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THE United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has condemned the death penalty and urged UN Member states to put an end to the horrible practice. In his address to celebrate the 16th World Day against the Death Penalty, he …
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THE finance minister of South Africa, Nhlanhla Nene, has resigned from office after admitting meeting the Gupta family members, who have been accused of corruption. The Guptas, a well-known business family in South Africa, were accused of…
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THE United State's Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has resigned.  Reports from the US media say Haley's resignation came as a surprise to a number of senior foreign policy officials in the Trump administration. She is one of…
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DENIS Mukwege, a doctor who helps victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State, won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. They…
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THE governor of Migori in Kenya, Okoth Obado, was charged with murder on Monday following the death of his young lover whose body was found dumped in a forest. Obado who initially denied having an affair with the 26-year old student,…
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THE US State of North Carolina is currently witnessing a massive storm -- Hurrican Florence -- which has seen almost a million people placed on evacuation alert. According to the state's emergency management agency, nearly half a…
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THE Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis has summoned the Presidents of the Bishops Conference of every country to a meeting to brainstorm on how to prevent sexual abuses by priests and better protect children. The Catholic church is currently…
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IF there is one puzzle the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, would give anything to unravel, it is who is behind an anonymous editorial published by New York Times, roundly criticising the Trump administration. The…
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It's been 200 days since Leah Sharibu was kidnapped by Boko Haram fighters, alongside one hundred and nine other girls from their school in Dapchi, Yobe State, North East, Nigeria, on February 19, 2018. One month later, 104 of the girls…
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INDIA'S Supreme Court has decriminalised homosexual sex in a landmark judgment for gay rights, reports The Guardian UK.  A five-judge bench of the country’s highest court ruled on Thursday that a 160-year old law banning sex “against the…
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