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Letter from Africa: Kenya unveils biblical strategy to tackle corruption

Letter from Africa: Kenya unveils biblical strategy to tackle corruption

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Image caption Kenyans have been praying for the country to overcome its many challenges

In our series of letters from African journalists, Kenyan Joseph Warungu looks at the new strategy by the country’s anti-corruption body to use the Bible to deter theft of public funds.

You know you are in deep…

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Venezuela crisis hits food markets and a morgue

Venezuela crisis hits food markets and a morgue

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Millions of Venezuelans have left the country in the last two years, fleeing the oil-rich nation’s economic collapse.

Shortages of food and basic goods, years of recession, soaring inflation and regular power shortages have left the country almost on its knees.

The government says those against the socialist President Nicolas Maduro are waging an “economic war” – but many within and…

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How New Zealand is trying to take on child poverty

How New Zealand is trying to take on child poverty

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Image caption It’s home to glaciers, national parks and vineyards, but there’s also a darker side to New Zealand

It’s a mountainous wonderland decorated with ancient glaciers, breathtaking national parks and sumptuous vineyards, but behind its glossy image New Zealand is failing many of its…

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Paul Allen: Microsoft co-founder and billionaire dies aged 65

Paul Allen: Microsoft co-founder and billionaire dies aged 65

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Image caption Allen announced his diagnosis earlier this month

Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft, has died aged 65 from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

He had revealed the disease’s return only two weeks ago, after previously being treated for it in 2009.

On his website he had said…

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Reality Check: How is North Korea evading sanctions?

Reality Check: How is North Korea evading sanctions?

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President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, currently holding talks with European leaders, says “North Korea’s economy is in huge difficulty due to international sanctions.”

UN sanctions have been imposed to pressure Kim Jong-un’s government over its nuclear weapons programme.

Reality Check investigates how North Korea tries to evade these sanctions.

Motion graphics by Jacqueline Galvin.

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Trump sends Pompeo to Riyadh over Khashoggi; Saudis may blame official

Trump sends Pompeo to Riyadh over Khashoggi; Saudis may blame official

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ANKARA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is preparing to acknowledge the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a botched interrogation, CNN and the New York Times said on Monday, after U.S. President Donald Trump speculated “rogue killers” may be responsible.

Trump dispatched Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet King Salman over the case that has strained the Americans’…

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New Quebec Administration Wants to Ban Employees from Wearing Religious Symbols

New Quebec Administration Wants to Ban Employees from Wearing Religious Symbols

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Quebec, Canada’s new administration wants to stop its employees from wearing religious symbols on their clothing while at work.

The Coalition Avenir Quebec platform also specifically points out that all judges, prosecutors, police officers, and teachers are included. 

“Religious signs will be prohibited for all persons in position of authority, including teachers,” according to The…

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Australia congratulates royal couple on news of first child

Australia congratulates royal couple on news of first child

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s prime minister was among the first world leaders to congratulate Prince Harry and his wife Meghan on the news they were expecting their first child, as the royal couple toured Sydney’s Opera House on Tuesday.

Britain’s Prince Harry and wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex are welcomed by Australia’s Governor General Peter Cosgrove and his wife Lynne Cosgrove…

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A year after blogger's murder, many questions unanswered on Malta

A year after blogger’s murder, many questions unanswered on Malta

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VALLETTA (Reuters) – A year since its most prominent journalist was murdered, the tiny state of Malta has still not solved the mystery behind her death, or overcome the bitter division left by her legacy.

A portrait of anti-corruption investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia is seen on the site of her murder in the run-up to activities marking one year since her assassination…

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Boko Haram kills second aid worker in Nigeria

Boko Haram kills second aid worker in Nigeria

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Image caption Boko Haram has been responsible for kidnappings and attacks in Nigeria

Boko Haram militants have killed a female aid worker held by the group since March, the Nigerian government has confirmed.

In September, the jihadist group killed a midwife taken at the same time.

The militants have also…

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Was Bill Clinton's Lewinsky affair an 'abuse of power'?

Was Bill Clinton’s Lewinsky affair an ‘abuse of power’?

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Image caption Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

After Hillary Clinton said on Sunday that her husband’s affair in 1998 with 22-year-old intern Monica Lewinsky was not “an abuse of power”, many online have been debating her view.

The 2016 Presidential candidate made the comments in an…

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Supersonic Bloodhound hits cash roadblock

Supersonic Bloodhound hits cash roadblock

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The project to race a car at more than 1,000mph has run into a financial roadblock with the company behind the venture going into administration.

The Bloodhound supersonic vehicle is all but built but needs a £25m investment if it is to break records on a dried-out lakebed in South Africa.

The administrators, FRP Advisory LLP, have already begun to talk to potential suitors.

But without…

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Saudi Arabia: Is this the end of Mohammed Bin Salman's honeymoon?

Saudi Arabia: Is this the end of Mohammed Bin Salman’s honeymoon?

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Has it really been less than 18 months since Air Force One touched down in Riyadh to a red carpet welcome?

When President Trump chose Saudi Arabia for his first overseas presidential visit in May last year most Saudis were delighted. They hadn’t much cared for his predecessor,…

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Kanye West and Kim Kardashian present Yeeezy sneakers to Uganda's Yoweri Museveni

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian present Yeeezy sneakers to Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni

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Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have presented Uganda’s leader Yoweri Museveni with a pair of Yeeezy sneakers.

The US rapper, who recently changed his name to Ye, took time off during his visit to Uganda, where he is recording material for his next album, to meet Mr Museveni at the president’s official residence State House.

“I thank Kanye for the gift of white sneakers. Enjoy your time…

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Russian Orthodox Church cuts all links with Constantinople

Russian Orthodox Church cuts all links with Constantinople

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Image caption “Rupture full communion” – Russian bishop Metropolitan Hilarion announced on Monday

The Russian Orthodox Church says it is cutting all links with the Constantinople Patriarchate – the body that wields spiritual authority over the world’s Orthodox Christians.

Constantinople recently…

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Terrorists Spare Nigerian Christian Schoolgirl Leah Sharibu, Will Instead Make Her a 'Slave for Life'

Terrorists Spare Nigerian Christian Schoolgirl Leah Sharibu, Will Instead Make Her a ‘Slave for Life’

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Kidnapped Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu will not be executed as threatened by a Nigeria terror group, Nigeria’s independent online newspaper, The Cable, reports.   According to The Cable, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) says instead, Sharibu will become its “slave for life.”

At the same time, the Boko Haram faction known as ISWAP announced it has executed another…

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Trump voices 'rogue killers' theory for Khashoggi incident

Trump voices ‘rogue killers’ theory for Khashoggi incident

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ANKARA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump speculated on Monday that “rogue killers” may have been behind the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and dispatched Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet King Salman over the case.

Khashoggi, a U.S. resident, Washington Post columnist and leading critic of the powerful Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin…

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