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Court Hears IRA Members Angered by Gerry Adams’s Repeated Denials

Veteran journalist John Ware told a London High Court on Monday that former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams’ repeated denials of IRA membership angered members of the group he interviewed — and that, based on decades of reporting, he believes Adams served for more than 30 years on the IRA’s army council and was “one of the single most influential strategists in the Republican movement.” Ware’s evidence came in a civil trial brought by three victims of separate IRA bomb attacks in 1973 and 1996, who allege Adams was directly…

Court Hears How Hashim Dagane Killed Girlfriend, Dumped Remains at Lang’ata Cemetery

NAIROBI, Kenya — Prosecutors on Wednesday told the High Court that a Nairobi man already linked to three killings in October 2024 murdered his girlfriend a week later, mutilated and boiled parts of her body, and tried to dump the remains at Lang’ata Cemetery. Appearing before Lady Justice Margaret Muigai on Dec. 3, 2025, Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Gikui Gichui said Hashim Dagane Muhumed — also known as Hashim Mohamed Khalif — killed Deka Abdi Noor Gorane on the night of Oct. 29–30, 2024, inside Valley…

quickly launched, Maâti Monjib hears

Historian and human rights activist Maâti Monjib, who was on hunger strike for 19 days, was released on probation on Tuesday, March 23rd. In prison for three months and convicted of "fraud" and "danger to state security", he has repeatedly condemned an "violent" arrest. He and his lawyers intend to drop all charges against him and against other detainees. "The accusations against me are made by the political police. (...) Now that I enjoy temporary release, I will fight for the release of the other detainees ”: these…