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Niger soldiers builds a wall around the graves of the soldiers killed, before the arrival of the Leaders of the G5 Sahel nations in Niamey, on December 15, 2019. Leaders of the G5 Sahel nations paid homage at the graves of 71 Niger military personnel killed in a jihadist attack on December 10, 2019, ahead of a regional summit to coordinate a response to the growing unrest. Boureima HAMA / AFP Four soldiers were killed and eight others seriously injured by a roadside bomb in southeastern Niger, ...

Two UN Troops Killed In C. Africa As Presidents Re-election Confirmed 01/18/21 AT 9:00 PM Rebels killed two peacekeepers in the Central African Republic on Monday, the UN mission MINUSCA said, hours after the top court confirmed President Faustin Archange Touaderas re-election in a December vote marred by low turnout. The peacekeepers -- a Gabonese and a Moroccan -- were killed in an ambush on their convoy near the southern city of Bangassou, a city that the UN said at the weekend had been reta...

The troops were pursuing “terrorists” on Monday following an attack the previous day on a military position in Chetima Wangou in the Diffa region, the defence ministry said in a statement.

Two UN troops killed in C. Africa as presidents re-election confirmed AFP 1/18/2021 AFP © Maryam EL HAMOUCHI The CAR ranks second to last out of 189 countries in the UNs Human Development Index, a benchmark of poverty Rebels killed two peacekeepers in the Central African Republic on Monday, the UN mission MINUSCA said, hours after the top court confirmed President Faustin Archange Touaderas re-election in a December vote marred by low turnout. © ALEXIS HUGUET Seven UN pe...

Norway regularly takes the top spot on the United Nations Human Development Index, but a new parameter is set to change that.

Dr. Togba-Nah Tipoteh Having served as Chairman of the African Group of Governors of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), I am aware of the principal objective of these biggest financial institutions. While the Marshall Plan focused on the rehabilitation of post-World War Two Western Europe, these Bretton Woods entities focused on providing funds globally, especially for the developing countries, who constitute most of the membership of these institutions, but th...

The past days have brought alarming news about the Covid-19 pandemic from around the globe. Record new infections have been recorded in some East Asian countries, including South Korea and Thailand. Germany, previously admired for its Covid-19 response, has lost control of the numbers and entered a new hard lockdown on 16 December. Australia has imposed new restrictions following an outbreak in the Sydney urban region. Last Thursday, Brazil recorded more than 1,000 new cases in one day for ...

updated: Jan 03 2021, 02:23 ist The stock market has been booming during 2020. The Nifty touched 14,000 and went up be nearly 15% during the year. The pharma component went up by 60% during the year. The coronavirus pandemic and then the lockdown came together to give the Indian stock market a huge fillip as it went from strength to strength, day after day. On the Ease of Doing Business, India leapt forward and ended at the 63rd position, a huge improvement from the 142nd rank in 2014. This kin...

2021 fears:  Zoning, inflation, banditry, kidnapping, B/Haram, COVID-19 On …INSECURITY: Nation in search of peace …FOOD INSECURITY: Crisis unavoidable Olayinka Ajayi, Idrisu Yakubu & Esther Onyegbula As Nigerians welcomed the New Year with little or no optimism, top players in key areas have expressed concern that except the Federal Government addresses alarming insecurity, rising inflation and food insecurity among others, the nation risks having a miserable 2021. Drawn from the economic...

Neera Chandhoke Political Scientist WHILE flagging off the first train run on the 351-km New Delhi-New Khurja section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor, PM Narendra Modi demanded that political parties should put development above politics. The turn of phrase — development above politics — is significant. In 1994, development had been typed as the quintessential ‘anti-politics machine’ by noted anthropologist James Ferguson. Leaders across the postcolonial world continue to flag...