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  • North Korea’s military weakness exposed

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    North Korea’s military may be armed with obsolete conventional weapons, but at 1.2 million men, it poses a very real threat to its neighbour and nemesis to the south. Equipped with 20,000 artillery pieces, 1,000 short- and medium-range missiles, 70 submarines, more than 400 patrol/missile boats and 563 combat aircraft, the Hermit Kingdom’s forces are…

  • Trump 100 days in office: 10 tweets that have defined his Presidency

    Trump 100 days in office: 10 tweets that have defined his Presidency

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Since entering office, President Donald Trump has used Twitter to issue declarations on everything from America’s geopolitical rivals to his personal feuds with the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger. As Trump prepares to mark 100 days in office this weekend, AFP looks back at 10 Tweets that have characterized the opening phase of his presidency: “We…

  • “No retreat, no surrender” plays out in North Korea nuclear tests

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Like a “No retreat, no surrender” act, a North Korean government official said on Wednesday that his country’s nuclear tests would “never stop” as long as the United States continued what they viewed as “acts of aggression”. Speaking to CNN Wednesday, Sok Chol Won wouldn’t confirm when the country’s long-anticipated sixth nuclear test would take…