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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