At least seven health workers from Mansila commune, northern Burkina Faso, were kidnapped on Thursday by…
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WHO speaks on suspension of AstraZeneca vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) said in Geneva on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, that some countries…
The horrors of war in northern Mozambique
Some people rub their stomachs and talk of their hunger. Others describe burnt villages, abducted relatives,…
South African Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini dies @ 72
King Goodwill Zwelithini of the Zulu nation in South Africa has died in hospital where he…
Nigerian man rapes 83 year old American
A 52-year-old Nigerian man who is an employee of a Minnesota seniors home, Olabamidele Olumide Bewaji,…
Congress clears hurdles on Biden’s $1.9tn covid-19 relief bill
President Joe Biden’s $1.9tn (£1.4tn) relief bill to help Americans deal with the impact of the…
Alarming: Brazil records 2,286 Covid-related deaths in single day
Brazil has exceeded 2,000 Covid-related deaths in a single day for the first time, as infection…
Erdogan, Putin hail joint nuclear plant as symbol of friendship
A Russian-built nuclear power plant in Turkey, set to go online in 2023, represents close cooperation…
Pope meets Iraq Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Sistani
Pope Francis extended his hand to the world’s Shiite Muslims on Saturday, meeting top cleric Grand…
Egyptian president, Sudanese FM discuss disputed Nile dam
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi held talks on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, with visiting Sudanese Foreign Minister,…
U.S. will never recognise Crimea’s reunification with Russia – Biden
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said that Washington would never recognise Crimea’s decision to rejoin…
Queen Elizabeth II says COVID-19 vaccination harmless, feels protected
Queen Elizabeth II of England, turning 95 in April, shared her thoughts on vaccination and how…
Ivory Coast second country to receive Covax vaccine shipment
Ivory Coast on Friday, February 26, 2021, became the second country worldwide to receive Coronavirus (COVID-19)…
President Biden revokes Trump’s ban for Green Card applicants in US
The United States President, Joe Biden, on Wednesday revoked former President Donald Trump’s order that blocked…
U.S. report on Khashoggi death expected to single out Saudi crown prince – Sources
A declassified version of a U.S. intelligence report expected to be released on Thursday finds…
Mohamed Bazoum wins Niger’s presidential runoff
Former Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum and candidate of Niger’s ruling PNDS Party, has won the presidential…
Covid-19: We can’t accept such a cruel fate – Biden
President Joe Biden has addressed the nation as the US marks 500,000 deaths from Covid-19, the…
Court finds boyfriend guilty of murdering 28 years old pregnant girlfriend
The boyfriend of a South African woman, whose murder galvanised protests against violence against women in…
Libyan interior minister survives assassination attempt
The interior minister of Libya’s UN-backed government, on Sunday, survived an assassination attempt by unidentified gunmen…
COVID-19 victims: Biden holds candlelight ceremony on Monday
United States (U.S.) President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on Monday on the lives lost to…
Number of confirmed Ebola cases in DR Congo rises
The number of confirmed cases of the Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the…
Biden to announce release of $4bn for vaccines to poor countries at G7 meeting
U.S. President Joe Biden will announce at the G7 gathering on Friday that the United States…
UN releases $15m to fight Ebola in Guinea, DRC
The United Nations has allocated $15 million (N5.8 billion) to fight the fresh Ebola outbreaks in…
Trump acquitted in historic 2nd impeachment trial
The historic second impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump in the Senate ended with…
Myanmar’s security forces use live ammunition against anti-coup protesters – UN
Myanmar’s security forces have been using live ammunition against anti-coup protesters in breach of international law,…
Democrats insist Trump must be impeached
Democrats have finished their arguments that Donald Trump incited the attack on the US Congress, warning…
UK’s Prince Charles, wife receive Covid-19 vaccine
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla have been given their first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine,…
Ghana shuts parliament as 168 lawmakers, officials contract COVID-19
Ghana’s parliament on Tuesday shut down for at least three weeks over a surge in…
Egypt frees Al Jazeera’s journalist, Hussein, from prison
Mahmoud Hussein, a journalist with Qatar’s Al Jazeera network, arrived at his Cairo home Saturday after…
China moves to boost its boys ‘masculinity’ through sports
Worried that its boys are too effeminate, China is planning to boost the masculinity of…