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Oct
05
2023
By KRISHNA N. DAS and SUMIT KHANNA
India finds two more toxic syrups months after poisoning deaths

India finds two more toxic syrups months after poisoning deaths

NEWS
INDIA'S drug regulator has found that a cough syrup and an anti-allergy syrup made by Norris Medicines are toxic, according to a government report, months after Indian-made cough syrups were linked to 141 children's deaths worldwide. The medicines were contaminated either with diethylene glycol (DEG) or ethylene glycol (EG), the same contaminants found in the cough syrups that caused the deaths in Gambia, Uzbekistan and Cameroon since the middle of last year. This is the first time in at least two years that the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has flagged any DEG and EG contamination in its monthly reports as the country tries…
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Oct
05
2023
By TAREK AMARA
Tunisia detains Abir Moussi, prominent opponent of president

Tunisia detains Abir Moussi, prominent opponent of president

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TUNISIA'S public prosecutor detained Abir Moussi, a prominent opponent of President Kais Saied after she was arrested at the entrance to the presidential palace, lawyers said, the latest arrest targeting Saied's political rivals. "Moussi was detained for 48 hours in charges of processing personal data, obstructing the right to work, and assault intended to cause chaos", lawyer Aroussi Zgir said. Authorities were not immediately available to comment. An assistant of Moussi said in a video on Facebook that Moussi was "kidnapped" in front of the Carthage Palace. Moussi leads the Free Constitutional Party and is a supporter of late president…
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Oct
04
2023
By TIFE OWOLABI
Blast at illegal Nigerian oil refinery kills 37 people

Blast at illegal Nigerian oil refinery kills 37 people

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AT least 37 people, including two pregnant women, were burned to death after a blast at an illegal oil refinery in southern Nigeria, a local security official and community leader said. Illegal refining is common in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria as impoverished locals tap pipelines to make fuel to sell for a profit. The practice, which can be as basic as boiling crude oil in drums to extract fuel, is often deadly. The latest incident happened in the early hours of Monday in the Ibaa community, in Rivers State, Rufus Welekem, the head of security in the community…
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Oct
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in the Netherlands

Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in the Netherlands

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 A former Rwandan military official who is suspected of having played a key role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide was arrested in the Netherlands, Dutch prosecutors said. Pierre-Claver Karangwa, 67, was detained in a Dutch investigation into his role in the genocide, which prosecutors started after the Dutch Supreme Court in June this year said he could not be extradited to Rwanda out of fear of an unfair trial. Rwanda has accused Karangwa of playing a key role in the massacre of nearly 30,000 Tutsis in Mugina parish near the Rwandan capital Kigali in April 1994 and had asked for his extradition…
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Oct
05
2023
By The African Mirror
Gunmen kidnap five Nigerian university students – police

Gunmen kidnap five Nigerian university students – police

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GUNMEN in Nigeria kidnapped five female students from a university in the northwestern Katsina state, the police said, the second such abduction involving students in the region within a month. Kidnapping for ransom by armed gangs is rife in northwest Nigeria due to high levels of poverty, unemployment and the proliferation of illegal firearms. Katsina police spokesperson Abubakar Sadiq, in a statement, said the incident occurred early on Wednesday at the Federal University in Dutsin-Ma town. The police have "deployed all its tactical and operational assets with a view to rescuing the victims unhurt", he said, adding one suspect is…
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Oct
04
2023
By The African Mirror
South Sudan president fires another central bank governor

South Sudan president fires another central bank governor

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SOUTH Sudan's President Salva Kiir has sacked central bank governor Johnny Ohisa Damian and other senior finance officials, state television announced, the second time he has removed a central bank chief in just over a year. The announcement made late on Monday did not give a reason why Kiir was removing Damian and appointing James Alic Garang, an advisor to the International Monetary Fund, in his place. Kiir also replaced the central bank's two deputy governors, the head of the government's revenue authority and other senior officials in the finance and trade ministries. Abrupt changes to the leadership of the…
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Oct
04
2023
By AYMAN AL-WARFALI
In Libya’s devastated Derna, families still search for the missing

In Libya’s devastated Derna, families still search for the missing

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SINCE a huge flood swept away whole neighbourhoods of Libya's city of Derna last month, Abdulsalam al-Kadi has been searching for his father and brother. He doesn't expect to find them alive but he wants to bury them so he has a grave to mourn over. With friends, he has scoured mudbanks where his family's house once stood. He has asked every hospital. He has pored over many of the photographs of the 4,000 bodies recovered so far. "We thought maybe the sea took them. Maybe they were in the harbour. Those were really tough days. They still are really tough days," said the…
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Oct
04
2023
By The African Mirror
In Burkina Faso, a million children out of school due to insecurity– UNICEF

In Burkina Faso, a million children out of school due to insecurity– UNICEF

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MORE than one million children and 31,000 teachers have been unable to return to their classrooms in Burkina Faso due to violence and insecurity as the West African nation starts another academic year, UNICEF said. About 6,100 schools, or at least one out of four, were shut down on the first day of the school year, UNICEF said. The junta that seized power in a military coup last year has struggled to improve security in the country. Indeed, data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), a U.S.-based crisis-monitoring group, shows that violence nationwide has only increased since the…
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Oct
05
2023
By The African Mirror
Malta jails Libyan hijack accomplice

Malta jails Libyan hijack accomplice

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A supporter of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi who was involved in the hijacking of an aircraft to Malta in 2016 has been jailed for 10 years by a Maltese court after he pleaded guilty. Ali Ahmed Lano Saleh was one of two men who hijacked an Afriqiyah Airlines Airbus A320 to Malta on Dec. 23, 2016. The plane had been on an internal flight in Libya when the two hijackers ordered the pilot to divert to Rome. They landed in Malta instead because of a lack of fuel. The hijackers had threatened to blow up the plane, but their…
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Oct
04
2023
By ESTELLE SHIRBON
Nigerian ex-oil minister faces bribery charges in London court

Nigerian ex-oil minister faces bribery charges in London court

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A former Nigerian oil minister appeared in court in London charged with receiving bribes in the form of cash, luxury goods, flights on private jets and the use of high-end properties in Britain in return for awarding oil contracts. Diezani Alison-Madueke was Nigeria's minister for petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015, during the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan. Nigeria's anti-corruption agency welcomed the British prosecution and said she was also wanted in her home country to face charges of money laundering. Appearing at Westminster Magistrates Court, Alison-Madueke spoke only to give her name, date of birth and address. She…
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