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Police in Imenti North, Meru County, have arrested three 17-year-olds who allegedly orchestrated a sham kidnapping in Kainginyo area before demanding KSh6 million ransom from the “victims” family. In a classic case of misguided get-rich-quick mentality, the three, two males and a female, are said to have faked the kidnapping of the female, then called…

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Claudia Sheinbaum will take the oath of office Tuesday as Mexico’s first female president in more than 200 years of independence, promising to protect an expanded social safety net and fight for the poor like her predecessor, but facing pressing problems. The 62-year-old scientist-turned-politician will receive a country with a number of immediate challenges, foremost…

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A man murdered three people and wounded 15 in a knife attack at a supermarket in the Chinese megacity of Shanghai, police said Tuesday. The suspect surnamed Lin,37-year-old was arrested at the supermarket shortly after the incident on Monday night, local police said in a statement. Police said the man went on the rampage in…

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Lawyer and activist Morara Kebaso has allegedly been arrested at his office in Kahawa Sukari and taken into police custody. According to lawyer Pareno Solonka, a close associate of Morara, the activist is being held at the Regional Police Headquarters. In an update on X on Monday, September 30, Solonka alleged that lawyers and members…

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Mombasa Lands county executive committee (CEC) for Lands and Urban Planning Mohamed Hussein was arrested on Sunday in connection with the gang rape of a blogger. In a statement to the press, Coast Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss Adan Guyo stated that the suspect is linked to the gang-rape of a blogger who criticised…

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A transformer exploded in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD) along Ronald Ngala Street opposite Posta causing an inferno. The incident occurred on Sunday around 6:00 pm. Video clips going viral showed a huge fire engulfing the ground floor of a three-storey commercial building adjacent to the transformer. Traders were forced to flee for their lives…

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Manchester United were hammered and humbled by Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon, beaten 3-0 as captain Bruno Fernandes was shown a straight red card. The match got off in the worst possible way for the hosts as Micky van de Ven embarked on a brilliant run to tee up Brennan Johnson for…

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The Berlin Marathon will on Sunday mark 50 years since its inception in 1974, with the 2024 edition of the event set to be unique for a number of reasons. Most notably, the biggest name in marathon, Eliud Kipchoge, will for the first time in more than a decade miss out on this year’s race….

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Low-lying neighbourhoods in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu were inundated by surging floodwaters on Sunday after ferocious monsoon rains that police said had killed at least 101 people around the Himalayan republic. Deadly rain-related floods and landslides are common across South Asia during the monsoon season from June to September, but experts say climate change is increasing…

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At least six people were killed and 10 injured on Saturday by bomb explosions in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu and a town in the country’s Middle Shabelle region, police and witnesses said. It was not clear who had carried out the attacks, although Islamist militant group al Shabaab frequently orchestrates bombings and gun attacks in Mogadishu…

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