State’s appeal on seized preachers

South Africa prosecutors say they are going to appeal against the conviction and sentence given to athlete Oscar Pistorius for killing his girlfriend.

State objects to Chadema leader appeal
Daily News
HEARING of an appeal lodged by Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) Chairman Mr Freeman Mbowe challenging his conviction and one year imprisonment or fine after being convicted of manhandling has hit a snag. Moshi High Court heard ...

Oscar Pistorius has hunkered down under house arrest, but South African state prosecutors will on Tuesday appeal in court for a murder conviction that would send him back to jail for years.

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Be good preachers of Islamic religionI - Islamic clerics told
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“There are some clerics who claim to be good preachers of Islamic religion, yet they are for their own interests,” Mr Iddi said at a gathering to celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). At the function held at Samael Academy/Rahman Mosque, ...
Iddi urges youth to avoid religious extremist groupsDaily News

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Suspected Boko Haram militants in Nigeria open fire on villagers who had gathered to hear them preach, killing about 45 people, survivors tell the BBC.

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Tanzanian preachers escape DRC captors
Independent Online
North Kivu - Eight Muslim preachers from Tanzania who were kidnapped last month in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have escaped, a top local official said Tuesday. The preachers, seized in the in restive province of North Kivu in early August ...
Kidnapped Tanzanians in DRC escapeNews24
6 Tanzanian imams freed after month-long captivity in DRCFulton News
Six elite soldiers killed in eastern Congo ambushBusiness Insider

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Muslim preachers from Tanzania kidnapped in DR Congo
Business Standard
Eight Muslim preachers from Tanzania have been kidnapped in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an area where several armed groups operate and kidnappings are frequent, authorities said today. The preachers were taken over the weekend from the ...

A fence-mending deal signed this month by Somalia and Puntland has variously been hailed as a blueprint for stability and state-building in the wake of decades of civil war, and dismissed as a recipe for renewed inter-clan violence.

Police have arrested two suspects in connection with Monday’s bomb attack in Arusha.