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Iran Hausa Radio 2022-08-31

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1. Headlines
2. The capital of Ethiopian Tigray region was hit by an airstrike on 29th of August, according to the Tigray rebels. In a tweet, Tigray People's Liberation Front spokesperson Getachew Reda confirmed the drone airstrike.
3. Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, who ended the cold war without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on 29 August in the Russian capital Moscow, at the age of 91.
4. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is set to visit Moscow to help resolve the crisis in Ukraine. The visit comes after a number of Western countries requested Iran to play an active role in the resolution of the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
5. Authorities in Niger Republic said 82 people lost their lives, while 102 others sustained injuries, following floods caused by heavy downpour in many parts of the country since June. The floods displaced at least 118,191 people and destroyed property worth millions.
6. Normalcy has returned to the Iraqi capital Baghdad after the top Shia cleric in the country, Muqrada al-Sadr called on his supporters to withdraw from the Green Zone area in the country's capital.
7. UN Security Council has renewed the travel ban and asset freeze imposed through resolution 2374 against individuals and entities obstructing implementation of the 2015 Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali. The sanctions now extend to 31 Augusta 2023.
8. The UN issued an appeal on 29 August for $160,000,000 in emergency funding to help millions of people affected by record-breaking floods in Pakistan that killed more than 1,000 people.
9. Iran Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani on 29 Aug met and held talks with the head and the members of the Iran-Nigeria Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-08-30

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1. Headlines
2. Angolan President Joao Lourenco on Monday Aug 29 won a 2nd term after his party People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola emerged victorious with thin majority in last week's closely fought election, extending its decades-long rule in the oil-rich country.
3. Reports from Madagascar indicate police have opened fire and killed 14 people following protests triggered by the kidnapping of children with albinism. Reports say the shooting took place in southern town of Ikongo.
4. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday Aug 29 said restoring and strengthening of ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia would favour security in the region.The Iranian president was speaking at a meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein in Tehran.
5. Countries around the world and multilateral organizations have called for restraint in Iraq and asked all parties to take immediate steps to de-escalate the situation after the country plunged into political chaos.
6. Nigeria's Chief of the Naval Staff Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo on Monday (29 August) said there was a significant miscalculation in determining how much Nigeria was losing in terms of oil theft because oil losses through other factors are often lumped together as theft. Vice Admiral Gambo made the disclosure during an interview on local Channels tv station.
7. Head of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units, known in Arabic as Hashd al-Sha'abi, has said the anti-terror group supported a political solution to the crisis in the Arab country. Al-Mayadeen tv channel quoted Falih al-Fayyadh as saying the PMU advised all political groups in Iraq to settle their differences through dialogue and interaction via legal channels.
8. Russian ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzia has strongly condemned relentless Israeli airstrikes inside Syria. Mr Nebenzia told a UN Security Council meeting on Monday Aug 29 that Israel carried out repetitive airstrikes in Syria only after receiving the green light from the US.
9. Influential Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Tue Aug 30 urged his supporters to withdraw from Baghdad's Green Zone after violence erupted that claimed at least 30 lives on Mon Aug 29.
10. As the ASUU in Nigeria announced an indefinite extension of its already six-month-old industrial action on Mon Aug 29, more state-owned university pulled out of the strike and called staff and students back to school. Leadership newspaper reported that some of the state universities that pulled out of the strike included the Kaduna State University.
11. Leader of the Iranian Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Tue Aug 29 said the most important success of any administration in the Islamic republic was to revive hope and trust in the people. Iranian news agency Iran Press reported that the leader made these remarks during talks with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the members of the cabinet.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-08-29

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1. Headlines
2. The late Angolan leader Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who was in charge from 1979 to 2017, was laid to rest on Sunday Aug 28 at the historical palm-lined Praca da Republica in the capital, Luanda.
3. Nigerian authorities in the north-eastern state of Adamawa have said at least 4 people died while 3 others sustained critical injuries in 9 village of Madagali local government area of the state following severe flooding, caused by torrential rains.
4. Clashes erupted in Libya on Monday Aug 29th between forces loyal to PM of the National Unity Government Abdel Hamid Dabaiba and supporters of the leader of the Tripoli Revolutionaries' Brigade, Haitham al-Tajouri. The 2 groups clashed in Ain Zara, a suburb of the capital Tripoli, Sputnik news agency reported.
5. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and his Omani counterpart Badr al-Busaidi have held telephone talks on the progress made so far on the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal,
6. Turkey has denounced French President Emmanuel Macron after he accused foreign powers, including Ankara, of spreading anti-French propaganda in Africa. In a statement, the Turkish foreign ministry said the comments by President Macron were unacceptable.
7. Iran and Nigeria have signed an agreement to expand cooperation in various energy sectors. Iranian Oil Minister Javed Oji and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources of Nigeria Timipre Sylva inked the deal in Tehran on Saturday Aug 27.
8. Scores of Israelis stormed the holy al-Aqsa Mosque compound through the northern Babul Asbat, which is solely used by Muslims in the Old City of Jerusalem since 1967.
9. Director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi has said an inspection team from the IAEA is on its way to the embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, and noted that the team is expected to arrive at the plant later this week.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-08-26

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1. Headlines
2. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Iran would not allow the International Atomic Energy Agency's baseless accusations against Iran to hold. The foreign minister's comments came a day after the US responded to Iran's proposal on reviving the landmark agreement trashed by former US President Donald Trump.
3. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday Aug 25th signed a decree to increase the numbers of the Russian military from 1.9 to 2.04 million troops as the war in Ukraine entered its seventh month.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-08-25

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1. Headlines
2. South African workers on Wed Aug 24th demonstrated against the country's rising cost of living including record-high fuel prices and increased costs of basic commodities. Around 1,000 workers marched to the Union Buildings, the seat of government in the capital, Pretoria, urgin President Cyril Ramaphosa's government to contain rising prices.
3. Reports indicate that vote counting began in Angola after elections were held in the country on Wed Aug 24.
4. As part of his ongoing African tour, Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir on Thurs Aug 25 arrived in the Tanzanian capital, Dar es-Salam, where he was warmly received by his counterpart Liberata Mulamula. Mr Abdollahian flew to Tanzania from Mali on an official Africa tour.
5. 40-yr-old Khalil Awadeh, Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for nearly 6 months of detention by Israel is in critical condition and could die at any moment, according to his lawyer.
6. Iran Foreign Ministry spokesperson Naseer Kanaani on Wed Aug 24 said Iran had received and was examining Washington's response regarding the 2015 nuclear deal.
7. Tunisian Trade Ministry on Weds Aug 24 reiterated its stance on the boycott of all trade relations with the State of Israel. Iranian news agency IRNA reported, quoting the Tunisian trade minister.
8. Reports indicate that at least 3 American soldiers have sustained injuries following rocket attacks on their bases in eastern Syria. The rockets targeted American military bases near Al-Umar oilfield, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.
9. Nigerian government said it would be insensitive to commence the Abuja-Kaduna train services now due to the plight of families whose loved ones were kidnapped in the March incident and remain in captivity. Nigerian Minister of Transportation Mu'azu Sambo disclosed this on Wed Aug 24 at the Nigerian Presidential Villa in Abuja.
10. A university student from the Islamic Republic of Iran has won a gold medal at the second International Invention Competition for IFIA INV members. Ali Pouladi, a student of electronic engineering at the Islamic Azad University of Islamabad, western Iran, won the gold medal in the medical category in the Swiss Inventors' World Championship.
11. Rohingya Muslims living in sprawling camps in Bangladesh southern border district of Cox's Bazar on Thurs Aug 25 staged rallies to mark the 5th anniversary of what they call Genocide Rememberance Day.
12. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Thur Aug 25 during talks with Tanzanian Foreign Minister Liberata Mulamula said Iran and Tanzania would draw up a roadmap for developing bilateral relations in different dimensions.
13. Japanese National Police Agency chief Itaru Nakamura on Thurs Aug 25 tendered his resignation to take responsibility for security lapses in the killing of the country's former PM Shinzo Abe.
14. French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday Aug 25 arrived in Algeria on a 3-day official visit aimed at mending ties with the former French colony, which this year marks its 60th anniversary of independence.
15. The governments of Nigeria and Iran have begun mapping out modalities for increased military diplomatic ties. Nigerian Minister Defence Bashir Magashi hosted the Iranian Ambassador to Nigeria Mohammed Alibak on Wed 24 Aug at the Ministry of Defence HQ in Abuja during which they exchanged views on security relations, Nigerian online newspaper Daily Post reported.
16. Reports from Angola indicate that most votes in the country's parliamentary elections had been counted and provisional results showed that the ruling MPLA party was ahead with 53% of the vote, while their main opposition rivals had 43%.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-08-24

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1. Headlines
2. Europe is facing its worst drought in at least 500 years, with 2/3rds of the continent in a state of alert or warning, reducing inland shipping, electricity production and the yields of certain crops, according to a report by the Eurpean Drought Observatory.
3. Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian blasted Western countries for supporting terrorists in West Asia and Africa, saying terrorism is a product of interference by trans-regional states. Mr Abdollahian said this during a joint press conference with his Malian counterpart Abdoulaye Diop in Bamako, Mali.
4. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on 23 Aug declared total war with the country's al-Shabab terrorist group, saying he was determined to weaken the group. The president made the announcement after a National Security Council meeting at the presidential palace in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
5. Iranian News Agency Nour News, has reported that Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi, is obstructing the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal through unending continued antics while the US administration was dragging its feet in removing economic sanctions against Iran.
6. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has in an address to the 1st meeting of Iran-Mali Cooperation Joint Commission announced that Iran had donated 100,000 doses of Barekat Covid-19 vaccine to the people and the government of Mali.
7. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his country's reconciliation efforts with Israel will in no way affect its continued support for the Palestinian cause. President Erdogan made the comments during a visit by his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas, who arrived in Ankara just one week after Turkey and Israel announced their decision to restore full diplomatic relations and reappoint ambassadors for the first time since 2018.
8. Chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan on 23 Aug urged the UN Security Council to accelerate action to help deliver justice for thousands of people in the Sudanese western Darfur region, which has been wracked by bloodshed in 2003.
9. An adviser to the Iranian negotiating team in Vienna, Mohammad Marandi in a tweet on 23 Aug denied a Reuters report claiming that Iran had given up some demands in negotiations. He said no agreement would be implemented unless the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors permanently withdrew false accusations against the country's nuclear program.
10. A court in India has ordered the release of a member of parliament and top member of the country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, Raja Singh, after he was arrested by the police for making derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad SAW. Protests erupted on August 23rd in the Indian city of Hyderbad, following his release.
11. The price of Brent crude oil spiked on 24 August, selling above 101 US dollar per barrel, the 1st such rise in price over the last 3 years.
12. Angolan voters are expected to vote on 24 August to elect the southern African country's new president as well as members of the National Assembly, reported RFI.
13. Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah held talks with Islamic Jihad chief Ziad Nakhale on the latest battle in Gaza following the latest Israeli aggression. The duo met in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
14. Iranian army has embarked on large-scale drone drills across the country with the participation of different army units. The drones to be flown in the exercise are manufactured locally.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-08-23

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1. Headlines
2. At least 43 people have died in a huge fire ravaging forest areas in northeastern Algeria, according to reports. Meanwhile, 13 people suspected of being involved in arson attacks, which also left nearly 200 people injured, have been arrested.
3. In protest of the cruel actions of the Israeli authorities in prisons, Palestinians held inIsraeli prisons on Mon Aug 22 went on an indefinite open-ended mass hunger strike. The board of Palestinian prisoners announced the increase of tensions inside the prisons of the Israeli regime through the strike by Palestinian prisoners.
4. Secretary General of Lebanese Hezbollah resistance group Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has said the resistance front's victory over Israel in the year 2000, which saw the occupying regime withdraw its forces from Lebanon, put an end to the myth of the regime's invincibility and the so-called Greater Israel project. Mr Nasrallah made the comments while addressing a ceremony held in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, to mark the 40th anniversary of the group's foundation.
5. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has arrived in the Malian capital, Bamako, on the first leg of his Africa tour, which would later take him to Tanzania and Zanzibar. The top Iranian diplomat is leading a high-ranking political and economic delegation on the high-profile tour.
6. Iranian Foreign Ministry has reiterated that Syria's experience during the past years was the outcome of interference by the West in the country's internal affairs and Western support for terrorism inside its territory. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani made the remarks during a weekly press conference.
7. The Iraqi judiciary on Tue Aug 23 suspended its activities after supporters of powerful Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stepped up pressure on it to dissolve the country's parliament.
8. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has landed in the Turkish capital, Ankara, three-day official visit at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The duo is expected to later hold talks on bilateral ties and other current regional and international issues.
9. The Nigerian government has announced it was doing everything possible to ensure the release of $464,000,000 belonging to foreign airlines operating in the country. Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed said this on Mon Aug 22 during a media tour of the newly commissioned Terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Leadership newspaper reported.
10. The EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, on Mon Aug 22 said Iranian response to the proposal to revive the 2015 nuclear deal was reasonable. Mr Borrell added that a copy of the response had been sent to the US and that a reply was awaited.
11. The commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, has lauded the country's astonishing progress in the production of various types of unmanned aerial vehicles. He further said that Iran had become self-sufficient in the drone industry and had become an exporter.
12. Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, has stressed unity of purpose and destiny with Syria, saying it was the basis of the axis of resistance and the steadfastness front as well as the refusal to surrender to Israeli conditions. Mr Sayyed Nasrallah was speaking on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of Hezbollah's launch.
13. US denied Iranian accusation of procrastinating in efforts to revive Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal. Commenting on the nuclear pact, White House spokesperson Ned Price said a deal was closer because of apparent Iranian flexibility.
14. Iran and Mali have resolved to strengthen relations in many areas. This was announced during a joint media conference by Malian Foreign Minister Abdolaye Diop and his visiting counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-08-22

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1. Headlines
2. UAE Foreign Ministry on Sunday Aug 22 announced it would reinstate Emirati ambassador to Iran Saif Mohammed Al Zaabi after seven years, as the two Gulf states accelerate efforts to restore diplomatic ties.
3. Police in the Nigerian northeastern state of Yobe detained two Nigerian soldiers in the capital, Damaturu, for allegedly killing a renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Goni Gashuwa. The Sheikh was killed Fri Aug 19 at Jaji Maji, in Karasuwa LGA of the state, Premium Times newspaper reported.
4. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has urged Sweden to respect the fundamental rights of Hamid Nouri, former Iranian official wrongfully jailed and convicted by Stockholm. In a meeting with Swedish ambassador to Tehran Mattias Lentz on Sun Aug 22, the Iranian foreign minister demanded that Sweden allow Nouri to exercise his rights to seeking medical assistance and facilitate telephone calls with his next of kin.
5. Following a fire incident at a mosque south of the Netherlands, police in the country have expressed doubts over the cause of the fire. Dutch state news agency reported that the fire broke out in the early hours of Saturday Aug 20 and caused severe damage to the mosque.
6. The head of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, warned of an escalation with Israel if Lebanese demands are not met in ongoing maritime border talks. Mr Nasrallah also hit out at the American official mediating the maritime dispute between Israel and Lebanon, saying he was just wasting time.
7. Russian Federal Security Service on Mon Aug 22 said Ukrainian special services had murdered 29-yr-old journalist Darya Dugina. The journalist was killed in a car explosion in Russia on Saturday Aug 20.
8. The Sudanese government on Sun Aug 21 declared a state of emergency in six of the country's states following heavy rains and floods, which killed in a car explosion in Russia on Saturday Aug 20.
9. The northeastern Nigerian State of Adamawa has announced the death of 10 people following severe flooding caused by torrential rains in the state. This was disclosed on Sun Aug 21 by the head of the State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Sulaiman Muhammad.
10. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Naseer Kanaani on Mon Aug 22 criticized the US for what he said was a slow response to proposals aimed at restoring the 2015 nuclear deal between the Islamic republic and major world powers.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-08-18

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1. Headlines
2. Reports from Guinea indicate that at least 2 people died during anti-military junta protests in the country. Several other people were reported to have suffered injuries during the demonstrations held on Weds Aug 17 mobilized by civil society organizations and a coalition of opposition parties.
3. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said the decision by Turkey to restore full diplomatic relations with Israel after a decade of tensions did not mean that Turkey would abandon its support for Palestinians. The 2 countries restored full diplomatic ties on Weds Aug 17.
4. A court of appeal in Nigerian northwestern State of Kano on Weds Aug 17 affirmed the judgement of a high court in the state that ordered a retrial of blasphemy case against Kano singer Aminu Yahaya Sharif, who was sentenced to death for committing derogatory remarks against the personality of Prophet Muhammad SAW.
5. Iranian intelligence forces announced the arrest of one of the oldest and most dangerous terrorists with the scope of cross-border terrorist operations. The arrested criminal had a background of terrorist activities in several regional countries at the height of Syrian crisis. The intelligence forces did not mention the name of the captured terrorist nor did they disclose where he was arrested.
6. Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah has donated $156,000m USD as contribution to the rebuilding of the Abu Sefein Church where a fire broke out last Sunday Aug 14 and killed many people and injured scores of others.
7. Families of the children killed by Israel near Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip have called for Israel to face charges at the International Criminal Court for the atrocities committed against innocent civilians, including children, in the occupied Gaza Strip.
8. Mali has written to the UN Security Council, accusing France of violating its airspace and delivering weapons to armed groups. This comes as the last batch of French troops completed their withdrawal from Mali.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-08-17

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1. Headlines
2. Tunisia's new constitution, which gives the president far greater powers, took effect on Tue Aug 16 after the country's electoral commission announced final results for last month's referendum.
3. Iraqi caretaker PM Mustafa al-Kadhimihas on Tue Aug 16 invited rival political parties to a Wed Aug 17 meeting to seek a solution to the country's political deadlock through national dialogue.
4. South African Defence Minister Thandi Modise has said cooperation between Russia and African countries would help reduce poverty and spur development on the continent.
5. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) weather forecast has shown that some parts of the northern states of Borno, Kebbi, and Sokoto, could be flooded in the coming days. NiMet said its soil moisture analysis and weather patterns showed some parts of these states as high flood risk areas.
6. Iranian Parliament National Security Commission spokesperson Abolfazl Amouei said the American side at the Vienna negotiations accepted the issues of verification, the lifting of sanctions and providing guarantees.
7. Authorities in Niger Republic have banned demonstrations scheduled to be held on Weds Aug 17 by civil society organizations against high cost of living, spike in diesel prives and the presence of French troops in the country.
8. North Korea on Wed Aug 17 fired 2 cruise missiles into the sea, according to South Korean officials. This is North Korea's 1st weapons test since early last month.
9. Talks between the Nigerian federal government and the ASUU has again ended in deadlock, dashing hope of imminent resumption of academic activities in the country's public universities.
10. Leaders of Southern African nations were due to meet later on Weds Aug 17 in the DRC for their 42nd summit. The leaders are expected to review the progress made towards achieving closer integration and deepening regional trade.
11. The Syrian military has attacked Turkish positions inside Syria following airstrikes by Turkey that targeted diffrent locations across the Arab country. The Syrian armed forces launched retaliatory attacks on Tue Aug 16 on Turkish military bases inside Syria.
12. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement's representative to Iran, Naseer Abu Sharif, has said resistance against the occupying Israeli regime would continue until the entire Palestinian land is liberated. Mr Sharif made these remarks on Weds Aug 17 while speaking at a press conference on the achievements of the latest war between Israel and resistance in the Gaza Strip.
13. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Naseer Kanaani said Iran is ready for swift implementation of a prisoner swap deal with the US. The prisoner swap agreement was reached in Vienna on the side-lines of negotiations concerning the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-08-16

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1. Headlines
2. Iran has provided its views to the EU on the bloc's latest proposal to salvage the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement. Iran said a deal is possible if the US is really serious.
3. The last batch of French troops have left Mali, completing a withdrawal that ends a 9-yr operation in the country at the center of the Sahel region's spiraling security crisis.
4. A group of journalists and lawyers have sued the CIA and its former director Mike Pompeo over allegations that the intelligence agency spied on them when they visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during his stay in Ecuadorian embassy in London.
5. 4/7 members of Kenyan Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission have disavowed the results of the just concluded elections in the country. Vice Chairman of the commission, Juliana Cherera said the election was marred by irregularities.
6. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu on Monday Aug 15 held a phone convo during which they discussed the conditions for the safety operations of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
7. China has conducted new military drills around the Taiwan Strait and condemned the two-day visit by US Congress members to the region.
8. Three Liberian officials named in US sanctions imposed on Mon Aug 15 had been suspended by President George Weah. President Weah views the allegations against the officials as grave, a statement issued on Tue Aug 16 by the Liberian Presidency revealed.
9. A group of independent observers has said the just concluded Kenyan presidential elections corresponds to their own tally. The observation group by name Elections Observation Group, said they had dispatched over 5,000 observers across 290 constituencies in 47 counties in the whole of Kenya.
10. Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the US of attempting to prolong the conflict in Ukraine and seeking to destablize the Asia-Pacific region, in reference to the US interference in Taiwan. President Putin made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the Moscow international security conference on Tue Aug 16, Press TV reported.
11. The EU has announced it is currently evaluating Iran's response last night to its proposal, with a view to saving the 2015 nuclear pact that former US President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018.
12. A recent opinion poll has showed that most Kuwaitis support boycott of Israel and reject a normalization of relations with the occupying regime. 95% of Kuwaitis oppose any normalization of ties with Israel while 70% firmly opposed to any relations with the Israeli regime, Alkhaleej Online reported.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-08-15

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1. Headlines
2. Dozens of people on Sunday (14 August) demonstrated in Gao, northern city of Mali, calling for an expediated departure of the French Barkhane Force. The demonstrators gave the French forces 72 hours to leave the city.
3. Russian President Vladimir Putin has told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un he wished to expand ties between Moscow and Pyongyang in all areas, North Korean state media reported.
4. US FBI might file a suit against the country's former President Donald Trump for taking away TS documents from the White House and keeping it at his home in Florida.
5. Kuwait has appointed an ambassador to Iran, more than six years after recalling its top envoy to Tehran in solidarity with Saudi Arabia, which had severed ties with Iran. The new ambassador, Bader Abdullah Al-Munaikh, handed his credentials to Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian in Tehran.
6. Iran on Monday August 15 denied any links with the attacker of the UK author Salman Rushdie but blamed the writer for insulting Islam in his writings. Iran Foreign Ministry spokesperson Naseer Kanaani said this during a weekly media briefing.
7. Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has blasted US' recent allegations against Iran that it plotted to assassinate a former American national security adviser. He urged the US to give up the habit of threatening Iran. Mr Abdollahian made the remarks in a tweet apparently reacting to recent accusations levelled against Iran by the US about an alleged plot to kill John Bolton.
8. Mali arraigned detained 49 Ivorian soldiers before a court and charged them of illegally entering the country. A judge ordered the detention of soldiers in prison.
9. Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, called for the formation of a united front against the Israeli regime's act of aggression on Palestinians. Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qaaem made the call following the latest Israeli wave of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
10. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has said Iran would respond by midnight on Monday Aug 15 to the final text drafted by the EU, urging the US to show flexibility in resolving remaining issues and save the 2015 Iranian nuclear pact.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-08-12

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1. Headlines
2. The price of crude oil on the world market on Friday evening Aug 12 climbed above the $100 mark. American crude oil traded for $94.59 per barrel as of 12:43 Moscow time.
3. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday (12 August) launched the National Crisis Management Doctrine in the capital, Abuja. The doctrine, according to the president, would bridge the gap created by the extensive deployment of security services through fostering collaboration amongst ministries, departments and agencies.
4. A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit the Libyan coastal city of Benghazi on Friday evening (12 August). Residents reported feeling the tremor at 23:31 local time.
5. Authorities in the US city of NY have named 24-year-old Hadi Matar as the person who attacked British writer Salman Rushdie. Officials said Matar hails from the US state of NJ. He is now being held by NY police while Mr Rushdie is responding to treatment at a hospital, reports said.
6. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said his country would not tie its progress to the settlement of issues in the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, adding that the Iranian negotiating team at the Vienna talks would not leave the negotiating table either. President Raisi made the remarks in the southern Iranian city of Kerman on Friday August 12.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-08-11

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1. Headlines
2. The foreign ministers of Iran and Turkey strongly condemned recent barbaric attacks by Israel on the Gaza Strip, and the killing of resistance commanders and the martyrdom of defenseless Palestinians, including innocent children. In a phone conversation on Wed even (Aug 10th), Hossein Amir Abdollahian and Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed the latest regional and intentional developments and exchanged views on issues of mutual interest.
3. Chinese ambassador to Moscow Zhang Hanhui has said that Chinese people would never let US military intimidate, harass or enslave them. The ambassador added that China would not let the US act according to the law of the jungle in international relations.
4. Talks have begun between Cote d'Ivoire and Mali for the release of 49 Ivorian soldiers being detained by Bamako. Mali accused the soldiers of being mercenaries, an allegation Cote d'Ivoire vehemently denied.
5. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Naseer Kanaani has rejected as baseless, US allegation that an Iranian was plotting to murder John Bolton, an ex-national security adviser to former President Donald Trump. The US Justice Department earlier alleged that an Iranian, Mr Shahram Poursafi, was likely motivated to kill Mr Bolton in retaliation for the death of Qassem Soleimani, a commander of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps killed in a US drone strike.
6. Iranian civil aviation chief Mohammad Mohammadi Bakhsh on Weds Aug 10 said Iran would need to revise a major aircraft supply contract with Airbus in case the 2 parties return to the deal after a potential removal of US sanctions on Iran.
7. Scientists in the UAE have announced plans to leverage cloud seeding programmes across the country to encourage rainfall and tackle a shortage of natural water resources. Scientists believe that the tech can help increase annual downpours by up to 25%.
8. Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has urged the US to provide the ground for the final text of an agreement in Vienna talks by accepting the legitimate demands of Iran.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-08-10

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1. Headlines
2. At least 15 soldiers were killed on Tue Aug 9 in northern Burkina Faso when their vehicle drove over a hidden explosive. Reuters said the incident occurred along a road in Bam Province in the country's Central-North Region.
3. The secretary-general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance group, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, has said the Islamic Republic of Iran was the heart of the axis of Muslim unity in the world and would continue to be in the forefront of the battle against tyrant regimes. Press TV reported that Mr Nasrallah made these remarks during speech to mark the Day of Ashura.
4. Nigerian security operatives have announced the re-arrest of a high profile ISWAP terrorist, Idris Ojo, who escaped from Kuje Prison. Online news platform, Sahara Reporters, reported Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff Lucky Irabor announcing the re arrest at a media briefing in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, on Tue Aug 9th.
5. Initial signals from Khayyam satellite, launched by Iran on Tue Aug 9th, have been received by the country's Space Station. The signals were received few minutes after the saellite entered into orbit following its launch from the Kazakh Baikonur Cosmodrome.
6. Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya on Tue Aug 9th said the withdrawal of US troops from Syria would facilitate swift elimination of remaining terrorist presence in the country. Mr Nebenzya made the remarks at a UN Security Council meeting on terrorist threats to international peace and security.
7. Reports from the Palestinian territory have indicated that Israeli forces killed commander of the Kata'ibul Aqsa, a Palestinian resistance movement, and wounded at least 60 other Palestinians in the city of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
8. Nigerian police have thwarted two abduction attempts in Malammadori and Birniwa local government areas of the north-western state of Jigawa. Daily Nigerian newspaper reported Jigawa State Police spokesperson Lawan Shiisu confirming the development to reporters on Wed Aug 10 in the Jigawa State capital, Dutse.
9. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Malian Transition PResident Assimi Goita have expressed satisfaction with cooperation between the 2 countries on foreign policy during a phone conversation, a statement issued by the Kremlin press service on Weds Aug 10th said.
10. Israel PM Yair Lapid is expected in Morocco next week to attend a summit of all signatories to the so-called Abraham Accords, according to Israel Hayom newspaper.
11. Vote counting continued on Tues Aug 9th in Kenya after the country's citizens voted for a new president against a backdrop of economic hardship. The voting was largely peaceful but voter turnout was low in some areas.
12. Head of the Yemeni Supreme Political Council Mahdi Al-Masha has said the people of Yemen would never remain silent over the looting of their wealth. He condemned what he called plundering of the wealth of Yemenis by mercenaries, who deposited the loot in Saudi Arabia.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-08-09

http://aod.parstoday.com/archive/mp3/20220809

1. Headlines
2. Chad's main insurgent group, Front for Change and Concord in Chad, has refused to join a peace deal signed between the Chadian government and the county's rebel groups. Press TV reported that over 40 rebel groups had on Monday (8 August) signed a national reconciliation deal in the Qatari capital, Doha.
3. Preparations are under way for the launch of Iran's Khayyam ERS satellite by the Russian Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The blast-off is scheduled for 1330 (local time) on Tue (9 Aug).
4. At least 6 people have been confirmed dead while about 50 others were reported wounded after Nigerian security forces opened fire on Ashura procession in Zaria in the north-western Kaduna State on Monday (8 August). The injured were rushed to various hospitals across Zaria, according to Sheikh Abdulhamid Bello, local representative of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) leader, Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.
5. An Iranian Foreign Ministry official has rejected a report published by the WSJ saying an agreement to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal had been finalized. The Iranian news agency IRNA quoted the unnamed official saying talks were still under way on some important issues and that the deal had not yet been finalized.
6. Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States Sidie Tunis has announced the immediate suspension of staff recruitment. The suspension follows allegations by Nigerian representatives at the parliament that the country's candidates had been marginalized in the recruitment exercise.
7. A top official of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Khaled Hait, has warned that the group would resume fighting against Israeli regime does not release its members as agreed in a recent ceasefire agreement brokered by Egypt.
8. The West African Examination Council on Mon (8 Aug) announced the release of results for the 2022 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school candidates.
9. Iran on Tue (9 Aug) launched a locally manufactured satellite into space from a base in Kazakhstan on board a Russian rocket. Reports said the satellite, named Khayyam, was launched in the afternoon.

Iran Hausa Radio 2022-08-08

http://aod.parstoday.com/archive/mp3/20220808

1. Headlines
2. Top Iranian and Russian negotiators in Vienna for the talks on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, held separate meetings with EU rep Enrique Mora on Sun (7 Aug) as the fresh talks entered day 4. [Hausa-1 Timestamp: 13.28-14.45]

   An shiga ta 4 a tattaunawar da ake yi a Vienna na farfado da yarjejeniyar nukiliyar Iran. Manyan jami'an kasar Iran da Rasha sun yi wata ganawa tsakaninsu da jami'an k'ungiyar tarayyar Turai domin kammala yarjejeniyar da aka cimma kan shirin nukiliyar Iran na zaman lafiya a daidai lokacin da ake rana ta 4 ta komowa teburin tattaunawa.

3. Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has said successful defensive operations by the Palestinian resistance during the recent Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip left the Israeli regime with no other choice but to accept truce. [Hausa-1 Timestamp: 9.19-10.31]

   Ƙungiyar Hezbollah ta ce ruwan rokokin 'yan gugurmaya ne suka tilastawa Israel amincewa da dakatar da buɗe wuta. Babban sekatarin k'ungiyar Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, yana da cewa: Yanzu, komai ya bayyana a fili ga Israel, abokiyar gaba, a jiya Lahadi. Tana san dakatar da bud'e wuta ne kawai don baza ta iya cigaba da jurewa makaman roka da ake harba mata ba daga Gaza.

4. Palestinian Islamic Jihad group has agreed to a truce with Israel following 3 days of strikes on the Gaza Strip by the Israeli regime. The truce was brokered by neighboring Egypt. [Hausa-1 Timestamp:12.07-13.25]

   Ƙungiyar Jihadil Islami, ta amince da yarjejeniyar da dakatar da buɗe wuta tsakaninta da Israel ba tare da sharaɗi ba.

5. The Nigerian Immigration Service arrested 3 men suspected to be arms dealers at Mfum, a community along the Nigeria-Cameroon border. Mfum Border Command Comptroller Ndubuisi Eneregbu announced the arrest in a statement on Sunday August 7th in Calabar, Cross River State. [Hausa-1 Timestamp: 10.31-11.59]

   Hukumar kula da shige da fice ta Nigeria, ta cafke dilalan makamai guda 3 a iyakar Cameroon da Nigeria. Rahotanni sun bayyana cewa hukumar kula da shiga da fice ta k'asa NIS, ta sanar da cewa jami'an ta sun kama wasu mutane 3 da ake zargin dilalan makamai ne akan iyakar Mfum da ke kan iyakar Najeriya da Cameroon. Mfum wanda ke karamar hukumar Ikom a Cross River, ya kasance cibiyar kasuwanci da 'yan kasuwanna duniya ke yada zango yayin da suke safa da kayan abinci, man fetur, da sauransu da motoci zuwa kasar Cameroon.

6. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Sun August 7th discussed the latest situation in Gaza with his Syrian and Lebanese counterparts on the telephone, condemning the international community's silence on Israeli brutal crimes in Gaza. [Hausa-1 Timestamp: 8:00-9:19]

   Iran ta yi tir da gunda baki da duniya ta yi kan laifukan yaƙi da Israel ta tafka a Gaza. A wata zantawa da ministan harkokin kasar wajen Iran Amir Abdollahian ne da takwarorinsa na kasashen Lebanon da Syria... ya yi tir da gunda baki da kasashen duniya suke yi game da ɗanyen aiki da gwamnatin yahudawan (Sah?) take cigaba da afkawa a yankin Gaza. Har ila yau, ministocin harkokin kasashen wajen guda 3 sun yi musayar ra'ayi kan irin halin da ake ciki yanzu haka a yankin Gaza. Ministan harkokin wajen kasar Syria Faisal Mekdad, ya yi ishara game da tattaunawar da ya yi da ??? MDD Antonio Gutteres game da bukatar gaggawar da ake da ita na daukar matakan takawa Israel birki na hana ta cigaba da harin ta'addancin da ta ke kaiwa kan fararen hula a Gaza.

7. Two Iranian missile boats, Joshan and Paykan, have anchored in Azeri Baku Port to participate in the 7th edition of the Sea Cup contest as part of the International Army Games 2022.
8. Majority of Somali parliamentarians on Sunday (7 August) approved the country's appointed cabinet presented by PM Hamza Abdi Barre. The 75-member government was confirmed moments after mortar shells struck residential neighborhoods near the presidential palace in Mogadishu.
9. Chadian transitional authorities and rebel groups are expected to sign an agreement in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Mon (8 Aug) that would pave way for a broader national reconciliation dialogue. This was announced by the Qatari Foreign Ministry, Reuters reported.
10. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani on Mon (8 Aug) called on Germany to put an end to the desecration of the Holy Qur'an in the country. Six people desecrated the Holy Qur'an in front of the Islamic Centre of Hamburg on Sunday Aug 7th, Press TV reported.
11. Shia Muslims across Iran commemorated the Day of Ashura on 8 August. Ashura is the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala in which the third Shia Imam Hussein ibn Ali, grandson of Prophet Muhammad SAW, was martyred.
12. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in South Africa to begin his three-nation tour of the continent. During his stay in South Africa, Mr Blinken is expected to hold talks with his counterpart, Naledi Pandor.
13. Chinese military on Monday (8 August) announced that it would continue drills in the seas and skies around the Taiwan region. The military said it would practice anti-submarine attacks and sea raids.
14. A British museum has said it would return dozens of artifacts to the Nigerian government that were taken forcibly more than a century ago. The Horniman Museum and Gardens in London plans to hand over 72 objects that were looted from Benin City in southern Nigeria during a British military invasion in 1897.