Student accused of blasphemy is burnt to death in Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria AP A student was beaten and burnt to death Thursday by fellow students in north-western Nigeria after she was accused of making a blasphemous social media post, witnesses and police said. Deborah Samuel was killed in the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto state after being accused of “making a social media […]
Mass texting and 50,000 volunteers – how India moved a million people to safety
New Delhi Thomson Reuters Foundation From mass texting to mobilising 50,000 volunteers, the Indian official who masterminded the evacuation of more than a million people revealed on Thursday how they were moved from the path of a deadly cyclone. The state of Odisha on India’s east coast has won global praise for the speed and […]