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Vandalism hobbles Nigeria’s mobile telephone services

[ad_1] A telecoms antenna downed by Boko Haram Islamists in Nigeria’s Borno state in 2017. Photo: FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR / AFP/FileSource: AFP When cell phone and internet networks went down across nine states in Nigeria earlier this summer, leaving millions without service, telecoms officials pointed to an increasingly familiar culprit: vandalism. …

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Japan seeks record defence budget, to triple drone spending

[ad_1] Japan in recent years has been shedding its strict pacifist stance, moving to obtain ‘counterstrike’ capabilities and doubling military spending to two percent of GDP. Photo: Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP/FileSource: AFP Japan’s defence ministry is aiming for a major boost to its drone arsenal as part of another record …

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