AASDU HONOURS 38 ANAMBRA INDIGENES FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 AASDU Honours 38 Anambra Indigenes for Contributions to Community Development By Stella Obi The Association of Anambra State Development Unions (AASDU) has honoured 38 indigenes of Anambra State for their professional accomplishments and contributions to community development. The award presentation took place on Nov. 7 in Lagos as part of the association’s 2026 Lecture and Award Dinner, which attracted community leaders, distinguished personalities and other indigenes of the state. Among the dignitaries at the event was the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs Chinyere Esther Onyekesi. In her remarks, Onyekesi urged Anambra indigenes living outside the state to maintain strong ties with their homeland and embrace the Aku Luo Uno philosophy by contributing to the development of their communities. She also stressed the importance of parents communicating with their children in Igbo to preserve the language and cultural identity of younger generations. The commissioner com...

CHAD SHUTS BORDER WITH SUDAN TO REASSERT NEUTRALITY. (PHOTO).


 Chad shuts border with Sudan to reassert neutrality


Chad has shut its border with Sudan, hoping to reassert its neutrality in the devastating conflict.


Chad's government officially maintains it is neutral in the three-year-old battle between Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the regular army that has left tens of thousands dead and forced more than 12 million from their homes, according to the United Nations.


Nearly one million of the displaced are in Chad, however.


Darfur, a vast region in western Sudan bordering Chad, is almost entirely under RSF control since the city of Al Fasher fell in October.


RSF attacks near Chad border


On February 21, the RSF claimed to have captured the border town of Al Tina, the twin of Al Tine on the Chadian side.


The paramilitaries have conducted several operations near the Chad border, killing 15 Chadian soldiers and eight civilians since December, according to an AFP count.


Chad shut the border on February 23 in a move that Communications Minister Gassim Cherif Mahamat said aimed to prevent "any risk of the conflict spreading."


Chad "reserved the right to retaliate against any aggression or violation of the inviolability of its territory and its borders", he added.


Stance of neutrality


While cross-frontier trade and movement is halted, some special exemptions are planned so that Sudanese can still seek refuge in Chad, the communications minister said.


The 1,400-kilometre desert border is hard to control.


But the announced closure allows the Chadian authorities to regain a stance of neutrality "faced with RSF allies who are losing ground militarily", a Chadian diplomat told AFP speaking on condition of anonymity.


The UN rights office last month accused Sudan's paramilitaries of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity during the capture of Al Fasher, saying some 6,000 people were killed in just three days.

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