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Local media on Friday reported that Kenyan police had discovered the body of a prominent LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender. ) rights campaigner stuffed inside a metal box in the west of the country. Police sources said that motorbike taxi riders alerted the police after they saw the box dumped by the roadside from a vehicle with a concealed number plate. Activist Edwin Chiloba’s remains were found on Tuesday near Eldoret Town in Uasin Gishu County, where he ran his fashion business, an independent rights group, the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) said. “He was brutally killed and dumped…

The struggles of France’s health system will probably get worse before things improve, President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged on Friday, as he pledged to improve working conditions and hire more medical assistants for administrative tasks. France, like many other European countries, is facing a shortage of healthcare staff, particularly in rural areas, with many hospitals overstretched, the population aging, a high number of doctors and nurses retiring and the system snarled in red tape. “We’re facing a situation that could well get worse,” Macron said, citing the need to train up a new generation of medical staff in a New Year…

Nineteen suspected gang members and 10 military personnel were killed in a wave of violence surrounding the arrest of Mexican drug cartel boss Ovidio Guzman in the northern state of Sinaloa, Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said on Friday. Mexican security forces on Thursday captured Guzman, a son of jailed kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Members of the Sinaloa Cartel and their associates went on a rampage, fighting security forces, setting vehicles on fire and blocking roads across the Pacific coastal state. The violence was concentrated in and around Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa, home of the powerful drug cartel…

A former Colorado funeral home director who dissected over 500 corpses and sold body parts without the consent of grieving relatives has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Megan Hess, 46, and her mother dissected some 560 corpses between 2010 and 2018, selling body parts to medical training companies that didn’t know they had been illegally obtained. Her 69-year-old mother, Shirley Koch, was sentenced to 15 years in jail for helping chop up the bodies, the Colorado Department of Justice said Tuesday. “Hess and Koch used their funeral home at times to essentially steal bodies and body parts using fraudulent…

The recorded video of the experiences of the 16-year-old sexual abuse survivor, who accused a doctor of deflowering her, was played in court on Tuesday. The victim accused the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr. Olufemi Olaleye, of sexually abusing her. But the doctor denied it and pleaded not guilty. The video recording, contained in a flash drive, was admitted in evidence by, Justice Ramon Oshodi and marked Exhibit P1. Also admitted was the report of the forensic interview and certificate of compliance. Dr. Olaleye is facing a two-count charge of child defilement before the court. Led in…

A year that began with no end in sight for one of the world’s deadliest conflicts finished on a note of cautious optimism in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray after a November ceasefire agreement. The two-year-long war has caused a dire humanitarian crisis, killing tens of thousands, leaving millions in severe need of food and threatening the stability of Africa’s second-most populous country. On Nov. 2, Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a guerrilla force-turned political party that dominates the region, agreed to stop fighting following African Union-mediated talks. Civil war erupted in November 2020 after…

Chadian security forces have foiled an attempt by a group of army officers to destabilize the country and undermine constitutional order, the government said in a statement on Thursday. “This plan was devised by a restricted group of conspirators composed of 11 army officers,” the statement said. At their head was Baradine Berdei Targuio, president of the Human Rights Organisation, it said. Reuters was unable to reach Targuio, who is in prison. Security services have been arresting people linked to the plot since Dec. 8 and have seized military equipment, the statement said. Boko Haram kills 10 Chad soldiers near…

Congratulatory messages are pouring in as singer, Davido finally weds his girlfriend, Chioma Rowland. The couple have been through a tough time together following the loss of their son, Ifeanyi Adeleke. Gistlovers blog has alleged that the singer secretly got married to Chioma after their son’s death. The traditional wedding which was done in her father’s house, had few family friends in attendance with no camera allowed. According to the blog, Chioma’s bride price has been paid in full. Recall that the singer had vowed to marry Chioma next year, but after the tragedy happened, the singer speedily wedded her.…

Cameroon’s Under-17s face a race against time to field a team for regional African Cup of Nations qualifiers after more players failed age tests ordered by Samuel Eto’o, president of the country’s governing body, Fecafoot. The former Barcelona and Inter Milan striker’s insistence on using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) screening saw the squad ravaged at their training camp in Mbankomo, on the outskirt of Yaounde. Of the initial 30-member group, 21 failed the tests. But BBC Sport Africa now understands Cameroon have suffered a fresh setback as 11 new players also failed tests on Tuesday, with coach Jean Pierre Fiala…

Novak Djokovic said he had no choice but to sit out tournaments in the United States after authorities said non-nationals will need to have had COVID-19 vaccinations to enter the country. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration on Wednesday said the requirement for foreign air travellers to be fully vaccinated against the disease would be in place until April 10. That would mean Djokovic would miss the hardcourt ATP Masters 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells, which runs from March 6-19, as well as the Miami Open from March 20 to April 2. “Look, if it is official, then it is. I…