
Buildings burn as youth leader dies
Sharif Osman Hadi, 32, was a key figure in last year’s uprising that ended the autocratic rule of prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Sharif Osman Hadi, 32, was a key figure in last year’s uprising that ended the autocratic rule of prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
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The farmers’ ace card is food security, as they chanted ‘no farmers, no food;’ indeed, a food crisis will inevitably loom if the stand-off is protracted.
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by Aminu ABUBAKAR
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It is unclear who was behind the St. Mary’s kidnapping.
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Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren, a United Nations source and local media said Sunday.
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The Chinese navy tells Japan to ‘immediately stop slandering and smearing.’
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MAIDUGURI (AFP) — At least 13 onion farmers have been kidnapped in the restive northeastern Nigeria, the latest bout of abductions rocking the country, a local…
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The fight against a corrupt body politic is not won by decapitating the head if the disease is in the organs; it is won by patiently and persistently…
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Modern-day protests are not just an expression of anger; they echo the revolutionary fervor that Bonifacio harnessed over a century ago.
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LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) — The gang that abducted a group of young women in Nigeria’s northeast state of Borno a week ago released the remaining 12 late Saturday,…
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Journalists covering the Trillion Peso March on Sunday have accused the Philippine National Police of harassment after officers detained three “freelance media…
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Thousands of Filipinos gathered in major cities on Sunday, 30 November, to protest alleged large-scale corruption in government flood-control projects, marking…
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The arrest and the filing of cases against figures implicated in the anomalous flood control projects are not enough to pinpoint accountability, an organizer…
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For now, the way forward is to make the protests smarter and not just louder; more institutional and not just insurgent; more cultural, not just political.
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The 20 Filipino seafarers whose Panama-flagged vessel was intercepted with approximately 20 kilograms of cocaine at the Port of Lagos, Nigeria, have not been…
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The 20 Filipino seafarers earlier intercepted with around 20 kilos of cocaine hidden aboard a Panama-flagged vessel at the Port of Lagos have not been…
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The Economic Crime and Geopolitics Index (ECGI) has released updated findings revealing a sharp rise in the Philippines’ risk score from 69.2 to 71.65,…
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