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As we have seen, high educational attainment is not a foolproof inoculation against this disease. We must resist the temptation of dismissing the farcical breakaway as a mere comic relief. Secession is not a laughing

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The counter-summit will provide a platform to review the nature and severity of the threat of terrorism in Africa. President Bola Tinubu will on Monday, April 22, open the African Counter-Terrorism Summit in Abuja. Nigeria,

High-level African counter-terrorism meeting holds in Abuja, Nigeria
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With the Ibadan security breach, the police and other units of the intelligence community have once more been exposed for their gross incompetence. Secessionists under the aegis of Ominira Yoruba 22 stormed Ibadan and tried

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The UN has said nearly 25 million people, half of Sudan’s population, need aid and some 8 million have fled their homes. Some 800,000 people in a Sudanese city are in “extreme and immediate danger”

Reassessing Europe’s Engagement In African Energy Production – OpEd
Angola, Mozambique and Nigeria plan to discuss comprehensive ways on catalyzing opportunities in Africa’s key growth markets at the upcoming forum energy forum scheduled for mid-May in Paris, France. Reports monitored by this author indicate

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