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Rich in natural resources, but Chadians live in poverty Chad produces 1.5 billion barrels of oil — making it one of the largest oil reserve holders in Africa. Its oil revenues contributes 60% to the national budget. Whereas cotton, cattle, livestock, and gum arabic make a big chunk of Chad's non-oil export earnings. … [Read more...] about How free is Chad 60 years after independence?

The Koure Giraffe Reserve, around 40 miles southeast of the capital Niamey, is a popular attraction in Niger, a huge country that borders seven states in an unstable region including Libya, Mali, Chad, Algeria and Nigeria. … [Read more...] about Six French tourists and two Nigeriens are killed by gunmen on motorcycles in a wildlife park in Niger

He became a journalist, rising to assistant editor at The Times, and later co-founding the Policy Exchange thinktank in 2002 with Nick Boles and Francis Maude. He joined Cameron’s inner circle soon after entering parliament as MP for Surrey Heath in 2005. … [Read more...] about Michael Gove sacked as justice secretary as rival Johnson gets plum job

Kramp-Karrenbauer emphasised, however, that she felt reform was the right course rather than the dissolution of the entire KSK. “The vast majority of the men and women in the KSK and in the Bundeswehr as a whole are loyal to our constitution, with no ifs or buts,” she said. … [Read more...] about German commando company is disbanded due to far-right culture

More from Robots Action needed to stop the use of killer robots, report says Coronavirus: Robots in Milton Keynes deliver shopping to NHS workers It's time to terminate killer autonomous robots, UN told Will a post-Brexit economy swap workers for robots? Universal Basic Income: Finland shows how salary for all works Scientists create artificial muscles which could allow robots to lift 1,000 times their own weight … [Read more...] about Elon Musk joins 100 tech chiefs warning UN that killer robots could be ‘third revolution of warfare’