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Coup: ECOWAS eases sanctions on Mali, rejects 36-month transition by Guinea’s military junta

By Paul Ejime   ECOWAS leaders have lifted the controversial economic and financial sanctions imposed in January on Mali following two military coups...

17 people found dead at South African nightclub

Regional newspaper DispatchLive reported that the bodies were found "lying strewn across tables, chairs and on the floor; with no obvious signs of...

Sri Lankan students demand government resign as economic hardship grows

The country's foreign reserves are nearly gone and it is unable to import food, fuel, cooking gas and medicines. A lack of fuel...

Britain approves extradition of Julian Assange to US

The WikiLeaks founder has been at the centre of a protracted legal fight for more than a decade. Next week marks 10 years...

Pakistan’s ex-president Pervez Musharraf’s organs failing,family says he’s in final hours

Pakistan's defence minister also gave his blessing to Gen Musharraf's return and said the former dictator should be able to spend the rest...

Uncertainty looms as global FDI could drop in 2022 – UNCTAD

Global Foreign Direct Investment,FDI, could decline this year after recovering to pre-coronavirus levels in 2021, as the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war and...

Inflation in U.K, Germany and other OECD countries soar to 9.2%

Inflation soared to 9.2 per cent in OECD countries in April, driven by a rise in the cost of services and food, Persecondnews.com gathered...

African Union chairman fears ‘catastrophic’ food crisis from Ukraine war

  Macky Sall, chairman of the African Union and president of Senegal, has revealed a worrying food crisis  saying “the worst may be...

Disgraced former mayor of London’s Tower Hamlets re-elected in greatest political comeback

A disgraced mayor banned from office for five years for corruption has been re-elected to his old position after what his party described...

Emmanuel Macron inaugurated for second five-year term as French president

Emmanuel Macron was inaugurated for a second term on Saturday after his triumph in the recently concluded French presidential elections. He promised first...

U.S. Pres. Biden appoints first black White House press secretary

U.S. President Joe Biden has named Karine Jean-Pierre as the White House press secretary, the first black person to hold the high-profile post....

Nigeria must be recognized as an important partner in Africa, say UK MPs

By Femi Soneye The UK’s Foreign Affairs Committee has described Nigeria as the “forefront of change” in Africa in its new report, Lagos...

Powerful explosion at Afghanistan Mosque kills at least 10 people

At least 10 people were killed after a blast ripped through a mosque in Kabul on Friday, amid a string of similar attacks...

French election: Macron set to defeat far-right Le Pen

French President Emmanuel Macron was on course Sunday to win a second term by defeating far-right leader Marine Le Pen in presidential elections,...

Passenger arrested for masturbating four times during a 4 hour flight

A passenger on a flight from Seattle to Phoenix, Arizona is facing US federal charges for pulling down his underwear and masturbating at...

Russia-Ukraine war: World Bank Group President, Malpass, announces $1.5bn for Ukraine’s essential services

``The bank would work closely with governments and the private across the world to `` win the battles against the multiple crises’’