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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held telephone calls with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Allawi, according to Reuters on February 24 Kurdistan24 The diplomat called on the head of the Iraqi government to cooperate with Kurds and Sunnis. This task is necessary to normalize the situation in the country. We remind that about 60% of Shia Arabs, 20% of Sunni Arabs and 20% of Kurds live in Iraq. The Constitution establishes a system of ethno-religious representation in power. The dominant position is held by the Shiites, as their number in the state is the largest. The post of Prime Minister is given to Shiites, the presidency is held by a Kurd, and the Speaker of Parliament is Sunni.

The cash collection from the rental of Ukrainian comedy about the participants of the punitive operation in the Khabarovsk called Our cats amounted to a man of eight million UAH (21 million rubles). This is reported on February 23 by Odessa edition Timer. The budget of the films amounted to 42 million UAH (110 million rubles), of which ten million UAH amounted to the funding of the state allocated by the Ukrainian Cultural Fund and the State Agency for Cinema of Ukraine. In three weeks, the film, which was available for viewing in 90 cinemas, was watched by 91,000 viewers. The publication suggested that in the last week of the demonstration Ukrainian comedy is unlikely to have significant changes in the number of people wishing to watch this film. According to Timer on February 23, three tickets were purchased for the session of this film in one of the theatres of Odessa at the time of publication of the news by the publication. Read also: Infantile Western Ukrainians lose to eastern U

Technological changes were cited among the key reasons why equipment purchased by Tanzania Electricity Company (TANESCO) was not commissioned, causing serious losses. This is reported by the newspaper Mwananchi. In an interview with journalists after visiting the Kurasini warehouse in Dar es Salaam, Chairman of the Board of Directors of TANESCO Alexander Kyaruzi said that a number of purchased instruments had reached their useful life. He added that a lot of equipment is also technologically obsolete. Following an inspection of the warehouses, Kyaruzi stated that much of the failed equipment had been purchased in too many batches, noting that if purchased within the prescribed time frame, it would not have been obsolete. He stated that only equipment planned for up to three years should be purchased from now on. We remind that TANESCO is the leading energy generating company in Tanzania. The company is owned by the country's government and its operations are regulated by Tanzania&#

In the past week, three ministers from the Government of Rwanda have resigned. This is reported by the newspaper Mwananchi. According to journalists, on Friday, 14 February, the Minister of Health of Rwanda, Diana Gasumba, resigned. According to the press service of the Prime Minister of Rwanda, Gasumba resigned due to a number of irregularities in the course of her work. The specifics of the violations were not revealed, reporters said. Gashumba has held office since October 2016. According to the publication, on Wednesday, February 12, Minister of Justice Evode Uwizeyima and Minister of Education Isaac Munyakazi also resigned. For his part, Uwizeyima said he was retiring over the guard beating scandal. Munyakazi, however, did not explain the reasons for his decision.

The Islamic State terrorist group (an organization banned in the Russian Federation) attacked a police station in the Iraqi province of Diyala. This was reported on February 15 by police officer Diyala Habib al-Shammari to the correspondent Anadolu Ajans According to him, the incident took place in Bahruz district in the south of the province. According to the latest data, two police officers were killed as a result of the incident. The militants attacked a police station in Bahruz district, the source said. Other details have not yet been provided. Recall, on February 14, the of