EmeeNaka:

Story! Boastful Africans we are. No single invention, no single thing to learn from Africa. No desire for development. No vision.
Without a white man, the Africa would have been enslaved and castrated by the Arabs and criminals from East.
So Macron is right, Without France Mali and their cohorts would have been destroyed

Paulson2020:
Gambian President reportedly suspends foreign trips for government officials including himself

Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has suspended all foreign travel by officials, including himself, to reduce public spending, a government spokesman announced on Saturday, August 19, 2023.

According to AFP, Barrow signed an executive order “suspending all overseas travels by the president, the vice-president, cabinet ministers, senior government officials, civil servants and employees across all government institutions and agencies,” for the rest of the fiscal year, presidential spokesman Ebrima Sankareh said in a statement.

Meetings where Gambian participation is compulsory and foreign trips entirely financed by external sources will be exempt.”

The Gambia, continental Africa’s smallest country with just over two million inhabitants, ranks 174th out of 191 on the UN’s Human Development Index, which combines health, education and standard of living criteria.

More than a fifth of the population lives on less than two dollars a day, according to the World Bank. Annual inflation reached 11.6 percent last year.
With tax revenues falling, and high state subsidies on fuel, fertiliser and grain due to the effects of the Ukraine war, the budget deficit widened last year

The budget deficit and debt levels have also risen, as tax revenues have fallen and due to higher subsidies for fuel, fertilisers and cereals as a result of the war in Ukraine.

India is negotiating discounted imports of wheat with Russia amid sharp rise of global prices, which is a rare step aimed at increasing the supplies and curbing food inflation before next year’s elections in India.


"The imports would allow New Delhi to intervene more effectively in the market to drive down wheat prices that stoked inflation to a 15-month high in July," the agency reports.

"The government is exploring the possibility of imports through private trade and government-to-government deals. The decision will be made cautiously," revealed one of the sources of Reuters, responding to a question about import of wheat from Russia.

India has not made diplomatic agreements for import of wheat for many years. The last time that India imported a significant amount of wheat was in 2017 when private traders unloaded 5.3 million metric tonnes of the grain.

The Indian government’s plan to import Russian wheat is one of the measures that are being considered for reducing the prices of key goods, such as fuel and grains, as stated by anonymous sources.

Reportedly, the final decision may be made in a few weeks. The representatives of the Ministry of Finances and Trade and members of the government of India have not replied to emails and messages requesting to comment on the situation.

"Although India needs only 3 million to 4 million metric tons of wheat to plug the shortfall, New Delhi might consider importing 8 million to 9 million tons of wheat from Russia to have a far bigger impact on prices," another source explained.

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine last year, Russia became the second largest supplier of goods to India, mainly thanks to discounts on the oil purchased by New-Delhi.

"Russia has indicated its willingness to offer a discount on prevailing market prices. There are no restrictions on the export of food commodities from Russia," one of the anonymous officials stated.

The same official added that India is also importing sunflower oil from Russia, is conducting transactions in dollars and plans to continue using this approach.

"India can easily secure a discount of $25 to $40 per ton from Russia. This will ensure that the landed cost of wheat remains significantly below local prices," a Mumbai-based dealer representing an international trading house stated.

Wholesale prices of wheat have increased by approximately 10% in two months and reached their seven-months maximum in August amid limited supply.

As of 1 August, 28.3 million tonnes of wheat were stored at the state storages, which is 20% below the average 10-year index.

The United States has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands to defend against Russian invaders as soon as pilot training is completed, a U.S. official said on Thursday.

Ukraine has actively sought the U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to help it counter Russian air superiority.

Washington gave Denmark and the Netherlands official assurances that the United States will expedite approval of all necessary third-party transfer requests of F-16s to Ukraine so that Ukraine will get F-16s when the pilots are trained.

Denmark and the Netherlands, the two countries leading the training coalition, had recently asked for those assurances.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken sent letters to his Danish and Dutch counterparts assuring them that the requests would be approved, the official said.

"I am writing to express the United States’ full support for both the transfer of F-16 fighter aircraft to Ukraine and for the training of Ukrainian pilots by qualified F-16 instructors," Blinken said in a letter to the two officials, a copy of which was seen by Reuters.

Blinken said, "It remains critical that Ukraine is able to defend itself against ongoing Russian aggression and violation of its sovereignty."

He said the approval of the third party requests would allow Ukraine to take "full advantage of its new capabilities as soon as the first set of pilots complete their training."

U.S. President Joe Biden had endorsed training programs for Ukrainian pilots on F-16s in May but no timing for the supply of war planes had been given so far.

NeoWanZaeed:


Mental poverty.


Must you steal before you make am

Fendue95:
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Throwback:


I am buying it at the price that has no subsidy that all the top presidential candidates promised to remove.

Throwback:
Tinubu and Jonathan is a story of politics without bitterness.

Someone should help me translate it to Igbo so the message can get to the dwellers of the hinterland.

epondudu:
They stopped their attackw during election hoping Obi will win but when he was flogged at the elections they went back to their terrorist activities.last time I checked Ipo are terrorist in Nigeria.

Zxcvbnmghtr:
Could that be the reason why Tinubu's supporters never ever said they will WASTE their vote?!

It is only when you are consciously and subconsciously very, very sure that the candidate you intend to vote for is going to lose, while the one who we all consciously and subconsciously know will win but we were so willing NOT to vote for an obvious winner because we hate him so much that we prefer to waste our vote on an obvious loser that is when we choose to waste our vote. The losers didn't come as a surprise at all.

Tinubu's win is neither a surprise. It is like Mancity win against Inter at the championship league final. Mancity win was too sure. Tinubu win was too sure since after he won the APC presidential ticket which was the only challenge for Tinubu, the rest was a free pass to victory.

Among those who wasted their votes, some are still wasting away in their loss while others are becoming more and more endeared to the winner, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu wanting to be part of his success. Tinubu's government will so successful there is no doubting this.

Itopalucky:


Source: https://naijagg.com/fight-corruption-prioritise-recovery-of-stolen-assets-uk-based-investigator-charges-tinubu/

Promise47:
Why has Russia keep on fighting Ukraine it's not Good Russian international reputation is destroyed I can remember when Russia hosted the FIFA world cup in 2018 in Russia now not even 1 of there team plays football in Europe anymore it's embarrassing the world should be at peace Putin should call his Soliders to order and end the war immediately it's embarrassing that Russia who should be fighting to be no 1 world most powerful country is fighting senseless with Ukraine's Putin needs to stop the war immediately withdrawal his troops and let Ukraine and the world be at peace ... thank you sorry for my grammertial blonder very sorry thank you

seunmsg:


When Bola Tinubu is sworn as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on May 29, go and remove him and let’s see.

Jennyclay:
Men are to be blame and that’s the truth.

You demonic men would appear as a saint, deceiving ladies into marriage with your useless mouth, then disappear into thin air once you heard she’s pregnant

You nonsense men should learn to keep to promises and take up responsibilities.

It shall not be well with all promise and fail men
It shall not be well with all stingy ko ko men.

Honestly God will destroy you nonsense men!!

BarrElChapo:


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Egelife:

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Rubyjade:
Try raw food business

BarrElChapo:


Was it bet-king or mismanagement?

Orbhagbemi555:


You should have opened a bet9ja or get a new Keke for transport