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I won’t resign, says Kenya’s election umpire Chebukati

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2017

Chairman  of Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Wafula Chebukati said he would not resign despite the invalidation of the election of President Uhuru Kenyatta that he supervised. In a statement, Chebukati defended his  commission and said it did justice to the

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11 Schoolgirls Killed In Iran Road Accident

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2017

Iranian media reports say a bus crash has killed 12 people, all but one of them schoolgirls travelling to the southern city of Shiraz for a sports and cultural event. Reports said the bus carrying 45 female students overturned early on September 1 on a road linking the town of Darab to Shiraz, some 1,100 […]

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Union confirms killing of another Nigerian by South African Police

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2017

The Nigeria Union in South Africa has confirmed the killing of a member, Kingsley Ikeri, at Vryheid town in Kwazulu Natal Province on Aug. 30. Ikeri, 27, was a businessman and native of Mbaitolu in Imo. In December 2016, Metropolitan Police in Cape Town had suffocated to death a man, Victor Nnadi, also from Imo. […]

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It’s back to the ballot as Supreme Court nullifies Uhuru’s win

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2017

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to conduct a fresh presidential election within 60 days after finding that the August 8 poll was not conducted in keeping with the principles of the Constitution and election law. A majority of the seven-judge bench with the exception of Justices Njoki Ndung’u […]

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My Nigerian boyfriend planted cocaine in my bag, Russian death-row drug suspect alleges

Daily Dispatch August 31, 2017

30-year-old Russian woman accused of being a cocaine mule faces the death penalty in Vietnam. But Maria Dapirka, who has already written a ‘farewell letter’ to her mother, claims she was set up by her lover who posed as a top footballer. Her lawyers have said she has accepted she may soon be executed, but […]

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Breaking: Trump to donate $1 million to Texas recovery

Daily Dispatch August 31, 2017

President Donald Trump will donate $1 million of his fortune to recovery efforts in Texas, though the White House says he hasn’t determined which group or groups will receive the donation. “He would like to join in the efforts that a lot of people we have seen across the country do,” press secretary Sarah Sanders […]