2016 MTV Base Africa Music Awards MAMA FULL Nominees LIST!!

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ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Black Coffee (South Africa)
• Diamond (Tanzania)
• Sauti Sol (Kenya)
• Wizkid (Nigeria)
• Yemi Alade (Nigeria)

 BEST FEMALE

• Josey (Ivory Coast)
• Mz Vee (Ghana)
• Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)
• Vanessa Mdee (Tanzania)
• Yemi Alade (Nigeria)

 BEST BREAKTHROUGH

• Babes Wodumo (South Africa)
• Emtee (South Africa)
• Falz (Nigeria)
• Franko (Cameroon)
• Nasty C (South Africa)
• Nathi (South Africa)
• Raymond (Tanzania)
• Simi (Nigeria)
• Tekno (Nigeria)

 BEST FRANCOPHONE

• Franko (Cameroon)
• J-Rio (Gabon)
• Magasco (Cameroon)
• Serge Beynaud (Ivory Coast)
• Toofan (Togo)

 LISTENER’S CHOICE

• Adiouza (Senegal)
• Bebe Cool (Uganda)
• Burna Boy (Nigeria)
• Den G (Liberia)
• EL (Ghana)
• Jah Prayzah (Zimbabwe)
• Jay Rox (Zambia)
• Kansoul (Kenya)
• Kiss Daniel (Nigeria)
• Lij Michael (Ethiopia)
• LXG (Sierra Leone)
• Meddy (Rwanda)
• Messias Marioca (Mozambique)
• Prince Kaybee (South Africa)
• Reda Taliani (Algeria)
• Saad Lamjarred (Morocco)
• Sabri Mosbah (Tunisia)
• Sidiki Diabate (Mali)
• Tamer Hosny (Egypt)
• The Dogg (Namibia)
• Yamoto Band (Tanzania)

 SONG OF THE YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOOGLE

• “Shaktibobo” – Olamide (Nigeria)
• “Reggae Blues” – Harrysongz feat Olamide, Kcee & Iyanya, Orezi (Nigeria)
• “My Woman, My Everything” – Patoranking feat. Wande Coal (Nigeria)
• “Godwin” – Korede Bello (Nigeria)
• “Ngud” – Kwesta feat. Cassper (South Africa)
• “Roll Up Re-Up” – Emtee feat. Wizkid and AKA (South Africa/Nigeria)
• “Soweto Baby” – DJ Maphorisa feat. Wizkid (South Africa/Nigeria)
• “Baddest” – AKA feat. Burna Boy, Khuli Chana, Yanga  (South Africa/Nigeria)
• “Wololo” – Babes Wodumo feat. Mampintsha (South Africa)
• “Coller la Petite“ – Franko (Cameroon)
• “Unconditionally bae” – Sauti Sol feat. Alikiba (Kenya/Tanzania)

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

• “Jump” – Anatii & Cassper feat. Nasty C (South Africa); Director: Kyle Lewis
• “Caviar Dreams” – AL Bairre & PhFAT (South Africa); Director: Daniel Levi
• “If I Start to Talk” – Tiwa Savage feat. Dr Sid (South Africa); Director: Clarence Peters
• “Kisasi Kumi” – Sheeba (Uganda) – Director: Sasha Vybz
• “Niquer Ma Vie“ – Youssoupha (Congo) – Director: Antony Abdelli & Jose Eon

BEST HIP HOP

• Olamide (Nigeria)
• Kiff No Beat(Ivory Coast)
• Ycee(Nigeria)
• Emtee(South Africa)
• Ricky Rick(South Africa)

BEST COLLABORATION

• Patoranking ft. Sarkodie – No Kissing
• Sauti Sol ft. Alikiba – Unconditionally Bae
• AkA ft. Burna Boy,Khuli Chana & Yanga – Baddest
• Dj Maphorsia ft. Wizkid & Dj Buckz – Soweto Baby
• Nasty c ft. Davido  & Cassper Nyovest – Juice Back Remix

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT

• Drake
• Beyonce
• Adele
• Future
• Rihanna

BEST LUSOPHONE

• NGA
• Nelson Freitas
• C4 Pedro
• Lizha James
• Petro Show

BEST MALE

• Wizkid(Nigeria)
• AKA(South Africa)
• Patoranking(Nigeria)
• Black Coffee(South Africa)
• Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)

BEST LIVE ACT 

• Flavour(Nigeria)
• Stonebwoy(Ghana)
• Cassper Nyovest(South Africa)
• Eddy Kenzo
• Mafikizolo(South Africa)

PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

• Linda Ikeji
• Wizkid
• Caster Semenya
• Pearl Thusi
• Pierre Emerick Aubameyang

BEST GROUP

• R2Bees(Ghana)
• Sauti Sol(Kenya)
• Toofan(Togo)
• Navy Kenzo (Tanzania)
• Mi Casa (South Africa)

BEST POP

• Tresor 
• TiMO ODV.
• LCNVL
• Desmond & The Tutus
• kyle deutsch & shekhinah

SOURCE: www.naijacop.com

Syrian conflict: Russian bombers use Iran base for air strikes

Russia's defence ministry says it has used a base in western Iran to carry out air strikes in Syria.

Tupolev-22M3 long-range bombers and Sukhoi-34 strike fighters took off from Hamedan on Wednesday, a statement said.
The aircraft attacked jihadist militants in Aleppo, Idlib and Deir al-Zour provinces, it added.
It is reportedly the first time Russia has struck targets inside Syria from a third country since it began a campaign to prop up Syria's president last year.
Iran is Bashar al-Assad's main regional ally and has provided significant military and financial support since an uprising against him erupted in 2011.

In recent months, senior Russian and Iranian officials have discussed boosting their military co-operation, reports the BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Moscow.
Last week, Russia asked Iran and Iraq to allow Russian cruise missiles to fly through their airspace for attacks on terrorist targets in Syria.

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Analysis - Jonathan Marcus, defense and diplomatic correspondent, BBC News

Russia has been operating jets and helicopters from bases in Syria for the past year, but this is the first time that Moscow has deployed aircraft to a third country in the region.
Reports indicate that up to six Tupolev Tu-22M3 bombers - known by the Nato codename of "Backfire" - are now operating from an air base in western Iran.
These planes - originally designed as a long-range strategic bomber - have already been engaged in the Syrian air campaign but operating from bases in southern Russia. Placing them in Iran dramatically reduces the duration of their missions. The Russian defence ministry says that an unspecified number of Sukhoi-34 strike aircraft have also been sent to Iran.
Their deployment marks an intensification of the Russian air campaign - perhaps a reflection of the scale of the fighting in and around Aleppo - and it is a demonstration of the growing warmth in ties between Moscow and Tehran, the Syrian government's two closest allies.

The Russian defence ministry statement said Wednesday's air strikes had killed a "large number" of militants and resulted in the destruction of five large warehouses filled with weapons, ammunition and fuel, and jihadist training camps in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib.
Three command centres in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour were also hit, it added.

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Image caption The deployment to Iran will reduce the duration of the TU-22M3s' missions

News of the strikes comes a day after Russia's defence minister suggested it was close to an agreement with the US on collaborating in attacks on IS militants around the divided city of Aleppo, where fighting between Syrian government and rebel forces has escalated in recent weeks.
"We are moving step by step closer to a plan - and I'm only talking about Aleppo here - that would really allow us to start fighting together to bring peace so that people can return to their homes in this troubled land," Russia's RIA news agency cited Sergei Shoigu as saying.
However, US state department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau told reporters: "We have seen the reports and have nothing to announce."