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Iran Hausa Radio 2022-07-01
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- Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein expressed his country's readiness to pave way for the resumption of political negotiations between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Mr Hussein made the remarks during a phone convo with his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Thur (30 June), Almayadeen tv channel reported
Iran Hausa Radio 2022-06-30
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- Iran has been elected to the Tourism Coordination Committee of Islamic Countries from 2022 to 2026. Iranian Minister of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Seyed Ezzatullah Zarghami said this in Baku, capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan where he attended the 11th Islamic Conference of Tourism Ministers, Iranian news agency Iran Press reported.
- Reports from Yemeni capital, Sanaa, indicate that the UAE has reportedly looted 400,000 barrels of Yemeni crude through the Rudum port. Saudi Arabia launched the devastating war on Yemen in March 2015 in collaboration with its Arab allies, including the UAE, Iranian news agency Iran Press reported.
- Iranian Human Rights Council Secretary Kazem Gharibabadi has described the US as the biggest violator of human rights in the world.
- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said Israeli presence in the region only stokes tensions, warning that the occupying regime undermines security wherever it manages to gain a foothold. The remarks came on Wednesday June 29th during President Raisi's meeting with his Azeri counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, on the sidelines of the 6th summit of the heads of the Caspian Sea littoral states.
- The UN Security Council on Wed June 29 renewed the mandate of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stablization Mission in Mali for another year.
- Over 4 million people from around the world have attended the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Muhammad Jawad at the Kazimiyya shrine in Iraq. The anniversary commemorations were peacefully conducted.
- Heads of States of the Caspian Sea littoral countries wrapped up their summit in Turkmenistan capital, Ashgabaton, Weds (29 June), stressing that no foreign armed forces should be present in the Caspian Sea region.
- One person was reported dead in Yemeni Ma'arif Province while another got injured in the country's Province of Sa'adah, following bomb explosions that were planted by the Saudi-led coalition, bringing the death toll from bomb explosions in the country to four in less than 24 months.
Iran Hausa Radio 2022-06-29
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- The Bulgarian government has announced the expulsion of 70 Russian diplomats accused of spying. Bulgarian PM Kiril Petkov announced the expulsion during a televised address.
- Egypt has denied rumors it had banned the entry of Sudanese people into the country after a fake directive document went viral in Sudan. A senior official at the Egyptian consulate in Sudan, Ahmad Adil, said Egypt has always welcomed Sudanese people at any given time, a statement revealed.
- New Somali PM Hamza Abdi Barre on Tue (28 June) officially assumed work after taking over from former PM Mohamed Hussein Roble.
- A group of African migrants on Tue (28 June) held protest outside the UNHCR office in Rabat, Morocco. The protest came followed the death of migrants on Fri (24 June) while attempting to cross by force into the Spanish autonomous City of Melilla from Moroccan territoy.
- Ethiopian ruling Prosperity Party has urged the AU to facilitate peace talks between the Ehtiopian government and rebel forces from the Tigray region in the north.
- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saaed Khatibzadeh on Weds June 29 confirmed that talks on removal of US unilateral sanctions on Iran are ongoing in the Qatari capital, Doha, between Iranian chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani, and a coordinator of the EU.
- Nigerian troops deployed in the Operation Hadin Kai in the northeastern state of Borno in the early hours of Tuesday (28 June) killed 3 Boko Haram terrorists in an ambush. Reports said the troops in a joint op with Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF), carried out the ambush against the terrorists in the Gubio local government area (LGA) of the state.
- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said the Caspian Sea littoral states should do their best to protect the Caspian Sea as a region of friendship and peace. The president made the remarks shortly before flying out of the Turkmenistan capital, Ashgabat, on Wednesday June 29 to attend the 6th Caspian Sea Summit.
- China and Russia have welcomed future expansion of the influential group of the world's emerging economies, known as BRICS, to include Iran, which has formally applied to join the bloc.
Iran Hausa Radio 2022-06-28
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- The death toll from the toxic gas leak at Jordanian Aqaba port on Mon June 26 has reached 12, while 260 other people have sustained injuries. The figures were disclosed by Jordanian PM Bashar Hasawanah, local newspaper Al-Ghad reported.
- Iranian Pars Special Zone Organization Head Sekhawat Asadi has expressed Iran's readiness to expand cooperation with Cuba in the energy sector. Mr Asadi said this during a meeting with the ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Iran, Alberto Gonzalez Casals, in the Iranian capital Tehran, Iranian news agency, Iran Press reported.
- Nigerian electoral body, INEC, has said fresh registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration in the country had hit 10,487,972 as of 7 am local time Mon June 27.
- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi expressed his country's readiness to share technological and knowledge-based achievements with members of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation. President Raisi made the remarks at a meeting with D-8 Secretary General Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam, who is on a visit to Iran, Iran Press reported.
- Residents of the Yemeni village of Dahyan have condemned UN Security Council's silence over the killing of school children by Saudi-led coalition in the village.
- Commander in Chief of the Sudanese Army Abdel Fattah al Burhan has pledged to avenge the killing of 7 Sudanese soldiers by Ethiopian forces.
- Chinese permanent representative to the UN Zhang Jun on Mon June 27th voiced deep concern over the deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestinian territory and urged the international community to take urgent and decisive actions to prevent the Palestinian-Israeli issue from getting totally derailed.
- UN Sec-General Antonio Gutterres emphasized the need for the removal of unilateral US sanctions against Iran and implementation of the Iranian nuclear agreement such that the Islamic republic can take advantage of its economics benefits.
- Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that enemies of the Iranian regime have always miscalculated its stamina to survive. The supreme leader made the remarks in the speech he delivered to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1981 massive bombing in Tehran.
- Authorities in the US city of San Antonia, TX said at least 46 migrants were found dead inside a truck Mon June 27. 16 others including 4 children were found alive inside the vehicle, but had since been taken to the hospital.
- Kremlin spokeperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia would halt its offensive in Ukraine as soon as Ukrainr surrenders and orders its troops to lay down their are arms.
- Iran Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Kani who doubles as the country's chief nuclear negotiator has arrived in the Qatari capital, Doha, for the resumption of talks on the revival of the Iran nuclear deal.
Iran Hausa Radio 2022-06-24
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- The Palestinian chapter of the Geneva-based Defence for Children International has revealed that as many as 15 Palestinian children had been killed so far in 2022 by Israeli forces. The organization disclosed this in a report released Sun June 26th, PressTV reported.
- Iran has successfully tested its Zuljanah satellite launcher for a second time. Iranian defence ministry spokesperson Dayyeed Ahmad Hussain said this on Sunday (26 June), Iranian news agency Iran Press reported.
- Three people died while 12 others were injured following forest fires in the Algerian province of Setif. Local authorities said the fires erupted in the forests and mountains of the Harbil municipality, north of Setif province, where winds and high temps helped the rapid spread of the fires to neighboring forests.
- The Ethiopian military has executed 7 Sudanese prisoners of war and presented them to their families in an undignified manner. The Sudanese army said the execution was carried out in a manner that contravenes all laws of war and international humanitarian laws and vowed to take appropriate response to the act, a statement said.
- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said steps taken by the Israeli regime to normalize ties with Arab states would not bring peace to the region. President Raisi made the remarks in Tehran on Sunday (26 June) at a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who was on an official visit to Iran, Press TV reported.
- Libya's High Commission on National Elections chairman Imad Al-Sayeh has affirmed the commission's readiness to engage in any electoral process, be it a general election or a referendum.
- The head of Hamas's political bureau, Ismail Haniyah, has said the group has the capacity to fire up to 150 missiles into neighboring Israel in less than five minutes. Mr Haniyah made the remarks on Sun (26 June) during an address at a gathering in the Lebanese town of Saida.
- The head of the UN office in the Iranian city of Mashad, Moho Koshoor, has commended the Iranian government for its support to refugees living in the country.
- Authorities in Nigeria's north-western state of Zamfara have told residents to obtain guns to defend themselves against terrorists attacking defenseless civilians in the state. The Zamfara state government gave this permission in a statement by the state commissioner for information, Ibrahim Dosara, local newspaper Premium Times reported.
Iran Hausa Radio 2022-06-24
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- Majid Takht Ravanchi, Iranian ambassador and permanent representative to the UN, has rejected the politicisation of the release of Afghanistan's assets confiscated in the US and stressed that the assets belong to the Afghan people.
- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi delivered an online speech on Friday (24 June) at the 2022 Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa Summit. In the speech, President Raisi was expected to outline Iran's standpoints on international issues and cooperation with other countries.
- UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Thurs June 23 urged the Ethiopian authorities to conduct impartial and thorough investigations into weekend attacks that left hundreds of people dead in the country's west.
- Leading biotech company BioNTech, kicked off construction Thurs June 23 of the first manufacturing site for vaccines in Africa in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, which could ensure equal distribution of vaccines.
- The Libyan Foreign Ministry has criticized Egypt for its comments regarding the road map for political dialogue forum signed in Geneva and described the comments as interference in Libya's internal issue and an infringement on national sovereignty, given that the political process is Libya-owned.
Iran Hausa Radio 2022-06-22
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- Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why his administration ignored advice on fuel subsidy removal offered by the International Monetary Fund. President Buhari, who spoke on the matter in an interview with the Bloomberg newspaper on 21 June, said Nigeria would remove the subsidy when key targets had been achieved.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced Russia would deploy its newly tested Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile by the end of this year. President Putin announced this during a meeting with military academy graduates amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
- A senior judiciary official in south-eastern Iranian Province of Sistan and Balouchestan announced the arrest of individuals with links to Israeli Mossad spy agency. The prosecutor general of the province, Mahdi Shamsabadi, announced the suspects had planned to assassinate Iranian nuclear scientists.
- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh on 21 June condemned a deadly terrorist attack in central Mali that claimed at least 132 lives. The spokesperson expressed sympathy with the Malian government and nation, especially families of victims of the deadly attack.
- Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is scheduled to travel to Turkey later today for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogen. The visit is the 1st by the Saudi crown prince since the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
- Reports from Afghanistan have indicated that about 280 people lost their lives, following a powerful earthquake that hit the country's east, 46km from the city of Khost, near the Pakistani border. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude of the earthquake was 6.1.
- Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera on 21 June relieved the VP Saulos Chilima of all delegated powers after the latter was named in a massive corruption scandal in government contracts already implicating several senior officials.
- The 1st exhibition of locally produced goods in Iran has been under way in Shiraz, capital of Fars Province. The exhibition, in which various companies are taking part, is expected to last for 4 days.
- The US military has reportedly sent a new convoy of trucks carrying military and logistical equipment from Syria's north-eastern province of Hasakah to one of its bases in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq.
Iran Hausa Radio 2022-06-21
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- East African leaders on Mon June 20, agreed to set up a regional force in a bid to end the conflict in eastern DR Congo. The announcement was made by the Kenyan presidency at the end of a meeting in Nairobi of 7 member states of the East African Community devoted to security in the troubled region.
- The Malian government has strongly condemned deadly attacks that led to the death of over 130 people in the central part of the country. The government said in a statement that it would use every necessary means to bring those behind the attack to justice.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed the Bureau of the Assembly of the African Union via video link. President Zelensky's address followed a recent visit to Russia by African Union President Macky Sall to discuss grain exports from Russia and Ukraine, which many African countries rely on for supplies.
- Belgian authorities have handed over a tooth, the only known piece of the remains of murdered Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba, to his family during a ceremony in Brussels.
- Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said there is no point having any nuclear arms reduction talks with the US, adding that Russia would wait until the Americans begged for negotiations.
- Majid Takht Ravanchi, Iranian ambassador and permanent representative to the UN, has condemned Israeli regime's aggression against Syria and its long-time occupation of Golan Heights as well as the regime's targeting of civilians and civil infrastructure, including Damascus international airport. Mr Ravanchi was addressing a Security Council session on the latest developments in Syria.
- Fuel queues have resurfaced in most parts of southern Nigeria State of Lagos, following the decision by members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) to shut down operations. IPMAN chairman at Lagos Satellite Depot, Ejigbo, Akin Akinrinade, confirmed the development, noting that petrol prices would increase to 180 naira ($0.4) per litre to avoid selling at loss.
Iran Hausa Radio 2022-06-20
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- Authorities in north-western Nigerian State of Kaduna confirmed an attack on a church on Sunday [19 June] during which they killed 3 worshippers and wounded 2 others in Kajuru local government area (LGA). State commissioner for internal security and home affairs Samuel Aruwan confirmed the attack in a statement.
- French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to lose an absolute majority in the country's upcoming National Assembly, following the 2nd round of legislative elections held Sunday, according to preliminary results.
- Iranian Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the West is using the Ukraine war to pave the way for further expansion of NATO. Mr Khamenei made the remarks in a Sunday meeting with the visiting President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Tehran.
- Chadian rebels have threatened to withdraw from peace talks in the Qatari capital, Doha. The rebels accused the Chadian government of stalling the ongoing talks through harassment and intimidation, provocations and attempted aggression, a statement said.
- Leaders of the East African Community are meeting on Monday June 20 to discuss the ongoing conflict between the DRC and Rwanda. The meeting comes as heavy fighting revived decades-old animosities between Kinshasa and Kigali, with DR Congo blaming neighboring Rwanda over recent resurgence of the M23 (March 23 Movement) rebel group.
Iran Hausa Radio 2022-06-17
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- The UN World Food Programme has warned that about 18 million people in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are facing severe food shortages for four consecutive years due to recurrent droughts.
- The European Commission recommended on Fri June 17 that Ukraine be granted EU candidate status, a first step on the long road towards membership for the country. The recommendation by the European Union's executive arm will now be discussed by the leaders of the 27-nation bloc during a summit next week.
- Reports from Palestine indicate that Israeli troops killed three young Palestinian men and wounded at least 10 others during a raid on the Jenin refugee camp, north of the occupied West Bank. The Israeli forces barged into the Jenin refugee camp Fri morning (June 17th) and opened fire on a vehicle transporting the young Palestinians, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
Iran Hausa Radio 2022-06-16
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- Somali President Hassan Sheik Mohamud on Weds (15 June) appointed Hamza Abdi Barre as the country's PM. President Hassan announced appointment at a press conference in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
- UN Refugee Agency has revealed that the Russia-Ukraine conflict had caused the fastest and one of the largest forced displacement crises in the world, pushing the figure of displaced people in the world to the dramatic milestone of 100 million.
- Spokesperson for the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Behrouz Kamalvandi on Weds June 15th warned Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi to refrain from complicating Iran's nuclear situation through political statements. Mr Kamalvandi's warning came followed a call on Iran by the IAEA chief to resume talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear agreement before things get "more problematic".
- Iran and Russia have stressed the need for implementing all agreements made during the course of Astana talks on Syria, including those calling for the protection of the country's territorial integrity and sovereignty. The Iranian delegation to the 8th round of Astana talks, which were headed by the senior aide to Iranian foreign minister, Ali-Asghar Khaji, made this position known at the meeting.
- Nigerian government has approved 964m naira for the provision of 109 satellite-based education system equipment in each of the 36 states of the county and country's capital, Abuja. Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed revealed this at the end of a weekly executive council meeting in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.
- Russia has summoned Alexander Ben Zvi, Israeli ambassador to the country, to express concern over recent airstrikes against Damascus International Airport in Syria. The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the summons in a statement it issued on Weds June 15th after Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov met with Alexander Ben Zvi.
- Candidates in the government by-election in Nigeria's southern state of Ekiti on Weds June 16 signed a peace accord ahead of the poll scheduled to be held on Saturday June 18. Local tv station, ChannelsTV, reported that the candidates signed the peace accord at an event held in Ado-Ekiti under the auspices of the National Peace Committee (NPC).
- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has said a recent resolution approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) against Iran, was a US plot to force Iran to make concessions at the Vienna talks. Mr Abdollahian made the remarks during a phone conversation with Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussain on Thursday June 16. <> Iran ta bayyana cewa Amurka ta shirya kudurinnan na IAEA ne domin samun sassauci daga gare ta a tattaunawar Vienna. [1] Ministan harkokin kasar wajen Iran Hossein Amir Abdollahian, ya ce Amurka ce ke bayan kudurin kin jinin Tehran na baya-bayannan...
- The government of the DRC on Thurs June 16 announced it had suspended all treaties with its East African neighbor, Rwanda. The DRC also urged Rwanda to immediately withdraw all it troops from Congolese soil. <> Jamhuriyar DRC ta sanar da yanke duk yarjejeniyar da ke tsakaninta da Rwanda. [2]
- Mali announced plans to begin withdrawing troops from the G5 Sahel alliance. Malian army chief General Oumar Diarra ordered the withdrawal Tue June 14 in a leaked memo. <> Kasar Mali ta sanar cewa za ta fara janye dakarunta daga kungiyar G5 Sahel a karshen wannan wata. [3]
- The African Continental Free Trade Area on Tuesday June 14 said it would promote the use of local currencies in order to boost trade among African countries.
Iran Hausa Radio 2022-06-15
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- Headlines (intro by Tahir Amin; news read by Sanusi Wunti)
- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said the deep-rooted ties between Iran and Pakistan as two great countries in the Muslim world was a source of hope over the years. Mr Abdollahian made the remarks during a joint press conference with his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
- Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Tue June 14th sacked the country's finance minister after serving for just four(*3) months. In a statement, the Algerian Presidency said the president had signed a decree ending the functions of Minister Abderrahmane Raouya, without giving any reason. <> Gwamnatin Algeria ta sallami ministan kudin kasar daga aiki, watanni uku kacal da nada shi.
- A blaze on Tue June 14th killed 8 people, including 4 children in Andisheh town, west of the country's capital, Tehran. The inferno gutted a restaurant during a birthday party, according to reports.
- The UK's first flight to take asylum seekers to Rwanda on Tue June 14 was heavily criticised by opponents, charities, and religious leaders who said the deportations were inhumane.
- Russia has urged Ukrainian forces holed up in a chemical plant in the strategic city of Severodonetsk in the Donbass region to lay down their arms by early Weds June 15, as it pushes ahead to completely bring the country's eastern region under its control. Head of the Russian National Defence Control Centre Mikhail Mizintsev on Tue June 14 told Ukrainian forces to stop their resistance and lay down their arms, PressTV reported.
- Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed on Tue June 14 spoke for the first time about the possibility of peace negotiantions with Tigrayan rebels locked in a 19-month war with federal forces.
- Iran and Turkmenistan on Weds 15 June signed a series of memoranda of understanding to broaden bilateral cooperation in different fields. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Turkmen counterpart Serdar Berdimuhamedow signed the agreements at a ceremony in the Iranian capital, Tehran, PressTV reported.
- Israeli forces in the early hours of Weds June 15th clashed with Palestinian resistance forces Shuhada Aksa in the Palestinian City of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces attempted to forces themselves inside the occupied city of Nablus but faced heavy resistance from the Shuhada Aksa forces and were forced to retreat, Filisdinul-Yaum tv channel reported.
- Nigerian Minister of Finance Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed has said the burden of fuel subsidy being paid by the government had made servicing the country's debt challenging. The minister stated this at the launch of the World Bank's Nigeria Development update in Nigerian capital Abuja.
- Nigerian troops have announced having neutralized Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in an ongoing offensive in the north-eastern state of Borno. In a tweet issued on Weds 15 June, the Nigerian army said troops of Operation Desert Sanity neutralized the terrorists and destroyed their camps during the operation.
- French soldiers announced the arrest of Omayya Ould al-Beqai, a top ISIS official, in a border area in Mali. The French army said the terrorist was arrested during an operation carried out by the French anti-terror force Barkhane, on the night of June 11.
Iran Hausa Radio 2022-06-14
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- Hezbollah Executive Council Deputy Chief Sheikh Nabil said that attempts by Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with Israel constitute a direct threat to Lebanon. Mr Nabil made the remarks at a ceremony in a Southern Lebanese town, PressTV reported.
- Barely 72 hours to the deadline set by Nigeria's INEC for the presidential candidates in the country's upcoming 2023 general elections to submit names of their running mates or else their candidature would be invalidated, presidential aspirants of the country's two main parties, namely Ahmed Bola Tinubu of the ruling APC and Atiku Abubakar of PDP are yet to pick running mates.
- Iran and Venezuela signed an agreement on developing cooperation in communications and IT fields. The agreement was signed by Iranian Minister of Comms and IT Issa Zarepour and his visiting Venezuelan counterpart Freddy Alfred Nazareth in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
- Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said Arab countries must come together to put an end to the conflict in Libya. President Sisi also called on the warring parties in Libya to embrace dialogue as a solution to the myriad of problems bedeviling the country.
- A last-minute bid to halt deportations of asylum-seekers to Rwanda failed on Mon June 13th after the court of appeal in UK's capital London, dismissed attempts to stop the first flight. The British gov't faced pushback from the UN as well as human rights and refugee groups over its deportation plans.
- Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said there were no serious indicators of the possibility of a war between his country and Israel, despite threats exchanged in recent days over a border dispute.
- Sudanese protesters are back on the streets of the country to demonstrate against military rule and call for the return to civilian government. Large crowds were seen in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and other cities across the country on Monday, protesting against military rule, Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
- French troops on Monday handed over the Menaka military base in north-eastern Mali in its final withdrawal from the Sahel nation, a statement issued by the French army said.
PARS Hausa 2022-06-13
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- Headlines (read by Sanusi Wunti)
- The latest Israeli missile attack on the Damascus International Airport in Syria has been strongly condemned by Russian ambassador to Syria Alexander Efimov. Mr. Efimov stressed that such reckless attacks endanger civilian aircraft and civil aviation, and that the Israeli authorities must immediately halt such heinous acts, Al-Watan newspaper reported.
- Iran and Nigeria have signed a memorandum of understanding on cultural cooperation. The agreement was signed by Nigerian State Foreign Minister Zubairu Dada, and Mohammad Mehdi Imanipour, head of Iran's Islamic Culture and Communication Organization, on the side-lines of the 6th Meeting of Iran-Nigeria Joint Commission.
- Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, has said Syria's refusal to normalize relations with Israel was the reason behind recent attacks on Damascus by the Israeli regime. The deputy of the Hamas political bureau in the Gaza Strip, Khalil Al-Hayya, made the remarks in a statement condemning the attacks.
- Indian security officials have continued to persecute and destroy houses of Muslim faithful in the country following demonstrations against recent derogatory remarks made against the holy prophet of Islam, Muhammad, peace be upon him.
Jami'an tsaron Indiya, suna cigaba da daukan matakan muzgunawa Musulmi tare da rusa musu gidaje kan zanga-zangar nuna rashin amincewa da cin zarafin manzon Allah, tsira da amincin Allah su tabbata a gareshi da mutanen gidansa. --Iran Hausa Radio 2022-06-13 - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said Ukraine would have to surrender some of its provinces to Russian forces for peace to be restored in the country. Mr Stoltenberg made the remarks during a joint press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto.
Kungiyar tsaro ta NATO, ta yi furuci da cewa dole ne kasar Ukraine ta sadaukar da wasu lardunar kasar domin samun wanzar da zaman lafiya a yankin. - The 3rd round of Libyan constitutional track meeting kicked off in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Sunday June 12. The meeting continued to discuss how to lay a constitutional framework for holding and securing the country's presidential and parliamentary elections, at a time when the Libyan, Tripoli, was experiencing armed clashes.
Gwamnatoci biyu da suke kasar Libiya, sun yi musayar zarge-zarge kan junansu dangane da gumurzun da ya faru a birnin Tripoli fadar mulkin kasar. - The high representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, has said Europe would have to coexist with Russia after the cessation of hostilities in Ukraine, adding that the EU needed to clearly define how to live with Russia by continuing to engage in talks with it.
- Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed Al-Halbousi has accepted mass resignation of lawmakers faithful to influential Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr. Mr Al-Halbousi announced accepting the resignations in a tweet on Sunday (12 June), Iran's Press TV reported.
- A total of 260 Iranian lawmakers have condemned a recent resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors against Tehran, saying the move proved that the IAEA and Director-General Rafael Grossi had lost all technical credibility.
PARS Hausa 2022-06-10 1900 GMT
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- Syrian missile defense systems have intercepted missiles fired by Israel on targets in the southern part of the country's capital, Damascus. State-run Syrian news agency Sana reported that the missiles were fired by fighter jets from the Israel-occupied Golan Heights.
- Senegalese President Macky Sall said on Thursday (June 9th) that he remained hopeful that a compromise would be reached with Mali's ruling military junta on a timeline for restoring democratic rule. Mali's military leaders recently announced 24 months starting from March 2022 as transition period after which they would hand over power to a civilian administration.
- The Nigerian government has declared June 13th 2022 public holiday to mark this year's Democracy Day in the country. Leadership newspaper reported that Interior Minister Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the declaration on behalf of the federal gov't, congratulating Nigerians and urging citizens to support the current administration in its efforts to ensure a secure, united and prosperous nation.
- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said it is not possible to talk with Iran using the language of force, as Iranians speak the language of logic. Iranian news agency IRNA reported President Raisi's remarks during a meeting with various groups of the people of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, while reacting to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors' resolution on Iran.
- The head of Lebanon's Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, said Thurs (June 9th) that the group could stop Israel from extracting gas from a maritime field that Lebanon says lies in disputed waters, adding that Hezbollah was not afraid of war.
PARS Hausa 2022-06-09
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- The 6th Iran-Nigeria Joint Commission meeting kicked off on Tue June 7th at the Khalej Fars hall in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Officials from the two countries attended the meeting aimed at boosting trade and economic relations between two countries.
- Police in India have announced the arrest of top official of the Hindu nationalist ruling party for anti-Muslim comments after derogatory remarks by other party officials about the Holy Prophet of Islam Muhammad, peace be upon him, led to to a diplomatic furore.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country is opposed to the anti-Iran moves at the International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. President Putin made the remarks on Weds during a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi.
- Belgian King Philippe on Weds expressed regret for his nation's abuses in its former colony, the DRC. King Philippe expressed this on the second day of his visit to DRC.
- Reports from Nigeria indicated that top members of the ruling APC party including Sen. Adamu Aliero and Senate Majority Leader Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi, have defected to the country's main opposition party, PDP, shortly after a former governor of the country's south-western state of Lagos, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, was announced winner of the APC presidential primary elections held on Weds.
- Iran on Thurs strongly denounced as political and unconstructive, a resolution adopted by the Int'l Atomic Energy Agency at its board of governors meeting. The Iranian foreign ministry said in a statement that Iran had already disconnected IAEA cameras monitoring its nuclear sites in response to the adoption of the resolution.
Iran Hausa Radio 2022-06-08
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- Sudanese opposition and armed rebel groups have boycotted the dialogue process facilitated by the UN, AU, and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IAD).
- Belgian King Philippe has arrived in Kinshasa, capital of DRC, to hand over artifacts looted from the country during the colonial era that Belgium had agreed to return. The visit is the 1st of its kind by the King of Belgium since 2010, during which King Albert, father of King Philippe visited the DRC.
- A report by an independent international commission of inquiry on the Occupied Palestine Territory, commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council has said the Israeli occupation and discrimination against Palestinians are the key root causes of the recurrent tensions, instability, and conflict in the region.
- The Multinational Joint Task Force has said its troops had killed over 800 BH militants in the border region between Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad, over the past 2 months.
- Nigerian National Leader of the ruling APC, and a presidential aspirant of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was reported to be leading by a wide margin, according to results so far released in the ongoing APC primary held in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, on Weds June 8th.
- The EU reaffirmed its support for Iran's nuclear deal as the Int'l Atomic Energy Agency convenes its Board of Govs' regular June meeting in the Austrian capital, Vienna.
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- Mikhail Ulyanov, Russian permanent representative to int'l organizations in Vienna, has said Russia will not support a draft resolution put forth by Western countries against Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board governors meeting.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir has reaffirmed Iran's full support for the Palestinian resistance, saying the Islamic Republic would not back down from its principled stance on the matter despite all pressures. Mr Abdollahian made the remarks during a meeting with religious and political leaders as well as officials of Lebanese and Palestinian groups.
- Iran Foreign Ministry has condemned mass shooting at a church in Nigeria that killed scores of people, including women and children. In a statement Mon June 6th, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh condemned the assault on a Catholic church in Ondo State of Nigeria that killed at least 50 people on Sunday (5 June).
- The Malian military junta has announced plans to stay in power for 24 months from March 2022 before restoring civilian rule after an August 2020 coup. This is the latest move amid negotiations with the Economic Community of West African States to lift sanctions on the country.
- Senator Abdullahi Adamu, national chairperson of Nigeria's ruling party, the APC on Mon June 6 announced Senator Ahmad Lawal as the party's presidential candidate for the 2023 national elections.
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- Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned the Indian ambassador to protest a TV debate during which sacrilegious remarks were made against the Holy Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, peace be upon him, sparking widespread condemnations across the Muslim world.
- The Int'l Atomic Energy Agency has begun its regular board of governors meeting in Vienna, with Iran's nuclear issue and its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog expected to take center stage.
- The US has cleared Italian oil company, Eni SpA, and Spanish, Repsol SA, to begin shipping Venezuelan oil to Europe as soon as next month, to make up for Russian crude.
- Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian warned that those who support or sponsor adoption of a resolution against Iran at the Int'l Atomic Energy Agency, will account for its consequences. Mr Abdollahian stated this in a tweet he posted on Mon June 6.
- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh has condoled with Bangladesh over a devastating fire that killed at least 49 people and injured more than 300 others at a container depot in Chittagong. In his statement, Mr Khatibzadeh condoled with the government and people of Bangladesh, particularly the families of the victims of the tragic incident.
- The Economic Community of West African States has appointed former Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou its mediator in Burkina Faso, where the military ousted President Rock Marc Kabore from power.
- A human rights group in Yemen has disclosed that during the 8-yr long Saudi-led war in the country, 3,182 children were killed. The report also noted that 2,825 other children were injured during the said period.
- Nigerian ruling party, the All-Progressives Congress (APC), on Mon June 6, commenced presidential primary election in the country's capital, Abuja. The primary will culminate in the nomination of its presidential candidate for the 2023 national elections.
- Niger President Mohammed Bazoum has again offered amnesty to gunmen in the country. While making a speech at Makalondi Town, which borders Burkina Faso, President Bazoum said his administration was always ready to reintegrate those who accept the amnesty programme back into society.
- Iran and Qatar on Mon 6 June held the 8th meeting of the Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation and signed several agreements to increase bilateral economic and trade cooperation. During the signing, the Iranian side was headed by the country's energy minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian.
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- In the latest update by the Iranian Health Ministry on Thurs 2 June, no Covid-19 related deaths had been reported in the country over the past 24 hours. It is the 1st zero daily health toll since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. Iranian Health Minister Bahran Einollahi issued a message hailing the zero daily Covid-19 death toll after the country's 2-year battle with the pandemic.
- Few days to the Nigerian ruling party, APC, presidential primary election, reports have emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari's bid to determine his successor has split the ranks of the ruling party and rattled the camps of various aspirants.
- Russian envoy to the UN Vasily Nebenzya on Thur 2 June said Western countries were using the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a political tool to cover up US' misdemeanors in Syria. Mr Nebenzya made the remarks while speaking at the UN Security Council Session in NY.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has highlighted the importance of relations with African nations, calling for cooperation with Kenya in combating common int'l threats, including terrorism and piracy. Mr Abdollahian made the remarks in a phone convo with his Kenyan counterpart Raychelle Omamo on Thurs June 2nd.
- Iranian Petroleum Minister Javad Owji has said the expansion activities in the Iranian petroleum and gas sector would not stop despite severe sanctions imposed on the country several years ago. Mr Owji disclosed this on Thurs June 2nd at a media conference inthe Azeri capital, Baku, where he attended an energy forum.