The U.S. will spend 45 billion dollars on military operations in Afghanistan in 2018, local media reported, citing a senior Pentagon official. The sum includes some 13 billion dollars for U.S. forces deployed in the country, five billion dollars for the Afghan troops and 780 million dollars for
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The police are investigating a case following the death of a middle-aged man who drowned during baptism in Blood River village in South Africa. Limpopo Police spokesperson, Col. Moatshe Ngoepe, said it was alleged that the deceased drowned while baptising a fellow church member in the local river. The Police were notified and reacted swiftly. […]
Sudan’s central bank on Sunday announced it will devalue the local currency to 30 Sudanese pounds against the US dollar, the second such move in weeks amid soaring inflation. The new official exchange rate will go into effect on Monday, the central bank said on its website. The Sudanese pound has been trading at an official […]
Three-time former Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has pledged to deport 600,000 illegal immigrants if his centre-right coalition wins the fortcoming March 4 elections. The deportation will affect Nigerians and other African countries. This followed tensions over the shooting of six Africans by a far-right extremist on Saturday. The 81-year-old rightwing former
The US Treasury Monday slapped economic sanctions on a Congolese general accused of cooperating with rebel groups, as well as three rebel commanders in the country’s turbulent eastern region. The Treasury said Muhindo Akili Mundos, a general in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo and an ally of President Joseph Kabila, had […]
Iraqi security services revealed their “most wanted list” of 60 people, with Raghad, the eldest daughter of Saddam Hussein, on it. Authorities said the 60 people wanted are on suspicion of belonging to the Islamic State group, al-Qaeda or the al-Baath Party. According to Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV channel, Raghad responded in a telephone interview […]
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