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Kenya to charge police officers with murder over blogger’s death in custody

24 Jun 2025

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan prosecutors said on Monday they approved murder charges against six people, including three police officers, for their role in killing a political blogger whose death in police custody sparked large protests. Kenya’s Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions said in a statement that the six suspects would be arraigned on Tuesday. …

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Caribbean delegation to travel to Brussels, London to discuss slavery reparations

23 Jun 2025

By Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) -A Caribbean delegation is set to travel to Brussels and London next month to bring the highly divisive issue of reparations for slavery and colonialism to the table, organisers have told Reuters. At least 12.5 million Africans were kidnapped, forcibly transported by European ships and sold into slavery from the …

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Greece to deploy frigates off Libya to curb increased migrant flows, PM says

23 Jun 2025

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece will deploy two frigates and one more vessel off Libya’s territorial waters to deter migrants from arriving at its southern islands of Crete and Gavdos, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday. Mitsotakis did not elaborate on the role of the vessels or explain what they would do, but said the …

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Soccer-Three dead, dozens injured after fall from upper stand in Algeria

22 Jun 2025

(Reuters) -Three spectators died and more than 70 others were injured after falling from the upper stand of a stadium, following MC Alger’s win in the Algerian top-flight league for the second season in a row, the Algerian ministry of health said on Sunday. “The Beni Messous University Hospital received 38 injured people, while three deaths …

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Suspected suicide bomber kills 12 in Nigeria’s Borno state

21 Jun 2025

By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -A suspected female suicide bomber killed at least 12 people and injured several others at a fish market on Friday night in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, police said on Saturday. Borno state police spokesperson Nahum Kenneth Daso said in a statement that a woman with an improvised explosive device …

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Tunisia sentences ex-President Marzouki to 22 years in absentia

21 Jun 2025

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -A Tunisian court on Friday handed down a 22‑year prison sentence in absentia to former President Moncef Marzouki, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, on charges of undermining state security, raising the opposition’s fears of an escalating crackdown against critics. Marzouki, who was president from 2011 to 2014, accuses …

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Tunisian court hands 15‑year sentence to opposition figure Sahbi Atig

20 Jun 2025

TUNIS (Reuters) -A Tunisian court has sentenced Sahbi Atig, a senior official in Ennahda, the country’s main opposition party, to 15 years in prison on charges of money laundering, his lawyer said on Friday, the latest move against opposition figures under President Kais Saied. Atig was detained in 2023, one of many opponents of Saied …

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