By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Capital FM
Prosecutors from several East African countries are meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, to improve the fight against cryptocurrency-related crime. Held over five days, the regional training aims to strengthen coordination and judicial capacity to tackle these digital offences.
The Nigerian army is sending 600 personnel to India for specialised jungle and mountain warfare training, with an initial group of 300 soldiers leaving Abuja. The initiative is intended to strengthen their capabilities against terrorist and criminal groups and deepen defence cooperation between Nigeria and India, according to the Nigerian army.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Punch ·
Twenty Comorian police officers and gendarmes attended training on securing crime scenes, preserving evidence and coordinating interventions. The session was held at the Comorian Interior Ministry to strengthen security forces’ practices, reports Comores Infos.
🇰🇲 Comoros · Source: Comores Infos ·
Mr Kundu, deputy headteacher of Kitayi RC Primary School in Kimilili, in Kenya’s Bungoma County, has died after a head-on collision between two motorbikes. Colleagues, pupils and former students paid tribute to him after he fought his injuries for several days, Tuko reports.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Tuko ·
Media regulators and partners in East Africa are calling for stronger regional cooperation to defend press freedom and ensure the viability of media businesses in the digital age. These issues were discussed at a regional meeting of East African press councils, Rwanda Dispatch reports.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Rwanda Dispatch ·
About 70 workers were present during Nairobi collapseAround 70 workers were inside the 18-storey building that collapsed in Eastleigh, Nairobi, after a cracked column was discovered. Survivors described their escape and the search for missing colleagues in a cloud of dust, according to testimony gathered by Citizen TV Kenya and reported by Tuko.
Sudanese minister clarifies diya calculationSudanese Justice Minister Abdullah Darf said that changing Article 42 of the penal code concerned diya, compensation paid as blood money, previously set at 330,000 pounds. The 2020 amendment removed the Supreme Court president’s power to determine its amount, according to Bajnews.The week in Africa
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