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Commonwealth finance ministers explore new strategies to manage disaster risk
Finance ministers from the 53 member countries of the Commonwealth will meet in the margins of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World...
Trump has lost $1 billion in personal wealth since running for president
NBC—-The presidency has been bad for Donald Trump’s finances, with his personal net worth falling from $4.5 billion to $3.1 billion over the...
Passenger removed from plane for head-butting flight attendant
A Delta flight from Salt Lake City, Utah to Orlando, Florida was forced to make an emergency landing in Oklahoma City Friday morning,...
U.S Immigration Says Deaf, Disabled Nigerian Man Must Be Deported After Living in Detroit For 30 Years
Amid a public outcry, U.S. immigration authorities are standing firm in their decision to deport Francis Anwana, a deaf immigrant in Detroit from...
Kofi Annan honoured in Ghana state funeral
Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been laid to rest Thursday in his home country of Ghana....
Dangerous hurricane ‘Florence’ headed towards U.S east coast
Hurricane Florence has rapidly intensified into a Category 4 major hurricane south-southeast of Bermuda and is likely to lash the U.S. East Coast later...
Africa, China Relationship: It’s a win-win situation for everyone, says Ramaphosa
African countries welcome the win-win relationship with China and value the support China provides to them, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on...
No debt crisis in Africa, AFDB President
Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), denied the alleged debt crisis in African countries during an interview on the sidelines...
China to implement eight major initiatives with African countries
President Xi Jinping on Monday said China will implement eight major initiatives with African countries in the next three years and beyond, covering...
John McCain was ‘a warrior, a statesman, a patriot’, says Obama
Former President Barack Obama remembered Sen. John McCain on Saturday as a feisty, irreverent and principled patriot who fought for his beliefs but always understood that...
Boxer takes down hijacker on Lufthansa flight to Paris
A former French professional boxer turned into a hero on a Lufthansa flight from Munich to Paris, stopping a person who was threatening...
U.S Senator John McCain, Dead at 81 after battle with brain cancer
U.S Senator John McCain, the iconic Republican senator, two-time presidential candidate, decorated Naval bomber pilot, and former prisoner of war in Vietnam, died...
U.S. First Lady Melania Trump to Visit Africa
By John Campbell On the margins of her speech on abusive use of social media, U.S. First Lady Melania Trump’s announced that...
Kofi Annan, former UN secretary-general, dead at 80
Kofi Annan, one of the world’s most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to...
Views From Abroad: Deadly Lack of Security Plagues Nigeria as Buhari Seeks Re-election
New York Times President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, center, flanked by service chiefs and other senior military officers, spoke during the Army Day...
CPJ Condemns Premium Times Reporter’s Arrest, Urged Nigerian Police To Release Him Unconditionally
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has joined others to condemn the arrest and detention of Premium Times reporter Samuel Ofundipe by the...
