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Togo ‘should have new constitution’ – Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2017

Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Togo’s leader Faure Gnassingbe to introduce limits on presidential terms, after huge anti-government protests this week. Obasanjo, a former military ruler in the 1970s who was also civilian president from 1999 to 2007, told BBC television

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[VIDEO] World’s youngest mum had a baby at age five

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2017

The hardest thing you had to do when you were five years old was probably decide which toy to play with first. Otherwise, life was pretty and simple back then. Not so for five-year-old Lina Medina, a little Peruvian girl who, in 1939, gave birth to a baby boy, becoming the world’s youngest mother on […]

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I enjoyed torturing women, especially when their fathers, husbands were there —Jihadist

Daily Dispatch September 8, 2017

A female ISIS deserter has spoken of how she would revel in torturing other women in front of their family members during her time in an all-girl jihadist brigade in Raqqa, Syria. The woman, only known as Hajer, also reveals that the British female jihadists would be the most sadistic torturers, and would use a […]

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US Senate approves Trump deal on hurricane aid, debt ceiling

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2017

The US Senate passed a $15.25 billion relief package Thursday for victims of Hurricane Harvey, in an effort to fully fund federal emergency operations as another potentially catastrophic storm bears down on Florida. The package passed 80 to 17 one day after President Donald Trump and congressional leaders announced a shock deal that includes the […]

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We were paid to advertise fake news during election, Facebook admits

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2017

Facebook announced on Wednesday that it had found $100,000 worth of advert buys from accounts likely operated out of Russia, which may have aided in the disinformation campaign during the 2016 election cycle. The company said the advertisements promoted divisive political messaging on subjects like gay marriage, immigration, race and gun rights, instead of specifically

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IMF to help countries deal with Hurricane Irma aftermath

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2017

Ms Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has expressed sympathy to countries affected by Hurricane Irma. Lagarde said in a statement issued by IMF that the fund was ready to help the affected countries deal with the aftermath. “I would like to express our deep concern and sympathy for the countries […]