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Collision between two buses in Senegal: 39 dead, three days of national mourning

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January 9, 2023

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Sylvie Claire / January 9, 2023

Thirty-nine people were killed and a hundred injured in Senegal in a collision between two buses, leading President Macky Sall to declare a three-day national mourning and to announce immediate measures to improve safety.

The accident, the deadliest in this West African country in recent years, occurred on Saturday night around 3:00 a.m. local time near the town of Kaffrine, about 250 km southeast of the capital Dakar, according to the fire department and local authorities.

The government announced on Sunday evening that the latest death toll from the accident in the town of Sikilo was 39, with 53 injured in hospital and 42 more slightly injured being treated in local health centers. “The two buses would have contained 139 passengers at the time of the accident,” the government said in a statement. Ten of the injured are in “vital emergency”, said President Sall after visiting the injured at the hospital in Kaffrine with his Prime Minister Amadou Ba.

More than 20 bodies have already been identified and will soon be returned to their families,” he added. The head of state, who had previously decided on “a three-day national mourning period starting Monday“, promised swift measures to avoid the repetition of a new “tragedy” of this kind. “We can not expose the lives of our compatriots in a transport system that disregards respect for human life,” said Sall.

From Monday the Prime Minister will convene an interministerial council to take measures on the condition of vehicles, technical control, the issuance of driving licenses or transport schedules, he said. “We are ready, of course, as a state to accompany the transport sector for the renewal of the fleet and the limitation of the ages of public transport vehicles that come from abroad,” he continued, assuring that the necessary measures would be “taken tomorrow.

The mayor of Kaffrine, Abdoulaye Saydou Sow, who is also the Minister of Urban Planning and Housing, and the public prosecutor of the neighboring city of Kaolack blamed the collision on a burst tire on one of the two buses, which then veered off course.

The main Senegalese opponent Ousmane Sonko, a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, said on Twitter to postpone a fundraising operation because of the accident and called on the authorities to “give priority attention” to road insecurity, a “scourge with disastrous human, social and economic consequences for the country.

Bus accidents are common in Africa, due to poorly maintained vehicles, bad roads, and driving errors, with many motorists holding licenses purchased from corrupt inspectors without ever having attended driving school.

Twenty-one people died Saturday night in East Africa in a bus accident on the border between Kenya and Uganda, Ugandan police said Sunday. The majority of the dead are Kenyan nationals, but there are also eight Ugandans. According to the police, 49 people were injured.

According to the first elements of the investigation, the driver lost control of the vehicle due to excessive speed.

The Ugandan government is preparing new measures to improve road safety after an increase in fatal accidents during the holiday season. According to the Ugandan police, 104 road accidents were recorded in just three days, from December 30 to January 1, resulting in 35 deaths and 114 injuries.

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Shooting in Hamburg, Germany, leaves two dead

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March 27, 2023

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Sylvie Claire / March 27, 2023

Two people died in a shooting that took place Saturday night in Hamburg (Germany). According to the police, a man would have shot another individual before turning the weapon against him.

It could be a settlement of accounts between motorcycle gangs, the German press reported Sunday.

Earlier this month, the city of Hamburg was the scene of a shooting that left 7 dead and 12 wounded among the Jehovah’s Witness community.

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Actor Peter Hardy, known for his role in “Neighbours”, was found dead

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March 23, 2023

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Steph Deschamps / March 20, 2023

Peter Hardy is gone. The “Neighbours” actor died of drowning on a beach in Australia.

The world of cinema is in mourning this Sunday. We learned that Peter Hardy died on Thursday. The Australian actor died of drowning on a beach in Fremantle near Perth, Australia. According to several local sources, he was snorkeling at the time of the facts.

Peter Hardy was known for his role in the soap opera “Neighbours”. He had a career of almost 40 years on the big and small screen. He had also participated in the musical “Mamma Mia”.

The actor was 66 years old.

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War in Ukraine: the International Criminal Court will not let go of Vladimir Putin, the international arrest warrant remains valid for life

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March 23, 2023

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The arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC) for Russian President Vladimir Putin will remain valid even if Russia’s war against Ukraine ends.

“There is no statute of limitations on war crimes,” ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan told BBC Radio on Monday.

The latter highlights Vladimir Putin’s alleged responsibility for the war crimes committed in Ukraine since Russia invaded the country. The arrest warrants against the head of state and his commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, will therefore remain hanging over their heads for the rest of their lives, he said. “Unless they appear before the independent judges of the court and the judges decide to drop the charges. »

The arrest warrants are essentially symbolic. A trial seems to be out of the question for the time being.

The British lawyer and chief prosecutor in the trial of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic in The Hague told Sky News reporters that because of the arrest warrant for him, Vladimir Putin has become a wanted criminal. “This label will stick to him for the rest of his life, unless he is tried and acquitted or, which is almost unthinkable, the ICC withdraws the arrest warrant,” he explained. “The arrest warrant is a very, very important and encouraging step,” he said.