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  • Inter Milan beat Juventus on penalties in friendly

    {{Inter Milan edged Italian rivals Juventus 9-8 on penalties Tuesday after playing to a 1-1 draw in a friendly at Sun Life stadium.}}

    Second-half substitute goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo blocked Mauricio Isla’s penalty then converted an attempt of his own to lift Inter to the victory in the eight-club International Champions Cup friendly tournament.

    Argentina’s Ricardo Alvarez in the 28th minute for Inter and Chile’s Arturo Vidal with a penalty in the 44th for Juventus accounted for the regular-time goals.

    On target in the shoot-out for Inter were Andrea Ranocchia, Alvarez, Mauro Icardi, Ishak Belfodil, Patrick Olsen, Marco Andreolli, Alvaro Pereira, Jonathan and Carrizo.

    For Juventus, Claudio Marcchisio, Carlos Tevez, Andrea Pirlo, Vidal, Angelo Ogbonna, Martin Caceres, Giorgio Chiellini and Paolo De Ceglie scored from the spot.

    After the match ended 1-1, both Carrizo and counterpart Marco Storari made stops to begin the penalty shootout.

    Juventus and Inter matched each other over the next eight rounds until Carrizo went to his right and thwarted Isla.

    Carrizo turned around to take the shot for Inter, sending a blast high down the middle while Storari went right, giving Inter the win.

    It was the second time in three Stateside matches that Juventus lost on penalties. They fell to Everton in a shootout after a 1-1 draw.

    In the 28th, Palacio found space and raced down the left side. He sent a low ball to the top of the area, and Guarin fired a volley that Buffon blocked. The rebound came to Alvarez, who put a left-footed shot inside the right post.

    Juventus equalised a minute before halftime after Mirko Vucinic won a dubious penalty, dropping easily when Juan Jesus spun toward him.

    Referee Hilario Grajeda pointed to the spot amid protests from Inter and Vidal converted.

    The second half saw few quality chances, with shots from a distance rarely testing either keeper.

    In the second match of a double-header at the home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, which drew a crowd of 38,513, Michel Herrero scored in the 52nd minute to lift Spanish side Valencia to a 1-0 victory over English Premier League club Everton.

    Both sides seemed to be affected by the heat and humidity, and perhaps by the fatigue of several games in a short time.

    Valencia were coming off a 4-0 victory over Inter in New York on Sunday, while Everton were playing their third match in seven days, including their 2-1 loss to Spanish giants Real Madrid on Saturday in Los Angeles.

    The pre-season tournament will end on Wednesday, when Real Madrid take on Chelsea in a match that gives Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho a chance to make a point against his old club just three months after his acrimonious departure from the Spanish capital.

    france24

  • Nigeria seeks extradition of al Qaeda suspect to U.S.

    {{Nigeria has asked a court to grant an extradition request for one of its citizens to the United States over charges of aiding the Yemeni branch of al-Qaeda, court documents seen by Reuters on Tuesday showed.}}

    U.S. and Nigerian authorities have accused Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi of travelling to Yemen with members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in 2010 and 2011 and receiving $8,600 in order to return to Nigeria and recruit English-speaking radicals.

    “Olaniyi … is being indicted for conspiracy to provide support to a foreign terrorist organisation, provision and attempted provision of material support to a foreign terrorist organisation, unlawful use of firearms,” the application from Nigeria’s attorney general dated July 23 2013 says.

    Babafemi, 32, nicknamed “Ayatollah Mustapha”, was in the United States for some of the time that he and AQAP were plotting together.

    He returned to Nigeria last year, whereupon the West African nation’s secret service detained him. He faces at least 10 years in jail in the U.S. if convicted.

    Nigeria, which is suffering its own Sunni Islamist insurgency by Boko Haram militants in the north, is closely watched by the United States and other Western powers, which fear al-Qaeda-linked militants are seeking to use it as a springboard for attacks.

    Its huge population of more than 160 million – half of them Muslims – combined with widespread poverty and its strategic importance as an oil supplier make Nigeria an obvious place of interest for global jihadist groups, analysts say.

    On Christmas Day in 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian from a wealthy northern family, made a botched attempt to blow up a plane flying from Amsterdam to Detroit.

    He had made two trips to Yemen and admitted links to AQAP, which also claimed the attack.

    The security situation in Yemen is fragile. The U.S. told its citizens in Yemen on Tuesday to leave the country and airlifted some of its government personnel out, following warnings of potential “terrorist attacks”.

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  • North Korea says to Reopen Kaesong Factory Park

    {{North Korea said on Wednesday it was reopening the shuttered Kaesong industrial zone run jointly with the South to South Korean businesses and proposed new talks on normalizing the troubled project to be held next week.}}

    The North’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, which handles Pyongyang’s ties with Seoul, said the safety of South Koreans visiting the factory park will also be guaranteed in a statement carried by KCNA news agency.

    The statement came about 90 minutes after South Korea announced steps to compensate its firms that operate factories in Kaesong for losses due to the suspension, a step widely seen as a move towards shutting down the rivals’ last symbol of cooperation.

  • African rock Python Kills 2 boys in Canada

    {{A four-meter (13-foot) African rock python which strangled two young Canadian boys as they slept has been euthanized, and police said on Tuesday they have launched a criminal probe into the deaths.}}

    Noah and Connor Barthe, aged 4 and 6, died after the snake escaped from its glass cage through a ceiling-level ventilation shaft, slithered through ductwork and crashed through the ceiling into the room where they were sleeping.

    “It’s a criminal investigation because two young boys lost their lives,” Alain Tremblay, a sergeant with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, told a news conference.

    “It’s very serious,” he said, adding that it would take time to gather the necessary evidence to present to the prosecutor.

    The boys were at a sleepover at the apartment, above the Reptile Ocean exotic pet store in Campbellton, a city of about 7,500 in Canada’s Maritime province of New Brunswick.

    In a brief statement carried live on Canadian television, Dave Rose, the two boys’ great uncle, appealed for privacy to give the family time to mourn.

    “They were two typical children. They enjoyed life to a maximum,” he said, his voice breaking with emotion.

    Police said they were performing autopsies on both the snake and the boys, who Rose said had spent the day before they died at a garden barbecue and then playing at a family farm.

    An expert said African rock pythons do not normally view humans as food, and said the snake must have been confused when it encountered the boys.

    “A defensive attack, it would just be strike and release. They normally don’t constrict what they’re not going to eat,” said Bry Loyst, curator of the Indian River Reptile Zoo near Peterborough, Ontario, which has an African rock python on display.

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  • World Bank Approves Rusumo Falls Hydropower Plant

    {{The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$340 million for the Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project which aims to benefit 62 million people in Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania.}}

    This project is the first operation under the World Bank Group Great Lakes Regional Initiative inaugurated by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim during his historic joint visit with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in May 2013.

    The overall project cost is US$468.60 million and its eventual 80 megawatt generation capacity will boost reliable power supply to the electricity grids of Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania, reduce electricity costs, promote renewable power, spur job-led economic development and pave the way for more dynamic regional cooperation, peace and stability among the countries of the Nile Equatorial Lakes (NEL) sub-region in east Africa.

    The World Bank financing of a total US$340 million – US$113.30 million to each of the governments of Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania comes from the International Development Association, * the World Bank’s fund for the poorest.*

    “This landmark project will have transformational impact, bringing lower-cost energy to homes, businesses, and clinics in Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania,” says Colin Bruce, Director, Strategy, Operations and Regional Integration.

    “By connecting grids, people and environmentally sensitive solutions, the project will help to catalyze growth and to encourage peace and stability in the sub-region.”

    Lack of access to electricity is a defining constraint in the region. Only four percent of the population in Burundi has access to electricity, corresponding numbers for Rwanda and Tanzania are 13 and 15 percent respectively.

    All three countries will benefit from job created by construction and installation activity associated with the power plant.

    By choosing a run-of-the-river option to reduce social and environmental impacts, the participating governments have demonstrated careful and responsible decision-making.

    “The Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project takes a regional approach to tackling Sub-Saharan Africa’s power crisis, providing low-cost, clean, renewable energy to people in Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania,” says Jamal Saghir, World Bank Director for Sustainable Development in the Africa Region.

    “The new power plant signals the Bank’s commitment to keeping the lights on across the African continent, necessary for achieving growth, ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity in the region.”

    {{Contribution to Regional Integration and Excellence}}

    While other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing high growth rates, countries of the Great Lakes sub-region have had extremely high levels of poverty and very low levels of key services such as access to electricity. Yields from agriculture also are typically quite low.

    Today’s approval of the Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project is anchored in the World Bank Group’s development approach to the region pegged to increase power generation and interconnectivity to take advantage of low-cost and renewable sources of hydropower and shared infrastructure development.

    The project will strengthen the capacity of the Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NELSAP) and its emergence as a regional center of excellence.

    The project’s regional approach to infrastructure development will help to lower costs, enable joint management of the hydropower generation and transmission system, and demonstrate mutual benefits attainable by sharing of river waters as a catalyst for greater economic integration.

    “The Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project provides a fresh opportunity to unlock energy potential in the Great Lakes region, while safeguarding the environment,” says Paul Baringanire, World Bank Team Leader for the project and Senior Energy Specialist.

    “We look forward to speedy implementation so that the idea of sharing natural resources for mutual benefits becomes a reality and helps to build peace, stability and economic opportunity for all communities in the Great Lakes region.”

    In 2011, World Bank helped to provide electricity to an additional 1.4 million people in African countries; construct and repair some 6,640 kilometers of roads; and improved water supplies for more than 8 million people.

    * The World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA), established in 1960, helps the world’s poorest countries by providing zero-interest financing and grants for projects and programs that boost economic growth, reduce poverty, and improve poor people’s lives. IDA is one of the largest sources of assistance for the world’s 82 poorest countries, 40 of which are in Africa.

    Resources from IDA bring positive change for 1.8 billion people living on less than $2 a day. Between 2003 and 2013, IDA provided $256 billion in financing for 3,787 projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.

  • Fire closes Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi

    {{A fire engulfed Kenya’s main airport on Wednesday, choking a vital travel and trade gateway to east Africa, witnesses and officials said.}}

    Firefighters struggled to contain the blaze at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, the region’s busiest, that started early in the morning in the immigration section of the departure lounge and spread to the international arrivals area, officials said.

    Huge plumes of black smoke billowed from the airport buildings, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.

    The cause of the fire was not yet known.

    “We are still fighting to contain the fire. Investigations will start immediately after,” Michael Kamau, cabinet secretary for transport, told reporters at the airport.

    “The fire started at a very central part of the airport and this made access difficult. But we have closed the airport indefinitely as we try to contain the fire.”

    Hundreds of passengers were stranded outside the airport, which was cordoned off to keep the public out.

    “People should not come to the airport while this work is ongoing. No casualties have been reported and the fire fighters are doing a good job. Safety is paramount,” Cabinet Secretary for the Interior Joseph ole Lenku said, adding that security had been heightened at the airport after the fire started.

    The fire comes less than 48 hours after a fuel jet pump failure caused huge delays at the airport.

    Kenya Airways’, one of the leading airlines in the region which uses the airport as its main hub, said on its Twitter feed that it was diverting flights to Kenya’s port city of Mombasa and that transit passengers were being taken to hotels.

    Other airlines are expected to divert flights to Mombasa and to neighboring countries including in Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.

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  • DRC Support to FDLR Rebels Revealed

    {{Former FDLR vice president Straton Musoni, currently on trial in Germany for war crimes has told court in his first comments that the Rwandan militia group was established with full backing of DR Congo government in May 2000.}}

    He told court sitting in Stuttgart that he attended the founding conference of FDLR in DRC’s Lubumbashi region on May 1st, 2000 with full facilitation by DRC government of Laurent Desire Kabila.

    Musoni revealed to court that he travelled from Germany via Zambia.

    Speaking in German, Musoni said the choice of him and others was the idea of ex-Rwandan army (FAR) Special Forces in DRC who needed politicians outside to represent them in negotiations.

    Straton Musoni and his boss Ignace Murwanashyaka have been on trial since 2011 after they had been arrested in a sting operation earlier.

    On August 5th, Musoni was giving his first and uninterrupted defense statement to court.
    In the document signed by FDLR second in commander “General” Stanislas Nzeyimana aka General Deogratias Bigaruka Izabayo, the group reminds President Kabila’s government that it owes them up to US$150,000 in unpaid dues for services provided. Gen Nzeyimana has since disappeared from battle and nobody knows his whereabouts.

    The above payment, according to the letter, was supposed to be payment for “FDLR combatants who fought alongside the Congolese armed forces” (FARDC). These arrears date back to 2001 when the Kinshasa government was battling rebels in the east of the country.

    Speaking about the FDLR agenda, Musoni admitted that there was no way it can win a war against the Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF). “FDLR wants to topple Rwanda government, install Hutu regime – it is like saying German Greens want to take Germany to Middle Ages,” said Musoni according to the German journalist in court.

    Musoni first travelled to eastern DRC (the Zaire) at the end of 1994. He returned to German as representative of Rwandan Hutu exile party RDR in 1995. However, the project of this grouping failed around 1996 due to what Musoni described in court as RDR “unrealizable” goals.

    During his trial, it emerged that Musoni was using the office phone of the German company where he was employed to speak with FDLR commanders in DRC.

  • Gatsata Irondo Team Says Hasn’t Been Paid for 10months

    {{Members of the Gatsata Irondo group (a Community security team also comprising of members of the Reserve Force) have told IGIHE that for the past 10 months they have not been paid. }}

    According to the group, some of its members stopped working saying they wouldnt manage to mantain secutiy in the area without a salary.

    However, the Gatsata Sector authorities told IGIHE that there was not any such case of non payment.

    The funds to pay the group are obtained from area residents through monthly contribution from each household worth Frw1000 commonly known as ‘Security fee’. A receipt bearing a cell stamp is provided to each household after payment.

    Later, Every Mudugudu pools the funds and submits their contribution to the Cell and later forwarded to the Sector.

    Some group members who preferred to speak on condition of anonymity said, residents are always prompt in their monthly contribution but the problem is between Cell and Sector authorities. ‘They tell to be patient and this has persisted for over 10months.’

    Mutamba Allen the Gatsata Cell Executive secretary told IGIHE that the group had not been paid for two months.

    However, Kabanda Joseph the Gatsata Sector Executive Secretary said there wasn’t any problem of arrears.

  • 3 Men Arrested in Posession with Heroine

    {{Three suspects have been arrested found in posession with Heroine narcotic locally known as Mugo.}}

    Police arrested the suspects on August 5, at Biryogo cell in Nyarugenge sector in Kigali city.

    The suspects have been identified as Uwayisenga Bernard and Mpazimpaka Eric and Amani Muyenzi. They are said to be residents of Rwezamenyo sector including Muyenzi a resident of Gatare in Biryogo Cell.

    Muyenzi was allegedly arrested while purchasing the narcotic drug, “i had stopped using Heroine but i dont know how i again got the urge and started looking for it. Please forgive me i will never consume heroine again”.

    He however, pleaded that eventhough he was arrested, he was not in posession witht heroin during his arrest.

    Uwayisenga was selling the narcotic drug by the time of his arrest. He also pleaded with police to forgive him promising never to sell heroine again.

  • Mobile Vehicle Inspection Lane shifts to North

    {{After a week serving the owners of vehicles in the Southern Province, Mobile Test Lane (MTL) has relocated to the Northern Province.}}

    The mobile vehicle inspection lane will be station in Musanze District for a week serving owners of vehicles in the region, for a week.

    Winfred Mpebyemungu, Mayor of Musanze, while launching the lane in the province, commemended Rwanda National Police for aiding owners of vehicles operating and residing in the countryside.

    She appealed to those with vehicles in the province to seize the opportunity to have their cars inspected to avoid any accident that might result from mechanical faults.

    While in the Northern, the facility will also serve those in the districts of Rubavu, Nyabihu and Ngororero in the Western Province.

    The facility is intended to help owners of automobiles in the countryside, who used to commute Kigali to have their vehicles inspected, which was time consuming and costly.

    Rwanda National Police plans to establish other mechanical inspections centres in Ngoma, Musanze, Huye, Karongi and another lane in Kigali.

    RNP