The last UK base in Afghanistan has been handed over to the control of Afghan security forces, ending British combat operations in the country. The union flag was lowered at Camp Bastion, while Camp Leatherneck – the adjoining US base – was also handed over to Afghan control. UK troops entered Afghanistan in 2001. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon spoke of …
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Millions of Brazilians are set to vote for a new president in what correspondents say is the tightest vote the country has seen in decades. Incumbent left-leaning President Dilma Rousseff of the Workers Party (PT) faces centrist Aecio Neves of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) in the second run-off round. Both candidates have pledged to kick-start Latin America’s largest …
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A nurse quarantined on her return to the US from treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone has criticised the way she was dealt with at Newark airport. Kaci Hickox said the experience was frightening and could deter other health workers from travelling to West Africa to help tackle the Ebola virus. Illinois has become the third state after New York …
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Benin, Edo, Nigeria – By Oladipo Airenakho. Five hundred million naira libel suit instituted by the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih against the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and Edo Broadcasting Service (EBS) has been dismissed by an Edo State High Court 10 in Benin City, the State …
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Dozens of people are being monitored in Mali after the country confirmed its first case of Ebola. The patient is a two-year-old girl who recently arrived from Guinea, which along with Liberia and Sierra Leone has seen most of the 4,800 deaths. However, the Malian health ministry says her condition is now improving. The World Health Organization (WHO) has meanwhile …
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The Chairman of the Presidential Declaration Committee, Dr. Haliru Bello, Friday, confirmed that President Goodluck Jonathan will 11th of November formally declare his intention to run for a second term in office. Dr Bello, a former Minister of Defence spoke with state house correspondents in Abuja at the end of the inaugural meeting of the committee He said the venue …
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Indications emerged Friday that the members of Boko Haram sect have agreed to release the Chibok girls, latest Monday, next week. This was made known by a self-acclaimed secretary General of the insurgents, Mallam Danladi Ahmadu. This message of hope is coming few days after some women were abducted from Waga Mongoro, a community situated between Gwoza town of Borno …
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Tunisian security forces have stormed a house in a Tunis suburb to end a stand-off with armed militants, killing six people, officials said. One gunman and five women were killed in the raid on the house in the Oued Ellil area, officials said. An interior ministry spokesman described all six as “terrorists”. A second gunman and a child were also …
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In less than two months after he accused Senator Ali Modu Sherrif, former governor of Borno State and former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika of being sponsors of the Boko Haram sect. Stephen Davis this time has accused the opposition party of hindering the release of the Chibok schoolgirls. Further to the delayed release of the girls and …
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Tunisia’s transition to democracy serves as an example of how to defeat extremists such as the Islamic State jihadist group, the leader of the country’s powerful Islamist movement said. “The success of the Tunisian experience is in the international interest, especially in the fight against extremism and the fight against Islamic State and similar groups,” Ennahda head Rached Ghannouchi said …
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