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It was reported that 37 people were killed and over 60 others wounded in eastern Burkina Faso when unknown gunmen opened fire on a convoy transporting Canadian gold mining workers (Semafo). In a statement released by Semafo, the attack on Semafo workers with military escort happened on the road to its Boungou mine in the
It was reported that Islamic state has announced a successor to its late leader (Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi) days after he was killed in a U.S raid in Syria. The terror group’s new spokesman identified the successor as Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in its audio released by the Islamic State central media arm (al-Furqan Foundation). The
It was alleged that about 100 billion Naira pension fund money went into the pockets of Mr Abdulrasheed Maina and his associates, this is huge. Though in his recent court appearance, Mr Abdulrasheed Maina pleaded not guilty to all the charges brought against him which is the normal process for lots of people in his
Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth of Victoria state Supreme Court in Australia has sentenced a convicted killer, Codey Herrmann to 36 years in prison for the murder of 21-year-old Aiia Maasarwe. According to the information our correspondent in Canberra gathered, Codey Herrmann bludgeoned Aiia Maasarwe (an Israeli student) into unconsciousness shortly after she stepped off a tram
It was reported that Turkish authority has arrested twenty people suspected of having links with the Islamic state. Our correspondent in Ankara learned that the suspects were foreigners and were detained in Ankara by anti-terrorism police. As at the time of this report, the information about the suspects’ nationalities were not known. The arrest came
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It was reported that the United States carried out operation in Syria’s Idlib province on Saturday which targeted the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL or ISIS) leader. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (the leader of the terrorist organization) is believed to have been killed in the raid. According to the report our correspondent gathered, eight
Viewers Corner News source in Tripoli (Libya) informed us that the six medical workers (four physicians, a nurse and an anesthetic technician) that were abducted two weeks ago by unknown gunmen in Libya have been released. We also learned that those abducted medical workers were used to bargain for the release of Izzedine al-Wahishi (a
It was reported that 39 bodies including 38 adults and one teenager were found inside a container truck at the Waterglade Industrial Park, Essex (southeast England). The United Kingdom police said that the container truck is believed to have been driven from Bulgaria. The driver of the lorry (25-year-old man from Northern Ireland) has been
It was reported that about 13 Mexican policemen lost their lives recently and 9 others wounded when suspected drug cartel hitmen shot them and set fire on their vehicles in El Aguaje (Michoacan state, Mexico). According to the information our correspondent gathered, the state police officers went to El Aguaje town in Aguililla municipality (Michoacan
It was reported that over 500 illegally working foreigners, mostly Chinese nationals involved in fraudulent activities have been arrested by Philippine police and immigration authorities. According to the report, those arrested were working illegally in the country, they were also involved in telecommunications and investment scams. On Wednesday (9 October), 542 foreigners without work permits