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Residents of Kano State, in North West Nigeria have taken to the streets to protest the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the emir of Kano.
Sanusi, a former Central Bank Governor, was dethroned in 2020 over unlawful conduct and replaced by Aminu Ado Bayero.
But on Thursday, Kano state governor Abba Yusuf signed a law to reinstate Sanusi and also repealed four other emirates, resulting in outcry by many residents.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports.
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Cyclone Remal had made landfall in India and Bangladesh, killing at least 2 people and leaving millions without electricity.
The storm crossed Bangladesh's coast and West Bengal in India with wind speeds of up to 135 km per hour (84 mph).
Rebecca Bundhun reports.
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China’s premier Li Qiang is calling a trilateral summit with Japan and South Korea a ‘new beginning’.
The three countries’ are holding the first leaders’ talks in more than four years on Monday.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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Nigeria has generated 5,000 Megawatts of electricity this month.
It's the first time in three years the country's power sector has reached such an output.
Tesem Akende reports.
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Morgan Spurlock, the director of the documentary film 'Supersize Me', has died at the age of 53.
Spurlock famously ate only McDonalds for a month in the Oscar-nominated movie, to test the effects on his body.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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Fake accounts posting about the US presidential election are growing across X, formerly known as Twitter, according to new research.
A study, first published by Reuters news agency, monitoring posts on the social media platform found a high proportion of accounts praising former President Donald Trump and criticising President Joe Biden are not real.
This comes as both presidential candidates ramp up their campaign efforts with less than six months to go until Americans head to the polls.
Sally Patterson has more.
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Georgia's ruling party has accused the United States of pursuing a policy of "threats and blackmail" against the Eurasian nation.
It follows the US's decision to impose visa travel restrictions on 'Georgian Dream' Parliamentarians in retaliation to their controversial 'foreign agents' bill.
The law, passed last week, has sparked widespread domestic political protests in the Caucuses country, and it's led to the American government launching a review of bilateral cooperation between the two capitals.
From Washington, Benji Hyer reports.
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Defense authorities in Nigeria say troops of the nation's armed forces have killed 20 commanders of armed groups in the last one year.
Tesem Akende reports from Jos.
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