Tag: west
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HUNGER! Over 40million people across West, Central Africa battling to feed-UN
Over 40 million people across West and Central Africa are struggling to feed themselves during the 2024 post-harvest season. A statement released by the United Nations World Food Programme on Friday said the number is set to rise to 52.7 million by mid-2025, including 3.4 million people facing emergency levels of hunger (IPC/CH Phase 4).…
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Poland Explosion: Ex-Russian president, Medvedev says strikes provocation by west
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, on Wednesday, said this week’s deadly rocket explosion in Poland was a provocation by the West, warning of a potential third world war. “The story with the Ukrainian ‘rocket strikes’ on a Polish farm, proves
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Our sanctions will hurt you, Russia warns West
Russia on Wednesday warned the West that it was working on a broad response to sanctions that would be swift and felt in the West’s most sensitive areas. Russia’s economy is facing the gravest crisis since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union
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UNICEF expresses deep concern over attacks against children, child abductions in parts of West, Central Africa
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has described the latest abduction of students of Bethel Baptist School in Kaduna by armed bandits as one too many a tide that must be stopped forthwith. According to a Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Henrietta Fore, “On July 5th, 150 students were reportedly abducted from a school in…
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Putin warns West against crossing ‘red line’
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday warned Western powers not to interfere with the country’s internal affairs. Putin, who spoke at length about the country’s foreign policy in his annual address to the nation, warned Western powers against crossing a “red line’’. In front of hundreds of representatives from the spheres of politics, the economy…
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INEC declares PDP candidates winners of Rivers East, West Senatorial election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Sen. Thompson Sekibo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the Rivers East Senatorial Election. Mr Edwin Enabor, INEC Head, Voters Education and Publicity in the state disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Port Harcourt. Enabor said Sekibo won the election held on…
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Putin predicts global ‘chaos’ if West hits Syria again
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Sunday that further Western attacks on Syria would bring chaos to world affairs, as Washington prepared to increase pressure on Russia with new economic sanctions. In a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, Putin and Rouhani agreed that the Western strikes had damaged the chances of achieving…