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☆ Gunmen who kidnapped 287 school children in Nigeria say they will kill them all if $622,000 ransom not paid
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Abuja, Nigeria CNN —Gunmen who kidnapped at least 287 school children in Nigeria last Thursday have demanded a ransom of 1 billion naira ($621,848) and threatened to kill all of the students if their demands are not met, a member of the local community told CNN on Wednesday. About 100 of them are from the primary school and the rest from the secondary school. In 2021, at least 140 students were kidnapped by armed men from a private secondary school. The incident came just months after around 20 students from a private university in Chikun’s Kasarami village were abducted by gunmen. Five of those students were killed after a ransom deadline was not met, family members told CNN at the time.

Persons: Nigeria CNN — Gunmen, “, ”, Aminu Jibril, Jibril, Mansur Hassan, Uba Sani, ” Sani Organizations: Nigeria CNN —, CNN, Secondary School Locations: Abuja, Nigeria, Kuriga, Kaduna, Kaduna’s Chikun, Chikun’s Kasarami

☆ Algerian Football Federation suspends upcoming matches in ‘solidarity’ with Palestinians
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Algerian Football Federation (FAF) has suspended all its soccer matches amidst the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group, Hamas. The FAF announced on Wednesday the suspensions were a way of showing “solidarity” with Palestinians. The declaration comes just days after the FAF offered to host all of the Palestinian national team’s upcoming international fixtures following the escalation of the decades-old conflict. The FAF said it will be hosting the Palestinian national team’s next home game, a 2026 World Cup qualifier against Australia scheduled for November 21. It comes amid Israel’s ongoing siege of Gaza, which has led to the deaths of over 3,500 Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Persons: Jibril Rajoub Organizations: CNN, Algerian Football Federation, Palestinian, Palestinian Football Federation, of Nations, Australia, Palestinian Ministry of Health Locations: Israel, Gaza, Palestine, Algeria

View on Jericho from the Mount of Temptation in Jericho, West Bank on March 31, 2019. Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesAqabat Jaber refugee camp houses thousands of Palestinians who have lived there since fleeing or being evicted from their homes in 1948 during Israel’s founding. Weeks earlier, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said militants tried to open fire at a nearby Israeli restaurant but their gun malfunctioned in the process. The militant group Hamas claimed five of the nine killed in this refugee camp this year as their fighters. Jericho mayor Abdul-Karim Sedir says he fears the city will lose its reputation as a calm oasis in the desert.

☆ Sudan's army says paramilitary mobilisation risks confrontation
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Khalid Abdelaziz Nafisa Eltahir | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"These movements and deployments happened without the agreement of the leadership of the armed forces or even coordination with it," the army spokesman said. Deputy head of Sudan's sovereign council General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo speaks during a press conference at Rapid Support Forces head quarter in Khartoum, Sudan February 19, 2023. Witnesses told Reuters that they saw a convoy of RSF vehicles including armoured trucks enter Khartoum on Thursday. Political figures issued statements on Thursday about attempts to mediate between the RSF and army high command. Hemedti, who has amassed considerable wealth and expanded domestic and foreign relations, has said repeatedly in speeches that he wants no confrontation with the army.

After signing the deal, military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said civilians should control politics and guide foreign policy. Last year's military coup halted a power-sharing arrangement between the military and the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition, and Sudan has been without a prime minister since the start of the year. The takeover led to more than a year of mass protests against the military, during which security forces killed more than 100 civilians, according to a tally by medics. [1/5] Signatory parties stand and raise signed copies of the agreement between military rulers and civilian powers in Khartoum, Sudan December 5, 2022. International partners, who helped mediate the framework deal, say a credible civilian government is needed before assistance can be restored.

☆ Petrocub Hâncești se întărește înainte de a debuta în UEFA Conference League. Marius Iosipoi - noul mijlocaș al vicecampioanei Moldovei
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-28 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Fotbalistul are 21 de ani și este discipol al clubului Dacia-Buiucani, iar de la începutul anului a fost împrumutat la formația Veles Moscova din liga a doua a Rusiei. Iosipoi este jucătorul naționalei de tineret a Moldovei, iar în acest an a debutat la prima reprezentativă, jucând două meciuri în martie cu Danemarca și Israel. Petrocub va juca în primul tur preliminar al UEFA Conference League cu gruparea FK Sileks din Macedonia de Nord. Şi proaspăta deținătoare a Supercupei Moldovei, Sfântul Gheorghe Suruceni, continuă să-și întărească lotul. "Sfinții" vor juca în primul tur preliminari al UEFA Conference League cu Partizani Tirana.

Persons: Petrocub, Jibril Ibrahim Organizations: Dacia, tineret, Moldovei, UEFA Conference League, Supercupei Moldovei, Partizani Tirana Locations: Buiucani, Moscova, Rusiei, Iosipoi, Danemarca, Israel, Macedonia de Nord

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