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Mali’s leaders must do more to ensure lasting peace, ease humanitarian suffering – UN official

Jide AdesinaJune 20, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 20, 20140389

Bags of food from WFP’s logistics base in Mopti, Mali, waiting at Koureme port, near Timbuktu, to be delivered to schools. Photo: WFP/Alexandre Breche 19...

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Tackling Sahel’s enduring challenges requires regional, global cooperation – UN envoy

Jide AdesinaJune 20, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 20, 20140385

Special Envoy for the Sahel Guebre Sellassie briefs the Security Council for the first time since her appointment on 1 May 2014. UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz...

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CURBING INSURGENCY OF TERRORIST IN AFRICA

Jide AdesinaJune 19, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 19, 20140364

By ; ZAYYAN YABO I believe it may be strategically unwise and operationally unhelpful to the ongoing counter insurgency efforts for the fact that non...

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CURBING INSURGENCY OF TERRORIST IN AFRICA

Jide AdesinaJune 19, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 19, 20140407

By ; ZAYYAN YABO I believe it may be strategically unwise and operationally unhelpful to the ongoing counter insurgency efforts for the fact that non...

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Monsour Made Sexual Harassment A Criminal Law in Egypt

Jide AdesinaJune 8, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 8, 20140358

Egypt’s outgoing interim president issued a decree criminalizing sexual harassment to combat the widespread abuse of women in the country, a spokesman said Friday. President...

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Sailors escape Somali pirates after being held hostage for nearly four years

Jide AdesinaJune 8, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 8, 20140356

The sailors had been repeatedly tortured and starved during their years in captivity Jack Simpson According to the reporter, most of the men did not...

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Democratic Republic of Congo suffers another day of bloodshed, its soldiers talk with astonishing candour of their own brutality

Jide AdesinaJune 8, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 8, 20140399

Officially the country is at peace, but murder and rape are ever-present threats Kitty Knowles , Chiara Rimella The Congolese soldiers march through the night,...

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More than 300 inmates escape DR Congo jail;Six reportedly killed after 301 prisoners escaped from jail in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jide AdesinaJune 6, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 6, 20140389

At least 1,600 prisoners were in the prison in the city of Bukavu at the time of the breakout At least six people have been...

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Lagos State University students storm Governor Fashola’s office with beds, mats, mosquito nets, pots

Jide AdesinaJune 6, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 6, 20140379

Protesting LASU students storm Fashola’s office with beds, mats, mosquito nets, pots Hundreds of Lagos State University students on Thursday stormed the office of Governor...

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Fighting for Britain: African Soldiers in the Second World War; As world remmeber D Day

Jide AdesinaJune 6, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 6, 20140404

Fighting for Britain: African Soldiers in the Second World War David Killingray Woodbridge, James Currey, 2010, ISBN: 9781847010155; 272pp.; Price: £45.00 Reviewer: Dr Daniel Owen...

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Emir of Kano is Dead…Bayero Will be Remembered for Great Wisdom, Competence, Says Jonathan

Jide AdesinaJune 6, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 6, 20140417

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Abdullahi Bayero is dead. He died in his sleep at 5 a.m. Friday, 6 June. The Emir returned from...

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State house in Gomber bombed

Jide AdesinaJune 5, 2014June 5, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 5, 2014June 5, 20140396

The Government House in Gombe State was attacked in a massive explosion late Thursday afternoon. As this breaking story unfolds, there are...

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Midwives can prevent two-thirds of deaths among women and newborns

Jide AdesinaJune 4, 2014June 11, 2024

by Jide AdesinaJune 4, 2014June 11, 20240452

3 June 2014 – Midwives are the unsung heroes of maternal and newborn health, according to a new United Nations report released today that urges...

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Top 10 Nigeria Generals Aiding Boko Haram And found Guilty of Arms stmuggling

Jide AdesinaJune 4, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 4, 20140423

Top 10 senior military officers and others were found guilty by courts martial of providing arms and information to Boko Haram extremists. The verdicts follow...

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Lawyers kick Against Payment Of Taxes By Religious Organisations

Jide AdesinaJune 1, 2014June 1, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 1, 2014June 1, 20140415

Some prominent lawyers in Lagos on Thursday kicked against the payment of taxes by religious organisations in the country. Delegates at the ongoing National Conference...

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Italian priests and Canadian nun ‘freed in Cameroon’

Jide AdesinaJune 1, 2014June 1, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 1, 2014June 1, 20140372

Gianantonio Allegri, Giampaolo Marta and Gilberte Bussier were abducted in the district of Maroua Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun seized by gunmen in...

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Italian priests and Canadian nun 'freed in Cameroon'

Jide AdesinaJune 1, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 1, 20140384

Gianantonio Allegri, Giampaolo Marta and Gilberte Bussier were abducted in the district of Maroua Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun seized by gunmen in...

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Peter Mutharika sworn in as president of Malawi

Jide AdesinaJune 1, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 1, 20140494

Peter Mutharika is the brother of former President Bingu wa Mutharika, who died two years ago Peter Mutharika has been sworn in as Malawi’s president...

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Sudanese woman sentenced to hang will be freed ‘in a few days’

Jide AdesinaJune 1, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJune 1, 20140389

A mother facing the death penalty in Sudan for abandoning her religious faith was said last night to be on the verge of being freed....

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Apostasy woman in Sudan death sentence: Husband appeals for support to halt execution

Jide AdesinaMay 30, 2014

by Jide AdesinaMay 30, 20140413

Daniel Wani is hoping mounting international pressure on the Sudanese authorities could save his wife’s life Sudan is facing growing condemnation from the international community...

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