complete curfew.... ” said Mogadishu resident Halima Ibrahim.A Reuters reporter in the city also heard

to the west and southwest," Taimoor Shah, a journalist living in the city said.... Halima Parastish

MOGADISHU( Reuters)-Explosions sounding like mortar shells were heard on Sunday in the area of Mogadishu airport where parliamentarians were meeting to elect a new president, residents said.... We are shocked to hear those sounds of mortars at a time( when) Mogadishu is under a complete curfew.... A Reuters reporter in the city also heard blasts.( Reporting by Abdi Sheikh; Writing by Andrew Cawthorne; Editing by Gareth Jones)....

The world’s first and only nonuplets, or nine babies born at the same time, are “ in perfect health ” after a year and continue to remain under medical care. The nine babies were born on 4 May 2021, breaking the Guinness World Records title for the most children delivered at a single birth to survive, and have now celebrated their first birthday. The babies continue to remain under the care of the Morocco clinic where they were born, but are healthy and growing up, according to the father of the

KANO, Nigeria( Reuters)-Nigeria's Sokoto state has declared an immediate 24-hour curfew to quell protests demanding the release of suspects in the killing of Deborah Samuel last week, a statement from the governor's office said.... Two suspects were arrested. The curfew applies to the state capital Sokoto.... Nigeria's largest grouping of Christian churches has demanded the authorities bring the culprits to justice.( Reporting by Hamza IbrahimWriting by Julia PayneEditing by Mark Potter)....

A MUM who said she gave birth to a record ten babies DID make up the claim-with the journo who" broke her story" apologising for the fake news. South Africa has been gripped by the mystery of whether Gosiame Sithole had actually delivered decuplets, in a world-first.... And I would like to apologise to you, my colleagues and the group." He also said he had failed to verify Gosiame's claim. Piet added:" Some aspects of the story could have been dealt with differently.... " Quite honestly, I nev

However, the judges dismissed a separate claim by the Good Law Project that the government did not adopt an “ open ” process when making appointments “ critical to the pandemic response ”.... And they found that “ the evidence provides no support ” for the claim that Baroness Harding and Mr Coupe won their appointments due to “ personal or political connections with the decision-maker ”.... ’ And it means taking the time to find the best people – not the best connected people – for the job.” T

Boris Johnson has backed the appointment of a professor who suggested non-white British-born people are not “ indigenous ” to oversee the levelling up strategy – arguing he has the “ right expertise ”.... The decision to ask Paul Collier to provide analysis on the flagship policy has been condemned by anti-racism campaigners, some likening his language to the British National Party. The academic claimed “ the indigenous British ” are “ a minority ” in London because of immigration – arguing peo

An independent think tank has won a High Court fight over Government appointments made during the pandemic. Two judges have ruled that then health secretary Matt Hancock did not comply with a public sector equality duty when appointing Conservative peer Baroness Dido Harding and Mike Coupe, a former colleague of Baroness Harding, to posts in 2020. Lord Justice Singh and Mr Justice Swift granted a declaration to the Runnymede Trust on Tuesday after considering arguments at a High Court hearing in

KABUL: Women’s rights activists pledged on Sunday to launch a wave of protests across Afghanistan if the Taliban fail to reopen girls’ secondary schools within a week. Thousands of secondary school girls had flocked to classes on Wednesday after the hardline Islamists reopened their institutions for the first time since seizing power last August. But officials ordered the schools shut again just hours into the day, triggering international outrage.“ We call on the leaders of the Islamic Emirate