Category: Foreign Affairs
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US election: Parade in Nigeria, ‘great honour’ — Trump hails
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed a parade by his supporters in Nigeria, describing it as a great honour. Trump made this known when he shared a video of the parade on his Twitter handle with a caption, “A parade for me in Nigeria, a great honor!” The video shows a procession by men…
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US Election Day begins as voters decide Trump’s fate
The United States started voting Tuesday in an election amounting to a referendum on Donald Trump’s uniquely brash and bruising presidency, which Democratic opponent and frontrunner Joe Biden urged Americans to end to restore “our democracy.” The country is more divided and angry than at any time since the Vietnam War era of the 1970s…
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Peace talks: Military rivals meet in Libya
Rival Libyan military officers arrived Monday for talks held for the first time on home soil following a ceasefire deal last month, an AFP reporter said. Formal talks will begin later on Monday evening, said the AFP reporter present, with discussions tackling the “implementation of the ceasefire agreement,” according to the UN. The three-day meeting…
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9 Nigerians running in Tuesday’s U.S. elections
No fewer than nine Nigerian Americans are on the ballot in Tuesday’s general elections in the United States, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Running mostly on the platform of the Democratic Party, the candidates are bidding for different offices at the federal, state, and local levels. NAN reports that besides the presidential election,…
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Two killed in Ivory Coast election clashes, says security source
At least two people were killed in clashes during Ivory Coast’s election which was marked by an opposition boycott over President Alassane Ouattara’s bid for a third term, a security source said Sunday. One person was killed in central Tiebissou and another in Oume, northwest of Abidjan, during Saturday’s vote, the security source said. Tiebissou…
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US security forces rescue American days after abduction in Niger
US military forces rescued an American citizen in Nigeria the Pentagon said on Saturday, days after he was kidnapped by gunmen in the south of neighbouring Niger and apparently taken across the border. The hostage, Philip Walton, was abducted Monday night on the outskirts of Massalata, a village about 10 kilometres (six miles) from the…
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Turkey, Greece earthquake leaves 14 dead, buildings collapse
Rescuers dug through heavy blocks of concrete with their bare hands on Friday in a desperate search for survivors from a powerful earthquake that levelled buildings across Greece and Turkey, killing at least 14 people. The late afternoon quake caused a mini-tsunami on the Aegean island of Samos and a sea surge that turned streets…
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Quake hits Turkey, Greece, 6 dead, buildings collapse
A powerful earthquake hit Turkey and Greece on Friday killing at least 7 people levelling buildings and creating a sea surge that flooded streets near the Turkish resort city of Izmir. Greek public television said the quake also caused a mini-tsunami on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Samos, damaged homes and injured at least…
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Again, Jonathan briefs Buhari on Mali crisis, tables junta’s demand
President Muhammadu Buhari again on Monday received briefings from former President Goodluck Jonathan, who is the Economic Community of West African States Special Envoy to Mali, on the current situation in the country. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President at the meeting held inside the…
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US halts military aid to Mali over coup
The United States on Friday suspended military aid to Mali after a group of rebel military officers seized power and placed the West African country’s president under arrest. There will be “no further training or support of the Mali armed forces — we have halted everything until we can clarify the situation,” the US special…