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Cholera kills nine in northwest Ethiopia

Cholera kills nine in northwest Ethiopia

Nine people have died from a cholera outbreak in Ethiopia’s north-western Benishangul-Gumuz Region, state television (ETV) reported on Sunday, citing health authorities. A regional health official, Abdulmunhem Al-Beshir, said that “some 131 people have been infected in the outbreak while nine others died,” ETV said. Cases have been reported in …

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Ten soldiers suspended for threatening villagers with their weapons

Nigeria: a woman shot dead in her bathroom

Ten soldiers suspected of having threatened villagers with their weapons in a rural area of northern Colombia, have been suspended, local media reported, citing official source. The colombian government described the incident as “extremely serious”. “As soon as it became aware of the facts, the army command (…) immediately took …

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Kenyan NGO says human rights violations have doubled under President Ruto

Kenyan NGO says human rights violations have doubled under President Ruto

A human rights NGO has criticised Kenya’s President William Ruto for failing to reduce human rights violations, after it documented a more than twofold increase in abuses since the beginning of Mr Ruto’s presidency in September 2022. “In the past year, we have witnessed a wave of punitive policing during …

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