El Salvador
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday acknowledged potential legal issues around El Salvador's offer to take in American prisoners, but said the proposal was worth considering.
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El Salvador's iron-fisted leader on Monday offered to jail Americans so President Donald Trump can outsource the US prison system
3 Jan
More than 80 soldiers from Guatemala and El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Friday as part of the Kenyan-led multinational mission to bolster the national police force in the face of spiralling gang violence, a police official told AFP. The contingent of 75 Guatemalan and eight Salvadoran soldiers will be joined by additional troops in…
20 Dec
El Salvador will privatize or close the cryptocurrency wallet "Chivo" created by President Nayib Bukele when he made bitcoin legal tender in 2021, an official said Thursday.
9 Dec
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck El Salvador on Sunday night, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, although local authorities reported no immediate casualties or damage.
3 Apr 2024
Three-quarters of El Salvador's gang members have been arrested since President Nayib Bukele declared war on them two years ago, his security minister said Tuesday. The number of detainees now stands at 79,184 and authorities are working to locate the remainder, estimated at around 25,000, Gustavo Villatoro said. Not all of them are in El…
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A Lome court on Tuesday sentenced 14 people to 10 years in prison for taking part in banned protests against the Gnassingbe dynasty that has ruled Togo for more than five decades. The criminal court found the accused, who have been in jail since their arrest, guilty of plotting against state security and criminal conspiracy…
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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing Washington from a number of United Nations bodies, including its Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and setting up a broader review of US funding for the multilateral organization. The executive order said it withdrew Washington from UNHRC and the main UN relief agency for…
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The Governorship Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Bayelsa in the 2023 election, Mr. Udengs Eradiri, on Tuesday in Yenagoa formally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Eradiri said President Bola Tinubu is behind all the projects in his Agudama/Ekpetiama community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. Eradiri, who registered for the…
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Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has released the application link for its teaching jobs. This is contained in a statement issued in Ilorin on Tuesday by the commission’s Chairman, Mallam Bello Abubakar. Abubakar said interested and qualified applicants could apply through the link https://tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng. He said the portal would, however, go live at midnight…
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Tech giant Alphabet, Google's parent company, reported robust fourth-quarter results on Tuesday, with revenues jumping 12 percent to $96.5 billion, but the earnings fell short of analyst expectations. READ ALSO:China to probe Google over anti-monopoly violations The company's share price sank as much as 7.5 percent in after hours trading as traders were disappointed…
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The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja (FTHL), Dr Olatunde Alabi, has denied allegations of a severe manpower shortage at the hospital. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on Tuesday, Alabi responded to claims by the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) that the hospital was facing an industrial crisis and staff shortages.…
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The Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters of Nigeria (AUATON), Lagos State Council, has urged ride-hailing service providers to adjust fares in favour of drivers to reflect the present economic realities. The Lagos State Public Relations Officer of AUATON, Mr Steven Iwindoye, made the appeal in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Iwindoye described it as…
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Five doctors in Burundi have been imprisoned by the intelligence service after quitting their jobs over the failure of salary negotiations, union and government sources told AFP on Tuesday. The doctors were arrested by the intelligence service between December 27 and January 31, accused of "undermining the internal security of the state", according to…
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On Tuesday, the Federal Government began the tolling of the 227.2km Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga-Lafia-Makurdi Highway with the inauguration of the Garaku Toll Plaza axis of the road. It said certain categories of vehicles, including security, diplomatic, ambulances and tricycles, are exempted from the tolling. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the road is a Public…
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The Anambra Police Command has detained one Obinna Anene, the alleged principal suspect in the murder of a 74-year-old woman in Abagana Community in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued in Awka and made available to newsmen on Tuesday. Ikenga stated…