REBELS TO WITHDRAW FROM KEY DR CONGO TOWN 'AFTER US REQUEST'. (PHOTO)

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 Rebels to withdraw from key DR Congo town 'after US request' The M23 rebel group has said it would withdraw from the eastern DR Congo town of Uvira at the request of the US administration, which had criticised seizure of the town last week as a threat to mediation efforts. The rebels entered Uvira, on the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met with US President Donald Trump in Washington and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Rwanda's actions in eastern Congo violated the Washington Accords and vowed to "take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept." A report by a United Nations group of experts in July said Rwanda exercised command and control over the rebels. Rwanda denies supporting M23 and has blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for the renewed fighting. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Allia...

BUKAR IBRAHIM, 'THREE-TERM' EX-YOBE GOVERNOR, DIES IN SAUDI ARABIA. (PHOTO).


 Bukar Ibrahim, ‘three-term’ ex-Yobe governor, dies in Saudi Arabia

Bukar Ibrahim, the first civilian governor of Yobe state, has died in a Saudi Arabia hospital.


Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe, confirmed the death of Ibrahim, a three-term governor of the state.


In a statement, Mamman Mohammed, the governor’s spokesperson, said Ibrahim died on Sunday and would be buried in Saudi Arabia.


He said condolences are to be received by the governor at the government house in Damaturu, the state capital.


Ibrahim first served as the governor of the state from January 1992 to November 1993 before the military took over the government.


Following transition to civilian rule, he contested again for election and became governor serving from May 1999 to May 2007.


After his term as governor, he was elected to the senate to represent the Yobe east constituency.


He ran for re-election in the April 2011 senatorial contest on the ANPP platform and defeated Lawan Zarami at the polls.


In 2017, the former governor was involved in a sex scandal when was caught on camera frolicking with two young women.

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