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France gets its youngest-ever prime minister, Gabriel Attal
Gabriel Attal was named Tuesday as France’s youngest-ever prime minister, as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fresh start for the rest of his term amid growing political pressure from the far right. Macron’s office announced the appointment in a statement. Attal, 34, rose to prominence as the government spokesman and education minister. He is France’s […]
French Prime Minister Resigns
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne resigned on Monday as President Emmanuel Macron prepared to unveil a long-awaited cabinet reshuffle in a bid to give new momentum to the final three years of his presidency. After days of intense behind-the-scenes manoeuvring, Education Minister Gabriel Attal, 34, was emerging as the favourite to succeed Borne, whose successor […]
Bombs Kill 103 During Slain General’s Memorial In Iran
At least 103 people were killed in Iran Wednesday as two bombs in quick succession struck a crowd commemorating slain general Qasem Soleimani on the anniversary of his killing, state media reported. The blasts, which state television called a “terrorist attack”, came with tensions running high in the Middle East a day after Hamas number […]
BREAKING: Israeli Drone Kills Hamas Deputy Leader In Lebanon
Hamas deputy leader, Saleh al-Arouri, has been killed in an attack on Hamas office in Beirut. Hamas’ Al Aqsa Radio and Lebanon’s pro-Iranian Mayadeen TV confirmed word from security sources that Arouri, a member of the Palestinian Islamist movement’s politburo based abroad and a co-founder of Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, was killed on […]
DR Congo’s President Tshisekedi wins second term in landslide victory
DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has won a second term in office with a landslide victory, according to provisional results announced Sunday, in a vote opposition leaders have dismissed as a “sham”. Provisional results from the single-round presidential ballot, declared by the country’s electoral commission Ceni, showed that Tshisekedi had won 73 per cent of […]
Zambian Minister Resigns Over ‘Malicious’ Claims On Business Deal
Zambia’s Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo resigned Tuesday, the president’s office announced, hours after he was embroiled in a social media frenzy over alleged dealings with a Chinese businessman. Kakubo, who had been foreign minister since September 2021, said in a letter he was quitting because of “malicious claims over a business transaction”. Earlier, a video […]
France bans Nigerian students, others from bringing families
The French parliament has passed a law restraining Nigerian students and others from bringing their families to the country. According to a report by the BBC on Thursday, the law was backed by both President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Renaissance party and Deputy of the French National Assembly, Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally. A previous […]
BREAKING: United Nations appoints Nigerian woman as member of fact-finding mission to Sudan
The United Nations has appointed Joy Ezeilo, a Nigerian legal expert, as a member of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan. The President of the UN Human Rights Council, Václav Bálek made the announcement in a statement today. Mohamed Chande Othman of Tanzania and Mona Rishmawi of Jordan/Switzerland are also members of the mission, […]
61 migrants, mostly Nigerians, Gambians die in Libyan ‘shipwreck’
Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, from Nigeria, Gambia, and other African countries have drowned following a shipwreck off Libya, the International Organisation for Migration, IOM, a United Nations agency has said. The boat originally contained 86 people and left the Libyan shores from Zwara, according to IOM. It said: “The central Mediterranean continues to […]
Israeli Army Uncovers ‘Biggest Hamas Tunnel’
The Israeli army said on Sunday it had uncovered the biggest Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip so far, just a few hundred metres from a key border crossing. Such was its size that small vehicles would be able to travel within the tunnel, an AFP photographer granted access to it reported. The underground passage […]