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Rampaging gangs in Haiti use rape to instill fear: UN
Rampaging gangs in Haiti use rape to instill fear: UN
by  AFP

Competing criminal gangs have turned to sexual assault as a way to terrorize Haitians and consolidate territorial control, a UN report said on Friday. In the past year, "gang violence has spiraled out of control" in Haiti's cities, the report said, noting that 60 percent of Port-au-Prince may now be under gang territory, accounting for at least 1.5 million people.

Hitmen brothers handed 40 years for Maltese journalist murder
Hitmen brothers handed 40 years for Maltese journalist murder
by  AFP

Two hitmen brothers were each sentenced to 40 years in prison Friday for killing a prominent journalist in Malta five years ago, an assassination that sparked an international outcry. The sentences handed down to George and Alfred Degiorgio came on the first day of their trial for the 2017 killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

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