Largest mass graves uncovered in Burundi
Nairobi: Authorities in Burundi say they have opened six mass graves containing more than 6,000 bodies from unrest that occurred decades ago, the largest such discovery in years of work.The East African nation has been unearthing such graves from a past that includes massacres along ethnic lines.
quake recovery: Albania hopes for 400 mn euros
Brussels: Prime Minister Edi Rama warned Monday that Albania will be “in trouble” if a donor conference does not pledge at least 400 mn euros to help it recover from a powerful earthquake.The impoverished Balkan State was hit by a 6.4-magnitude quake in Nov, killing 51 people, leaving 17,000 homeless and creating a recovery bill of more than a billion euros, according to an official assessment.
Death penalty urged over Japan care home massacre
Tokyo: Japanese prosecutors on Monday called for a 30-year-old man to be executed for allegedly murdering 19 disabled care home residents in one of the country’s worst mass killings.
Satoshi Uematsu, a former care home employee, did not dispute his involvement in the 2016 stabbing rampage during his first court appearance last month in Yokohama.