London court finds woman guilty of abetting genital mutilation of a girl in Kenya 17 years later
Mr Justice Bryan thanked jurors for sitting on a case which they may have found “emotional”. He granted Noor conditional bail ahead of her sentencing at the same court on December 20.
Exchange rates: US dollar exerts pressure on Kenyan, Ugandan and Zambian currencies
Nigeria’s naira is seen trading around its current levels on the official market in the coming week, after the finance minister said the government was expecting $10 billion of inflows to ease dollar shortages.
South Africa: Apprehension spikes that creation of foreign, domestic spy services will feed corruption
Critics point to the dismal failure of present intelligence structures to vet even a high-profile person such as Andre de Ruyter, former CEO of Eskom who was forced to deploy private intelligence capacity to fight rampant corruption and theft at the National Key Point utility.
Public health: US presidential candidate labels Bill Gates a powerful man who could ‘corrupt the whole system’
The Gates Foundation, which holds shares in a range of drug companies including Merck, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, is now credited with wielding significant influence over the direction of the global response to the pandemic, saying its goal is to “vaccinate the entire world” with a Covid-19 vaccine.
While history records that the 1918 flu killed young and healthy, skeletons tell a different story
The death toll of the “Spanish” flu (which did not arise in Spain but was covered in its newspapers because they had no wartime censorship) counted at least 50 million people, many times the recorded deaths from Covid-19.
Israel ready for ground invasion of Gaza as Russia fears the war will suck in entire Middle East
Gaza’s war has already sparked conflict beyond the Palestinian territories. Israeli warplanes struck Syrian army infrastructure on Wednesday in response to rockets fired from Syria, an ally of Iran. Israel has also targeted Syria’s Aleppo airport and Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Senegal captain and ex-Liverpool ace Sadio Mané buys fourth-tier French club Bourges Foot 18
Mane signed for Saudi Pro League side Al Nassr on August 1 after a difficult year at Bayern that culminated with him being suspended
Trump slapped with $10,000 fine for violating gag order, questioning political leanings of court officials
Five days earlier, Trump had been fined $5,000 after Engoron learned that the offending social media post from early October had lingered on Trump’s campaign website for weeks after being taken down – on the judge’s orders – from Trump’s Truth Social media platform.
US prisons ban The Art of War, 48 Laws of Power and 50,000 other books for ‘security’ reasons
A spokesman for the Idaho Department of Correction said in an email that restrictions on packaging had become necessary because of “an increase in the amount of drug-soaked mail being sent to our residents.” He added that inmates can receive books and periodicals free of charge from authorized vendors and publishers.
Waiting to die: Gaza families wear bracelets so they’re identified if they’re killed, avoid mass graves
Israel’s military intensified its bombing of southern Gaza overnight after one of the deadliest days for Palestinians since October 7. World leaders have called for a halt to fighting to allow aid into the besieged enclave, which is running out of water, food, fuel and medicines.
