Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family support Black Lives Matter (BLM), a senior representative…
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Russia summons US ambassador over ‘election interference’
Russia’s foreign ministry said Friday it summoned the US ambassador in Moscow over the interference…
South African court postpones Zuma’s corruption hearing until Sept 21
South African high court on Thursday postponed the hearing of former president Jacob Zuma’s corruption…
ECOWAS suspends Guinea over coup
West Africa bloc ECOWAS has decided to suspend Guinea following a recent coup in the…
Taliban declares Islamic emirate, announces new government
The Taliban have announced a new interim government for the country and declared it an “Islamic…
Basic services in Afghanistan collapsing, says UN
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Tuesday said Afghanistan is facing…
Vietnamese man jailed 5 years for spreading coronavirus
Vietnam has jailed a man for five years for breaking strict Coronavirus (COVID-19) quarantine rules…
Germany’s envoy to China dies two weeks into job
Germany’s new ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, has died shortly after taken up his post,…
UN chief condemns Guinea coup d’état
United Nations, UN, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday condemned the coup d’etat in Guinea and…
Biden orders release of secret 9/11 documents
US President Joe Biden on Friday ordered declassification over the next six months of still…
At least 36 dead after severe rainfall hits U.S. east coast
The devastating storm in the north-eastern United States (U.S.) in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida killed…
Over 7,000 schools damaged by Tigray war, says Ethiopia Minister
More than 7,000 schools have been damaged as a result of the expanding conflict in…
A-29 Super Tucano, defining moment in combating extremism – U.S. General
Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian of the United States Africa Command, says the induction of A-29 Super Tucanos…
UN chief seeks end to biodiversity crisis
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for greater leadership and political will to end the…
Three American residents indicted for attempts to illegally export arms to Nigeria
Three residents of Maryland, United States of America, face indictment for attempting to illegally export…
19 villagers killed in Niger Republic attack
An attack by suspected jihadists on a village in western Niger’s troubled “three-border” region has…
US offers $5 million for information to arrest ex-Guinea-Bissau Armed Forces head
The US has announced a reward of up to US$5 million for information leading to the…
Afghanistan: Nigerians in Diaspora want peaceful coexistence in fatherland
Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation-Americas (NIDOA) on Friday stressed the need for compatriots to learn from Afghanistan…
Terrorist groups adapt to new technologies, expand across Africa
Two decades after the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York, U.S, terror networks – Al-Qaida…
UN honours late Kofi Annan, says world lost its moral voice
UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has paid tribute to the late former Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, who passed…
Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani in UAE, as Taliban pledge different rule
Former Afghan president, Ashraf Ghan,i who fled the country as it toppled to the Taliban…
Afghan girls return to school in Herat after Taliban takeover
Girls wearing white hijabs and black tunics crammed into classrooms in the western Afghan city…
Afghanistan: UN agencies urge Taliban to protect vulnerable
UN agencies on Tuesday appealed to the Taliban to make good on promises to protect the…
Regulator faults Swiss newspaper’s ‘sexist’ headline about Okonjo-Iweala
A media regulator faulted a Swiss newspaper on Tuesday for sexism over a headline earlier…
Uganda to host more than 2,000 Afghan refugees –Official
At least 500 refugees fleeing Afghanistan are scheduled to arrive in Kampala on Tuesday, a…
Zambia’s Lungu concedes defeat to challenger Hichilema
Zambia’s outgoing leader Edgar Lungu on Monday conceded defeat and congratulated his successor and longtime…
UK PM Johnson calls for G7 leaders meeting on Afghanistan
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose country holds the rotating G7 presidency, on Monday called…
Taliban takeover is world’s failure, says UK
The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is a “failure of the international community”, Britain’s Defence Secretary…
Afghan President flees the country as Taliban takes over government
The Taliban declared the war in Afghanistan over, after taking control of the presidential palace in…
Tears, anger as Greek island residents face wildfire aftermath
Residents of the Greek seaside village of Rovies mourn a lost paradise of pristine pine forests…