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Photos from George Weah’s inauguration as president of Liberia

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2018

The President-elect of the Federal Republic of Liberia, George Weah, will be sworn into office on  Monday in Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium, Monrovia. He replaces Africa’s first elected female president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who is stepping down after two terms. It is the first democratic transfer

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Kenyan women protest political gender gap

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2018

Hundreds of mostly female activists marched in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Monday to protest repeated failures to apply laws that women must hold at least a third of government seats. According to Kenya’s 2010 constitution, women must have at least a third of seats in parliament and a third of appointed positions. But successive parliaments […]

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Seven siblings aged between five and 13 die in house fire

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2018

Seven brothers and sisters aged between five and 13 died of smoke inhalation in a house fire in the United Arab Emirates on Monday, police said. Hundreds of fires are reported each year across the UAE, despite attempts by authorities to curb such incidents, but casualties are rarely reported. Police in the eastern emirate of […]

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BREAKING: Catalan parliament speaker names Puigdemont as candidate for region’s president

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2018

The speaker of the Catalan parliament on Monday proposed the region’s ousted leader Carles Puigdemont as president of Catalonia following an election in December in which separatist parties once again won an absolute majority. Roger Torrent said Puigdemont’s candidacy to once again head Catalonia’s regional government is “absolutely legitimate”, even though the

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Obasanjo in Monrovia for Weah’s inauguration

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2018

Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo has arrived in Monrovia for the swearing in of Liberia’s President-elect, Mr. George Weah. Obasanjo’s plane touched down at the Roberts International Airport at 8:01 a.m. (9 a.m.) Nigerian time to attend the inauguration taking place later on Monday. On hand or receive him were the Nigerian Ambassador to Liberia, […]

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Afghan Taliban claims deadly Kabul hotel siege

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2018

Afghan Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack on Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel that left at least five civilians killed and six wounded. Gunmen dressed in army uniform stormed the heavily guarded hotel in the Bagh-e Bala area on Saturday evening, holding a siege that continued into Sunday. Al Jazeera correspondent Jennifer Glasse reports the siege […]