By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Dakaractu
A Senegalese national has died in hospital after being shot in the abdomen during clashes in Pechina, in Spain’s Almería province. A second Senegalese man, wounded in the chest, left hospital after receiving treatment, reports the daily Les Échos, cited by Dakaractu.
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Eight lawmakers from Zamfara State who had left the All Progressives Congress (APC) have decided to rejoin the party after meeting Nigerian President Bola Tinubu. They pledged to support the APC in the 2027 general elections, PM News Nigeria reports.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Pmnewsnigeria ·
A US Air Force airman died after falling during a rappelling demonstration at the Alamodome in San Antonio before a college football game. The soldier, a member of a detachment of the 6th Combat Training Squadron, died of his injuries in hospital, according to the military and broadcaster KSAT.
🌍 World · Source: La Nouvelle Tribune ·
The Mombasa High Court is due to deliver its verdict on 19 October in the trial of pastor Paul MacKenzie and 94 co-accused, charged with murder after the deaths of more than 530 people. The bodies were exhumed from mass graves in Shakahola forest, in eastern Kenya, in 2023, RFI reports.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: RFI ·
Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn is asking Congress to investigate Donald Trump, whom he accuses of aiding Vladimir Putin. His position comes after sanctions against Russia were suspended, the Zambian Observer reports, which cites no separate official statement from Cornyn.
🌍 World · Source: Zambianobserver ·
Police arrest four men in Nguinth investigationPolice have arrested four men in Nguinth as part of an investigation into same-sex relations. The operation on 17 October followed a tip-off about young men, according to Senenews.The week in Africa
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