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End military hostilities now to pave way for dialogue, AU Special Envoy to Ethiopia, Obasanjo urges
Former Nigerian President and African Union’s Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has urged sides to the military hostilities...
Former South African president FW de Klerk, who helped end Apartheid dies at 85
Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk, who negotiated a peaceful transfer of power to a government under Nelson Mandela, has died. The former...
Fuel explosion kills at least 90 people in Sierra Leone
An oil tanker exploded near Sierra Leone’s capital, killing at least 90 people and severely injuring dozens of others after large crowds...
Yahoo pulls out of China due to increased challenging legal, business environment
Yahoo has pulled out of China, citing an ” increasingly challenging business and legal environment”. “In recognition of the increasingly challenging business...
Cop26: We are digging our own graves’ with climate change, says UN Sec Gen Guterres
The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that Humans are “digging our own graves” through climate change and by “brutalising biodiversity”....
Biden pledge to return the US to JCPOA
United States President Joe Biden has pledged to return the US to full compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). President...
Another Nigerian has been appointed by the U S. President, Joe Biden, into his cabinet
US President Joe Biden has appointed Nigerian-born, Enoh Titilayo Ebong, to the post of Director, United States Trade and Development Agency. Her...
U.S. citizen and his Nigerian accomplice, both pilots, convicted of trafficking multi-ton loads of cocaine on board an aircraft
Two men — Jean-Claude Okongo Landji and Jibril Adamu – have been convicted of conspiring to traffic five kilograms and more of...
Just in: Another military putsch in Sudan, soldiers sack transitional government
A coup by the Sudanese military has now fully unraveled after it announced the dissolution of the transitional government headed by prime...
Barbados elects first president to replace Queen Elizabeth as head of state
Barbados has elected its first president to replace Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as head of state in a decisive step towards shedding the Caribbean...
Ex – US President Trump’s Truth Social Media App Hacked Within Hours of Announcement
Controversial former US President Donald Trump’s new Truth social media platform was reportedly hacked within hours of its announcement. Trump Media &...
COVID-19: Colombia, Dominican Republic and 5 others to remain on UK’s red list
Dale Keller, chief executive of the UK Board of Airline Representatives, has said that the the list of Red Countries was useful as...
Poverty-stricken Afghan parents sell their children
Amid grinding poverty, some desperate Afghan parents are now forced to sell their children to deal with the scourge, according to reports....
COVID-19 claims U.S. ex-Secretary of State, Gen. Powell
The first African-American Secretary of State, General Colin Luther Powell, has exited the world. Aged 84 years, Powell reportedly died on Monday...
British politician and Member of Parliament, David Amess, assassinated
British Conservative member of parliament, Sir David Amess was stabbed fatally on Friday while holding a constituency meeting. The 69 year-old, who represented...
Cargo ships diverted from UK port over shortage of truck drivers
Maersk, the world’s largest cargo company, has re-routed its vessels away from Felixstowe, a port in Suffolk, England, after they were waiting...
