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In observance of Pope Francis, US President Donald Trump on Monday mandated that American flags be flown at half-mast. Trump posted the following on Truth Social: "May Pope Francis rest in peace! God bless him and everyone who cared for him. Trump claimed to have signed an executive order honouring Pope Francis that placed all of the nation's flags, both state and federal, at half-mast. According to the US president, the pope was a fine man who loved the globe and worked hard. The flag of the United States will be flown at half-staff at the White House, on all…

Twelve towns in Zamfara State are purportedly subject to an N60 million charge levied by bandits operating in the country's northeast. Bakatsine, a conflict and crisis journalist from northwest Nigeria, revealed this in a post on X. Koloma, Dan Hayin Zargado, Zargado, Dan Godabe, Sabuwar Tunga, Makini, Bubaka, Yelwa, Bahwada, Koda, Manya, and Kabusu are among the Zamfara communities mentioned by Bakatsine. The impacted populations were accused of supporting military raids, he wrote. He claims that if locals do not pay the bandits' charge, they will be attacked. He wrote: "Twelve Zamfara communities—Koloma, Dan Hayin Zargado, Zargado, Dan Godabe, Sabuwar…