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Two women in Saudi Arabia have been sentenced to ten lashes each after insulting one another via WhatsApp. The two unnamed women were sentenced to the brutal punishment after trading insults on the messaging app this year, local media…
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Four Ghanaian journalists have arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark at the invitation of the Danish government for an official working visit to Denmark. Their visit is ahead of the royal state visit to Ghana in November by Her Majesty the Queen…
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Liberia's Supreme Court has ordered preparations for Tuesday's presidential run-off vote be halted amid allegations of fraud from an eliminated candidate. Ex-football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai are due to go…
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At least eight people have been killed and 11 seriously hurt in New York after the driver of a truck mowed down people on a cycle path in Lower Manhattan. A 29-year-old man who emerged from the white pick-up truck was shot by a police…
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Facebook has said as many as 126 million American users may have seen content uploaded by Russia-based operatives over the last two years. The social networking site said about 80,000 posts were produced before and after the 2016…
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Dr Jen Gunter, a prominent gynecologist has hit out at men who complain about the natural smell of their partner’s genitals which she describes as a ‘form of abuse’. Writing in her latest blog newsletter, the Canadian gynecologist revealed…
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Youth in Karamoja sub-region of Uganda have asked the Health ministry to make condoms that fit everybody, saying the current sizes are small and slide off during sexual intercourse. Speaking during the HIV/Aids meeting held at Rupa gold…
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An appeals court in Paris on Monday released the younger brother of former Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore, a day after he was taken into custody in connection with the murder of a journalist, his lawyer said. French police…
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The court convicted Siddiki, the president of northern Cameroon’s main opposition party, of hostility against the homeland as well as revolution and contempt of the president over accusations he plotted to destabilise the country.…
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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared winner of a controversial re-run of the presidential election. He won 98% of the vote with turnout at just under 39% - less than half that recorded in August's vote, according to the…
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