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Amnesty International Alarmed, By 18 Murders Of Albinos & 5 Abductions Of Malawi Albinos In 19 Months

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  LONDON — An increase in the number of attacks on people with albinism in Malawi since late 2014 by people seeking their body parts for witchcraft prompted Amnesty International to call yesterday for authorities to do more to punish those responsible. The human rights group said April was the bloodiest month for attacks on albinos in the southern African nation, with four people murdered including a child aged under two. The child’s father and…

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‘200 Zimbabweans, Mostly Women On Death Row In China For Drug Trafficking’

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‘200 Zimbabweans, Mostly Women On Death Row In China For Drug Trafficking’

ABOUT 200 Zimbabweans, mostly women, are on death row in China after they were arrested for drug trafficking, an MP has said. Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development parliamentary portfolio committee chairperson Cde Beatrice Nyamupinga moved a motion on human trafficking in the National Assembly on Tuesday, where she made the revelations. The Zanu-PF MP for Goromonzi said most of the women on death row were duped by their Nigerian boyfriends that they were going…

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‘Nigeria’s President ‘Muhammadu Buhari’ Sacks Army, Navy, Air Force & Defence Chiefs ‘

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‘Nigeria’s President ‘Muhammadu Buhari’ Sacks Army, Navy, Air Force & Defence Chiefs ‘

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari sacked his army, navy, air force and defence chiefs on Monday, a widely anticipated move as the former general has made crushing Islamist militant group Boko Haram his top priority. Replacements would be announced later on Monday, the presidency spokesperson told Reuters. Since his inauguration in May, Buhari has moved Nigeria’s defence command centre to Maiduguri, the birthplace of the jihadi sect, and is setting up the headquarters for a multi-national…

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