Military intervention
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Sowore, convener of #RevolutionNow movement, described Babangida as a “villain” responsible for Nigeria’s democratic setbacks. In an interview with Nigerian Info FM, Sowore decried the fact that Babangida, who annulled the historic June 12, 1993, presidential election, is being honoured instead of facing justice for his actions. He expressed dismay that the former leader, instead of “rotting…
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Chad on Saturday denied reports that it has agreed on the return of American Special Forces to the Central African nation. On Friday, American media, citing U.S. Major General Kenneth Ekman, reported that the United States and Chad had reached an understanding for the return of a limited number of Special Forces personnel. “No decision…
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Nigerian government forces have rescued 14 victims of abduction in the country’s central region, including nine university students taken hostage Thursday night by a group of gunmen, the army said. The nine abducted students of the state-owned Confluence University of Science and Technology, in the Okene area of the central state of Kogi, and the…
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Senators have rejected the request by President Bola Tinubu for permission to deploy Nigerian troops to Niger Republic as part of an ECOWAS force to reinstate the democratically elected president of the country, President Mohamed Bazoum was deposed on 26 July in a coup led by his presidential guards. ECOWAS leaders at a meeting in…
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Iranian president Hassan Rouhani called for unity as death toll skyrockets in the country’s 7-day civil unrest which has been ridden with violence and rights violation as Donald Trump warns the world will not watch for too long. CNN reports that over a dozen citizens of Iran have died for daring to challenge an irresponsible,…
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