A military court in Burkina Faso has indicted former President Blaise Compaore in connection to the 1987 murder of his charismatic ex-president, Thomas Sankara.
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UK: Boris Johnson’s Race Report Was Rewritten By Downing Street
Campaigners have requested Prime Minister Boris Johnson to withdraw widely discredited report into racism and should instead implement recommendations of past inquiries.
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UK: Richard Okorogheye’s Mum Accuse Police Of Not Taking Her Concerns Seriously
Parents of missing teenager Richard Okorogheye who has now been confirmed dead said her concerns over Richard were not taken seriously by police officers at first.
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FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE: Woman Murdered After Responding Fridge Ad
A Pennsylvania woman whose family had reported missing was found stabbed to death after meeting up with a man she had arranged to buy a refrigerator from via Facebook Marketplace.
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KENYA: Designer Of Jay Z’s T-Shirt Apologize For Historic Mosque Image Use
The Kenyan born designer of a T-shirt worn by Jay-Z, featuring a historic Kenyan mosque, has been forced to apologize to clerics who criticized the use of its image.
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IRELAND: Jailed Friends Challenge Quarantine Laws After ‘Boob Job’ Trip To Dubai
Two Irish women who were jailed for refusing mandatory hotel quarantine on arriving Dublin Airport after traveling to Dubai for cosmetic breast surgery mounting a constitutional challenge against Ireland’s coronavirus rules after their release.
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FRANCE: Former Adidas Owner And Wife Beaten Up In A Burglary Incident At Home
Former Adidas owner, French tycoon Bernard Tapie and his wife were tied up with electrical cords and severely beaten by robbers who broke into their estate.
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NIGERIA: Afrobeats: The Backstory Premieres In Lagos
A nine-part series documentary featuring footages of interviews and clips compiled over 20 years, chronicling the global rise of Afrobeat music genre is set to be screened publicly in Lagos Nigeria this Easter.
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BELGIUM: Police Tackle Fake April Fools’ Festival
What started as a joke, soon escalated to full blown confrontation as Police in Belgium had to use tear gas and water cannon to break up a crowd of about 2000 young people who had gathered for a fake concert that was announced on social media as an April Fools’ Day joke.
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UK: Outcry Over Race Report That Calls Britain ‘a model for other white-majority countries’
There has been massive outrage over a report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities that said Britain is not institutionally racist and that it should be seen as a “model” on race to other countries.
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