NORWAY: A new report commissioned by the Norwegian police into a deadly shooting during Oslo’s annual LGBT Pride festival last year today blasted Norway’s domestic security agency, saying it had intelligence an attack was imminent and could have prevented the bloodshed.

The report focused on how the police and the Norwegian Police Security Service handled the June 25 2022 attack in which two people were killed and 20 wounded. 

SENEGAL: President Macky Sall has ordered an investigation to determine who was responsible for protests by supporters of a political opponent that turned deadly last week but said he was open to consulting with the parties involved.

President Sall was making his first remarks about the unrest while speaking at a council of ministers meeting on Wednesday.

The opposition says at least 19 were killed.

ROMANIA: Thousands of healthcare workers protested in Romania’s capital Bucharest today to demand higher wages, more staff and improved working conditions.

The Health Solidarity Federation, which organised the protest, said it was concerned that a “decline in real wages driven by inflation” would lead to a “decrease in the quality of healthcare” in Romania.

SOUTH SUDAN: A local representative says at least 13 people are dead and 21 have been wounded in clashes at a United Nations site in South Sudan for the protection of displaced civilians.

The fighting erupted on Thursday morning in the Malakal site between members of the Shilluk and Nuer ethnic groups.

The cause of the fighting was not immediately clear.