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Blackout in California as the biggest snowstorm of the season hits the city 

A blackout in California occurred after a powerful snowstorm raged overnight into Saturday in the Sierra Nevada as the biggest storm of the...

USAF soldier self-immolates outside of Israeli Embassy to protest Gaza ‘genocide’

A 25-year-old, Aaron Bushnell, has died after setting himself on fire outside of the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC. His actions were a...

Breaking: Tinubu announces suspension of sanctions on Guinea, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso

President Bola Tinubu has demanded that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) lift the economic sanctions against Guinea, Niger, Mali, and...

ECOWAS Chair, Pres. Tinubu, presides over regional body’s summit in Abuja

President Bola Tinubu on Saturday presided over Extraordinary Summit of heads of state and government of the Economic Community of West African States...

ECOWAS faces most difficult challenges since its formation – Ejime

A public affairs analyst, Mr. Paul Ejime, has lamented that the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) is facing some of the most...

Guinea’s transition to democracy truncated by military junta

Guinea’s ruling military junta has dissolved the country’s interim government and ordered government members’ passports to be seized and their bank accounts frozen....

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death: Widow vows to challenge Putin

Alexei Navalny’s widow, Yulia, has promised to continue in the path of her husband, which is to fight for a “free Russia.”. In...

Nigeria ready to host African Central Bank, prepare youths for 21st century economy, Tinubu tells AU leaders

President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria is ready to host the African Central Bank in line with the vision of the Abuja Treaty. Addressing...

Senegal’s President Sall backs down on postponed Feb. 25 presidential poll

By Paul Ejime Senegalese President Macky Sall has “taken note” of Thursday’s decision by the Constitutional Council to annul a presidential decree and...

Just in: Mauritania President Ghazouani emerges as new AU Chairman in 2024

The Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) have elected the President of Mauritania, Mr. Mohamed Ould Ghazouani as the...

Russian activist and Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison

Russia’s most significant opposition leader for the past decade, Alexei Navalny, has died in prison inside the Arctic Circle, the prison service said....

Households cut spending as UK economy slips into recession

Official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed that the UK has slipped into a technical recession after the economy...

Amid presidential poll postponement protest: Authorities ban mobile internet in Senegal

Mobile internet access in Senegal was suspended on Tuesday for the second time this month, the communications ministry said, after authorities banned a...

Three Sahel nations’ exit from ECOWAS: Tinubu sends delegation to Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso to return

In a bid to address the recent decision by the Republic of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso to withdraw from the Economic Community...

Bowing to pressure, Hungary’s President Novak quits

Hungary’s president has resigned amid outrage over her pardoning of a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case. President Katalin Novak has...

At least 600m Africans will remain without electricity by 2030 – World Bank

Nearly 600 million people in Africa are likely to remain without electricity by 2030 as the continent continues to grapple with electricity deprivation,...