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DRC state agents accused of killing seven activists

DRC state agents accused of killing seven activists

SUSPECTED agents of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) abducted seven youth activists at a peaceful rally in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a youth group said. The LUCHA group said the activists, who included four members of the group, were bundled into a white Jeep by plainclothes agents and taken to an undisclosed location. The incident happened during a rally in the capital Kinshasa to draw attention to the security crisis in the east of the country, LUCHA said. Democratic Republic of Congo's presidency, which oversees the ANR, told Reuters to seek comment from the ANR. The ANR did not…
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Five ex-Gambian intelligence officials guilty of murder

Five ex-Gambian intelligence officials guilty of murder

GAMBIA'S former spy chief and four other ex-intelligence officials have been sentenced to death for the 2016 murder of an opponent of ex-president Yahya Jammeh, a rare instance of criminal accountability for Jammeh-era crimes The country has observed a moratorium on the death penalty since 2018, so the sentences handed down by Gambia's high court will be converted to life imprisonment. The court issued the sentences late on Wednesday against Yankuba Badjie, the former director-general of the National Intelligence Agency and four other senior NIA officials for the murder of Solo Sandeng. Two other defendants were acquitted. The defendants all…
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Anger in Somalia as sons secretly sent to serve in Eritrea military force

Anger in Somalia as sons secretly sent to serve in Eritrea military force

ABDI SHEIKH ALI Jamac Dhoodi thought his son was working as a security guard in Qatar, helping prepare for next year's soccer World Cup. Then one day last April, officials from Somalia's National Intelligence Agency arrived with $10,000 in cash. They told him his son had died - not in Qatar, but in Eritrea, one of the world's most secretive countries. "They showed me a picture from their WhatsApp and asked me, 'do you know this picture and his full name?' I said, 'yes he is my son,'" Dhoodi, 48, told Reuters. "They said to me 'your son died'. I…
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