Ruto said the compensation was not the “price of life, of pain or of loss,” and that should not be seen as a “reward for violence or criminality” in a country where violent protests are common.
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Constantia resident Deputy President Paul Mashatile highlighted inequality in Cape Town as the reason why the Western Cape’s municipal model is not the best in the country.
The United Nations has sounded the alarm over what it calls an “unfolding catastrophe” in El Fasher,North Darfur,following the city’s capture by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Deng Chol Majek stabbed Rhiannon Skye Whyte at Bescot Stadium Station in Walsall on October 20 last year.
You could soon be seeing more drones flying over London as the Metropolitan Police brings them in as first responders.
Daniel Wenn, 35, director of Norman Wenn Skip Hire in Norfolk tragically died after being entangled in heavy machinery.
Murderers who strangle their victims or kill in connection with the end of a relationship will now receive tougher jail terms.
In a search of his home,police found a Russian flag,more than £20,000 in cash and cocaine hydrochloride with a street value of some £34,000.
An asylum seeker who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl and a woman has been freed from prison by mistake today.
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