Astana, Kazakhstan will play host to the first-ever international scientific conference Central Asian Oncology Week on September 6-8.
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Hundreds inmates escape after rain damages Nigerian prison
More than 100 prisoners have escaped from a medium security prison in Nigeria after heavy rainfall destroyed part of the facility. Parts of the prison facility, surrounding buildings and perimeter fence were destroyed by the rain because much facility was old, weak and built during the colonial era. The public is further enjoined to look out for the fleeing inmates and report any suspicious movement to the nearest security agency.
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Vladimir Putin pulls Wagner Group troops from Ukraine
Russia’s notorious Wagner Group mercenaries are being ordered to scale down operations in Ukraine amid Kremlin fears they are becoming too powerful. The 50,000-strong squad, many of them convicted criminals, have played a key role in brutal fighting in eastern Ukraine.
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Tajikistan President’s Butchery Prevails In GBAO
Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon recently was in New York to speak with the UN Secretary General and King of the Netherlands. Meanwhile the Tajik opposition members opposed and urged Western politicians not to meet with him who holds hundreds of political prisoners in the country, shoots peaceful demonstrators, and robs citizens. This led to Asliddn Szerzamonow to protest at the British embassy. Asliddin brought a poster to the embassy saying that Rahmon is a dictator and a letter, penned by several opposition activists, addressed to the British representatives. He reminded them of the crimes that President Rahmon and his regime had and continues to commit in the Gorno-Badakhshan (GBAO) region where the inhabitants of region of Tajikistan were slaughtered by Tajik security forces for their beliefs.
