Category: Foreign News

AU Denounces purported PYU Elections;Executives not to Be Recognized

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The African Union has released a press statement, denouncing the elections held by the Pan African Youth Union (PYU), the body officially recognised by the AU as representing the interests of youths in Africa, at the AU Assembly. This comes amidst calls and petitions that have been made by various groups, candidates and country representatives with regards to the outcome of the elections and the electoral process generally. Following the elections held from the 19th to the 21st of December 2017 in Sudan, there were series of complaints and allegations…

Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Killed In Helicopter Crash

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A Key Zimbabwean opposition leader Roy Bennett died in a helicopter crash in a remote part of the U.S. state of New Mexico that also killed four others, authorities said. State Police Lt. Elizabeth Armijo confirmed Bennett’s death Thursday, a day after a helicopter carrying him and five others went down in a mountainous rural area of northern New Mexico. Details of why the 60-year-old Bennett was in the area were not immediately available. The crash injured one person aboard. Obert Gutu, spokesman for Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change…

ABIKE DABIRI-EREWA EULOGISES NIGERIAN FOR RETURNING N150M POSTED TO HIS ACCOUNT IN QATAR

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Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has hailed a Nigerian, Michael Jonathan Asemota a.k.a Teddy for his sincerity and honesty in returning QR1,502,000 ($441,127.99) about N150 million wrongfully posted into his account in Qatar. In a statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Special Assistant on Media to Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa stated that the Senior Special Assistant gave the commendation when she received Mr. Michael Asemota in her office on Wednesday in Abuja. Hon Dabiri-Erewa said that such a rare display of honesty and sincerity…

You Must Apologise To Africans, AU Tells Donald Trump

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African Union ambassadors to the UN have demanded an apology from U.S. President Donald Trump for his racist remark on the people of Africa. Trump had at a meeting with American lawmakers described Africans and Haitians as people from ”shithole countries” The group of over 50 nations in a statement said: “the AU expressed its disappointment and outrage over the unfortunate comment made by Mr Donald Trump, President of the United States of America. “The remarks dishonour the celebrated American creed and respect for diversity and human dignity. “While expressing…

U.S., South Korea Start Trade Talks Amid Rising Tensions

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration and South Korean officials met in Washington on Friday to begin formally renegotiating a free-trade pact that has served as a source of conflict between the two allies. The meeting came at a moment of heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula and unease in the broader region. The countries focused on their main areas of interest, with the United States emphasizing trade in automobiles and what it considers various barriers to exports, American negotiators said. “We have much work to do to reach an agreement…

Mumbai Restaurant Fire Kills at Least 14

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fire tore through an upscale commercial building on Friday in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, killing at least 14 people, including women attending a birthday party at a rooftop restaurant, a hospital official said. At least 19 other people were injured. The blaze broke out around 12:30 a.m. at the Kamala Mills Compound, a multistory building in Mumbai’s trendy Lower Parel neighborhood. The refurbished industrial building housed the offices of several news media companies and swanky restaurants. The police said the fire started on an upper floor before quickly engulfing the…

Russia Warns U.S over Upcoming Presidential Election

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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government has issued a warning to the U.S.: Don’t “meddle” in the country’s upcoming election. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused the U.S. this week of “direct interference into the electoral process” after the State Department criticized Russia’s decision to ban opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny from running for president. A State Department rep had decried the Russian government’s “ ongoing crackdown against independent voices, from journalists to civil society activists and opposition politicians,” according to a statement obtained by Business Insider. “We…

China tests World’s First Solar Expressway

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China on Thursday opened a 1-km section of the world’s first solar expressway for testing. Solar panels are laid beneath part of a ring road surrounding Jinan, capital city of Shandong Province in east China. The road surface is made of a transparent, weight-bearing material that allows sunlight to penetrate. The panels, covering 5,875 square meters, can generate 1 million kwh of power in a year, enough to meet the everyday demand of around 800 households, according to Qilu Transportation Development Group, the project developer. “The project will save the…

Mugabe to live in opulence, retirement benefits unveiled

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The panoply of generous benefits that Zimbabwe’s former leader, Robert Mugabe will enjoy in retirement has been published by his successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a gazette. According to the gazette, Mugabe shall enjoy no fewer than the services of six security personnel, two drivers, two private secretaries and two aide-de-camp officers and two office attendants. His office will be fully furnished , with at least a landline telephone and a cellphone, two computers and such other office equipment and materials as might be determined by the reigning President. Mugabe,…

Chinese Activist Sentenced to 8 Years for Shaming Officials

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A Chinese human rights activist who went by the online name “Super Vulgar Butcher” and made public shaming of officials a raucous art form was sent to prison for eight years after a court declared him guilty of subversion on Tuesday after an earlier, secretive trial. The activist, whose real name is Wu Gan , became renowned among rights advocates for helping organize boisterous protests outside courthouses and government offices to support plaintiffs and defendants who accused officials of abusing their power. Mr. Wu, easily recognized by his shaven head…