#Africa: Troubles in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
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🗓️ 6 December 2023
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#Africa: Troubles in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nigerias-president-orders-investigation-into-85-deaths-caused-by-military-drones/ar-AA1l2LH8
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| 0:00.0 | Ola, imagine you're in Spain, and you've just poured a refreshing Strya Galicia, |
| 0:05.6 | Cervesa. You hear the bubbles in the glass calling out. |
| 0:08.6 | In the Penly on unbrooding Galia since 1906, 100% authentic. But not all Spanish beers are what |
| 0:18.8 | they seem, a bit like me. I'm not Carlos from Acrouna. I'm Charles from Cambridge. Estreia Galicia. Spanish. Not Spanish. This is a series, This is CBSi and the world. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm John Battsu with my colleague Gregory Coppley, |
| 0:40.0 | editor and publisher of Defense and Foreign Affairs. |
| 0:42.0 | We go to Africa, three troubled countries. One, the largest |
| 0:46.2 | most populous and the richest of all Nigeria. Headline, however, suggests trouble. Nigeria, |
| 1:01.0 | Nigeria's president, Tannubu, orders investigation into 85 deaths caused by military drones. The story, the spokesperson for the president attributed Sunday's incident to a quote |
| 1:06.0 | bombing mishap and said in a statement that the subsequent deaths were |
| 1:11.0 | quote very unfortunate disturbing and painful he confirmed |
| 1:14.8 | that President Tanuba had ordered an investigation into what led to the killings. |
| 1:19.6 | This happened at a village of Tunden-Biri, but it suggests again that Nigeria is not stabilizing after the election, |
| 1:29.3 | after the election challenges were turned away by the Supreme Court and that President Tenubu is not |
| 1:35.8 | taking a firm hold on the reins of government. I project here Gregory is that |
| 1:41.2 | accurate he's not he's not firmly leading? |
| 1:44.0 | Well it's going to be very difficult for him to lead |
| 1:47.0 | that none of the last few presidents including good luck Jonathan |
| 1:51.0 | and of |
| 1:52.5 | President Buhari were able to come up with a war-winning |
| 1:57.0 | strategy and what we saw was the military commitment to the |
| 2:01.2 | process of ongoing fighting military has been improving its technology and capability, but still |
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