Month: April 2018

UN: Two peacekeepers dead, 10 wounded in Mali attack

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Two UN peacekeepers were killed and 10 others wounded on Thursday night during an attack on their camp in northeastern Mali, the UN’s mission there said in a statement. “At 18.45 (1845 GMT) the peacekeepers came under mortar fire,” the mission, known by its acronym MINUSMA, said in the statement. “According to an initial assessment, two peacekeepers were killed and 10 were wounded,” it added, saying the camp that was attacked was in Aguelhok. Mali is one of the most dangerous UN missions, with more than 150 peacekeepers killed since…

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Cholera kills 40 Congolese in Uganda refugee camps

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holera outbreak in overcrowded refugee camps in Uganda has killed about 40 people and infected more than 2,000 as health workers rush to stem the spread, aid agencies said on Thursday. Nearly 70,000 people from the Democratic Republic of Congo have fled to Uganda this year due to a surge in ethnic violence, and many have been infected with cholera, said the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The waterborne disease has spread rapidly since mid-February due to poor sanitation and lack of clean water in…

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Trump mulls $100b more tariffs on China goods

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President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had instructed U.S. trade officials to consider $100 billion in additional tariffs on China, again ratcheting up tensions with Beijing. Trump said in a statement the further tariffs were being considered “in light of China’s unfair retaliation” against earlier U.S. trade actions that included $50 billion of tariffs on Chinese goods. In a statement, Trump said the U.S. Trade Representative had determined that China “has repeatedly engaged in practices to unfairly obtain America’s intellectual property.” Financial markets have swung wildly over the past…

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Vice President Osinbajo: Private sector key in making economic decisions

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government is committed to ensuring adequate consultation, especially with the private sector, in taking vital decisions on the economy. The Vice President stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the launch of the Nigerian Economic Diplomacy Initiative (NEDI), an initiative of the Foreign Affairs Ministry. He said the country was committed to all Pan African and other deal that had made Nigeria to stand out as a country, with a view to integrate Africa. ”We are also committed to ensuring adequate consultation is…

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Manchester City on brink of Premier League glory as Manchester United visit

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Manchester City can ease the pain of their Champions League defeat to Liverpool by clinching the Premier League title against bitter rivals Manchester United on Saturday in record time. Pep Guardiola’s men will become the first team in the league’s 26-year history to wrap up the title with six games to spare if they beat United at the Etihad — a fitting end to a season of almost total dominance in the league. City are 16 points clear of Jose Mourinho’s second-placed team so it is a matter of when…

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Bollywood star Salman Khan jailed for antelopes

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An Indian court Thursday sentenced top Bollywood star Salman Khan to five years in jail over the killing of a protected deer nearly two decades ago, a prosecution lawyer said. “The court has sentenced Salman Khan to five years’ imprisonment and fined him 10,000 rupees (about 154 dollars),” Mahipal Bishnoi said. Khan was being taken to Jodhpur Central Jail, where scores of fans waited for a glimpse of the actor, Times Now news channel reported. His lawyers have filed for bail and plan to appeal against the verdict in a…

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World moving to green power, invests $2.9trn

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The world is steadily moving to ‘green’ power sources as it invested $2.9 trillion in green energy sources since 2004. A new UN-backed report on Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2018 was released on Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and its partners. The report indicates a steady move away from fossil fuel-based power production and that solar energy dominated global investment in new power generation like never before in 2017. It added that 2017 was the eighth in a row in which global investment in renewables exceeded…

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World Cup: Don’t put Super Eagles under pressure – Austin Okocha

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Former Super Eagles captain and midfield maestro Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha has warned Nigeria Football officials and fans not to set unrealistic targets that will put the team under pressure at the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia. Okocha who was at three World Cup tournaments with the Super Eagles reason that the group D pairing was difficult and it would be a great achievement, if the Nigerian hopefuls advance to the knock out stage. “It will be a huge achievement if you could get out of the group…

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Nigeria still Africa’s biggest market

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Transsion Holdings, giant mobile phone (Tecno Mobile), has described Nigeria as still the biggest market in Africa in spite of some challenges. Mr Andy Yan, Vice President, Transsion Holdings, parent company of Tecno Mobile, made the assertion in Lagos at Tecno’s Global Spring Launch. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tecno unveiled Camon X Pro smartphone at the event held at the Eko Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos. Yan said that Nigeria had provided a huge market for the organisation in spite of challenges of fluctuating foreign excha…

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Sierra Leone’s Maada Bio sworn-in as president

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Sierra Leone’s newly elected leader Julius Maada Bio was sworn in as president late on Wednesday, just hours after the elections commission announced his victory in a tight run-off poll. Maada Bio, the opposition candidate and former military junta leader, succeeded Ernest Bai Koroma who had been in office since September 2007. Maada Bio now faces the difficult task of rebuilding the impoverished West African nation’s economy that was dragged down by the world’s deadliest Ebola epidemic and a global slump in commodity prices. Representing the Sierra Leone People’s Party…

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