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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Three suspected female suicide bombers were killed while attempting to attack a military outpost near Muna garage at the outskirt of Maiduguri in Borno State, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said. Malam Abdulkadir Ibrahim, NEMA North-East Information Officer, said in a statement issued in Maiduguri that the incident occurred on Wednesday. “On Wednesday at 10.05p.m., three suspected female teenage suicide bombers attempted to attack military outpost popularly known as “Gontanamo” along Muna garage. “They were sighted trying to gain access to the premises and were shot by the security agents on guard leading to the detonation of their concealed explosives.” “All the three of them were killed in the explosion. A security personnel was also injured,” Ibrahim said. The Information Officer said that the remains of the bombers had been evacuated by aids workers. “The corpses were evacuated to Borno Specialist Hospital by NEMA and officials ...

http://ift.tt/2p7XARi Karel Schoeman South African novelist Karel Schoeman committed suicide aged 77, local media said Tuesday, with a farewell letter revealing he had long contemplated such a fate and tried so before. The Afrikaans writer and supporter of the anti-apartheid movement authored 19 novels and several historical articles and was honoured by former president Nelson Mandela. “I decided years ago to end my life‚ or try anyway,” he said in the letter dated April 27 and released Tuesday by his lawyer Carl van Rensburg. In the letter he indicated his wish to “voluntarily cease the use of food and drink and end his life through a process of so-called mortification”. It was his second attempt at killing himself. “An attempt at 75 was interrupted by circumstances and in the meantime I have turned 77. Thus it is necessary to tackle the matter meaningfully while I still have full movement‚ physical freedom and possess the spiritual clarity to make a logical decision … a...

http://ift.tt/2p7SmF5 Demonstrators block the "Prados del Este" highway, one of the major roads in Caracas, during a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, on May 2, 2017. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called for a new constitution Monday as he fights to quell a crisis that has led to more than a month of protests against him and deadly street violence. The opposition slammed the tactic as a "coup d'etat" and urged protesters to "block the streets" from Tuesday. It said it was organizing a "mega protest" for Wednesday. / AFP PHOTO / RONALDO SCHEMIDT Venezuela’s angry opposition is set to hold a huge protest rally Wednesday against unpopular President Nicolas Maduro’s proposal to rewrite the constitution, dismissing it as a ploy to avoid holding elections and cling to power. In an oil-rich country saddled with shortages of food, medicine and such basics as soap and toilet paper, a steady wave of protests against the so...