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  1. Osama Najim was arrested amid claims he used detained migrants in ‘a form of slavery’, but then freed after after a mistake by prosecutors

    A Libyan general wanted for alleged war crimes and violence against inmates at a prison near Tripoli has been arrested in the northern Italian city of Turin and then released after an apparent mistake by prosecutors.

    Osama

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  2. Escape of James Neo Tshoaeli, a Lesotho national known as Tiger, described as an ‘embarrassment’

    South African police are hunting an alleged “kingpin” of illegal mining after he escaped from custody following a rescue operation last week in which 78 bodies were brought out

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  3. Those who died had scrambled to take the fuel, which has rocketed in price amid an economic crisis

    A fuel tanker exploded after flipping over in central Nigeria on Saturday, killing 70 people who had scrambled to take the fuel.

    Kumar Tsukwam, the head of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger State, said a truck carrying 60,000 litres of gasoline had an accident at about

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  4. WHO is ‘critical in protecting US business interests’, says CEO of firm that may see lean years if Trump carries out vow

    The World Health Organization (WHO) could see lean years ahead if the US withdraws membership under the new Trump administration. Such a withdrawal, promised on the ...

  5. Measures come a week after Washington also sanctioned Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s rival, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo

    The United States has imposed sanctions on Sudan’s army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, accusing him of choosing war over negotiations to bring an end to the conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and driven millions from their homes.

    The US treasury department

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  6. Eron Kiiza, who was representing regime opponent Dr Kizza Besigye, was assaulted and sentenced to nine months’ jail, say colleagues

    A human rights lawyer involved in a case featuring a prominent Ugandan opposition leader has been tortured after he was arrested and detained without trial, according to colleagues who have visited him.

    Eron Kiiza was assaulted and arrested by

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  7. Trump’s agenda is clear: keep people out or make them pay. The US’s fabric as a nation of immigrants is tearing apart

    Immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers hoping for a safe haven to build a life in the United States awoke to a blistering reality on Tuesday, after Donald Trump’s ...

  8. Most leaders were diplomatic about their differences, while others more ideologically aligned with the new US president voiced their joy

    International leaders have responded with a mixture of wariness, anger and enthusiasm to Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president, with Panama pushing back on his ...

  9. President begins issuing flood of immigration-related executive orders after being sworn into office

    Donald Trump on

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  10. Desire to be ‘unifier’ rubs up against 47th US president’s ambitions for territorial expansion

    Donald Trump offered a bombastic and contradictory vision for US foreign policy at his inauguration on Monday, declaring that he would be a “peacemaker and unifier” even as he repeated his vow to “take back” the Panama canal.

    In his speech, Trump said that the Panama canal, which was

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