A Taliban leader has urged action and help from the international community, including donor agencies, to help displaced Afghans ahead of the approaching winter.
The United Nations’ World Food Programme, says as famine and drought In recent days, Afghanistan may face an impending humanitarian crisis if aid and resources are not delivered to the country.
The Taliban’s minister for refugees, Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani, says while thousands of people were internally displaced, there was now peace in Afghanistan and everyone could return home.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned against interference from external forces in the region, as Australia shrugged off Beijing’s growing anger about its decision to acquire US nuclear-powered submarines, and promised to defend the rule of law in airspace and waters where China has staked hotly-contested claims.
Xi urged heads of state to absolutely resist external forces to interfere in countries in their region at any excuse and hold the future of our countries’ development and progress firmly in their hands.
China’s state-owned publication Global Times also described Australia as a pawn of the US and called it naive for financing America’s cold war gambit.

US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to allow targeted sanctions to be imposed against individuals and groups perpetrating violence and impeding humanitarian aid in Ethiopia.
But it is the strongest warning yet from the US government against those committing rights abuses or blocking aid in Ethiopia.
President Biden also called on all parties to the conflict in the northern Tigray region to negotiate.
The US imposed sanctions against the Chief of Staff of the Eritrean Defence Forces last month, for his involvement in the Tigray conflict.

The Islamic State group says it carried out attacks committed up to two months ago in the Sahel - but failed to comment on the reported death of its regional leader there.
The group and its jihadist rival al-Qaeda are blamed for most attacks in the region, including the targeted killing of French aid workers in 2020.
The IS group's weekly newspaper, al-Naba, claimed attacks against the army and pro-army "militias" in Niger, against al-Qaeda rivals in Mali and Burkina Faso, and against spies in Mali - covering a period between early July and early September.
The group reiterated that such delays were caused by the security and technical circumstances affecting the mujahidin on the ground.

Burundian rebels say they launched an overnight attack on the airport in the commercial capital Bujumbura.
The RED-Tabara group said it fired mortars and fought the military for more than an hour.
Airport staff said they heard shelling and shooting but that air traffic was not disrupted.
A spokesman for Burundi's army said he was not aware of an attack.
The incident occurred hours before President Evariste Ndayishimiye was due to fly to New York for the United Nations General Assembly.

The Speaker of the House of the Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says that the current review of the 1999 constitution by the National Assembly would not produce a perfect constitution, stressing that there is no such thing anywhere in the world.
The speaker stated that the National Assembly would deliver a constitution that would hold institutions of state to account and put an end to the debilitating conflicts that continue to tear the nation apart.
He says Nigeria was created from the forced union of tribes and peoples without consideration for the complex cultures and histories of the communities and kingdoms that made up the union.
He, however, said that Nigerians have the power to write a new chapter of peace and prosperity, justice and equity for the country that would give every Nigerian a sense of belonging.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele says the apex bank is ready to approve legitimate foreign exchange demand that exceeds the approved transaction cap if such applications meet stipulated requirements.
The CBN governor says the CBN was ready to approve requests from commercial banks to go beyond the caps if it is proven that the extra demand for FX is for legitimate purposes.
He further insisted that the Investors and Exporters Window of the central bank remains the major market which anyone seeking to procure or sell foreign exchange should patronise.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of the Board and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited with Senator Ifeanyi Ararume as Chairman.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity in a statement says the President appointed the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr Mele Kyari, as the Chief Executive Officer, adding that his principal acted in accordance with the Petroleum Industry Act 2021.

The Federal Government has imposed travel restrictions on passengers who shun the COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction test.
Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha says that the restrictions came into effect on September 14.
He explained that passengers arriving in Nigeria must go through the routine port health screening and present electronic or print-out evidence of pre-boarding COVID-19 PCR test and the Permit to Travel Certificate/QR Code.
The SGF says passengers who fail to show up for this test will face travel restrictions on their passports for at least six months and will not be able to travel abroad for this period.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the Federal Government’s plan to source fresh loans, saying borrowing to accumulate debt for the next generation is criminal.
Obasanjo noted that if the existing debt is left unserviced or unpaid, it might become a problem for successive administrations.
He stated that what could be a problem would be what one is borrowing for and the plan or capacity to pay back.
The ex-president recalled that during his tenure in 1999, the country was spending $3.5 billion to service debts that kept on increasing.