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A6   WORLD NEWS
                      Thursday 5 May 2022
            In Nigeria, U.N. chief welcomes reintegration of extremists




            By CHINEDU ASADU                                                                                                    of  Cameroon,  Niger  and
            Associated Press                                                                                                    Chad.  Boko  Haram  drew
            MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) —                                                                                           international   condemna-
            United  Nations  Secretary-                                                                                         tion in 2014 when they ab-
            General  Antonio  Guterres                                                                                          ducted  276  schoolgirls  in
            on  Tuesday  lauded  Nige-                                                                                          Chibok  village,  more  than
            rian  authorities’  ongoing                                                                                         100  of  whom  are  still  miss-
            reintegration  of  defectors                                                                                        ing.
            from the jihadi Boko Haram                                                                                          Before  his  trip  to  Nigeria,
            group, which has waged a                                                                                            Guterres  was  in  Niger  on
            decade-long  insurgency,                                                                                            Monday  where  he  voiced
            as “the best thing we can                                                                                           strong  concern  over  jihadi
            do for peace.”                                                                                                      violence  in  the  Sahel,  the
            Speaking  to  reporters  in                                                                                         vast semi-arid area south of
            Maiduguri,  the  capital  of                                                                                        the Sahara Desert.
            Borno state where the insur-                                                                                        “The international commu-
            gency is centered, Guterres                                                                                         nity must realize that this is
            also called for more global                                                                                         no longer just a regional or
            funding to help rebuild lives                                                                                       African  issue,  but  a  global
            in  northeast  Nigeria  where                                                                                       threat,” he said.
            the rebels are operating.                                                                                           “The  people  I  met  today
            “The best thing we can do                                                                                           want  to  go  back  home,”
            for peace is to reintegrate                                                                                         he  said.  But  before  they
            those  who  in  the  moment                                                                                         return,  he  said,  authorities
            of  despair  became  ter-                                                                                           must put in place the nec-
            rorists  but  now  want  to  ...   United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, waves to the crowds upon arrival in Maiduguri,   essary conditions  “security
            contribute  to  the  well-be-  Nigeria, Tuesday, May 3, 2022.                                                       conditions,   development
            ing  of  their  brothers  and                                                                      Associated Press   conditions.”
            sisters,”  the  U.N.  chief  said  graduated from the reinte-  country,  where  he  called  insurgency in 2009, to fight  The  jihadi  violence  has  di-
            after  meeting  with  former  gration program.            for  donors  worldwide  to  against  western  educa-      rectly  resulted  in  approxi-
            militants at a rehabilitation  In the final leg of his three-  support humanitarian assis-  tion and to establish Islamic  mately  35,000  deaths  and
            camp in Maiduguri.           nation  tour  of  West  Africa,  tance in the northeast.   Shariah law in Nigeria.     the  displacement  of  at
            The  Nigerian  military  said  the  UN  chief  is  for  the  first  Boko   Haram,   Nigeria’s  Their  rebellion  spread  over  least  2.1  million  people,
            in  March  that  1,629  of  the  time visiting Nigeria,   homegrown  Islamic  ex-      the  years  to  the  neighbor-  data from U.N. agencies in
            former  fighters  have  so  far  Africa’s   most   populous  tremist rebels, launched an  ing  West  African  countries  Nigeria show. q


             DiCaprio, Ruffalo urge Brazilians to vote, irking Bolsonaro




            By DIANE JEANTET             have been at the center of  the Amazon rainforest.        instructions on how to regis-  “I’m  glad  you  spoke  to  a
            Associated Press             a  nationwide  get-out-the-  With the deadline nearing,  ter. “To exercise this power,  Hollywood actor, Anitta, it’s
            RIO  DE  JANEIRO  (AP)  —  vote campaigns.                DiCaprio  sent  three  posts  you need to register to vote  every  teenager’s  dream,”
            Hollywood  stars  Leonardo  Brazil’s  electoral  authority  on  his  official  Twitter  ac-  by 23:59 today.”       Bolsonaro  shot  back  Tues-
            DiCaprio  and  Mark  Ruf-    says  it  has  received  a  re-  count    all  written  in  Portu-  Ruffalo has also used social  day  on  Twitter.  “I  talk  to
            falo joined other celebrities  cord number of registration  guese  to encourage regis-  media,  retweeting  to  his  thousands   of   Brazilians
            making a final push for vot-  requests.                   tration.                     8  million  followers  a  selec-  every  day.  They  are  not
            ers  in  Brazil  to  register  be-  DiCaprio,  an  environmen-  “Sixteen  and  17  year  olds  tion  of  short  comic  videos  famous,  but  they  are  the
            fore the Wednesday dead-     tal activist, has feuded pre-  have  the  power  to  help  made by Brazilian teenag-   compass  for  our  decisions,
            line,  prompting  dismissive  viously with Bolsonaro over  build  Brazil’s  future,”  he  ers explaining how to regis-  because  nobody  defends
            responses  from  President  the Brazilian leader’s efforts  wrote  in  one,  linking  to  a  ter.                   and  knows  more  about
            Jair Bolsonaro.              to expand development in  website  with  step-by-step  “Let’s  rock  this  campaign!  Brazil than its own people”.
            In  recent  days,  A-listers  in                                                       Democracy  and  the  plan-   Bolsonaro  also  trained  fire
            Brazil  and  abroad  have                                                              et  win,”  Ruffalo  wrote  on  on  DiCaprio,  an  adversary
            used their prestige and so-                                                            May  1,  using  the  trending  whom  in  the  past  he  has
            cial media platforms to call                                                           hashtag  #TiraOTituloHoje,  accused,  without  provid-
            for  young,  first-time  voters                                                        which translates as #Regis-  ing  evidence,  of  funding
            in  Brazil  to  register  to  vote                                                     terToVoteToday.              nonprofit  groups  that  he
            in the October presidential                                                            At  home,  legendary  Brazil-  claimed are partly respon-
            election  that  is  expected                                                           ian actress Fernanda Mon-    sible for fires in the Amazon.
            to  pit  far-right  incumbent                                                          tenegro  and  singer  Anitta  “DiCaprio has to know that
            Bolsonaro  against  former                                                             also  encouraged  young  the (World Trade Organiza-
            President  Luiz  Inácio  Lula                                                          people  to  vote.  The  lat-  tion)  president  herself  said
            da Silva of the leftist Work-                                                          ter  told  her  nearly  17  mil-  that  without  Brazilian  agri-
            ers’ Party.                                                                            lion fans on Twitter that she  business,  the  world  would
            In  Brazil,  voting  is  manda-                                                        had  discussed  the  issue  at  go hungry,” Bolsonaro told
            tory  for  anyone  aged  be-                                                           length with DiCaprio at this  a  group  of  supporters  out-
            tween 18 and 70, and fail-                                                             week’s  Met  Gala  in  New  side  the  presidential  resi-
            ure to vote entails paying a   Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro waves to supporters as he arrives   York City, and that the ac-  dence  in  Brasilia,  adding
            small fine. Those 16 and 17   at the Labor Day and Freedom rally, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday,   tor  knew  more  about  the  that the actor should “keep
            can vote, but are not obli-  May 1, 2022.                                              environment  than  Bolson-   his  mouth  shut  instead  of
            gated  and  young  people                                             Associated Press   aro.                       talking nonsense.”q
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