--- title: "While you were sleeping: 19 April 2016" description: "First Thing: America sends more troops to Iraq, Nigeria repels Boko Haram attack, and Spurs defeat Stoke to close in on Leicester" type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "Newsdeck" author: "John Stupart" author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/johnstupart/" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-19-while-you-were-sleeping-19-april-2016/" published: "2016-04-19T05:57:44" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 913 --- # While you were sleeping: 19 April 2016 > First Thing: America sends more troops to Iraq, Nigeria repels Boko Haram attack, and Spurs defeat Stoke to close in on Leicester By John Stupart · Published 19 April 2016, 07:57 SAST ## Content | \| \\| *“In such a society as ours the only possible chance for change, for mobility, for political, economic, and moral flow lies in the tactics of guerrilla warfare, in the use of fictions, of language.”* – **Kathy Acker** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| | | --- | | \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/3640a088-ec21-4ad9-b005-7f38be2718f2.jpg) \\| \\| --- \\| \\| [#ZExit: There must be 50 ways to lose your President](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-18-zexit-there-must-be-50-ways-to-lose-your-president/) Since the start of the year, the big political question has not been the local government elections, or what really happened at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. The big political question is a simple: “Will President Jacob Zuma stay, or will he go?”. Coming after the firing of Nhlanhla Nene, and then the Constitutional Court’s Nkandla ruling, it’s no surprise that there is more pressure on Zuma than ever. But those who think it’s easy to kick someone out are misguided. That said, there are several scenarios that could play out over the next few months. By STEPHEN GROOTES. \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **More US troops deployed in Iraq** The United States is to send Apache attack helicopters and more troops to Iraq. The additional deployment will see American forces in that country top 4,000. Although a far cry from numbers in the Iraq War, it is at least 4,000 more than anybody expected following 2011's complete withdrawal from the region. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-19-us-to-deploy-more-forces-to-back-iraqs-anti-is-war) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **At least 24 wounded in Boko Haram fight** At least 24 Nigerian soldiers have been injured repelling a Boko Haram attack. Mounted in Northern Borno State, Nigerian officials indicated "many" members of Boko Haram had died in the attack, but declined to give a specific figure. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-19-24-soldiers-wounded-as-nigeria-troops-repel-boko-haram-army) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Zika mosquito discovered in Chile** For the first time in decades, a Zika-carrying mosquito has been discovered in Chile. The species, Aedes aegypti, was discovered in Arica, effectively removing Chile from the list of Zika-free countries in the Americas.This leaves Canada as the sole country in the region free of Zika. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-19-zika-mosquito-found-in-chile-first-time-in-decades) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Spurs tighten the noose around Leicester** Harry Kane and Dele Alli delighted fans on Monday night to share a 4-0 clobbering of Stoke. In securing the win, Spurs are now just five points away from top dogs, Leicester. This gives them four more games, and a fighting chance, at taking the Championship this year. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-19-football-kane-and-alli-at-the-double-as-spurs-close-on-leicester) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **80** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The number of cigarettes a days allowed for Judy Garland on her diet. 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