BAMAKO, Mali (AP) – Mali’s government has moved to impose fuel rationing to counter widespread shortages caused by al-Qaida-linked groups operating in the border regions that have in recent months cut off fuel supplies to the landlocked African country.
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock indexes ticked higher, while other markets made louder moves. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% Monday and won back its losses from last week's dip. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.4%. Gold's price briefly topped $5,100 per ounce for the first time, and silver surged even more.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – Nigeria’s government said Friday that the U.S. has pledged to deliver outstanding military equipment purchased by the country over the past five years. The matériel include drones, helicopters, platforms, spare parts and support systems. “We want Nigerians to know that this partnership (with the U.S.) is working,” Information Minister Ibrahim Idris said.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that she believes Noem is attempting to “mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – Gunmen who abducted more than 150 church worshippers in Nigeria’s conflict-hit northwest are demanding 17 motorcycles as ransom from families of hostages, residents told The Associated Press on Thursday.
BRUSSELS (AP) – NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte insisted on Monday that Europe is incapable of defending itself without U.S. military support and would have to more than double current military spending targets to be able to do so.
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – The U.N. World Food Program said Thursday that more than a million people in northeastern Nigeria could lose access to emergency food and nutrition aid within weeks unless funding is secured, as violence and hunger surge in the region.
Jan. 19 – The Washington Post says Congress has dropped the ball regarding oversight of ICE, DHS. Geraldo Lunas Campos died at a Texas detention center on Jan. 3 while pleading for air as guards choked him, according to a fellow detainee. The local medical examiner’s office is considering classifying his death as a homicide, The Post reports.
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – Police on Thursday detained a key ally of opposition figure Bobi Wine, accusing him of participating in bouts of violence in a remote part of central Uganda during last week’s election.
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