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A South Korean pastor has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for raping eight female followers of his mega-church. Lee Jae-rock, 75, has about 130,000 followers at the Manmin Central Church in Seoul. He denied all the charges. His…
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Late last year, 31-year-old taxi driver Hammed Olojo tried to jump into Lagos Lagoon. He was later charged with attempted suicide, and he was far from alone: An analysis from Nigeria’s Daily Trust newspaper found that 79 people in the…
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Italy said on Thursday it would resist pressure from Brussels to revise its big-spending budget, effectively daring EU authorities to punish it with fines ahead of May’s European parliamentary elections. Leaders of Rome’s populist…
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President Donald Trump's embrace of Saudi Arabia has exposed a foreign policy rift in the Republican Party, as some of his GOP colleagues warn that not punishing the kingdom for its role in killing a U.S.-based columnist will have dangerous…
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Attacks blamed on Islamic State West Africa have killed around 100 soldiers in northeast Nigeria since Sunday, five security sources said on Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity. Islamist militants had already killed hundreds of…
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A South African teenager is in police custody accused of stabbing to death a young boy in a school toilet, where he had hidden in wait for him overnight. The grade one pupil, thought to be seven-years-old, was stabbed multiple times, the…
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A former judge and leading opposition figure has been sworn in as the head of Ethiopia's electoral board. Birtukan Mideksa is the latest significant appointment of a woman to a key public office. Ms Birtukan returned to Ethiopia earlier…
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Blac Chyna is being criticised for selling a skin-lightening cream in Nigeria. The model's new product, in partnership with a brand called Whitenicious, was announced on Instagram. The Whitenicious x Blac Chyna Collection is described…
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A Kenyan priest stationed at a parish in Cameroon's troubled South-West region has been killed. He was caught in cross-fire between government forces and separatists, according to a local official. "Some villagers say he was shot by…
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Cremation is provoking a huge debate in Zimbabwe, bringing cultural and religious beliefs to the fore, journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe writes from Harare. "For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return" - this verse…
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