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By Ali Kucukgocmen ANKARA (Reuters) -Three Turkish journalists were released on Tuesday, hours after being jailed over their coverage of the deaths of Turkish intelligence officers in Libya in 2020, a lawyer and opposition member said. In September 2020, five journalists were convicted of revealing information and documents connected to intelligence activities. They were variously …

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KHARTOUM (Reuters) – More than 100 Sudanese detainees, including high-profile politicians, began a hunger strike on Tuesday, allied lawyers and doctors said. The detainees are part of the protest movement against an Oct. 25 army coup that ended a civilian-military power-sharing arrangement that followed the overthrow of long-ruling autocrat President Omar al-Bashir in 2019. The …

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BENI (Reuters) – Militants armed with guns and machetes killed at least 15 people and injured four on Tuesday in an early morning raid on a village in Congo’s eastern Ituri province, according to local authorities. Attackers stormed the village of Syeri Aberkozo just before dawn, hacking residents with machetes and setting several buildings ablaze, …

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By Edwin Waita ENDEBESS, Kenya (Reuters) – As he conducts a Kenyan children’s band, Selassioh Muriithi wears a broad dimpled grin – and his Kenyan police uniform. Muriithi, a 55-year-old senior superintendent, says teaching the children allows him to connect with the community – which sometimes yields tips on crimes. But mostly he does it …

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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian police arrested one of their own senior officers on drug-related charges on Monday, the force said. Deputy Commissioner Abba Kyari was detained with four other officers over involvement in alleged criminal conspiracy, official corruption and tampering with exhibits in a case involving illicit drugs, a police spokesman added. Kyari, who has …

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