted in a military coup in August, was hospitalized late Tuesday, Sept. 1, at a private clinic, intensifying fears about the 75-year-old’s health after being

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UK government suspends military training to Belarus dictatorship after outcry

A heavily-police protest in Belarus(Reuters) By Jon Stone Campaigners say UK should not have been training dictatorship’s forces in the first place The British government has suspended the provision of military training to Belarus’ army, amid accusations that the UK has been “strengthening and legitimising” the country’s dictatorship. The Independent reported last month that UK

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Racial tensions roiling US pose target for election meddling

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. The tensions coursing through the United States over racism and policing are a likely target for adversaries seeking to influence the November election, lawmakers and experts warn — and there are signs that Russia is again seeking to exploit the divide. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Arabic press review: Saudi Arabia arrests clerics in new crackdown

Muslim clerics Dr Abdullah Basfar (L) and Dr Saud al-Funaisan have reportedly been arrested in Saudi Arabia in new campaign (Twitter/@@m3takl_en) New wave of arrests in Saudi Arabia Saudi authorities recently launched a new arrest campaign, detaining a famous religious figure, a Quran reciter, a university professor and many others, according to the Prisoners of

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Ethiopia’s Tigray region to holds poll, defying federal government

Photo: Credit Reuters Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region will head to the polls on Wednesday in defiance of the federal government, the latest challenge to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed from a slew of regional leaders flexing their muscles ahead of next year’s national elections. Abiy has overseen sweeping democratic reforms since taking power in Africa’s second

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Livestock ship carrying 42 crew sinks off Japan’s coast

In this photo released by the 10th Regional Japan Coast Guard Headquarters, a Filipino crewmember of a Panamanian cargo ship is rescued by Japanese Coast Guard members in the waters off the Amami Oshima, Japan Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. Japanese rescuers have safely plucked the crewmember from the sea while searching for the cargo ship

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Inside Kenya’s tiff with Somalia and Tanzania

Photo/Somali Times What you need to know: For Somalia, the old story of miraa ban returned last week after a delegation of farmers’ representatives returned empty-handed. But the miraa story has always been political. Nairobi has had a month-long standoff with Tanzania. This has led some analysts to think the region, despite having integration blocs,

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Matiang’i Names 9 Persons Suspected Of Financing Terrorist Activities In Kenya, Orders Bank Accounts Frozen

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has listed nine Kenyan individuals suspected of supporting terrorist activities in the country. In a statement on Tuesday, the CS Ordered that the bank accounts and property of the individuals be frozen with immediate effect. “The only way to deny terrorists the means to threaten our way of life is

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