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Iraq has three vice presidents, two Shiites and a Sunni, and three deputy prime ministers, a Shiite, a Sunni and a Kurd.

On Sunday, gathering at the same square to applaud Mr. Abadi, Jaafar Taslimi called the prime minister’s moves a historic change for Iraq.

After weeks of protests demanding better government and a call by leading Shi’ite Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani for tougher action, Abadi proposed cancelling Iraq’s multiple vice president and deputy prime minister positions, now shared out along...

Mr Abadi’s main rival, former prime minister and current Shia vice-president Nuri al-Maliki, backed the proposals. Arabic on poster reads ‘”The people is your Iron fist in striking the corrupt”.

Iraq’s Council of Ministers on Sunday approved a package of reforms proposed by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ostensibly aimed at improving public services and rooting out widespread corruption.

Some of his proposals have already been approved by the council of ministers but still require the parliament’s approval, while others will require changes to the country’s constitution, meaning that swift action is unlikely.

The cabinet approved the reform plan on Sunday, Abadi’s office said, but changes such as abolishing the posts would apparently require the constitution to be amended, which would necessitate parliamentary action.

A spokesman for the Prime Minister’s office could not immediately be reached for comment. “This may be the historic moment that, finally, sparks the movement for true unity in our land”.

In a report in June, US-based daily Wall Street Journal, citing documents from Malaysian investigators now scrutinising the troubled 1MDB’s financials, claimed that a money trail showed that US$700 million (RM2.6 billion) was moved among government agencies, banks and...

President Muhammadu Buhari and United States President, Barack Obama at the Oval office of the White House during Buhari’s visit to Washington DC on Monday. Nigerian officials had turned down some of the assistance the United States offered to combat Boko Haram under former...

The US and other G7 countries had promised to assist Nigeria discover the money – if the country could provide evidence that it had been stolen from the country.

The conflict between Boko Haram and the Nigerian government is displacing thousands on both sides of the country’s border with Cameroon to the northeast and Niger to the north, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday. He took office in May.

Washington is concerned that post-poll violence could undermine the stability of Africa’s top oil producer and hamper efforts to tackle the Islamist militants of Boko Haram.

Two policemen were among the victims, ‘ Yobe state police spokesman Toyin Gbadegesin told AFP on Monday.

Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed more than 20 people including multiple children in their latest attack on northern Cameroon, easily overwhelming the few soldiers posted at the targeted village, residents said Monday.