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Relatives of those killed and imprisoned react after Assad’s fall

[ad_1] Some Syrians are hopeful that family members detained beneath Bashar al-Assad’s regime should be alive. Those who expressed any type of dissent have been disappeared, with tens of 1000’s being tortured or killed within the nation’s infamous jails. Crowds have gathered on the capital’s infamous Saydnaya jail, within the hope of discovering any hint…

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Ghana election results: John Mahama triumphs over Mahamudu Bawumia

[ad_1] AFP Supporters of John Mahama have taken to the streets throughout the nation to have a good time his victory Official outcomes from Saturday’s presidential election in Ghana have confirmed the victory of opposition candidate, former President John Mahama. Mahama received with 56.6% in opposition to 41.6% for Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia. It is the…

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Kamlesh Pattni: UK sanctions Kenyan businessman over illicit gold trade

[ad_1] The UK and US governments have imposed sanctions on a British-Kenyan businessman over his alleged involvement within the illicit gold commerce. Kamlesh Pattni, and 4 others together with his spouse and brother-in-law, may have their property frozen, a statement from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth and Development Office learn. He was implicated in considered…

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Syrian asylum seekers in limbo as countries halt applications

[ad_1] EPA Quite a few European international locations, together with the UK, have suspended the processing of asylum functions for Syrians, after the downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad. Austria’s caretaker authorities has stopped all asylum claims from Syrians and says it’s planning to to repatriate or deport individuals again to their homeland, arguing that…

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Syria: Assad’s police threatened to bury me and my reporting. Now I’m back, and free

[ad_1] BBC Eleven years in the past, I left Damascus not understanding if I’d ever be again. Back then, town was within the grip of conflict. Intense violence, which adopted President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protests, engulfed the capital. At any second you can be shot dead on the streets. I reported for…

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Haiti gang kills 110 people leader accused of witchcraft

[ad_1] At least 110 largely aged individuals have been brutally murdered by gang members within the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, based on a human rights group. The National Human Rights Defence Network (RNDDH) mentioned a neighborhood gang chief had focused them after his son fell in poor health and subsequently died. The gang chief reportedly consulted…

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Biggest deal in history of sport: Juan Soto and New York Mets agree reported £600m ($765m) contract

[ad_1] Juan Soto is about to signal what’s reportedly the largest contract within the historical past of sport after agreeing a $765m (£600m) deal over 15 years with Major League Baseball’s New York Mets. Multiple sources within the United States have disclosed particulars of the deal, though the Mets have but to substantiate it as…

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