Nigeria
Discard IMF, World Bank’s policies -Falana tells Govt
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has urged the Nigerian government to discard the “deleterious policies” of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) like asking the government to increase electricity tariff and remove whatever was remained of the petrol subsidy despite that the political climate in the country was not conducive. “There is […]
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Northern Region: 60-year-old man shot dead at Jilo
A 60-year-old man, a nomad, has tragically been shot dead at Jilo, a community in the Nanumba North municipality of the Northern Region, by unidentified gunmen while returning from the mosque. The son, who was accompanying his father from the mosque, reported that two men confronted them with guns. He said they shone a torchlight […]
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Iraq condemns ‘irresponsible’ US air strikes on Iran-backed groups
The Iraqi government has strongly condemned US strikes which targeted sites used by Iranian-backed groups in Iraq on Wednesday. A spokesperson for Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said they “blatantly” violated his country’s sovereignty. The US said its “proportionate” attacks had targeted “Iran-affiliated groups”. The paramilitary Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) said the “treacherous” US […]
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Iraqis vote in first provincial elections in a decade
Iraqis voted Monday in the first provincial council elections held in a decade, which were expected to strengthen the dominance of pro-Iranian Shiite Muslim groups. The vote comes at a time of widespread political apathy and disillusionment in the oil-rich country of 43 million that is still recovering from years of war and plagued by […]
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