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Cameroon will not dialogue with separatists-Paul Atanga

Daily Dispatch April 16, 2018

The Cameroon government will not dialogue with separatists elements in the country’s Anglophone region, Interior Minister Paul Atanga Nji has stressed. Speaking late last week on state-owned Cameroon Radio Television, he reiterated a position he had advanced in late March that Yaounde will deal

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How Macron convinced Trump to strike Syria

Daily Dispatch April 16, 2018

It has been revealed that French President Emmanuel Macron persuaded President Donald Trump not to pullout U.S. soldiers in Syria to enable him launch airstrikes as punishment for the Bashar al-Assad led-government for an alleged chemical weapons attack on his people. Macron made the confession while appearing in a two-hour live broadcast on French television […]

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Al-Assad cannot be part of Syria solution – German Minister

Daily Dispatch April 16, 2018

The Syrian crisis needs a negotiated solution involving all powers in the region, German foreign minister Heiko Maas said on Monday, adding he could not imagine anyone who had used chemical weapons against his own people to be part of that process. Maas was asked whether Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad could be part of a solution to […]

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Ghana urges mosques use WhatsApp for call to prayer

Daily Dispatch April 16, 2018

In Ghana, mosques and churches are seen to be compounding the problem of  noise pollution, according to a report by Deutsche Welle. In the capital Accra, authorities are seeking to deal with the noise caused by these places of worship — and mosques in particular. Mosques are being asked to use mobile text or WhatsApp […]

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Trump’s re-election bid raises $28m

Daily Dispatch April 16, 2018

President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign raised $10 million in the first quarter of the year, leaving his re-election operation with $28 million in cash, his campaign disclosed Sunday. Trump spent $3.9 million in the first quarter. Trump has opted — unlike presidents before him — to begin actively fundraising in the early part of his […]

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15 militants killed in Timbuktu attack

Daily Dispatch April 15, 2018

Around 15 militants have been killed in an attack on a United Nations base in northern Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu, the French military told AFP on Sunday. The UN’s MINUSMA force said one of its peacekeepers had been killed in Saturday’s four-hour rocket, mortar and car bomb attack at international troops’ “Super Camp” neighbouring […]