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Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin ‘on board’ crashed Russian plane
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a plane which crashed in Russia, killing all 10 on board. He was believed to be on board the plane. Earlier, a Wagner-linked Telegram channel Grey Zone reported that the jet was shot down by air defences in Tver region, north of Moscow. Prigozhin led a failed mutiny against the…
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India becomes fourth country to land on the moon, first on the south pole, with Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft
India staked new claim as a national superpower in space on Wednesday, landing its Chandrayaan-3 mission safely on the moon’s unexplored south pole. The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft launched last month and touched down on the lunar surface around 8:34 a.m. ET. The feat makes India the fourth country – after the then-Soviet Union, the U.S. and China – to land on…
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BRICS leaders weigh expansion criteria with bloc’s future in balance
BRICS leaders were weighing rules for admitting new members to the bloc of developing countries at a summit on Wednesday even as splits over its future direction risked undermining its ambition to give the “Global South” more clout in world affairs. Bloc heavyweights China and Russia – whose President Vladimir Putin is attending the meeting virtually – want to reinforce…
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African Union suspends Niger over coup, prepares sanctions
The African Union (AU) has suspended Niger from all its activities following the military coup there and told its members to avoid any action that might legitimise the junta. The coup last month has caused alarm among Western allies and democratic African states who fear it could allow Islamist groups active in the Sahel region to expand their reach, and…
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ECOWAS rejects Niger junta’s three-year transition plan
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has rejected the three-year power transition plan put forward by the Niger junta. Abdel-Fatau Musa, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security, revealed this stance during an interview with the BBC on Sunday. In a televised address on Saturday night, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the leader of the Niger junta, had announced…
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Gwandu visits Czech Embassy for collaboration, Delta2 Project fact-finding
The Executive Vice Chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Dr. Bashir Gwandu has visited the Ambassador of Czech Republic to Nigeria, His Excellency Zdeněk Krejčí for business collaboration and fact-finding on Delta2 Project. Dr. Gwandu who paid a courtesy call to the Czech ambassador in Nigeria at his office in Abuja on Friday August 18,…
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Niger junta proposes 3-year transition amid ECOWAS visit
Coup leader of Niger, Abdourahmane Tchiani on Saturday said that a transition of power would not go beyond three years and warned a military intervention against the junta would not be easy. In comments made during a televised address, Tchiani said “Our ambition is not to confiscate power,” and added: “If an attack were to be undertaken against us, it…
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US Ambassador Kathleen FitzGibbon arrives in Niger
US Ambassador Kathleen FitzGibbon arrived in Niger on Saturday, the State Department announced, taking up her post as the United States and partners continue to grapple with the military takeover in that country. “Ambassador Kathleen FitzGibbon has traveled to Niamey to lead our diplomatic mission in Niger and bolster efforts to help resolve the political crisis at this critical time.…
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Handling Niger’s coup imbroglio, manifestation of Tinubu’s boldness — Prof. Abubakre
Prof. Razaq Abubakre, former Vice Chancellor, Al – Hikmah University, Ilorin says President Tinubu’s handling of the coup in Niger Republic is a display of boldness and diplomacy. Abubakre who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja says contrary to opinion of some observers, Tinubu is not a stooge of any superpower in the circumstances presently playing…
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Tinubu hails ECCAS support for ECOWAS on Niger crisis
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has praised the solidarity of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) on the political impasse in the Republic of Niger. The President spoke when he received the Special Envoy of President Ali Bongo Ondimba and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Gabon, Mr. Hermann Immongault, at the State House in Abuja…
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