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Kenya’s interior minister has said that the country will send assessment delegations to Haiti before deploying police officers to address gang violence there. “There will be other pre-mission visits to Haiti by different players before our officers set foot there,” Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki told a parliamentary committee on Thursday. …

A Chinese national was found dead in Asutaure, in the Shai Osuduku district, in the Greater Accra region, Ghana, according to reports. The lifeless body was found after the spillage of the Kpong dam. “The deceased was fishing when he was swept away by the water,” according to Adom News. …

The International Olympic Committee suspended the Russian National Olympic Committee (NOC) this Thursday “with immediate effect” for having placed several organizations in occupied Ukrainian regions under its authority, the organization’s spokesperson announced. This decision automatically deprives the Russian body of Olympic funding, but has no consequences on the possible presence …

A 33-year-old nurse has been allegedly killed by unknown assailants at Atwima Boko in the Ashanti Region, Ghana, according to report. The victim’s husband reported to the police that his wife had not returned home from work the previous day. The police and community members searched for her and found …

A boy is currently in the custody of the Kogi State Police Command for allegedly burying his younger brother alive in the Adavi Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The suspect carried out the directive of his mother who allegedly asked him to punish his brother for stealing N10,000,” …

A man was executed in Texas, United States, on Tuesday after being sentenced to death for the murder of an elderly woman in 2000. “Jedidiah Murphy, a 48-year-old American, received a lethal injection in a Huntsville prison and was pronounced dead,” the Texas Department of Justice reported. This year, already …

The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo announced that it has suspended some of its peacekeepers. “This is in response to reports of serious misconduct,” it said in a statement, adding that it had “zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse”. It did not say how many peacekeepers …

Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 42-year-old man for allegedly defiling his daughter for three years in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, Nigeria. “The man has been defiling the girl since she was 10 years old,” according to reports. The victim’s teachers noticed her strange behaviours …

The wife of Gabon’s ousted president Ali Bongo has been jailed, the AFP news agency said in a post on social media platform X, citing a lawyer. The military regime accuses Sylvia Bongo of alleged embezzlement of public funds. Gabon army officers seized power on Aug. 30, annulling an election …

Kenyan authorities have announced plans to end a six-year agreement allowing more than 100 Cuban doctors to work in Kenyan hospitals. Health Minister Susan Nakhumicha said on Wednesday that the move will help address challenges faced by Kenyan health workers, including the lack of employment opportunities. “We have decided not …