Police hold woman over death of partner

>Burundi police on Tuesday arrested the head of a key radio station close to the opposition in connection with the murder of three Italian nuns after broadcasting an alleged confession of the killer.

The International Criminal Court on Wednesday axed plans to hold a hearing in Uganda to confirm charges against a notorious Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander, fearing political tensions ahead of upcoming elections. Dominic Ongwen is the first commander of the brutal LRA rebel group -- led by the fugitive Joseph Kony -- to appear before the ICC, where he faces charges for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The death of a 34-year-old Maryland woman who traveled to Brooklyn for a bigger butt has been ruled a homicide by the New York City medical examiner, New York Daily News reports.Kelly Mayhew, who worked at BET Networks, was injected with silicone in May 2015. Once she began to react negatively to the injections, the doctor fled the scene, never offering help to the ailing patient.“The cause of death is systemic silicone emboli due to cosmetic silicone injections of buttocks,” said Julie...

Police hold two for impersonation
Daily News
POLICE in Mbeya Region have arrested two suspects for impersonating police officers at a bus stand in Kyela District over the weekend. The Mbeya Regional Police Commander (RPC), Ahmed Msangi, said that the two suspects were apprehended at around ...

Police hold two over abortion in Dar
Daily News
POLICE in Dar es Salaam are holding two girls, Hadija Abdallah (18) and Husna Omar, over alleged abortion of a four-month pregnancy. The crime was allegedly committed on Saturday at Yombo Kilakala area in Temeke Municipality, in a house belonging to ...

Kilimanjaro police hold six over demo
Daily News
POLICE in Kilimanjaro are holding six people in connection with demonstrations that saw the Moshi-Dar es Salaam road at Himo area, being blocked on Monday morning, leaving motorists stranded for more than three hours. Those under police custody ...

A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for abandoning her religious faith has been freed from jail, her lawyer tells the BBC.

A Sudanese woman awaiting the death penalty for abandoning her religious faith after marrying a Christian has given birth in prison, her lawyer says.

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Death Sentences for Murderers of Albino Woman
Deutsche Welle
A court in Tanzania has sentenced four people to death for murdering an albino woman to use her limbs for rituals. The verdict comes amid a wave of killings of albinos and despite a moratorium on capital punishment. The court handed down the death ...
Four Sentenced in Tanzania for Murdering Albino to Harvest Body PartsSputnik International
Albinos call for execution of witchcraft killers in TanzaniaReuters Africa

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