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The Western Kingston Police are investigating a gun attack that left two dead and three injured last night in Greenwich
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PM Holness saddened by deadly attack on cops | New York Carib News
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Statues of limitations
Black Lives Matter protestors tore down a bronze statue of the slave trader Edward Colston (one of Bristol’s “most virtuous and wise sons” according to its inscription), then dumped it into the harbour after dragging it through the
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Africa: Joint Forces Arrest 122 Infiltrators Heading to Libya to Work As Mercenaries
[SNA] Genina -The Sudanese security forces arrested, Sunday, tens of inviduals who were on their way to Libya to work as mercenaries.
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Source: allAfrica.com
PNP says Central Kingston needs crime plan
Member of Parliament for Kingston Central, Ronald Thwaites and the People’s National Party’s (PNP) candidate for the constituency, Imani Duncan-Price, are insisting that an atmosphere of peace and law and order will only be achieved through genuine collective community
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Rwanda Receives Anti-COVID-19 Supplies From Dubai Ruling Family
The materials arrived in the country today Sunday June 14 as support to Rwanda by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, along with his wife Her Highness Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al
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Jamaica: Pastor faces rape, fraud charges
(Jamaica Observer) A St Catherine pastor has been charged with three counts of rape and obtaining money by false pretence, as a result of investigations into his actions, which allegedly span several years, the police said
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Kenya: Restaurants Seek More Opening Hours
Bar and restaurant owners want the State to increase operating hours in a move aimed at raking in more revenues for a sector that is making huge losses on reduced customers following the outbreak of the coronavirus in Kenya in
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August Town family under siege in back-to-back attacks | News | Jamaica Gleaner
Brazen gunmen in August Town seem hell-bent on seeing the back of a family, executing attacks twice in as many days. When a triple shooting on Sunday, which involved an elderly man and two teens, did not force the family to flee, heavily armed...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Europe's borders reopen but long road for tourism to recover
BERLIN, Germany (AP) — Mallorca's first tourists in 93 days touched down yesterday, saying they feel safe in the popular Spanish island and ready to make the most of the beach and sunny weather without the hordes of visitors found there in normal
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Freed gang member to face questions on quadruple murder
Less than 24 hours after he was found not guilty and excitedly shared his plans of rebuilding his farm, Copeland Sankey, one of the six alleged members of the King Valley Gang who were acquitted on Wednesday, is to face questions in relation to a...
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Gary man seeks to have conviction overturned | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By David Denson In February 2000, Cleveland C. Bynum was arrested and charged with killing five people; Angela Wallace, Suzanne Wallace, Shelia Bartee, Anthony Jeffers and Elizabeth Daily-Ayers. The following year Bynum was later convicted of committing those crimes and received a 300-year
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Jamaica: JDF under fire disabled woman killed in August Town
(Jamaica Gleaner) With fresh allegations of a soldier killing a 44-year-old disabled woman in August Town, St Andrew, on Wednesday, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is coming under the radar after a rise in reports of assault and other criminal
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Wilson: Crime problem in August Town needs long-term strategy
There has not been a shortage of social-intervention programmes in crime-plagued August Town over the last two decades, but stakeholders who have been involved in the peace-building efforts in the eastern St Andrew community say a sustainable plan...
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Over 550 knives handed into police amnesty bins in Manchester since start of lockdown - Voice Online
MORE THAN 550 knives have been handed into police amnesty bins since the start of... The post Over 550 knives handed into police amnesty bins in Manchester since start of lockdown appeared first on Voice Online.
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Kenya: Nairobi Evicts 8,000 People Amidst a Pandemic and Curfew
In early May, Kenyan authorities evicted more than 8,000 people in two of Nairobi's informal
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‘Gorilla’ gangster convicted
High-ranking Portmore gangster Shane ‘Uno’ Facey has been convicted in the Corporate Area Gun Court for illegal possession of firearm and ammunition. Facey was convicted on Tuesday when he appeared before Justice Leighton Pusey in relation to a...
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Court finds JHB clean up cruel, humiliating, degrading and invasive
Between June 2017 and May 2018 police raids were conducted under Section 13(7) of the SAPS Act, which gave police intrusive powers.
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UPDATE | Security forces among 40 arrested in Gauteng church hostage drama that left 5 dead | News24
Among those arrested during a church hostage drama involving women and children are members of the SAPS, SANDF, JMPD and the Department of Correctional Services.
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Watch: Armed gang shoot security guard in Joburg daylight robbery
CCTV footage has captured the horrifying moment a security guard was attacked and shot by three armed robbers in Johannesburg this week.
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Seattle cops clear occupied zone, more than 20 arrested - Black News Channel
By MARTHA BELLISLE and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle police turned out in force early Wednesday at the citys occupied protest zone, tore down demonstrators encampments and used bicycles to herd the protesters after the mayor ordered the area cleared following two fatal
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Rayshard Brooks Update: Arrest Warrant For White Woman Suspected In Wendy’s Fire Issued
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Do you know him? Sketch released of Trelawny home invasion murder suspect
The police have released a composite sketch of the suspect in the June 19 murder of 36-year-old Tamara Geddes who was shot and killed in Reserve district, Trelawny The police report that about 8:30 p.m., Geddes was in her bedroom with her...
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Nigeria coronavirus: 16,085 cases, resident docs strike
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Abuse of power says Trinidad businessman held for DUI, resisting and assaulting cops - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Express) Businessman Naeem Ali has labelled his arrest and subsequent charges for driving under the influence, resisting arrest, and assaulting police officers, as an abuse of power by police
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LUESBY: How unethical policing hurts citizens
Truly, when can we ever limit this plague of hopelessly unethical and incompetent policing?
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Rwanda tests peacekeepers in South Sudan
Rwanda’s second coronavirus victim, Enid Mbabazi, was a peacekeeper with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan
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Rwanda: Kagame Orders National Flag to Fly At Half-Mast in Solidarity With Burundi
President Paul Kagame on Saturday, June 13 ordered that the National Flag and the Flag of East African Community, on Rwandan territory will fly at half-mast in solidarity with Burundi and her people following the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza this
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WATCH | Hot money: Cash-in-transit gang's loot goes up in smoke | News24
A gang in two luxury vehicles have escaped empty handed after blowing up a cash-in-transit van - and the money - in Johannesburg.
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Zimbabwe: ED Govt Faces Growing International Condemnation Over Crackdown
Zimbabwe has come under international scrutiny after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government launched a crackdown against its critics that include opposition leaders, lawyers and
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