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Kenya confronts UK, Italy on ‘sins’ of their citizens in rights violations probe

Neil Wigan, the British High Commissioner-designate to Kenya, has not even presented his credentials yet, but he may already be thinking of how to deal with an old problem: An inquiry into alleged atrocities inflicted on Kenyans by his country’s soldiers at their training unit in northern Kenya. This and …

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43-year-old Ghanaian killed by 2 teenagers in Italy

A 43-year-old Ghanaian living in Pomigliano, a suburb of the Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy, Frederick Akwasi Adofo, has reportedly been killed by two teenagers. According to a new report by the YouTube channel, First2watch TV, members of the community woke up one morning to blood stains on the bench …

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Close to 700 boat migrants reach Italy overnight

Almost 700 migrants reached the Italian Mediterranean island of Lampedusa in boats overnight, Italian news agency ANSA reported on Thursday morning. According to the report, a total of 14 landings were registered. The boats either arrived at the port without help or the people were rescued at sea, off the …

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Kenya approves extradition of citizens to China, Italy

Kenya’s Cabinet on Tuesday endorsed separate bilateral treaties with China and Italy that will see Nairobi extradite its citizens to the two countries if they break laws there. The new arrangement now awaits the nod of the National Assembly to be formally ratified. China tried to have its nationals suspected …

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Fourteen people drown when Italy-bound boat sinks in Tunisia waters

At least 14 people from sub-Saharan African countries have drowned in Tunisia as they tried to reach Europe by boat in the latest tragedy on the Mediterranean Sea. Tunisia’s coastguard said in a statement on Thursday that officers the previous night had intercepted “a group whose boat had sunk, rescuing …

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VIDEO: Most wanted Nigerian mafia woman leader who ran prostitution ring extradited to Italy

A Nigerian woman who has been wanted in Italy since 2010 has been flown from Abuja back to Rome, Italian police said in a statement on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.   Joy Jeff, 48, was tried in absentia in 2010 and sentenced to 13 years in jail for criminal conspiracy, slavery, people …

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FDA raises alarm on contaminated sausages from Italy

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned Ghanaians on the possibility of contaminated sausage products being sold in markets in Ghana. The warning comes after the Italian government recalled some batches of AIA Wudy and Pavo sausage products produced by Italian firm Agricola Tre Vali because they had been contaminated and …

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Nigerian government asks Italy to provide job for widow of its citizen beaten to death by Italian

The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa has urged the Italian government to provide a job for the widow of Ogorchukwu Alika, a Nigerian beaten to death by an Italian in the European country. Dabiri-Erewa also noted that the deceased was the breadwinner of …

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Italy gives safe port to 558 migrants rescued at sea

Italy on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, allowed a charity boat carrying hundreds of migrants rescued at sea to dock in the Sicilian port of Augusta, with another vessel waiting offshore for permission to bring 440 more to land. The Geo Barents ship, run by charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF), took …

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Italy cable car fall: Eight dead after accident near Lake Maggiore

IMAGE COPYRIGHT@EMERGENZAVVFimage captionEmergency services shared an image of the deadly crash on Sunday At least eight people have been killed after a cable car fell near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, according to rescuers and news reports. Local emergency services said the accident happened on a service transporting passengers from …

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