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Nigeria arrests Canadian woman for importing 'strong' illicit drugs
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Nigeria arrests Canadian woman for importing 'strong' illicit drugs

This is the latest major arrest as Nigeria intensifies its anti-drug campaign. Nigeria's anti-drug operatives have arrested a Canadian woman for ''importing large consignment'' of synthetic cannabis into the West African country. The suspect, 41-year-old Adrienne Munju, was arrested during cleara...

Stepwise erosion of Israel’s global legitimacy post-October 7
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Stepwise erosion of Israel’s global legitimacy post-October 7

The last 365 days of relentless violence have exposed Israel to the point that it now finds itself isolated on the global stage, along with its primary backer, the US. Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, which many historians have compared to the Warsaw ghetto uprising against the Nazi Germany, h...

Uganda bans 'funeral disco' over moral decay
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Uganda bans 'funeral disco' over moral decay

Uganda has banned discos held at funerals, saying they are leading to moral decay. Uganda on Monday banned an increasingly popular form of funeral celebration known as "disco matanga" that authorities said was leading to sexual abuse. The all-night events, whose name means "funeral disco" in Swah...

Kai-tsaye: An harba makami mai linzami Isra'ila daga Yemen
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Kai-tsaye: An harba makami mai linzami Isra'ila daga Yemen

Yaƙin da Isra'ila ta kwashe shekara guda tana yi a Gaza ya kashe Falasɗinawa aƙalla 41,870. Kazalika, Isra'ila ta ƙaddamar da hare-hare a Lebanon tun Oktoban 2023 inda ta kashe fiye da mutum 2,000, ta raba fiye da mutum miliyan 1.2 da muhallansu. Litinin, 7 ga watan Oktoba, 2024 1447 GMT — Rundun...

Why Palestine's pain feels like Africa's past
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Why Palestine's pain feels like Africa's past

Israel's unrelenting onslaught on Gaza for a year now has reopened old wounds for Africa, where countries once ruled by colonial powers suffered the same genocidal horrors for varying periods in their history. By Sylvia Chebet History is all about joining the dots. Each dot represents a moment in...

Le bilan du naufrage au Nigeria s'alourdit à 70 morts
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Le bilan du naufrage au Nigeria s'alourdit à 70 morts

Le bateau, qui transportait environ 300 personnes revenant d'un enterrement, a chaviré dans la rivière Gbajibo le 1er octobre. Le bilan d'un accident de bateau dans l'État du Niger, au Nigeria, s'est alourdi à 70 morts, ont rapporté dimanche les médias locaux. La National Inland Waterways Authori...

Six security guards killed in South Africa attack
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Six security guards killed in South Africa attack

Six security guards have been shot and killed in South Africa, police said on Monday, not far from where 18 people were gunned down about a week ago. Six security guards about to go on patrol near a school have been shot and killed in South Africa, police said on Monday, not far from where 18 peo...