BLAMING OPPOSITION FOR HUNGER IS ‘DELUSION’, ATIKU TELLS TINUBU. (PHOTO).

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Blaming opposition for hunger is ‘delusion’, Atiku tells Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu of blaming the opposition for the country’s economic hardship. He said the President was trying to evade responsibility for his administration’s policies. Tinubu had earlier on Saturday blamed his political opponents for hunger and poverty in the country while speaking at the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign flag-off in Kaduna. “I hear my opponent talking about hunger, poverty. Who created it? They did! They created the hunger, they created the poverty. We are trying to eradicate it,” the President said. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, said Nigerians were entitled to demand answers from the APC-led government over rising living costs, poverty, insecurity and questions surrounding public expenditure. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Director of Strategic Communication of the ADC Presidential Ca...
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RWANDA SUSPENDS DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION WITH BELGIUM. (PHOTO).

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 Rwanda suspends development cooperation with Belgium


Rwanda has suspended development cooperation with Belgium, accusing Brussels of leading “an aggressive campaign aimed to sabotage” Kigali’s access to development finance from multilateral financial institutions amid the ongoing conflict in neighboring eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.


"Belgium has made a political decision to choose a side in this conflict, which is right, but politicising development is plainly wrong," a statement issued by the foreign ministry said, Anadolu Agency reported.


“These efforts demonstrate that there is no longer a sound basis for development cooperation with Belgium. Accordingly, Rwanda is suspending the remainder of the 2024-2029 bilateral aid program with Belgium,” it said on Tuesday.


“No country in the region should have its development finance jeopardized as a tool of leverage.”


Aid program


In February last year, Rwanda and Belgium signed a financing aid program covering the years 2024 to 2029. About €95million ($99.2 million) is said to be the remainder of the aid from Belgium.


The M23, one of the multiple rebel groups fighting in eastern Congo, on Sunday captured the city of Bukavu, after seizing Goma last month. At least 3,000 people, including peacekeepers, were killed and thousands displaced in the Goma fighting.


Congo accuses Rwanda of backing the M23 rebels, something Kigali denies.


Disrupt mediation


Belgium is among the European countries that have condemned the violence in eastern Congo and called on Rwanda to withdraw its troops from Congolese territory and stop supporting M23.


Rwanda argued that Belgium’s actions could disrupt regional mediation efforts aimed at resolving the conflict in eastern Congo led by the African Union.


“Rwanda will not be bullied or blackmailed into compromising national security,” the statement said.

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