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One-year-old boy dies after being raped by 2 Russian soldiers, Ukraine says

By Admin Editor May 21, 2022 9 0

A one-year-old boy died after being raped by two Russian soldiers, the Ukrainian Parliament’s Commissioner for Human Rights said on Thursday. The accusation is one of the most horrific from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but is not unique. Denisova Liudmyla Leontiivna said in the statement that it gets reports of sexual violence against Ukrainians every […]Continue Reading

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Buffalo shooting: Gunman deliberately sought black victims – Mayor

By Admin Editor May 17, 2022 21 0

The man suspected of shooting dead 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, deliberately sought a site with a high black population, authorities say. The suspect, Payton Gendron, 18, drove more than 320km (200 miles) to carry out the attack, police say. The attack is being investigated as an act of racially motivated […]Continue Reading

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Ukraine war: Putin warns against foreign intervention

By Admin Editor April 28, 2022 38 0

Any country trying to intervene in the Ukraine war will face a “lightning-fast” response, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned. “We have all the tools no-one can boast of… we will use them if necessary”, he said, in what is seen as a reference to ballistic missiles and nuclear arms. Ukraine’s allies have stepped up […]Continue Reading

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Boris Johnson set to apologise to MPs over lockdown breach

By Admin Editor April 19, 2022 49 0

Boris Johnson is to make his first statement to Parliament since being fined by police for breaking lockdown rules. The prime minister is expected to apologise to MPs after being fined over a birthday gathering at the Cabinet Room in Downing Street in June 2020. His wife and Chancellor Rishi Sunak were also fined over the […]Continue Reading

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Ukraine war: EU looks to Nigeria for more gas supply

By Admin Editor April 12, 2022 70 0

The European Union is strengthening relations with Nigeria as it seeks to diversify sources of its natural gas imports in an attempt to reduce reliance on Russian energy. Nigeria is the fourth biggest liquified natural gas supplier to Europe. At least 40% of Nigeria’s gas is currently exported to Europe. The EU seeks to cut […]Continue Reading

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Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan convoy crashed, 2 aides dead

By Admin Editor April 7, 2022 73 0

A motorcade of former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan was involved in a road crash in the capital, Abuja. The Wednesday evening accident claimed the lives of two policemen attached to him. It occurred when Mr Jonathan, who is a special envoy of the regional bloc Ecowas, was leaving the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to his […]Continue Reading

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‘Irresponsible’ Russian actions at Chernobyl ‘putting hundreds of millions at risk’; Volodymyr Zelenskyy

By Admin Editor March 28, 2022 91 0

Russia’s actions at the Chernobyl power station in Ukraine are “irresponsible” and present a “very serious threat”, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister has said. The site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is currently occupied by Russian forces. Iryna Vereshchuk said Russian forces were “militarising” the site and Continue Reading

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Ukraine President Zelensky warns failed talks with Russia could lead to ‘Third World War’

By Admin Editor March 21, 2022 97 0

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky issued a warning to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria Sunday, saying that if negotiations with Russia were to fall apart, we could be at the precipice of World War III. “I’m ready for negotiations with him [Russian president Vladimir Putin]. I was ready for the last two years. And I think that without […]Continue Reading

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13 gold miners killed in mine collapse

By Admin Editor March 17, 2022 104 0

At least 13 freelance gold miners have died in Sudan’s South Kordofan state after a tunnel collapsed. The accident happened on Tuesday night after the discovery of large amounts of gold in one of the shafts, the news agency EFE quotes the deputy mayor of the town of Talodi as saying. The find attracted a […]Continue Reading

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‘Fighting in Ukraine is better than living here’ – Nigerian volunteer

By Admin Editor March 16, 2022 111 0

When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine last month, 27-year-old Nigerian Ottah Abraham was outraged. He picked up his phone and tweeted: “I want to join the team.” He was some 8,700km (5,400 miles) away from the front line, in a small apartment in Nigeria’s main city, Lagos. The philosophy graduate is one of several […]Continue Reading

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Ukraine: Russian troops take control of key city of Kherson – Mayor

By Admin Editor March 3, 2022 128 0

Russian forces have seized control of a key port city in southern Ukraine, the mayor says. Kherson is the first major city to be taken by Russia, after heavy fighting, since it invaded a week ago. Its mayor, Igor Kolykhaev, said Russian troops had forced their way into the city council building and imposed a […]Continue Reading

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Twitter Space aids stranded Nigerians in Ukraine

By Admin Editor February 26, 2022 141 0

A live audio chat has been taking place on Twitter for Nigerian students caught up in the conflict in Ukraine. During the Twitter Space, advice was shared – mainly warning that people should not travel alone. People shared their experiences in different parts of the country a day after Russian troops invaded. Numbers were shared […]Continue Reading

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Ukrainian border guards who reportedly told Russian warship ‘go f*** yourself’ died as heroes, President Zelensky says

By Admin Editor February 26, 2022 153 0

Border guards who died defending Snake Island will be awarded the title “Hero of Ukraine.” The guards reportedly died after refusing to surrender to a Russian warship.”May the memory of those who gave their lives for Ukraine live forever,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday he will issue posthumous honors to […]Continue Reading

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EU lifts sanctions against Grace Mugabe

By Admin Editor February 23, 2022 150 0

The Zimbabwean government has welcomed the European Union (EU) decision to lift travel and financial sanctions imposed on Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, former First Lady Grace Mugabe and military chief Valerio Sibanda. The EU took the decision despite acknowledging that Zimbabwe’s human rights record had not improved and could worsen. The sanctions were first Continue Reading

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Mali Conflict: Macron announces troops to leave after nine years

By Admin Editor February 18, 2022 165 0

France and its allies in a European force have announced that they are withdrawing their troops from Mali after almost a decade. The troops have been involved in the fight against Islamist militants in the country. Officials said the decision to leave followed a breakdown in diplomatic relations, amid growing hostility from Mali’s new governing […]Continue Reading

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Human cost of Russia attack would be immense – Biden

By Admin Editor February 16, 2022 156 0

A Russian attack on Ukraine is “still very much a possibility” and the human cost would be “immense”, US President Joe Biden has said. In remarks televised nationally, he said the US was ready to respond decisively to such a move. Mr Biden said Russia had massed some 150,000 troops on Ukraine’s borders. Russia says it […]Continue Reading

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Ukraine tensions: Russia begins military drills with Belarus

By Admin Editor February 10, 2022 173 0

Russia and Belarus are starting 10 days of joint military drills amid ongoing fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Belarus is a close ally of Russia and has a long southern border with Ukraine. The US has called the drills – believed to be Russia’s biggest deployment to Belarus since the Cold War – […]Continue Reading

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Boris Johnson: Former minister joins calls for PM to resign

By Admin Editor February 7, 2022 185 0

Another Conservative MP has called for Boris Johnson to resign as the turmoil at 10 Downing Street continues. Former minister Nick Gibb is the latest Tory to submit a letter of no confidence in the row over events held at No 10 during lockdown. And Tory MP Stephen Hammond said he is “considering very carefully” […]Continue Reading

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Five-year-old Moroccan boy trapped in well for four days has died

By Admin Editor February 6, 2022 188 0

A Moroccan boy trapped in a well for four days did not survive, Moroccan state-run media reported after rescuers pulled out his body on Saturday. The reports carried a statement from the royal court which said the king of Morocco called the boy’s parents to express his condolences. The boy, named Rayan, had plunged more […]Continue Reading

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ECOWAS to deploy troops to Guinea-Bissau after failed coup

By Admin Editor February 4, 2022 197 0

The Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) says it will deploy troops to Guinea-Bissau to help stabilise the country after an attempted coup this week. This was contained in a communiqué after Thursday’s (3 February 2022) summit held in Accra, Ghana. The soldiers are expected to help prevent any future coups. ECOWAS was briefed […]Continue Reading

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Attempted coup in Guinea-Bissau; whereabouts of president unknown

By Admin Editor February 2, 2022 198 0

Ecowas, the regional bloc promoting political and economic co-operation in West Africa, has condemned what it calls an “attempted coup” in Guinea-Bissau, and is urging the military to return to its barracks. It follow reports of men in civilian clothing opening fire close to a government building hosting a meeting between the president and prime […]Continue Reading

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Nigeria lifts Twitter ban after seven months

By Admin Editor January 13, 2022 233 0

Nigeria has lifted its ban on Twitter – seven months after clamping down on the social networking site. Nigeria’s government suspended Twitter last June after the company deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari about punishing regional secessionists. Authorities accused the social media firm of siding with the secessionists. But the government said it was […]Continue Reading

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ECOWAS institutes new sanctions against Mali for failure to hold elections

By Admin Editor January 10, 2022 239 0

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has maintained the existing sanctions it imposed on Mali, for failure by the transitional authorities to oversee a smooth political transition. At an Extraordinary Session in Accra on Sunday, the Authority of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West Africa States, expressed […]Continue Reading

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South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies at 90

By Admin Editor December 26, 2021 238 0

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90. His death was confirmed in a statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa. It marked “another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa,” […]Continue Reading

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Omicron: Cancel holiday events – WHO urges

By Admin Editor December 22, 2021 266 0

The World Health Organization has urged people to cancel some of their holiday plans to protect public health as the Omicron variant spreads globally. “An event cancelled is better than a life cancelled,” said WHO head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, adding that “difficult decisions” must be made. “In some cases, that will mean cancelling or Continue Reading

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Covid: Omicron spreading at unprecedented rate – WHO

By Admin Editor December 15, 2021 255 0

The new coronavirus variant Omicron is spreading across the globe at an unprecedented rate, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned Cases of the heavily mutated variant have been confirmed in 77 countries. But at a press conference, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was probably in many others that had yet to detect […]Continue Reading

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Former Interior Minister, Prosper Bani joins Commonwealth Election Observer Mission to the Gambia

By Admin Editor November 29, 2021 301 0

Ghana’s former Interior Minister, Prosper Bani, is part of a nine-member Commonwealth Election Observer Mission mandated to monitor the presidential elections in The Gambia in December. “We recognise the significance of this presidential election to the people of The Gambia and the historical context in which this contest is taking place.” “We also recognise the […]Continue Reading

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Austria introduces lockdown for unvaccinated against Covid-19

By Admin Editor November 15, 2021 314 0

About two million people who have not been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 have been placed in lockdown in Austria as the country faces a surge in cases. “We are not taking this step lightly, but unfortunately it is necessary,” Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said. Unvaccinated people will only be permitted to leave home for limited reasons, […]Continue Reading

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COP26: New draft climate deal steps up call for urgent action

By Admin Editor November 13, 2021 323 0

A new draft agreement at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow has stepped up calls on governments to urgently tackle climate change. It asks countries to reveal their plans to massively reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a much faster speed than previously. But it softens commitments to reduce use of coal and other fossil fuels. […]Continue Reading

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South Africa’s former President FW de Klerk dies at 85

By Admin Editor November 11, 2021 309 0

FW de Klerk, the former president of South Africa and the last white man to lead the country, has died at the age of 85. Mr de Klerk, who was also a key figure in the nation’s transition to democracy, had been diagnosed with cancer this year, a spokesman said. Mr de Klerk was head […]Continue Reading