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Nigerian-American, 39-year-old Adeyemo, gets slot in Biden’s govt. as Deputy Treasury Secretary

  A 39-year-old, Mr Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, a Nigerian-born attorney and former senior international economic adviser in the Barack Obama administration, will serve...

Joe Biden’s cabinet picks you need to know

  Meet US president-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet picks. Appointments   National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan Mr Sullivan was Mr Biden’s national security adviser...

Trump finally agrees transition of power to Joe Biden can begin

  US President Donald Trump has agreed that the transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden can begin. The head of the General...

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in hospital with coronavirus

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been admitted into a hospital isolation ward, after testing positive for coronavirus, according to reports in Kiev. The...

Ethiopian troops and refugees flee to Sudan

Dozens of armed Ethiopian troops and refugees fled the fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and crossed into Sudan. The troops from Ethiopia’s...

President-elect Joe Biden’s victory speech – in full

My fellow Americans, the people of this nation have spoken. They have delivered us a clear victory. A convincing victory. A victory for...

Canada, Britain, Ireland, other world leaders congratulate Biden, 46th U.S. President

    World leaders have felicitated with Mr Joe Biden after US networks declared him the winner of the bitter White House race...

‘A president for all Americans’: President-Elect Joseph Biden says in victory speech

President-Elect Joe Biden speaking in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, Saturday evening, reached out to voters who supported Trump. “I understand the disappointment...

Joe Biden Elected 46th U.S President

Democratic candidate Joseph Biden prepared to declare victory on Saturday as a win in Pennsylvania delivered the electoral votes he needed to become...

President-elect?: US secret service beefs up Joe Biden’s security

    The United States Secret Service has ramped up the protection provided for the nation’s former Vice-President and the strong contender for...

Biden sweeps all five votes in tiny town of Dixville Notch

For 60 years, Dixville Notch and Millsfield have been the first places to open thier polls in the United States. Two tiny New...

Other candidates on the US presidential ballot

  Republican Donald Trump and his rival Democrat Joe Biden are not the only two candidates on the US presidential election ballot, although...

Coronavirus: UK to enter new four-week lockdown from November 5 to December 2

England will enter a new four-week lockdown to tackle rising infection rates, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Saturday. The lockdown, from November...

US forces free American hostage in Nigeria

U.S forces rescued a US hostage from northern Nigeria on Saturday, the Pentagon said. “This American citizen is safe and is now in...

U.S extremely concerned over deadly crackdown on protesters in Nigeria

  The United States  took the Nigerian government to task on Thursday over the alleged killing of unarmed #EndSARS protesters in Lagos. “The...

Air strike kills 12 children

At least 12 children killed and 14 injured when an air strike hit a mosque in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province. On Thursday, the...