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Student killed in Senegal at Friday’s vote-delay protests, ministry says

Student killed in Senegal at Friday’s vote-delay protests, ministry says

A student was killed in the Senegalese city of Saint-Louis amid violent protests against the postponement of the presidential election, the interior ministry said. Clashes between security forces and protesters gripped Senegal's capital and other cities on Friday, the first widespread unrest over the delay of a vote that many fear could lead to protracted instability. In a statement, the ministry said it had been informed of the death of student Alpha Yero Tounkara and that it would be investigated, but denied its forces were to blame. "The Defence and Security Forces did not intervene to maintain order on the university campus…
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One student killed, over 200 people arrested in Kenya protests

One student killed, over 200 people arrested in Kenya protests

HUMPHREY MALALO A university student in Kenya was killed and more than 200 people were arrested in nationwide protests against President William Ruto's government over high living costs, police said. Protesters took to the streets of the capital, Nairobi, and several other cities in response to a call for demonstrations by opposition leader Raila Odinga. Some lit fires in the streets and threw rocks at police. Police fired tear gas and water cannons, including at Odinga's convoy as he addressed supporters from the sunroof of his car. Police said 24 officers were injured in the clashes. They gave no figure for injuries…
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Gunmen kill student, kidnap 42 in Nigeria

Gunmen kill student, kidnap 42 in Nigeria

GARBA MUHAMMAD UNIDENTIFIED gunmen killed a student in an overnight attack on a boarding school in north-central Nigeria yesterday, witnesses said, and the regional government said 42 others including some staff and relatives were kidnapped. The assailants stormed the Government Science secondary school in the Kagara district of Niger state at around 2 a.m., overwhelming the school's security detail, according to local residents. One student was killed in the attack, teacher Aliyu Isa and a pupil at the school told local TV news station Channels. Another teacher, who did not want to be named, also told Reuters that one student…
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