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U.S.-backed Syrian fighters capture Islamic State leader’s assistant

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2018

U.S.-backed fighters in Syria have captured a senior Islamic State leader who served as an assistant to the group’s self-declared “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, they said on Friday. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led militia alliance that holds the quarter of Syria east of

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Two Nigerians arraigned in Ghana for alleged internet fraud

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2018

An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail to two Nigerians, Victor Manu Enameguno, Kingsley Odjegba and a Ghanaian, Fauziya Yussif, in the sum of GH¢930,000 (N68,184,506) with four sureties each. They are standing trial for charges bordering on fraud. They denied the charges of conspiracy to defraud, defrauding by false pretence, money laundering, as well […]

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Bribe-taking: Governor arrested, faces jail sentence

Daily Dispatch November 29, 2018

The governor of Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Fernando Pezao, was arrested on Thursday over allegations he received bribes as part of the sprawling “Car Wash” graft probe, according to Brazilian media. The Globo News television channel showed live footage of federal police at the residence of the governor, who remains in his home in custody. Pezao is […]

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29 injured in latest suicide attack on Cameroon

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2018

At least 29 people were wounded on Wednesday when a women bomber blew herself up in a border town in Cameroon’s Far North, a region frequently hit by Boko Haram jihadists, security sources said. But a second bomber was shot dead by troops deployed in the town before she could detonate her explosives, the source […]

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Breaking: Parliament to vote on Brexit deal on December 11, says Theresa May

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2018

British MPs will hold a crucial vote on December 11 to approve or reject the Brexit deal agreed with EU leaders, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday. “I am looking ahead to December 11, when this House will be faced with the decision as to whether or not it wishes to deliver on the […]

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Breaking: Mexico deports 98 migrants who tried to enter US

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2018

Mexican authorities said Monday they have deported almost 100 Central American migrants after hundreds rushed the US border before being repelled by tear gas and rubber bullets. “Ninety-eight people were handed over to the national migration authorities and have been deported” after Sunday’s incident at Tijuana, on the border with California, the commissioner of the […]