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At least 16 dead as lightning strikes church

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2018

At least 16 people were killed and dozens more injured after lightning struck a Seventh-Day Adventist church in Rwanda, a local official said Sunday. Fourteen victims were killed on the spot as lightning hit the church in the Nyaruguru district in the Southern Province on Saturday, local mayor

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All hail Xi, China’s ‘Chairman of Everything’

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2018

Mao was the “Great Helmsman”, Deng the “Paramount Leader” — now meet Xi Jinping, whose growing personality cult has some calling him China’s “Chairman of Everything”. On Sunday, China’s rubber-stamp parliament endorsed Xi’s move to abolish rules limiting the head of state to 10 years in power, paving the way for another potential title: President […]

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Allege torture of political activists: SERAP calls for the suspension of Cameroon, writes AU

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2018

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has sent an open letter to the African Union Chairperson and President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, urging him to urgently call an Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) to suspend the rights of membership of Cameroon from the Union. According to SERAP, the suspension is […]

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U.S. offers $5m bounty for Pakistani terrorist chief

Daily Dispatch March 9, 2018

The U.S. State Department is offering a five-million-dollar reward for information leading to Pakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah. The U.S. also announced a three-million-dollar reward each for two other senior leaders of militias linked to the Pakistani Taliban. The move is seen as another attempt by Washington to defuse tensions with the Pakistani government. The

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Jonathan to Sierra Leonine NEC: Ensure election guidelines are followed in the collation of voting

Daily Dispatch March 7, 2018

Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, head of Election Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) Mission to Sierra Leone, has advised the National Electoral Commission (NEC) to ensure that election guidelines are followed in the collation of voting. The former President of Nigeria gave the advice in an interview with newsmen while monitoring the voting process on Wednesday in

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Teacher treks 42km to school daily, honoured with standing fan

Daily Dispatch March 7, 2018

A teacher who walks 42km to school has been rewarded with a standing fan, in appreciation of his dedicated service. Awudu Kombian, who teaches at Warvi D/A Primary School, Ghana, received the gift at the parade to mark Ghana’s 61st Independence, which held on Tuesday. Apart from travelling such a long distance, Kombian was the only teacher […]