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•Kim Jong-un was pictured welcoming delegates to a
dinner on Monday
Kim Jong-un to meet S Korea leader in landmark summit
THE LEADERS of North and
South Korea are due to meet at
a summit next month, Seoul's
envoy says.
It will be the first such meeting
for more than a decade and
the first since Kim Jong-un took
power in North Korea.
The envoy also said Mr Kim
suggested he would be willing to
discuss getting rid of nuclear
weapons, but only if his country's
security could be guaranteed.
In previous programmes to
halt its nuclear ambitions, the
North has failed to keep its
promises.
Mr Kim and South Korean
President Moon Jae-in will meet
on the heavily fortified border
next month, at the truce village
of Panmunjom. The two countries
also agreed to open a hotline
between the leaders.
After returning from a rare
trip to Pyongyang, South Korean
officials said Mr Kim told
them there would be no missile
tests while diplomacy continued.
Fast-closing window for
diplomacy post-Olympics
Have the Winter Olympics
repaired North-South Korea relations?
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George Weah wants
6,000 Nigerian teachers
NIGERIA'S
MEDIA are reporting
on Liberian
President
George Weah's request
for thousands
of Nigerian teachers to plug
the country's deficit.
"We are seeking 6,000-plus teachers
to make up for the shortage of
good teachers in our educational
system,” President Weah told reporters
after his meeting with Nigeria's
President Buhari yesterday in
Abuja.
Liberia's new president has put
education at the top of his agenda,
saying previously his government
will pay all university exam fees for
every student, though it is unclear
how he will fund the plan after describing
the government as “broke".
President Weah also used the
meeting to appeal for Nigeria's help
to "jump-start" the Liberian economy,
calling for increased private investment
in construction, housing,
agricultural and power sectors.
Mr Weah also urged the Nigerian
banks which "dominate" Liberia's
banking not to reduce their support
or close operations because he was
"optimistic that trade and commerce
will increase in the near future”.
BBC
•Liberian President George Weah
•The vast majority of Rwandans are Christians but many also
follow traditional practices
Rwanda arrests
prominent church
leader
POLICE IN Rwanda have
arrested six church leaders
including Bishop Innocent
Rugagi, one of the famous
pastors in the country, for
plotting to defy a government
order requiring
churches to comply with
building regulations and
noise pollution.
About 700 churches have
been closed down for failing
meet these requirements.
Bishop Rugagi, who leads
the “Abacunguwe church”
(Redeemed Gospel Church),
was allegedly heard criticising
what he called an abrupt decision
to stop the churches
from operating.
The arrest of these
preachers comes after President
Paul Kagame publicly
criticised what he called a
huge number of illegal
churches in the country.
Mr Kagame questioned
whether these churches, in
his words, bring any worthy
benefit to the people.
He also said that they
cause security risks. BBC
Oldest message in a bottle found on Western Australia beach
A PERTH family has found the
world's oldest known message in
a bottle, almost 132 years after it
was thrown into the sea, Australian
experts say.
Tonya Illman picked up the
bottle while going for a walk
around sand dunes on a remote
beach in West Australia.
Her husband Kym Illman told
the BBC they found some paper
in the bottle but had "no idea"
what it was until they took it
home and dried it in the oven.
Experts have confirmed it is
an authentic message from a German
ship.
The note in the bottle, which
was dated 12 June 1886, was jettisoned
from the German ship
Paula, as part of an experiment
into ocean and shipping routes by
the German Naval Observatory.
Previously, the Guinness world
record for the oldest message in a
bottle was 108 years, between it
being sent and found.
The Illman family were driving
through a beach north of Wedge
Island on 21 January when the car
became bogged down in the sand,
and Mrs Illman and her friend decided
to go for a walk.
"Tonya saw a whole lot of
rubbish on the ground, and
thought she'd help pick up some
rubbish," Mr Illman told the
BBC.
She found and picked up the
bottle, thinking it would be nice
for her bookshelf, he added. BBC
•Kym and Tonya Illman have loaned the find to the
Western Australian Museum