Crime & Justice
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Mobutu Expo Lays Bare DR Congo Dictator’s Troubled Legacy 30 years on
Mobutu era left few visible traces behind: a handful of palaces and monuments to the late dictator lie decrepit, while virtually no infrastructure from his time survives to this day
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Iran Nobel Winner Unwell After ‘Violent’ Arrest: Supporters
Mohammadi, who won the 2023 Nobel prize, was detained Friday after addressing a memorial ceremony in the eastern city of Mashhad for lawyer Khosrow Alikordi, who was found dead earlier this month.
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Saudi Sets New Death Penalty Record After Executing 340 in 2025: AFP tally
Since the start of 2025, Saudi Arabia has executed 232 people in drug-related cases, constituting the majority of the 340 executions carried out so far, according to AFP’s tally, based on ministry and SPA announcements.
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UN Urges Release of 10,000 Arbitrarily Detained in Eritrea
It said during their detention in Mai Serwa prison, near the capital Asmara, some had been confined to metal containers where temperatures fluctuated between extreme heat and bitter cold.
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Trapped, Starving and Afraid in Besieged Sudan City
Two and a half years of war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have ravaged the South Kordofan state capital, with strikes intensifying in recent weeks.
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Zelensky holds new talks with US envoys on ending Ukraine war
Ukraine hopes to convince the US that a ceasefire must be agreed without prior territorial concessions to Russia, while the country’s European allies stress that any deal must bring a “just peace” and ensure Russia…
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Waziri wa zamani nchini Tanzania Geofrey Mwambe ashikiliwa na Polisi kwa tuhuma za jinai
Taarifa ya polisi iliyotolewa leo, tarehe 12 Desemba 2025, imeeleza kuwa Mwambe ambaye aliwahi kuwa Waziri katika Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu anayeshughulikia Uwekezaji na baadaye Wizara ya Viwanda na Biashara alikamatwa wakati wa operesheni ya…
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Wakimbizi wa Congo wasimulia vifo na machafuko wakati vita vikianza upya
Maelfu wamekimbia huku raia wakijikuta tena katikati ya mapigano kati ya M23, jeshi la Congo na washirika wao.
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M23 Consolidates Control of DR Congo City, Bodies in Streets
Around 10 bodies were collected from the streets between Wednesday and Thursday, according to local sources and witnesses.
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Tanzania Opposition Says 2,000 Killed in Election Violence
Opposition party Chadema’s deputy chairperson John Heche told reporters that Tanzania witnessed “mass killings of more than 2,000 people and over 5,000 injured in the space of just one week”.
