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Turkish scuba divers searched Sunday for three firefighters who went missing when their helicopter crashed into a water reservoir near the western resort city of Izmir. Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli said the helicopter crashed while picking up water to douse a forest fire on Saturday night. The helicopter team included three Kyrgyz nationals…
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Flames gripped the Sudanese capital Sunday and paramilitary forces attacked the army headquarters for the second day in a row, witnesses reported, as fighting raged into its six month. “Clashes are now happening around the army headquarters with various types of weapons,” witnesses told AFP Sunday from Khartoum, while others reported fighting in the city…
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The military leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Saturday signed a mutual defence pact, ministerial delegations from the three Sahel countries announced in Mali’s capital Bamako. The Liptako-Gourma Charter establishes the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Mali’s junta leader Assimi Goita posted on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter. Its aim…
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Transparency Advocacy for Development Initiative (TADI) a Civil Society Organisation has lauded President Bola Tinubu for the appointment of Dr Bala Bello as one of the five man team to lead the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Executive Director of TADI, Mr Yomi David in a statement in Abuja, described the appointment as strategic and…
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Doing a double take on a rosy ting in your closet as a guy is a past affair as wearing pink has become even more trendy with the release of 2023 film ‘Barbie’. According to Tony Cook, “Wearing pink automatically tells people you’re a confident character. It’s all about finding the right hues that work…