LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A senior Saudi prince and seven other officials have been killed in a helicopter crash near the country’s border with Yemen, state media report. Prince Mansour bin Muqrin, the deputy governor of Asir province, was returning from an inspection tour when his aircraft came down near Abha late on Sunday, the interior…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)The family of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi -filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of personally ordering Khashoggi’s brutal execution in order to silence the government critic. The lawsuit was filed in Washington, D.C., on behalf of Khashoggi’s fiancée Hatice Cengiz and Democracy for the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Saudi court issued final verdicts on Monday in the case of slain Washington Post columnist and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi after his son, who still resides in the kingdom, announced pardons that spared five of the convicted individuals from execution. While the trial draws to its conclusion in Saudi Arabia, the…