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No resignation as Robert Mugabe addresses nation NEWS / ZIMBABWE READ MORE Analyst: Mugabe's political support was a 'facade' Zimbabwe crisis: Tens of thousands demand 'Mugabe must go' Africa Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe SIGN UP Harare residents watch as Mugabe addresses the nation on TV [Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters] Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has resisted mounting pressure to step down, telling the nation that he will preside over a ruling party congress next month. The 93-year-old Zimbabwean leader had been widely expected to announce his resignation as Zimbabwe's head of state and government on Sunday, five days after a surprise military takeover in which he was placed under house arrest. But in his much-anticipated TV address from his State House office, Mugabe acknowledged criticism but said the country needs to "return to normalcy" without making any statement on his position. "Whatever the pros and cons of how they [the army] went about...

Florida university students to counter neo-Nazi rally NEWS / UNITED STATES READ MORE Neo-Nazi coalition rallies in Tennessee amid pushback READ MORE US anti-fascists: 'We can make racists afraid again' Far Right United States US & Canada Politics Racism SIGN UP Members of the National Socialist Movement demonstrate in Washington, DC, in 2008 [Haraz N Ghanbari/AP Photo] Students and activists are planning to counterprotest a neo-Nazi rally at the University of North Florida (UNF) on Monday, while the university plans to deploy regular and undercover police officers to prevent clashes. The neo-Nazi rally was called to support Ken Parker, a political science student who was suspended this month after publishing a threatening image on a Black Lives Matter-linked student group's Facebook page. "Let SDS [Students for a Democratic Society] and the other clowns come at me, I will shut them down," he wrote in the post that was accompanied by a photo in which Parker is ...

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Concerns grow as Argentina intensifies submarine search NEWS / ARGENTINA Latin America Argentina SIGN UP The San Juan which last made contact on Wednesday has 44 crew members on board [File: Armada Argentina/Handout via Reuters] A NASA research plane has joined the search for a missing Argentine submarine, as concern is growing over the fate of its 44 crew members. No contact has been made with the vessel, the ARA San Juan, since Wednesday, prompting authorities to launch a major air and sea search operation. "We will do what is necessary to find the submarine as soon as possible," President Mauricio Macri said on his Twitter account on Saturday. The TR-1700 class diesel-electric vessel had been returning from a routine mission to Ushuaia, near the southernmost tip of South America, to its base at Mar del Plata, around 400km south of the capital, Buenos Aires. Argentina accepted an offer from the United States for a NASA P-3 explorer aircraft, which had been stationed in Ush...

Gerry Adams to step down as Sinn Fein leader next year NEWS / SINN FEIN WATCH 25:30 How will London deal with the Northern Ireland crisis? READ MORE Sinn Fein surges in tight Northern Ireland elections Europe Sinn Fein Ireland IRA SIGN UP Adams announced his plans to retire in a speech at a Sinn Fein conference in Dublin [Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters] Gerry Adams, the veteran leader of the Irish Republican party, Sinn Fein, has announced plans to step down from his role after almost 35 years. His replacement will be elected by party members in the coming months, Adams told the party's annual conference in Dublin on Saturday. "Leadership means knowing when it is time for change and that time is now," Adams said in his speech. The Belfast-born 69-year-old leader has long been a divisive figure in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Advertisement He was a leading spokesman for Sinn Fein's paramilitary wing, the Irish Republican Army (IRA), during its decades-long bombing campaig...

Zimbabweans call for Mugabe's resignation at rally NEWS / AFRICA ZIMBABWE CRISIS Mugabe sacks pro-army Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa on November 6 Army seizes state TV and puts Mugabe under house arrest on November 15 Mugabe appears in public on November 17, but no official statement Thousands gather to demand Mugabe resignation on November 18 READ MORE Zimbabwe: What's happening? READ MORE Zimbabwe war veterans rally to demand Mugabe step down WATCH: Zimbabwe's street starts discussing life after Mugabe (1:41) Zimbabwe Africa Robert Mugabe Grace Mugabe SIGN UP Protesters gather calling for Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to step down [Tendai Marima/Al Jazeera] Harare, Zimbabwe - More than 10,000 Zimbabweans are marching to demand President Robert Mugabe 's resignation, a rare show of public defiance. Saturday's rally in Harare, the capital, is backed by the army, which seized power on Wednesday. The mood at Zimbabwe Grounds was celebratory. The site is symboli...

After a long night of debate over finance between developed and developing nations, the Paris Agreement finally made progress towards its implementation in 2020. The United Nations Climate Change Conference, which concluded on Friday in Bonn, Germany, was all about creating an operating manual for the accord - a means by which governments can enhance their efforts on climate change action, through the so-called Talanoa Dialogue. Current national pledges to cut carbon emissions equate to a 3C rise in global temperature, while the Paris Agreement aims for 2C, or preferably closer to 1.5C. Experts say there has already been a 1C rise in temperature since the industrial revolution, and recent hurricanes and wildfires demonstrate the need for urgent action. Paula Caballero, the global director of the World Resources Institute, said there was a lot of work to do in 2018. Advertisement "Next year is the year to really step up climate action," she said. "I think what we have her...

Keystone pipeline spills 5,000 barrels of oil in US NEWS / US & CANADA WATCH 29:31 Standing Rock and the Battle Beyond Environment US & Canada Oil spill SIGN UP The spill comes in the midst of a growing protest movement against oil pipelines in the US and Canada [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters] An investigation is ongoing after a leak in the major Keystone energy pipeline spilled nearly 795,000 litres of oil onto farmland in the US state of South Dakota. That is the equivalent of 5,000 barrels of oil, said TransCanada, the Calgary- based company that operates Keystone, a 4,324-km pipeline which carries crude oil from Canada through the US. The company said the pipeline was shut down on Thursday morning after the leak was detected near the town of Amherst, South Dakota. "Emergency response procedures were activated," TransCanada said in a statement. Advertisement "The safety of the public and environment are our top priorities and we will continue to provide updates as th...

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will welcome Lebanese leader Saad Hariri "with the honours that are due a prime minister", adding that he expected him to return to Lebanon within days or weeks. Hariri and his family are expected to meet Macron on Saturday in France's capital, Paris, following an invitation by the French president earlier this week. Hariri, a Sunni Muslim politician and longtime ally of Saudi Arabia, suddenly announced his resignation as Lebanon's prime minister during a visit to Riyadh on November 4. He has been promising to return home soon but Saudi leaders say they fear for his safety if he does. Advertisement Lebanese officials have refused to accept Hariri's resignation, unless he delivers it on Lebanese soil, and have alleged that he is being held hostage by authorities in Saudi Arabia. "I will ... welcome Prime Minister Hariri with the honours that are due to a prime minister, indeed resigned, but whose resignation hasn...

Mass Harare rally planned as pressure mounts on Mugabe NEWS / ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe's street starts discussing life after Mugabe OPINION Mugabe: Between the wife and the loyal lieutenant by Alex Magaisa Africa Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe Politics SIGN UP Harare, Zimbabwe - Pressure is mounting on Robert Mugabe to step down as Zimbabwe's president, as efforts to force the veteran leader to resign after nearly four decades in office gain traction. Zimbabwe has been in political turmoil since the early hours of Wednesday, when the country's armed forces seized power and placed Mugabe under house arrest. The embattled 93-year-old leader so far appears resistant to demands to step down. However, he is increasingly running out of options as even some of his closest allies, including top officials within his ruling ZANU-PF party, look determined to remove him from power. Issuing a "stark warning", Zimbabwe's influential war veterans on Friday said Mugabe, the patron of their ...

EFCC detains ex-SGF, Anyim, exposes how he used personal firms to siphon N13b Ecological fund ON NOVEMBER 17, 20177:21 PMIN NEWSCOMMENTS …questions him on what he used N520m from Dasuki on 2015 poll eve By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, yesterday, detailed how former Secretary to the Federal Government, Senator Ayim Pius Anyim, used firms in which he had interest to award contracts to the tune of N13 billion from the Ecological Fund Account domiciled in his office. The anti-graft agency, which arrested Anyim, a former Senate President, said its operatives were also questioning the Ebonyi politician on what he collected the sum of N520 million from the Office of the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, on the eve of the 2015 Presidential election, in which his party, lost. A top source in EFCC, who confirmed Anyim’s arrest to Saturday Vanguard, said that the ex-government scribe, was also grilled on false asset declaration to t...

Breaking: Mugabe attends public function after coup Breaking: Mugabe attends public function after coup ON NOVEMBER 17, 20171:54 PMIN NEWSCOMMENTS Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe arrived at a university graduation ceremony in the capital on Friday, his first public appearance since a military seizure of power that political sources say is aimed at ending his 37 years in office. Wearing a blue and yellow academic gown and mortar board hat, the 93-year-old sat in large wooden chair at the front the hall. Mugabe He was greeted by ululations from the crowd as he declared the ceremony open. Earlier, leaders of Mugabe’s party are making plans to force him from office if the 93-year-old leader resists pressure from the army to quit. The self-styled grand old man of African politics, the only leader Zimbabwe has known since independence in 1980, insists he is still in charge. But the source, a senior member of Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party, made clear the party wanted him gone. “If he becomes stu...

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Reps Seek Explanations On Funding Of 2nd Niger Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Road November 16, 2017, 16:0801 By Kauthar Anumba-Khaleel, Abuja – The House of Representatives yesterday expressed concern over the construction the second Niger bridge and the Lagos-Ibadan express way saying that it is still unclear if the projects are fully funded by the government or they are being executed under a concession agree with private companies. To that end, it urged the Federal Government to take definitive decision on the funding and execution of the second Niger Bridge and the Lagos-Ibadan Road project. The resolution is contained in a motion on the Need to Investigate Nature of the Contract or Concession Arrangement on Second Niger Bridge and Lagos-Ibadan Expressway sponsored by Hon. Solomon Maren. In his lead debate, Maren recalled that the minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, recently warned that the second Niger Bridge and the Lagos-Ibadan Road could end up as white elephant pr...

10 Key Dates In Chinau Achebe’s Life Channels Television Updated November 16, 2017 Lovers of literature and the world at large are celebrating one of Africa’s greatest storytellers, Chinua Achebe, who would have been 87 on November 16. While the literary Icon passed in 2013, his works and the impact he had on African storytelling still linger. Also in honour of him today, technology giant – Google, changed its logo to a doodle, portraying him. Here are some memorable dates in his life. 1930: He was born and named Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe 1936: Achebe entered St Philips’ Central School and was immediately promoted to a higher class when the school’s chaplain took note of his intelligence. 1944: Achebe sat for entrance examinations and was accepted at both the prestigious Dennis Memorial Grammar School in Onitsha and the even more prestigious Government Collegein Umuahia. 1948: Owing to his brilliance, Achebe was admitted as a Major Scholar in the first intake of the then...

Olympic weightlifter sells his gold medal to raise money for Iran earthquake victims Iran's Olympic weightlifting champion Kianoush Rostami has put his gold medal up for auction to raise money for the victims of Sunday's earthquake that left at least 452 people dead in Iran and Iraq. The 7.3-magnitude quake that struck in the remote border area between Iran and Iraq on Sunday left thousands of people injured hundreds of villages destroyed. The earthquake, the deadliest of the year, was felt as far away as Turkey and Pakistan. Rostami, who won gold at the Rio de Janeiro games in 2016, says the disaster has left him desperate to help those affected. He says, 'I consider it my duty to take a step, however small, to help my beloved fellow countrymen who have suffered as a result of the quake. I am returning the gold medal, which is theirs by right, to my people. I will auction off the medal and use the proceeds to help the quake victims."

Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" becomes the most expensive painting to ever sell at auction for $450.3 million Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" has become the most expensive artwork to ever sell at auction, going for $450.3 million at Christie's in New York. Dating back to around 1500, the rare painting is one of fewer than 20 authenticated works by the Italian in existence. Original estimates had predicted bids of over $100 million for the piece. But the new record was set after approximately 20 minutes of telephone bidding, far surpassing the previous auction record held by Picasso's "Les Femmes d'Alger," which sold for $179.4 million in 2015. Now, "Salvator Mundi" is set to be the biggest lot at this yeaar's fall auction season, during whichp Christie's and Sotheby's can expect to achieve total sales of more than $

Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google's homepage that is intended to celebrate holidays, events, achievements and people. Late Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has now been honoured by tech giant, Google as an important figure of 20th century literature. The doodle is marking what would have been Achebe's 87th birthday today, November 16. He died in March of 2013 at the age of 82, having collected accolades that included the Man Booker International Prize, St. Louis Literary Award and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.

former Kano State High Court Judge, Hon. Justice Kabiru Mamman Auta has been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, on allegations bordering on criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery. Auta was arrested by operatives of the Commission on Tuesday 14th November, 2017 when he was invited for interrogation on allegations that he had conspired with some other persons to defraud a Kano businessman, Alhaji Bashir Sani Kwangila Yakasai (SKY) of the sum of Two Hundred and Twenty Million Naira (N220,000,000). The matter was referred to the Commission after it had been reported to the National Judicial Council which had constituted a committee to investigate the allegations. The amount involved had been fraudulently obtained from Alhaji Yakasai by Hon. Justice Auta and his accomplice Bashir Sufi, on the pretext that they were acting on behalf of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Aloma Mukhtar. Justice Auta in his statement to t...

APC National Legal Adviser Muiz Banire Accuses Lagos State Gov. Ambode Of Vendetta National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Muiz Banire (SAN), has alleged that he and his family are being persecuted by the Lagos State government. BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKNOV 15, 2017 National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Muiz Banire (SAN), has alleged that he and his family are being persecuted by the Lagos State government. He made the allegation in a statement issued on Wednesday. According to Mr. Banire, his only offense is that he insisted on the need to observe the rule of law. Mr. Banire, who is on lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabi, said he was informed on Tuesday of a contravention notice served on the residence of his 90-year old mother, Mrs. Sarat Banire, at 24A, Remi Fani-Kayode Street, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos by officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development. The notice, he said, contained a demand that his ...