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President Muhammadu Buhari urged the World Bank to prioritise its developmental programmes across the northern parts of Nigeria, the bank’s President Jim Yong Kim said on Thursday.
Blow hot blow cold, good cop bad cop, defiance and compliance. If these phrases come to mind while witnessing the ruling party’s recent meandering, you are equally confused like many others. The murky picture and incomprehensible scenario is painted and being presented by design. The ruling party is resisting like an opposition. This is extremely odd and unusual. Being unique and extraordinary are some of the traits we so often boast about. How could a sitting government behave with such duality and be able to pull it off?
A few days ago, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that his country would try “one last time” to cooperate with Pakistan in Afghanistan.
Faced with an increasing number of unresolved political and military crises – including in Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Cyprus, Kashmir, Palestine, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed a High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation to guide him on the road ahead.
Your Honors, Distinguished Members of Government of Senegal, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria, Civil society representatives from Tunisia, Representatives of the U.S. Institute of Peace, Dear Guests, Good morning! I am honored to be here to open the Lessons Learned Conference of the Justice and Security Dialogue in the Sahel and Maghreb.
The Shiite-led government in Baghdad has warned that Iraq is teetering on the brink of civil war over its autonomous Kurdistan region’s refusal to cancel the outcome of its independence referendum.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today announced that the Hon. Nisha Desai Biswal has been appointed President of the U.S.-India Business Council. “We are thrilled to welcome Nisha Biswal to the U.S.-India Business Council and to the U.S. Chamber team,” said Myron Brilliant, U.S. Chamber executive vice president and head of International Affairs. “She is a driven, visionary leader who has a strong record of advancing United States business across the growth markets of Asia and throughout India. Under her strong leadership, we’re confident the U.S.-India Business Council will play a critical role growing commercial partnership, investment, and innovation across the world’s oldest and largest democracies.”
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif’s three-day visit to the US could not have come at a more opportune moment. Ever since US President Donald Trump announced that he would be sending more troops into Afghanistan and explicitly blamed Pakistan for helping militant groups, there has been a steadily escalating war of words between the two sides.
Two prominent experts in their fields have joined an expanding Board of Directors at PeaceTech Lab, a DC-based nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating peacebuilding efforts through technology, media, and data. Leading gender equality advocate Megan Beyer from Civic Nation and cybersecurity investment expert André Pienaar of C5 Capital and founding partner of the PeaceTech Accelerator with PeaceTech Lab and Amazon Web Services, will join a prominent group of technology, engineering, and foreign policy experts on the Board.
The United States has invited Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC), to attend a conference of military chiefs from various friendly countries, diplomatic sources told Dawn.