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UN chief Guterres calls 2021 ”year of healing”

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to make 2021 “a year of healing” in his video…

COVID-19: Cambodia reopens schools

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Sen said on Tuesday said that the kingdom’s first community outbreak of COVID-19 was over after…

Trump’s supporters file ‘dumbest lawsuit’ to cancel Electoral College votes

In a far-fetched bid to overturn the result of the U.S. election, House Representative Louie Gohmert and other fellow Republicans…
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South Africa declares new Level 3 lockdown amid COVID-19 surge

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday night the country would return to level three lockdown with immediate effect.

Egypt praises China’s COVID-19 vaccine

The China-developed COVID-19 vaccine Egypt has received is effective, safe and easier to use, an Egyptian official said.
Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine

COVID-19: More European countries commence vaccination

More European Union (EU) nations have kick-started mass COVID-19 vaccinations geared towards putting an end to the global pandemic.

Burkina Faso: Kabore begins second term

President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso was on Monday inaugurated for the second five-year term after winning the…

Trump loses grip as Republicans join Democrats override his veto

109 Republican congressmen joined their Democratic colleagues Monday to override Trump’s veto of a $740 billion defense policy bill.
Octogenarian Nancy Pelosi running for re-election

U.S. House passes Trump’s $2000 COVID-19 relief checks

The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives voted 275-134 to meet President Donald Trump’s demand for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks on…
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Biden blasts Trump team as ‘irresponsible’

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden described as irresponsible, the lack of information being provided to his transition team by the outgoing…
Lagos records 42 COVID-19 related deaths in 8 days

COVID-19 cases hit new daily record in UK

The UK reported 41,385 new COVID-19 cases today, the highest recorded in a single day since the start of the…

Tanzania suspends ports officials over theft of public funds

Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has suspended two senior officials with the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) over misuse of funds

Russian fishing boat sinks in Arctic: 17 feared dead

Seventeen people are feared dead after a Russian fishing boat sank in the Barents Sea.

China jails citizen journalist Zhang for leaking Wuhan’s COVID-19 outbreak

A Chinese court on Monday sentenced citizen journalist, Zhang Zhan, to four years in prison for her live stream reporting…

Ethiopian police arrest Reuters cameraman Kumerra

A Reuters cameraman, Kumerra Gemechu, was arrested in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa on Thursday, and will be kept in…

South Africa’s COVID-19 cases surpass one million

South Africa’s total COVID-19 cases since the first case in March crossed a million on Sunday, its Health Ministry said.

Breaking: Trump backpedals, signs $2.3trillion bill

Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump dropped his objections Sunday night and signed the $2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief and government spending…

JUST IN: Trump promises ‘good news’ on COVID-19 relief bill

Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday night promised some 'good news' on the $892billion COVID-19 relief bill.

Nashville vehicle bomber identified by FBI

The FBI, the lead investigator into the Christmas Day Nashville Bombing has identified the bomber. He is 63 year-old Anthony…

37 die in ghastly bus accident

At least 37 people including 10 women and four children were killed when their bus hit a lorry in central…

300 million Chinese suffer from high blood pressure

High blood pressure or hypertension, affects one in five Chinese people and kills more people than any other disease in…

COVID-19: Uganda bans annual New Year Eve festivities

A top government official on Sunday said Uganda has banned all public New Year Eve festivities over surging COVID-19 infections…
aborted coup in Niger ahead of Swearing-in of Mohamed Bazoum

Voting opens in CAR, Niger

Polls open for presidential and legislative elections in Niger and Central African republics. CAR's elections are being held amid militia…

Germany reports 13,755 new COVID-19 cases

Germany reported 13,755 more COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours on Sunday, jacking the national tally to 1,640,858, according…

Trump: US courts bad, FBI failed, Election System 3rd World

Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump refused to sign the $2.3trillion end-of-year COVID-19 relief and spending bill on Saturday as he…

Senegal says new COVID-19 strain more virulent

Senegal said the strain of virus of the second wave of COVID-19 currently circulating is "more virulent" than that of…

Ghana election: NDC set to drag Akufo-Addo, others to court

Ghana's National Democratic Congress (NDC) said it is set to challenge the presidential and some parliamentary elections results
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Biden rebukes Trump for shunning aid bill as millions suffer

Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump earned a sharp rebuke from President-elect Joe Biden as Trump refused to sign the $2.3…
Moderna vaccine arrives Nigeria

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine gives U.S. doctor severe allergic reaction

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday ignited a severe allergic reaction in a Boston doctor, Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, who received it.

Close Up: Rep. Paul Mitchell who dumped Trump’s Republican party

Michigan Rep. Paul Mitchell does not find as funny Republican lies about a nonexistent election fraud scheme Democrats used to…
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