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Kenya’s Ruto to deal with those involved in criminal activity during protests

Kenya’s Ruto to deal with those involved in criminal activity during protests

KENYA'S President William Ruto warned he would deal with all those involved in criminal activity during protests, he said during a visit to Germany. Police fired teargas and water cannons at stone-throwing supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga on Monday during a second week of protests against the government and high food prices, with one person shot dead in the western city of Kisumu. In separate incidents on Monday, unidentified people vandalised a property belonging to Odinga's family and another owned by former president Uhuru Kenyatta, who supported Odinga in last year's election, Kenyan media reported. "My position as president is that…
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Pakistan police postpone arrest of ex-PM Imran Khan until Thursday, easing unrest

Pakistan police postpone arrest of ex-PM Imran Khan until Thursday, easing unrest

MUBASHER BUKHARI A Pakistan court ordered police to halt an operation to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan, bringing an end to clashes with supporters of the former cricketer outside his home in which police fired water cannons and tear gas. Security forces withdrew from around the house in the eastern city of Lahore, easing political instability in the nuclear-armed nation which is struggling with an economic crisis and awaiting an International Monetary Fund bailout. The Lahore high court ordered police to postpone the arrest of Khan until Thursday, provincial information minister Amir Mir told Reuters. Earlier, a senior police official said…
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Tunisian police fire water cannons as protesters

Tunisian police fire water cannons as protesters

TAREK AMARA TUNISIAN riot police turned water cannons on protesters outside the heavily barricaded parliament as they tried to quell the largest rally yet since demonstrations began this month over inequality and police abuses. Hundreds of protesters had marched from the Ettadhamen district of the capital where young people have clashed nightly with police for more than a week, and were joined by hundreds more near the parliament. Police blocked the march with barricades to prevent protesters approaching the parliament building where lawmakers were holding a tense debate on a controversial government reshuffle. "The government that only uses police to…
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