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Chile on Monday marked 50 years since the coup d’etat that brought Augusto Pinochet to power, with political divisions over the legacy of his brutal dictatorship on stark display. Commemorations of the violent US-backed ouster of Marxist leader Salvador Allende still evoke strong emotions, and police fired teargas and water cannon at protesters who vandalized…
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Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Mr Ahmed Dangiwa, says the ministry is collaborating with the National Population Commission (NPC) to produce verifiable and credible data on the actual number of Nigeria’s housing deficit. Dangiwa disclosed this at a meeting with a delegation of NPC led by its Chairman, Hon. Nasir Kwarra and some Commissioners…
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The shelves are stocked at Anita Wairimu’s store in downtown Nairobi, but nothing is selling. Nobody has cash to spare, she explained, her customers are struggling just to make ends meet. “I’ve had the shop for eight years. This has been the most difficult year. It’s worse than during the Covid period,” the 44-year-old single…
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Mr Joshua Audu-Gana, the member representing Edati/Lavun/Mokwa Federal Constituency of Niger State, in the House of Representatives, says he will appeal the judgment of the election petition tribunal. The News Agency of Nigeria (MAN) reports that delivering judgment on Monday, a three-member tribunal headed by Sylvester Godspower agreed with the submissions of the petitioners. The…
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Beijing on Tuesday ahead of a meeting with China’s Xi Jinping, state media reported, the final stint of a tour that began last week. Television footage by official Chinese broadcaster CGTN showed Maduro and his wife alighting at a Beijing train station, where they were greeted by children bearing…