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PKK terrorist attack in SE Turkey kills 7 civilians

9 others injured when terrorists target vehicle carrying villagers, says interior minister At least seven civilians were killed and nine injured when PKK terrorists targeted a vehicle carrying forest workers in southeastern Turkey, Turkey’s interior minister said early Friday. “Our seven brothers were martyred by an improvised explosives blast while the vehicle was carrying them.

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Kenya bans foreigners from adopting local children

Photo/ Reuters Kenya has banned foreigners from adopting local children and will work toward a new policy governing the process, the presidency said on Thursday. The move follows that of neighboring Ethiopia, which also stopped adoption of children by foreigners in 2018, in an effort to curb trafficking. The government also asked the ministry of

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Drama as Duale, clash in parliament Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wa

Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wa on Wednesday openly clashed with National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale over Tanga Tanga phrase. Duale was not impressed with the lawmaker after he uttered the phrase on the floor of the house. The members of parliament were discussing the Public Finance Management Amendment Bill when the lawmaker decided to mention

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Eritrea Tops List of World’s Most-Censored Countries

The Eritrean government controls the state media more than any other country in the world. Eritrea has been named the country with the world’s highest level of censorship. The information was contained in the 2019 report released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). According to the report, the Eritrean government is the most active

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Somalia, Kenya maritime hearing starts 4 Nov ICJ

Public hearings for the maritime dispute between Kenya and Somalia will commence on November 4, the International Court of Justice has formally announced. The UN global court said Wednesday in a statement the hearings, which were postponed early this month will run from 4th to 8th of November upon which both countries will present their

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Trump fires hawkish national security chief Bolton

Photo/AFP/File / Brendan Smialowski As a key White House adviser, John Bolton was well known for his moustache, beloved yellow legal pads — and hardline national security views President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the firing of hawkish national security advisor John Bolton, a move widely seen as boosting the president’s push to negotiate with

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Ugandan leader calls for eye-for-an-eye-style sentences after nephew murdered

Photo/ Reuters Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said he wants courts to hand out eye-for-an-eye-style sentences for all murder convicts, to help stem soaring violent crime that claimed the life of his nephew last week. From killings to violent robberies and kidnappings for ransom, crime has been surging in recent years in the East African

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Hundreds of Nigerians to take free evacuation from South Africa

The car dealership of Nigerian entrepreneur Basil Onibo in Johannesburg, South Africa was burned down during the latest spate of xenophobic attacks in September 2019 [Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko] At least 640 Nigerians have signed up to take free flights home from South Africa after xenophobic attacks on foreigners, a spokeswoman for Nigeria’s president said on Tuesday.

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Kuwait’s ruler, 90, in US hospital and cancels Trump visit

Photo (AP) Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah Kuwait’s 90-year-old ruling emir has cancelled a visit Thursday with President Donald Trump at the White House after being admitted to a U.S. hospital following an earlier health scare last month. Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah will undergo unspecified tests during his hospitalization, the state-run KUNA

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EDITORIAL COMMENT: Yes, I am an African

President Mnangagwa and President Cyril Ramaphosa I AM an African. I am born of the peoples of the continent of Africa. The pain of the violent conflict that the peoples of Liberia, Somalia, the Sudan, Burundi and Algeria is a pain I also bear. The dismal shame of poverty, suffering and human degradation of my

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