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  Niger’s government says it has foiled an attempted mutiny by some soldiers after heavy gunfire and explosions were heard overnight in Niamey, the country’s capital. The Niger Ministry of National Defense said on Saturday, August 29, that a group of soldiers had opened fire at “sensitive” locations in the capital in an apparent mutiny. The shooting began at about 1 a.m. local time on Saturday and continued into the early hours, causing concern among residents. In a statement read on state television, Defence Minister General Salifou Modi said the soldiers entered the 101 Military Camp near Diori Hamani International Airport at about 12:20 a.m. and took some of their colleagues hostage. Modi said government forces responded quickly and succeeded in foiling the attempted mutiny and restoring calm in the capital. “Following the determination of the country’s forces, everything has now returned to normal and the mutiny they wanted to start has been crushed,” the government said. Autho...

  A 29-year-old man described by police as having misogynistic views and posing a risk to women has been banned from entering or loitering near female public toilets and other women-only spaces under a S3xual Harm Prevention Order.   Law Enforcement Victor Valentine, from the St Paul’s area of Cheltenham, United Kingdom, was handed the order at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court on August 24, despite not having been convicted of a s3xual offence. The court heard that Valentine is a self-proclaimed misogynist and a member of an online incel group, and has a history of unprovoked violence towards women in public. He has also repeatedly breached the terms of several civil orders imposed on him.   A S3xual Harm Prevention Order is designed to protect the public from s3xual harm by restricting the behaviour of people considered to pose a risk. Under the order, which remains in force until August 25, 2031, Valentine is prohibited from using a computer or other internet-enabled devic...