PUTIN WOOS AFRICAN LEADERS AT SHOWCASE SUMMIT, SAYS RUSSIA IS BETTER PARTNER THAN 'COLONIAL' WEST. (PHOTO).

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 Putin woos African leaders at showcase summit, says Russia is better partner than 'colonial' West President Vladimir Putin told African leaders ​on Wednesday that Russia was their best partner, accusing what he cast as a colonial West of still trying ‌to exploit the continent's resources and using debt to hold back development, Reuters reported. The Kremlin chief was speaking at the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, a two-day event attended by African leaders and government delegations from 48 countries, during which he will hold one-on-one talks with many of the 22 individual African leaders ​attending on everything from trade to security, arms deals and grain supplies. "Africa is increasingly asserting itself as one of the key players in the global economy and politics. However, the emergence of a multipolar world is, of ​course, no easy task; it faces resistance from countries that are not prepared to accept this reality: those who are accustomed to ​thinking i...

A MURDER CHARGE AGAINST A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL,WHO POISONED HER 35 YEAR OLD HUSBAND LAST YEAR,HAS BEEN DROPPED.

nigeria child bride                    Prosecutors in Nigeria have dropped a murder charge against a 15 year old who was accused of poisoning a 35 year old man she had been married to.The girl Wadila Tasi'u was faced with a case of culpable homicide.She was 14 years when she was married off to Umar Sani.Prosecutor Lamido Aba Soron Dinki asked the High Court in Gezawa,Kano state to ''Terminate the case of culpable homicideagainst Wasila Tadi'u.Whit a heavy heart,i apply that the accused be discharged''.However Judge Mohammed Yahaya who was preciding over the case,told the court he required either a written or oral,presentation from the office of Kano's Attorney General before formally dropping the charges and agreeing to Tasiu's release.He ordered that the presentation to be made on June 9 2015.In 2014,the girl admitted killing her husband by concealing rat poison in his food.Three other people also died and 10 were taken to the hospital apparently after eating the same food.The girls father had forced her to marry the 35 year old man.The murder charge dates back to April 5 2014,when her husband Sani hosted a small wedding celebration at his home in the small Kano village of Unguwar Yansoro.Prosecutors claimed that Tasi'u prepared the food and laced it with rat poison before serving it to her guests.Four people,including Sani her husband died within hours of eating the meal.Judicial sources said the Kano state government intended to offer financial compensation to the victims families.

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