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☆ Ramadan in Malaysia: Raids and fines for those caught breaking fast spotlight growing religious conservatism
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Heather Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

In many parts of Malaysia, Muslims caught eating or drinking during daytime hours can find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Those caught eating or drinking during daytime hours face fines of up to 1,000 Malaysian Ringgit (about $200) and prison terms of up to a year. CNN reached out to multiple state religious bodies across Malaysia for comment. Complaints were made to the state religious department, media reports said, and the scandal caused a national stir – drawing scorn from conservative politicians and prompting public apologies from the celebrities. “As long as you look Malay, you must fast during Ramadan – those are the rules,” Yusuf told CNN.

Persons: Rahmad Mariman, ” Mariman, TikTok, ” JAIPK, Hadi Awang, ”, MOHD RASFAN, –, Ameena Siddiqi, Siddiqi, ” Siddiqi, Salahuddin Abdul Aziz, Annice Lyn, Anisah Mahmood, Fadhlina Sidek, “, Haji Ahmad Bin Yahaya, Yusuf, ” Yusuf Organizations: CNN, Malaysian, Islamic Religious Department, JAIM, PAS, Malaysia Islamic Party, AFP, Getty, Annice, Education Locations: Malaysia, Malacca, Perak, Gerik, South, Southeast Asia, AFP, Malaysian, Islam, Kuala Lumpur, Shah Alam, Selangor, London, Malay, Johor

☆ Fact Check: Clip from Malaysia falsely shared as showing casualties in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The earliest iteration of the video that Reuters could find online is a TikTok post(archived) from Aug. 19, 2023, written in Malay. The clip also appears in an Instagram post (archived) from Aug. 21, 2023, with a caption that indicates that the video shows a “Kursus Pengurusan Jenazah” which translates to “funeral management course”. A keyword search on the institute's Facebook page leads to a post (archived) that mentions a "Body Management Course of IKM TSYA Students", with Darul Ulum mosque as the venue. The Facebook page has photographs from the same venue that match the walls (archived) and the flooring (archived) of the building seen in the video. The video was filmed in Malaysia, not Gaza, and predates the 2023 Palestinian-Israeli war.

Persons: IKM, ”, MARA Tan Sri Yahaya Ahmad, IKM TSYA, Read Organizations: Reuters, Institut, MARA Skills Institute, IKM, Thomson Locations: Malaysia, Gaza, Israel, Malay, Malaysia’s Pekan, Darul Ulum, Palestinian

Those diagnosed with drug-resistant TB receive medication to take for six months — a far shorter time than previously required. For decades, the standard treatment for drug-resistant TB was to take drugs daily for a year and a half, sometimes two years. Inevitably, many patients stopped taking the medicines before they were cured and ended up with more severe disease. Countries fighting TB are concerned about what may happen if that funding ends. “If our patients had to pay, we would not have one single person taking treatment,” Ms. Yahaya said.

Persons: ” Ms, Yahaya, John Green, Johnson Organizations: Global Fund, AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, United Nations Locations: Ghana, India

☆ How the Nigerian military fatally shot a young captive
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +19 min

The Nigerian government and military – including the presidency, Ministry of Defence, defence headquarters and army leaders – did not respond to detailed questions for this story. Various entities have accused Nigerian security forces of other abuses in connection with killings of civilians and captives. Two security force members told Reuters they saw multiple prisoners brought out of the barracks and shot after the fighting ceased. Tweets from Nigerian defence headquarters in Abuja show the military declared the hostilities over shortly after 11 a.m. Nine shots fired A uniformed security force member shot nine rounds at the young captive, pulling the trigger at least seven times, according to forensic audio experts who listened to the recording at Reuters’ request.

Persons: Melanie O’Brien, –, Ocampo, Christopher Musa, Musa, ” Musa, “, extrajudicially, Michael Oluoha Agi, ’ ”, ”, Boko, ‘ Allahu akbar ’, Yahaya, Haram, Biu, Bellingcat, Belllingcat, Chris Olukolade, Emmanuel Emeka, Emeka, Reade Levinson, David Lewis, Tim Cocks, Carlos Gonzales, Paul Carsten, Daphne Psaledakis, Stephanie van den Berg, Youri van, Adolfo Arranz, Sam Hart, Feilding, Julie Marquis, Alexandra Zavis Organizations: Reuters, International Association of, Nigerian, Ministry of Defence, ICC, Islamic, Human Rights Commission, United Nations, Twitter, Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, U.S . State Department, U.S, Boko, Civilian, Task Force, Defence, Facebook, 231, Battalion, 331 Artillery Regiment Locations: Geneva, Nigeria, Haram, Islamic State West Africa Province, Nigerian, United States, Britain, U.S, Biu, Boko Haram, Abuja, Largema

☆ Niger's tailors rush to make Russian flags after coup
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The flags have been in demand since President Mohamed Bazoum was toppled late last month in a military takeover, leading to some Russian support among crowds that celebrated the coup. It echoes similar outpourings of pro-Russian sentiments after recent military takeovers in other West African countries, worrying Western powers who see their influence slipping in some old regional allies. He said the flags of neighboring Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali, where military takeovers have also occurred since 2020, were also popular. Citizens in Burkina Faso also waved Russian flags during violent anti-France demonstrations that followed a coup in September 2022, the second in the country that year. "Before the coup d'etat I didn't know the Russian flag," he added.

Persons: Yahaya, Mohamed Bazoum, Oumarou, Okacha Abdoul, Aziz, Boureima Balima, Abdel, Kader Mazou, Sofia Christensen, Sandra Maler Organizations: Citizens, Thomson Locations: NIAMEY, Niamey, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Russia, West Africa, France, Sahel, Russian

☆ Niger coup leaders blamed insecurity; conflict data paints a different picture
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Edward Mcallister | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

In Burkina Faso, where there were two coups last year, deaths rose 80% to more than 4,000 in 2022. Military spokespeople in Mali and Burkina Faso did not respond to requests for comment. Military leaders in Mali and Burkina Faso kicked out French forces after their coups. Niger army operations could falter, he said. "You saw it in Burkina Faso after the second coup.

Persons: Abdourahmane Tiani, Balima, Mohamed Bazoum, Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim, Wagner, Leonardo Santos Simao, Tiani, Simao, Bazoum, Ulf Laessing, Konrad Adenauer, Edward McAllister, Michelle Nichols, Alexandra Zavis, Giles Elgood Organizations: REUTERS, Security, Islamic, Crisis, Wagner Group, Reuters, spokespeople, United Nations, Economic, West, Sunday, Local, Military, Burkina Faso, European Union, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Thomson Locations: Niger, Niamey, DAKAR, U.S, Mali, Burkina Faso, al Qaeda, Islamic State, West Africa's, Brussels, Boko, Nigeria, West Africa, West African States, Burkina, French, France, New York

☆ Fact Check-Screenshot of fabricated tweet falsely attributed to Nigeria state governor Bello
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A fabricated tweet that is falsely attributed to Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has been shared by people online. I am in charge of my State and will not allow anyone intrude in my affairs” (here ). However, Reuters did not find any record of such a Tweet on Bello’s Twitter account (twitter.com/OfficialGYBKogi ). The state governor also published a denial on Twitter of ever writing such a post. Bello published a denial on his Twitter profile.

Persons: Yahaya Bello, Bello, Tinubu, Tweet, Nigeria ”, Read Organizations: Reuters, Twitter, Google Locations: Federal Republic, Nigeria

☆ Nigeria military ran secret mass abortion program in war on Boko Haram
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Reuters Graphic | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

The existence of the army-run abortion programme hasn’t been previously reported. The conflict zone The abortion programme has taken place in the northeastern states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa, where the Nigerian military has been fighting Islamist insurgents. A spokesperson for Jonathan told Reuters that the former president had “no knowledge of any allegation of such heinous acts” by the Nigerian Army. Some of the most powerful military leaders in Nigeria oversaw counterinsurgency operations in the northeast as the abortion programme grew. Waging war on Boko Haram The abortion programme began during the presidency of Jonathan.

☆ Boko Haram: How Ngarannam community attacked by terror group was rebuilt
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Stephanie Busari | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

It was the night in 2015 that Boko Haram militants attacked Ngarannam town in Borno State, northeast Nigeria. Ngarannam, a village of around 3,000 people, became desolate after the attack as displaced residents fled to Borno’s capital Maiduguri and surrounding areas. Her husband Bulama is the community leader for Ngarannam, which afforded them a certain privilege in the town. ‘Rebuilding Ngarannam ‘The project was conceived and led by Mohamed Yahaya, the UNDP’s Resident Representative for Nigeria. Nigerian architect Tosin Oshinowo meets some residents of Ngarannam community.

Abuja, Nigeria CNN —More than 1.4 million people have been displaced and about 500 people have died in some of the worst flooding Nigeria has seen in a decade, the country’s humanitarian ministry said Wednesday. In parts of Kogi and Anambra, floods had risen as high as rooftops. According to the humanitarian ministry, flooding this year was similar to Nigeria’s last major flooding in 2012, which killed 363 people and displaced 600,000. Images captured by Nasa’s Landsat 9 reveal floodwaters having “inundated numerous communities” along the banks of both rivers and heavy destruction in Kogi state capital, Lokoja. The image further illustrates water having reached southern Kogi and northern Anambra state.

☆ Nigeria floods: 76 die in Anambra fleeing rising water levels
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

People stranded due to floods following several days of downpours In Kogi Nigeria, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Lokoja the capital city of Kogi state is experiencing the worse flood ever, and body is saying anything. In neighboring Nasarawa state, which is also grappling with flood water cascading down the River Benue, farmers are counting their losses from ravaged farmlands. Pictures from Kogi state flood. pic.twitter.com/frjiyBOYkr — Adenike Titilope Oladosu (@the_ecofeminist) October 5, 2022Climate activists are intensifying the call for climate finance to address Nigeria’s climate crisis.

☆ Zimbru, a doua victorie la rând în Divizia Națională de fotbal. "Galben-verzii" au învins FC Florești
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-28 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Zimbru Chișinău a obținut a doua victorie la rând în Divizia Națională de fotbal. "Galben-verzii" au învins clar pe FC Florești, scor 3-0, într-un meci restanță din cadrul etapei a 26-a a competiției. "Și eu sunt mulțumit și fotbaliștii mei, în primul rând, de jocul din apărare din repriza secundă. ", a spus antrenorul Zimbru Chișinău, Vlad Goian. Gruparea din strada Butucului luptă pentru a urca pe locul 8, care asigură prezența în eșalonul superior în sezonul următor.

Persons: Saleh, Alexei Ciopa, Cristian Dani, Vlad Goian Organizations: Zimbru, Divizia Națională, verzii, FC Florești, Zimbru Chișinău, Nisporeni Locations: Zimbru Chișinău

☆ Zimbru a obținut o nouă victorie la scor
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-27 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: 1 min

Zimbru a obținut o nouă victorie la scorZimbru a obținut a doua victorie categorică la rând. După 6-0 cu Speranța, echipa antrenată de Vlad Goian a repurtat victorie și în meciul restanță cu FC Florești, scor 3-0, transmite IPN. Zimbru acumulează 20 de puncte și rămâne în continuare pe penultimul loc în clasament. ”Galben-verzii” s-au apropiat la două puncte de Speranța și la trei de FC Florești. Joi și vineri se vor disputa meciurile etapei a 30-a din Divizia Națională după următorul program: Codru - Sheriff, Dacia-Buiucani - Dinamo-Auto, Petrocub - FC Florești, Sfîntul Gheorghe - Zimbru și Speranța - Milsami.

Persons: Vlad Goian, Yahaya, Dani Organizations: Zimbru, FC Florești, Divizia Națională, Codru, Sheriff, Dinamo - Locations: verzii, Dacia, Buiucani, Dinamo - Auto, Zimbru

☆ Zimbru Chișinău a obținut cea mai categorică victorie în Divizia Națională din ultimii 7 ani
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-24 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Zimbru Chișinău a obținut cea mai categorică victorie în Divizia Națională din ultimii 7 ani. "Galben-verzii" au surclasat-o pe Speranța Nisporeni cu scorul de 6-0, într-un meci din cadrul etapei a 29-a din campionat.Cristian Dani și Saleh Yahaya au marcat câte un gol în prima repriză. După pauză, elevii lui Vlad Goian nu au scăzut din turații, iar mijlocașul nigerian a înscris încă o dată.Recitalul de goluri a fost continuat de Artur Patraș, Vasile Stefu și Prince Ebenezer. Ultima dată când Zimbru a marcat șase goluri într-o partidă din Divizia Națională a fost în octombrie 2014, când a învins-o pe Zaria Bălți.Într-un alt meci, FC Florești a dispus de Codru Lozova cu 2-1. Andrei Cobeț a reușit o dublă, iar Bohdan Mytsyk a înscris golul oaspeților.Partida dintre Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol și Petrocub Hâncești, care la fel a fost programată pentru etapa a 29-a a campionatului național, s-a încheiat cu o remiză albă.

Persons: Saleh, Vlad Goian, Artur Patraș, Prince Ebenezer, Andrei Cobeț Organizations: Zimbru, Divizia Națională, verzii, FC Florești, Dinamo - Auto Locations: Zimbru Chișinău, Nisporeni, Codru Lozova, Dinamo - Auto Tiraspol, Petrocub Hâncești

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