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Journalist gives first-hand account of deadly Mogadishu attack

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2017

Mohamed Sheikh Nor was relaxing and playing with his 10-month-old daughter when his home shook with the worst bombing Somalia’s capital had seen to date. “Then there was a huge blast,” the video journalist for The Associated Press said on Monday. “At first I thought it was directed at our

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Over 13,000 modern slaves in UK?

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2017

Police in Britain are ramping up efforts to investigate cases of modern slavery, yet the true scale of the crime is hugely underestimated. UK’s anti-slavery chief, Kevin Hyland, appointed in 2014 as part of Britain’s widely hailed Modern Slavery Act, called for greater support for slavery victims and urged businesses to do more to ensure […]

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Blogger who accused govt of corruption killed by car bomb in Malta

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2017

Daphne Caruana Galizia, a prominent Maltese blogger who accused the island’s centre-left government of corruption, was killed by a car bomb on Monday, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced. Speaking at a press conference, Muscat condemned the killing as a “barbaric” act and ordered security services to devote maximum resources to bringing those responsible to justice.

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Co-founder of al-Shabab donates blood to victims of bomb attack

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2017

Mukhtar Robow, one of the founders of the al-Shabab militant group, has donated blood to survivors of the truck bombing in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia. At least 276 people were killed, while 300 got injured in one of the deadliest attacks to hit the conflict-torn nation. Residents of Somali capital, while wearily accustomed to regular […]

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European Union Ministers Approve New Sanctions on North Korea

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2017

The European Union imposed fresh sanctions on North Korea on Monday as part of international efforts to punish the pariah regime for its nuclear and ballistic weapons programmes. Foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg signed off a new package of measures including a ban on investments in North Korea and on EU exports of oil to […]

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Nigerian man jailed 18 years in UK for murder

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2017

A 27-year-old Nigerian man, Abraham Omotoso, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for the murder of one Mohamed Al-Zufairi in the United Kingdom. According to Dailymail, Omotosho stabbed the father-of-two in his chest outside a Poundland store while waiting for his young daughter to buy sweets. Al-Zufairi died in the hospital at 2.30am the next […]