The dust of an ordinary Rajasthan morning had barely settled over Khede Ka Pura, a small settlement in the Hindaun City area of Karauli district, when the first terrible screams began to cut through the air. Neighbors who stepped out of their homes could not have imagined that the horror unfolding inside one household would soon become a story of unspeakable betrayal, one in which the person entrusted to protect a tiny life would be the very hand that ended it. The victim was an eight-month-old girl, still at the age where a child is learning to recognize faces, to…

In Nkwanta South Municipality in the Oti Region, the ordinary rhythms of life continue — markets open, children go to school, neighbors exchange greetings — but beneath this familiar calm, a deep concern is spreading. Residents have made an urgent appeal to the Oti Regional Security Council, known as REGSEC, to take firm and decisive action against anyone spreading misinformation or disinformation that could inflame ethnic tensions. This is not a casual request. It is a heartfelt plea from people who have watched a dangerous story take root in their community, and who know all too well how quickly a…