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Pakistan’s Imran Khan still barred from vote after conviction appeal fails – lawyer

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan gestures as he speaks to the members of the media at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan, on 18th May, 2023

Karachi, Pakistan Reuters Pakistani former Prime Minister Imran Khan remains disqualified from contesting elections after a court rejected his plea to suspend an earlier conviction on Thursday, his lawyer said.  The decision came a day before the deadline to submit nomination papers for elections for provincial and national assemblies that are scheduled for 8th February. […]

Nigeria records first conviction over Chibok girls kidnapping

Chibok school

World Watch Monitor Some 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram from Chibok in north-east Nigeria in 2014. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor A man involved in the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Chibok, north-eastern Nigeria in 2014 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Haruna Yahaya, 35, is the first member of the radical […]