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Hamas has started deploying armed fighters and police across parts of Gaza in an apparent attempt to reassert authority in the devastated Palestinian territory after the ceasefire deal agreed with Israel last week. Images showed dozens of Hamas fighters at a hospital in southern Gaza during the release of Israeli hostages on Monday morning, 13 October, and there were reports of shootings and executions elsewhere in the territory. Telegram channels associated with Hamas said “collaborators and traitors” had been targeted, a reference to Israel-backed militia in the territory, while Hamas gunmen also engaged in bloody clashes with a powerful local…

*President Cries Out Over Military Coup Plot Madagascar’s President said an “attempt to seize power illegally and by force” was under way, as an elite military unit that joined protesters on the streets on Saturday announced it was taking over the army. The Capsat unit’s intervention comes after weeks of youth-led protests, which started on 25 September against water and electricity shortages and expanded to calling for the resignation of the president, Andry Rajoelina, an end to corruption and radical overhaul of the political system. Some keen analysts of political happenings in Africa say, should the Madagascar protests succeed in…

*Situation May Be Test Case For Other Countries *Leaders In Frenzied Meetings To Satisfy Students' Demands Madagascar’s Prime Minister called for calm after an elite group of soldiers joined thousands of protesters against the country’s President on the streets of the capital on Saturday afternoon,11 October. Protesters marched alongside soldiers from the Capsat unit, who drove armoured vehicles, some waving Madagascar flags, from their base in Soanierana in the south of Antananarivo, the country's capital. A Capsat leader, Lylison René de Rolland, then addressed the cheering crowds in front of the city hall in 13 May Square, which protesters had…

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair would not be welcome in any post-war role for Gaza, a senior Hamas official said, while praising Donald Trump in securing a peace deal. Speaking to Sky News, Dr Basem Naim said a ceasefire would not have been possible without Trump but said the US President must continue to apply pressure to Israel to ensure the agreement is not violated. He said: "Without the personal interference of President Trump in this case, I don’t think that it would have happened to have reached the end of the war. Therefore, yes, we thank President Trump…

*Institute Inducts, Graduates, Honours Several Persons It was an unleashing of ideas to advance the Digital Age when the Institute of Information Management (IIM) and International University of Information Management (IUIM) held the 3rd IIM Canada annual conference, the 60th IIM induction/investiture, as well as 11th IUIM graduation/conferment ceremony,in Toronto, Canada recently. A number of Nigerians servicing the robust Canadian data and information management sector were on hand at the event, to add competency and colour to the occasion. Thrills and excitement filled the air as cheerful-looking, resplendently-attired guests and smiling host staff exchanged pleasantries ahead of kick-off of the…

*Deal Expected To Be Signed Today *Living Israeli Hostages Free On Saturday *Israeli Troops To Withdraw To Agreed Line *Hamas Seeks Guarantee That Israel Won't Bomb Again, Once Hostages Released *Blessed Are The Peacemakers --Trump US President Donald Trump has announced that Israel and Hamas have signed off on the “first phase” of his plan to end the Gaza war. “This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace,” Trump posts on Truth Social. “All…

*Israel Rejects Freedom For Oct 7 Attackers Who Triggered Gaza War *The Behind-The-Scene Trade-Offs Planned A blanket of some welcome semblance of peace could finally descend on Gaza should today's ceasefire talks in Cairo go successfully. In a deal birthed by US President Donald Trump, who has called for speed, Israeli and Hamas negotiators will see eyeball to eyeball to try and hammer out a ceasefire to the war which has claimed at least 67,000 Palestinian lives,aside thousands buried in the rubble of high-rise buildings literally pulverized by Israeli air bombings. Ahead the talks,which would involve prisoner exchange on both…

Ghana's Regional Police Command in Bono said it has arrested eight foreign nationals for allegedly engaging in illegal gold exploration and trading without a licence at Wewe, a village near Banda in the country's Bono Region. The suspects were identified as Sayuba Ziba, Kienu Dobou, Osman Tunabu, Nana Alhassan, Wadrago Abdulai, Aliu Sali, Ibrahim Wulba, and Alhassan Imoro. Police said they are nationals of Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire and Gambia. According to a statement issued by the Bono Regional Police Command, the arrests followed surveillance and intelligence on the group’s activities. The suspects were picked up on Thursday, 2 October, 2025,…

*We Are Very Close To A Deal -Trump *Scores Of Palestinians Killed Yesterday Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a senior envoy are heading to Egypt to begin ceasefire negotiations, the White House has said, as the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he hoped to bring all remaining hostages home in the coming days. A White House official had said the US President was sending his envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, to Egypt on Saturday to finalise the technical details of a hostage release and discuss a lasting ceasefire deal a day after Hamas said it was ready to free…

*Also Want Electoral Commission Heads, Some Judges Out *'They're Running Govt Like A Mafia' *Many Killed, Yet Protesters Press Forward Young protesters in Madagascar said today that they will continue their fight for the resignation of President Andry Rajoelina, and rejected his dissolution of the government on Monday as insufficient. Twenty-two people were killed and 100 injured at the demonstrations, according to the UN. The unrest broke out on 25 September when local councillors were arrested for protesting against water and electricity outages in the capital, Antananarivo. The youth-led protests quickly spread to other towns and cities, fuelled by social…