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Trump and Buhari deflect awkward question

Daily Dispatch April 30, 2018

US President Donald Trump’s reported disparaging of African countries did not come up in his talks with Nigeria’s president, the two leaders have said. Muhammadu Buhari sidestepped a reporter’s question about Trump’s alleged use of the term “shitholes” to

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AFP, BBC journalists killed in Afghanistan

Daily Dispatch April 30, 2018

Shah Marai, chief photographer at Agence France Press (AFP), was killed in a suicide attack at Shashdarak area of Kabul in Afghanistan on Monday. Marai was covering the attack when he was killed alongside some reporters. He and the deceased reporters had rushed to the scene to cover an initial explosion reportedly carried out by […]

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Plane crash averted in U.S. with 157 passengers onboard

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2018

A major air disaster was averted after an Alaska Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Honolulu, Hawaii, after pilots throttled down one of the plane’s engines. Flight 145 was headed to Hawaii from Seattle when an oil filter bypass light came on in the cockpit. The flight crew idled the engine […]

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Iraq Jails 19 Russian Women Over IS Membership

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2018

Iraq on Sunday sentenced 19 Russian women to life in prison for joining the Islamic State group, the latest in a series of heavy verdicts against foreign women linked to the jihadists. The head of Baghdad’s Central Criminal Court, which deals with terrorism cases, said the women were found guilty of “joining and supporting IS”, […]

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Sirleaf knocks Africa’s sit tight presidents, tells them to leave power

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2018

African leaders resisting “democratic transformation” must heed their citizens’ calls for change, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said on Saturday after receiving an award aimed at promoting good leadership on the continent. Without naming specific countries or leaders, she referred to “laggard” countries in the region of one billion people who are “not

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WW3 looming: ‘80,000 Iranian fighters’ to invade Israel?

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2018

The Israeli ambassador to the UN revealed earlier this week a photo of an alleged Iranian base near Damascus, holding up to 80,000 fighters. In response, Israel insisted the country would launch a military strike to prevent Tehran from launching a ground invasion across the nearby border. Ambassador Danny Danon presented the aerial photograph on […]