Cameroon Frees 27 Boko Haram Hostages

 

    Suspected Boko Haram militants in Cameroon have released 27 hostages, including 10 Chinese workers seized earlier this year, Cameroon’s president said Saturday.
In a statement, Paul Biya said the newly freed hostages were turned over the Cameroonian authorities and were “safe and sound.” The hostages included the wife of Cameroon's deputy prime minister, Amadou Ali.
No information was provided about what led to their release.

Kolofata, Cameroon

Ebola screening starts in U.S. airports

 

NEW YORK -- A stepped-up screening program that checks the temperature of travelers arriving from West Africa is starting at New York's Kennedy International Airport, part of an ongoing effort to stop the spread of Ebola, which has so far killed more than 4,000 people.
The effort to screen travelers from the three West African countries most affected by Ebola starts Saturday at Kennedy and will be expanded over the next week to Newark Liberty, Washington Dulles, Chicago O'Hare and Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta.

Brazil's biggest city (SAO PAULO) facing drought conditions

 
The governor of Sao Paulo says he's asking Brazilian federal officials for permission to again engage in emergency pumping of water into a main reservoir that supplies water to the country's biggest city.
Gov. Geraldo Alckmin said Friday he's asking to pump water from below flood gates of the Cantareira reservoir to increase supply, which has fallen to nearly 5 percent of capacity.
The reservoir provides water to some 6 million residents, and Sao Paulo's worst drought in decades has turned it into a cracked-earth landscape. The fall in the water level has exposed dozens of old cars dumped into the reservoir over the years.
Experts fault Alckmin for not rationing water in Sao Paulo, saying he didn't for fear of hurting his re-election campaign.


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Emeka Ike Reveals Names Of Movie Producers That Sleep With Actresses For Roles

Emeka Ike

The Nollywood actor, who had marital challenges earlier this year has made it known in a recent interview how sad he is with the modus operandi  of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria. He made it known that the Ibinabo Fiberesima-led tenure which is still ongoing can only be compared to the biblical Sodom and Gomorrah, where producers sleep with actresses to give them role while they practice homosexuality with the males.
NaijaCoded reports that while addressing newsmen at the 2nd edition of the City People’s Political Award held recently in Lagos, the Imo State born actor, revealed that the Nollywood is full of decays which must not be transferred to the next set of fresh generation that will opt in their career.

Hong Kong’s Leader Faces Twin Investigations Over Financial Scandal

 Democratic lawmakers are also trying to impeach him—and all at a time when thousands of demonstrators are in the streets agitating for more democracy and his ouster

Pressure is building on Hong Kong’s embattled top leader over a scandal involving undisclosed payments from an Australian engineering firm, with prosecutors in both Hong Kong and Australia investigating the matter and the democratic bloc in the Hong Kong legislature preparing impeachment proceedings.
“The timing is not good for C.Y. Leung,” says Michael Davis, a law professor at Hong Kong University. “This is of course a political headache.”

Walkback: Microsoft CEO says women should depend on ‘karma’ for raises

Women make less than men for doing the same job. On average, 22 percent less. They also are less likely to ask for a raise.
While there is some evidence the pay gap is narrower in the tech sector, the gender imbalance is real, including at Microsoft, which last week reported that women make up 29 percent of its global workforce.
Presumably Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella considered these issues before he sat down for an interview with fellow Microsoft board member Maria Klawe at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, a high-profile annual event for leading women in tech.
Near the end of the interview, Klawe asked Nadella what advice he would give to women who aren’t comfortable asking for a raise.
His answer?
“It’s not really about asking for a raise, but knowing and having faith that the system will give you the right raise,” Nadella said.

Hospital: No signs of Ebola in Dallas-area officer

 
The Dallas hospital treating a sheriff's deputy who went into the apartment where an Ebola victim was living says the deputy is showing no signs that he's also infected.
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas said in a statement Thursday that Michael Monnig remains in good condition one day after he was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
The hospital says Monnig does not have a fever, vomiting or diarrhea. Results of further testing are expected later Thursday.

Fears grow in United States over Ebola's spread outside West Africa

 

Fears are growing in the United States about Ebola with about 200 airline cabin cleaners walking off the job in New York and some lawmakers demanding the government ban travelers from the West African countries hit hardest by the virus.
"The nation is frightened, and people are frightened of this disease," the U.S. cabinet secretary for health, Sylvia Burwell, said on Thursday, a day after the death in Texas of the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States.