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Biden’s family encourages him to stay in the race

Camp David, July 1, 2024 – Joe Biden’s family on Sunday encouraged the president to stay in the 2024 race and privately discussed whether top aides should be fired on the heels of Biden’s stunning poor debate performance which has thrown his campaign into turmoil. Biden’s family, including first lady jill Biden, son Hunter Biden and their grandchildren, convened at Camp David for a previously scheduled get-together and implored the president to keep fighting in his bid for reelection, Biden advisers told CNN. One adviser described the family members as having offered their “unequivocal support.” …

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“I have no blood on my hands” – Ruto

Nairobi, July 1, 2024 -As hundreds of Kenyans marched in the capital, Nairobi, on Sunday to honour those who died in anti-government demonstrations last week, President William Ruto has insisted that: “I have no blood on my hands.” Rights groups say at least 30 people died in protests driven by a government’s drive to substantially raise taxes in the East African country. Following the violence, Ruto announced an about-turn earlier the week, saying he would “listen to the people” and would not sign the finance bill into law. Ruto, in …

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‘It’s a mess’: Biden turns to family after his disastrous debate

Washington, June 30, 2024 – President Joe Biden is expected to discuss the future of his re-election campaign with family at Camp David on Sunday, following a nationally televised debate Thursday that left many fellow Democrats worried about his ability to beat former President Donal Trump in November, according to five people familiar with the matter. Biden’s trip was planned before Thursday’s debate. He and first lady Jill Biden are scheduled to join their children and grandchildren there late Saturday. So far, the party’s top leaders have offered public support for Biden, including in …

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Dabiri-Erewa advises as another Nigerian is maltreated in Cairo Airport

Abuja, June 28, 2024 – Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), has reiterated the need for Nigerians travelling abroad to be more circumspect to avoid any untoward circumstances. Dabiri-Erewa gave this advisory during a visit by Rev. Dr. Israel Kristilere, the Founder of Seeds of Faith Intercontinental Limited and President of the Christian Corporations in Nigeria, a victim of maltreatment at Arman Tarmac during a stopover on his pilgrimage to Israel. Kristilere recounted the events of April 30th, 2024 when he and 51 other passengers, …

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Afreximbank grants FDH Bank Malawi US$15-million loan facility

Nassau (The Bahamas), June 27, 2024 – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed an agreement to provide FDH Bank Plc Malawi with a US$15-million amortizing term loan facility to support the manufacturing sector, exporters and importers in Malawi. Under the terms of the agreement, signed during the just-concluded Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM2024) in Nassau, capital city of The Bahamas, FDH Bank will deploy the proceeds of the facility to the financing of trade transactions of its clients involved in manufacturing, exports and imports. Haytham El Maayergi, the Executive Vice President of …

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APRA condoles with Kenyans on recent crisis

Abuja, June 27, 2024 -The Executive Council and Members of APRA condole with all Kenyans in general over the recent crisis that happened in the Republic of Kenya. A statement by Omoniyi Ibietan, the Secretary-General of the association, in Abuja on Thursday said members were in solidarity with their colleagues in the Public Relations Society of Kenya (PRSK). “We urge the Government of Kenya to put the people of Kenya first and in a show of conversational capacity as already indicated by the Presidency, undertake stakeholder consultations with empathy and …

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Odinkalu, others offer hope to millions of the stateless in Africa

By Michael Blanding Abuja, June 26, 2024 – When refugees seek asylum, they leave one country for another. But what happens when they don’t have a country that recognises them in the first place? That’s the problem that Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, a Professor of the practice at The Fletcher School, has spent nearly two decades trying to solve. He and his fellow human rights crusaders made a breakthrough with a new Treaty to protect citizenship rights and eradicate statelessness, adopted by the African Union (AU) in February 2024. Statelessness affects …

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Central banks should exploit AI ‘gold rush’, report says

Lagos, June 25, 2024 – Artificial intelligence is gaining a rapid and widespread grip on the economy – and central bankers might be missing out on the gold rush, a new report said today (25 June).  The study for the Bank for International Settlements calls on central banks to raise their game and rethink their use of data in the wake of the tech tsunami.   “AI has taken the world by storm and has set off a gold rush,” Hyun Song Shin, head of research at the influential Basel-based …

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Plane Crash: APRA Commiserates with PR society, government, citizens of Malawi

Lagos, June 15, 2024 – The African Public Relations Association (APRA) has expressed heartfelt condolences to the Public Relations Society of Malawi (PRSM, an institutional member of APRA), the government and citizens of the Republic of Malawi over the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of the Vice President of Malawi, H.E. Dr. Saulos Chilima, and nine others on June 10, 2024. In a condolence letter dated June 11, 2024, and addressed to Benson Linje, the President of PRSM, the continental association described the incident as a “huge loss, …

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2024 Elections in India, South Africa: Similarities and Differences

By Paul Ejime Abuja, June 9, 2024 -Politically speaking, India is the World’s largest democracy with a voter population of 969 million from the more than 1.4 billion inhabitants. It towers above South Africa, which has less than 62 million people, and about 28 million registered voters. The Asian giant is also the World’s fifth-largest economy, while Africa’s “Rainbow Nation,” ranks a distant 36th. However, both countries share much in common in international relations, particularly as members of the geopolitical bloc BRICS, formed in 2009 and includes Brazil, Russia, India …