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Former US President Donald Trump faces criminal charges

Daily Dispatch August 1, 2023

Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury on four criminal counts in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election leading up to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Shortly after election day, the Defendant also pursued unlawful

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Junta ignores ECOWAS threat, makes more arrests of Niamey politicians

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2023

The military junta in Niger has escalated its actions by detaining three additional senior politicians from the ousted government on Monday, defying international calls for the restoration of democratic rule. As the turmoil extends beyond the streets to the markets, sources revealed that the regional central bank has cancelled Niger’s planned 30 billion CFA ($51 […]

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Niger’s Bazoum says presidential guards moved against him

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2023

Niger’s presidency has said some members of the presidential guard tried to move against President Mohamed Bazoum, warning that the army was ready to attack them if they did not back down. The presidency’s official Twitter account said on Wednesday that presidential guards engaged in an “anti-Republican demonstration” and tried “in vain” to obtain the support […]

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Africans Rising Condemns Police Brutality Against Protesters in Kenya

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2023

Africans Rising for Unity, Justice, Peace and Dignity has condemned the excessive use of force by Kenya security officers that resulted in several deaths and injuries of protesters during the past weeks as protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against the imposed tax hikes following the recently passed Finance Act, 2023. The group in […]

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Nurse who had sex with patient in hospital parking lot sacked

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2023

Penelope Williams, a nurse in the United Kingdom, who had sex with a patient in the parking lot in Wrexham, Wales, and he died of a heart attack, has been fired from her job.Williams was fired after the hospital learned that she had maintained an affair with a patient for over a year, ending when […]

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Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov held captive in Iraq since March

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2023

An Israeli-Russian researcher who went missing in Iraq in March is being held captive by a Shia militia, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Elizabeth Tsurkov, a PhD student at Princeton University in the United States, was conducting research in Baghdad when she was kidnapped. “We hold Iraq responsible for her safety and well-being,” Mr […]