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Possible Eid al-Fitr bomb attacks in Nigeria – Police warns
Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has cautioned the public about possible bomb attacks during celebrations for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. In …
Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has cautioned the public about possible bomb attacks during celebrations for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
In a statement on Tuesday, April 26, the service said it has discovered plans “by suspected criminal gangs to forge an alliance among themselves with a view to launching further attacks on critical infrastructure and other frequented public places like worship and relaxation centres.”
The warning follows recent explosions at public places in the north-eastern states of Taraba and Yobe that killed several people.
The statement did not in any way prevent operators of public places to halt operations but however advises Owners and managers of public places to be cautious and put in place the necessary security measures.
Egypt frees 41 prisoners ahead of Eid holiday
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A Somali asylum seeker charged for Knife attack in Germany
A young Somalian apparently suffering from psychological disorders was tried on Friday in Germany. The accused was charged for a knife attack perpetrated last year in the southern city of Würzburg, …
A young Somalian apparently suffering from psychological disorders was tried on Friday in Germany.
The accused was charged for a knife attack perpetrated last year in the southern city of Würzburg, in Germany, which left three people dead and injured several others.
After having considered an “Islamist” motive, the public prosecutor had asked for the placement in the psychiatric hospital of the 25-year-old suspect shortly after the act.
“What could have motivated the accused to commit the alleged offenses, hatred or religious motivation, and where or what influence the mental illness of the accused could have played here, must be clarified in the main hearing. However, it is true that individual witnesses, as also stated in our motion, have made known that the accused is said to have uttered Allahu Akbar,” said, Florian Weinzierl, spokesperson for the prosecution.
The asylum seeker, who had arrived in Germany during the 2015 migration crisis, had already been in trouble with the law and had spent time in psychiatric hospitals. He would indeed suffer from paranoid schizophrenia, which raises questions about his criminal responsibility.
As a result, the trial, which began in Veitshöchheim (south) and is scheduled to last until the end of September, is not aimed at incarceration, but at a long-term placement in a psychiatric center, according to the prosecutors.
On June 25, 2021, the attacker, barefoot and armed with a long kitchen knife, had successively attacked 10 people, some in the head and neck, in a departmental store in the Bavarian city in the late afternoon.
Three women had died on the spot, while other victims had been wounded, some seriously.
The assailant had been arrested on the public road, shortly after the acts, which some passers-by had tried to intervene to stop him.
The deadly attack had shocked Germany, which had already been hit several times by jihadist attacks.
While politicians, in the midst of a campaign for the parliamentary elections, had called for no hasty conclusions after the tragedy, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party had seen in this attack “a new proof of the failure of the migration policy” of the former Chancellor Angela Merkel (2005-2021).
Germany took in more than a million asylum seekers between 2015 and 2016, many of whom were fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Iraq.
Former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki dies
Former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has died aged 90. The announcement was made this Friday by President Uhuru Kenyatta who praised his predecessor as a great Kenyan. Mwai Kibaki served two …
Former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has died aged 90.
The announcement was made this Friday by President Uhuru Kenyatta who praised his predecessor as a great Kenyan.
Mwai Kibaki served two terms as president of Kenya, between 2002 and 2013.
Praise Kenyatta praised Kibaki’s qualities.
“As a leading figure in Kenya’s post-independence history, Mwai Kibaki earned the abiding respect and affection of the people of this Nation and other nations throughout the world. “President Kibaki will be forever remembered as the gentleman of Kenyan politics, a brilliant debater whose eloquence, wit, and charm won the day, time and time again”, said Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta.
Mwai Kibaki’s reelection to a second term in 2007 put a dent in his long career as his victory was disputed by his opponent, Raila Odinga.
Thousands of people were killed in months of tribal violence before an agreement was reached with the help of outsiders.
Malaria vaccine reaches more than one million children in Africa
More than one million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have now received at least one dose of the first malaria vaccine. Data provided by the UN’s World Health Organisation suggests …
More than one million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have now received at least one dose of the first malaria vaccine.
Data provided by the UN’s World Health Organisation suggests that the pilot programme launched in April 2019 was safe and “substantially reduced severe cases” of the disease.
The “RTS,S” vaccine could save the lives of 40,000 to 80,000 children per year in sub-Saharan Africa and high-risk areas.
The new vaccine works against the mosquito-borne parasite, Plasmodium Falciparum, the most deadly parasite worldwide and the most prevalent in Africa.
About 90% of the world’s malaria cases are in Africa, where 260,000 children die each year.
Malaria is a very old disease and it can be fatal if not treated in time.
More than $155 million has been mobilised by the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) to enable the delivery of these vaccines.
World Malaria Day is marked on April 25th.
Former Egyptian MP jailed for antiquities smuggling
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