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                   A 24 year old boxer identified as Ikki Kodukai in Japan,have been arrested after bursting into a lawyers's office and cutting off his private part with garden shears before flushing it down a toilet.Ikki Kodukai,who is a Toyko graduate student,may have carried out the horrifying act in revenge over his wife's romantic involvement with the 42 year old victim who turned out to be a lawyer.Kodukai who was arrested shortly after the alleged attack,punched the unamed lawyer several times before pryingoff his pants and then severing his lower body part with the shears.When he was question by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department what he did with the penis,he said to have flushed it down the toilet.The lawyer,who has not been named is receiving treatment in the hospital,but his immediate condition is unknown.Witnesses claimed that although he'd lost a lot of blood,his life was not in any danger.Na wahoooooooooo. More photos below.                            

            According to Leonard Nyangoma,a veteran political leader who heads the opposition CNARED coalition,said President Nkurunziza had declared war on his people and demanded the president to step down from office.Nyangoma described the situation in Burundi as extremely serious saying that both the political,socio-economic situations were deteriorating day by day.The election held last month in Burundi were boycotted by the opposition and the international community condemned them as being neither free nor fair.Nyangoma who is skeaking from Europe,where he is now based said ''Security forces are targeting opponents of Nkurunziza with numerous arrests,torture,killings and atrocities''.Nkurunziza's effort to run for a third term in office sparked protest,failed coup and fleeing of Burundi citizens who are currently refugees in neighbouring countries.One more photo below.                                                                                            

                    Today friday,a prosecutor in Democratic Republic of Congo said he had charged 34 people with genocide and crimes against humanity in inter-ethnic violence in the country;s southeas.The charges against members of the Luba,a Bantu ethnic group,and Twa,a Pygmy people who inhabit Africa's Great Lakes region,mark the first civilian prosecutions for such crimes in Congo.The prosecutor general of Katanga province,Caiphe Useni,said the proceedings began since yesterday thursday.''These are crimes that can have severe penalties,up to 30 years for example.A law enacted in 2013 authorized civilian courts to try cases of genocide and crimes against humanity''.The Luba and Twa have been in conflict since May 2013 in the southeast of Congo,known for its rich deposits of copper,cobalt and other metals.Local activists say that the violence is driven by social inequities between the Bantu villagers and the Twa,a hunting and gathering people long denied access to

                According to sources,Justice Olabisi Ogungbesan of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on friday halted the ongoing coronation ceremony to fill the vacant stool of Ayangburen,the traditional ruler of Ikorodu Kingdom,in Lagos state Nigeria.The Ayangburen stool became vacant on August 1,2014 after the passage of Oba S.A.A Oyefusi.The ceremony to crown the new Ayangburen,which had been scheduled for saturday,August 15,2015 was halted by Justice Ogungbesan in the interest of Justice.Ogungbesan said she was satisfied from the evidence placed before the court that unquantifiable damage would be done if the coronation ceremony was allowed to go on as scheduled.She therefore restrained the Lagos state Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode,or anyone acting under his authority,from going ahead on Saturday to crown the current Odofin of Ikorodu,Chief Kabiru shotebi,as the new Ayangburen of Ikorodu Kingdom.The judge also stopped Shotebi from either presenting himself for coronation or parad