RUSSIAN FORCES TO STAY IN MALI TO FIGHT TERRORISM: KREMLIN. (PHOTO).
Russian forces to stay in Mali to fight terrorism: Kremlin The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian forces would stay in Mali to help the country's government battle terrorists following an offensive over the weekend by Tuareg-led separatists and terrorists. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the statement after being asked by a reporter how Russia responded to a purported statement from the terrorists saying they wanted Russia to leave Mali. "Russia's presence there is, in fact, due to the need identified by the current government. Russia will continue, including in Mali, to combat extremism, terrorism and other harmful phenomena and will continue to provide assistance to the current government," said Peskov, AFP reported. The Russian Defence Ministry had claimed on Tuesday that units of its African Corps prevented an attempted coup on April 25, 2026 in Mali. It said in a statement that the African Corps units "inflicted irreparable losses" on superior ...
According to sources,Batch A members of the National Youth Service Corps {NYSC},who passed out yesterday,trooped to the streets of Yenagoa Bayelsa State,to protest the state's government inability to pay their transport allowances.It was gathered that the corps members took their grievances to the Government House after receiving their discharge certificates.But the Commissioner for Information and Orientation,Mr Jonathan Obuebite,reportedly addressed the protesters.Obuebite said the government was zealous at promoting the interests of corps members in the state.He said their allowances would be paid in full adding that the money had been approved by the government.Also addressing the protesters,the Zonal Inspector,Ajike O.E assured them that their money would be given to them in cash by today at the zonal office Ynagoa.But of the corp members,Alfred Ivanson who served in Brass Local Government Area said he could not travel to reunite with his family because of the government's inability to pay his N5000 transport allowance.He pleaded with Governor Seriake Dickson to pay all the allowances due for corps members to enable them go home.One more photo below.
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