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Death of Congolese man renews scrutiny of race relations in Ireland
Yves Sakila died after being restrained by security guards ‘in broad daylight’
Irish authorities have agreed to a second postmortem on the body of a Congolese man who died after being restrained by shop security guards on a Dublin street, prompting an outcry and comparisons to the death of George Floyd.
A forensic pathologist from England is to conduct an independent postmortem
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Bound by blood: new film highlights Jamaica’s outlawed obeah belief system
Stew Peas focuses on obeah, an enduring African magic practice in Jamaica banned by colonisers in the 1700s
A new movie from award-winning Jamaican film-maker Sosiessia Nixon shines a spotlight on Jamaica’s enduring west African-based magic and spiritual healing tradition known as obeah.
Nixon’s tense, feature-length suspense,
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WHO puts Ebola outbreak death rate at ‘huge’ 30-50% as chief arrives in DRC
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls for ceasefire among armed groups to help avoid deaths from preventable disease
The death rate of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is between 30% and 50%, the World Health Organization has said, as its head arrived in the country to support efforts to contain the disease.
Anaïs Legand, from the WHO’s high threat pathogens
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Friday briefing: What do the cuts in aid mean for the fight against Ebola in the DRC?
In today’s newsletter: As the virus spreads across borders, health workers warn that weakened global support is making a prolonged crisis more likely
Ebola is spreading rapidly in parts of east Africa. The deadly disease, which kills around half of those it infects, is suspected to have claimed the lives of at least
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Dormitory fire at Kenyan girls’ school kills at least 16 students
Parents face anxious wait for updates after blaze tears through Utumishi girls academy in Gilgil, Nakuru county
A fire has ripped through a dormitory at a girls’ school in Kenya’s Rift valley, killing at least 16 students.
The fire broke out just after midnight at Utumishi girls academy in Gilgil, Nakuru county, about 76 miles north-west of Nairobi, police said.
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Colombia goes to polls in election pitting outgoing leader’s ally against pro-Trump candidates
Ballots are being cast in the first round of the South American nation’s presidential elections
Colombians are casting ballots in the first round of the South American nation’s presidential election, choosing between candidates with radically diverging visions for the future of peace in a country haunted by decades of armed conflict.
The vote on Sunday, seen as a referendum on
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Colombia prepares to go to polls in election shadowed by resurgence of political violence
Sunday’s presidential vote is contest between left and right – and between contradictory proposals for dealing with the decades-long armed conflict
Mateo Pérez Rueda was one internship away from completing a degree in political science. The 24-year-old also worked as a bicycle delivery rider and sold fruit salads and juice to finance his passion: the Colombian independent digital
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Alarm at Mexico bill allowing elections to be annulled for ‘foreign interference’
Opposition says constitutional amendment would give bill ruling party carte blanche to overturn will of voters
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Lula says Brazil will not be treated like ‘tinpot country’ after US designates gangs as terrorists
Marco Rubio made announcement after meeting president’s far-right challenger Flávio Bolsonaro
Brazil will not be treated as a “tinpot country,” the country’s president, Luiz Inácio da Silva, said on Friday after the United States designated Brazil’s two largest criminal gangs, the First Capital Command (PCC) and the Red Command, as foreign terrorist organisations.
The
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Canadian man admits sending ‘suicide packets’ to hundreds of people around world
Kenneth Law, who sold lethal chemicals online with instructions on how to use them, admits counselling or aiding suicide
A Canadian man who mailed “suicide packets” of poison to more than 100
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