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Obama’s tweet on Virginia attack breaks record

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2017

A tweet written by former US president Barack Obama in the wake of the white supremacist rally in Virginia has become the most liked message ever posted on Twitter. “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin or his background or his religion…” Obama wrote on

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Nigerian asylum seeker kills girlfriend in Germany, stuffs body in bag + photos

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2017

A Nigerian, simply identified as Anthony I, who sought asylum in Germany under false pretences, is on trial in Muenster, Germany for stabbing and killing his girlfriend earlier this year. Prosecutors said the 28-year-old Nigerian brutally murdered Soopika Paramanathan, a 22-year-old German student, known locally as the “Angel of Ahaus” for her volunteer work with […]

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Police are not kidnappers, businessman tells US-based Nigerian accused of $350,000 fraud

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2017

Chris Iheanacho, owner of Environaid Technologies Limited, has asked Jim Nnah, a Nigerian based in the US to come back to the country to clear the allegations of fraud levelled against him. Nnah, chairman of Biowich African Limited, had entered into a deal with Ihenacho but the deal went bad. Denying being involved in any […]

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Odinga: I will speak Wednesday

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2017

Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has postponed till Wednesday the declaration of his position on the disputed polls, which the electoral umpire, said he lost to incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta. He promised on Sunday at a rally in Nairobi, to make his decision known, a stance that could defuse or exacerbate tensions in the country. The […]

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Sierra Leone: Mass burial for 400 victims of mudslide

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2017

Sierra Leone will today bury close to 400 victims of a devastating mudslide and flood that affected a section of the capital, Freetown on Monday. A correspondent  of Reuters in Freetown, said he counted close to 400 corpses at the central morgue today, with 80 of them brought in Tuesday morning. “Gut-wrenching! Corpses too many […]

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Grace Mugabe surrenders to S/African Police, faces assault charge

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2017

Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, handed herself in to South African police on Tuesday and will be charged with assault after reports that she attacked a young woman, Gabriella Engels in Johannesburg. Fikile Mbalula, the police minister earlier told reporters that 52-year-old Grace, a possible successor to her husband, 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe, had cooperated