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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 […]
ECOWAS Suspends Niger, Insists On Civil Rule
The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States has suspended the membership of the Republic of Niger until constitutional order is restored in the country. This was contained in a statement by the regional organisation, following the decisions taken at the summit of heads of state and government held on Sunday in Abuja. […]