TRAGEDY: Drama as man dies in custody

A Kenyan man who authorities described as homeless has died following an explosion that razed down the building he was in in Forest Park, about twenty miles South of  the city of Atlanta, Georgia, USA.The man has been identified as Daniel Kariuki Chege akaKandithi.Clayton County authorities said the man “may have been asleep when several  explosions rocked the building.”“Daniel was well known around here. He usually spent the night inside the building to keep the wintery weather at bay,”...

Drama, Tragedy Mar Campaigns As Candidates Target Vote-Rich Areas
AllAfrica.com
Another week of frantic campaigns ended with a combination of tragedy and comedy. The drama was produced by the defection of one of the most recognisable faces in Tanzanian politics, Kingunge Ngombale-Mwiru, from the Chama cha Mapinduzi.

Pretoria - A 27-year-old trainee pilot has died in a plane crash in north Pretoria, after apparently losing control of his microlight aircraft.
Dawie du Toit, an instructor at the flight school Rosslyn Micro Flyers in Pretoria, was in the air on Sunday morning scouring the landscape for a missing plane, Netwerk24 reported on Monday.
It was his colleague, Marthinus Nel, who noticed the crash scene of one of his students from the air.
"It started burning on impact," said Du Toit.
Adam Khatibu...

Man in custody over alleged rape of two teenagers.
IPPmedia
Police in Kigoma are holding a resident of Mwandiga village for allegedly raping two primary school girls aged 13 and 15 years. Both teenagers are pupils of Kamchele Primary school Mtui in standard four and five, said Kigoma Regional Police Commander ...

Medicine man in custody over 'healing' govt trophies
IPPmedia
Police in Katavi Region have arrested a traditional healer allegedly in possession of government trophies that the authorities believe he used to 'treat' his patients. The healer was identified as Vitus Chomba (42), a resident of Sumbawanga in Rukwa ...

Parents in custody for forcing 18 yr old girl to marry 72 yr old man Aged ...
IPPmedia
Police in Rukwa Region are holding two parents for allegedly forcing an 18-year-old girl to get married to a 72-year-old man who paid eight herds of cattle and 100,000/- in dowry. Also in custody is the would be bridegroom Edward Muscat. The girl's ...

Nkasi man jailed 18 months for escaping from lawful custody
Daily News
THE Nkasi District Magistrate's Court, yesterday slapped a Chala Village resident, Pius Jacob (19), with 18-month jail term for escaping lawful custody while he is facing other charges of raping and living with two minor siblings as his wives. The girls who are ...

Tragedy follows tragedy in Pakistan: When will it ever end?
Huffington Post
"Any Muslim who kills another person in the name of Allah is not a true Muslim" says Moez Virani, a Bay Area executive and long time supporter of humanitarian causes around the world. "A senseless attack on a peaceful community of Ismaili Muslims in ...
Not all Muslims are the sameOn Line opinion
Muslim migrants must be ready to make concessionsThe Australian (blog)

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>When Haruna Yukawa was captured in Syria earlier this month, a video apparently released by his captors showed them pressing the Japanese man to answer questions friends say he had struggled with for years: Who are you? Why are you here?