Lebanese security forces have arrested seven Syrians on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a local politician, a judicial official said Tuesday, amid a backlash against Syrian refugees.
Pascal Sleiman was the coordinator in the Byblos area, north of Beirut, for the Lebanese Forces , a Christian party which opposes the Syria n government…
Social media users pointed the finger at Hezbollah, drawing a denial from its leader Hassan Nasrallah. “The body was wrapped in a blanket and had been hit on the head and chest with a hard object,” the Britain-based war monitor said. Ramzi Kaiss of Human Rights Watch said Beirut must ensure “that the investigation into the killing is thorough and transparent in light of decades of impunity in Lebanon for politically sensitive killings”.
Faced with sky-high inflation, low salaries and an overstretched healthcare system, doctors and nurses are leaving Nigeria in their thousands every year for better opportunities abroad. Between 15,000 and 16,000 doctors have departed in the past five years, according to Nigeria's Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate. Today, Africa's most populous country has just 55,000 doctors…
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