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.
READ MOREA landmark trial is set to begin in the Central African Republic, where former president Francois Bozize will be tried in absentia on charges of crimes against humanity.
In Zimbabwe, a court ruling dismissing a legal challenge by war veterans against proposed constitutional amendments has sparked divided reactions.
The motorway closure is causing 60-minute delays in Surrey.
Yajaira Castro Mendez was first reported missing and her body was discovered more than a week later in the New Forest (Picture: PA)
Simon Levy is charged with murdering Sheryl Wilkins, 39, on August 24 and raping another woman, who cannot be named, on January 21.
Four defendants,including two teenage girls have been charged with murdering Anthony Marks near King’s Cross Station (Picture: Met Police)
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In what police described as an act of vigilantism, three men were killed and their bodies were set alight in Kraaifontein, Cape Town, on Wednesday night.
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The World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF have announced the mobilization of $65 million under the Joint Resilience Project Phase II to support nearly one million vulnerable people in South Sudan.
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