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Ghana jacks up interest rate as inflation hits 31.7%

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4 years ago

Ghana's cedi currency has continued its steep decline since the July monetary policy meeting, losing more than 6% against the…

Weisselberg top Trump Organisation executive pleads guilty to tax fraud

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4 years ago

This plea agreement directly implicates the Trump Organisation in a wide range of criminal activity and requires Weisselberg to provide…

U.S. judge approves release of evidence for FBI raid of Trump’s Florida home

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4 years ago

Despite objections by the Justice Department, U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart said he believes "there are portions of the affidavit…

Germany’s constitutional court confirms mandatory measles vaccination

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Germany’s constitutional court has confirmed a measles vaccine mandate for some parts of the population. This means that the measles…

Israel shuts down 7 Palestinian NGOs in West Bank

Nimot Sulaimon

4 years ago

In October 2021, Israel outlawed six of these NGOs, which were labelled as “terrorist’’ organizations. These Palestinian NGOs were linked…

Death toll rises to 26 in Algerian wildfires

Nimot Sulaimon

4 years ago

The wildfires are burning in mountainous areas east of Algeria, and the victims were from the provinces of Al-Taref and…

Police uncover drugs worth $675m hidden in marble stone slabs

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

Drug and Firearms Squad detectives have charged three men following the seizure of almost 750kg of methylamphetamine

Trump’s lawyer Giuliani faces 6-hours of questioning by Georgia grand jury

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4 years ago

The former New York mayor and Trump attorney left the Fulton County courthouse without commenting to reporters roughly six hours…

Russia sacks Igor Osipov commander Black Sea Fleet after Crimea setback

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4 years ago

The move followed a series of explosions which rocked the peninsula it annexed in 2014 and had previously seen as…

Mali accuses France of arming Jihadists

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4 years ago

In a letter to the head of the United Nations Security Council dated Monday, Mali's foreign affairs minister, Abdoulaye Diop,…

Massive explosion hits Kabul mosque, 20 dead, many injured

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Sheikh Amir Mohammad Kabuli a known religious scholar in the Kabul region, was killed in the blast inside the mosque…

WHO chief Tedros laments global apathy to Tigray crisis

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4 years ago

Calling it the "worst humanitarian crisis in the world", with six million people unable to access basic services, Tedros questioned…

Syria denies kidnapping U.S. journalist, Austin Tice

Nimot Sulaimon

4 years ago

Austin Tice, 31, was kidnapped in August 2012 while reporting freelance in Damascus on the uprising against Syrian President Bashar…

Fire at Southwark train station in London contained

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4 years ago

Video footage posted by the fire brigade on Twitter showed large plumes of smoke coming from under the railway arch,…

Navalny demands tougher sanctions on Russian oligarchs

Nimot Sulaimon

4 years ago

Navalny criticised the fact that while the head of state-owned Rosneft, Igor Sechin, is on an EU sanctions list, the…

Liz Cheney blasts Trump for spreading ‘insidious lie’, loses primary vote

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4 years ago

She added that Trump "knows that embracing these conspiracies will trigger violence and threats of violence. This happened on Jan.…

British PM candidates against new Scottish independence push

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4 years ago

Liz Truss, the foreign minister and frontrunner in the leadership race, and Rishi Sunak, a former finance minister, set out…

UNICEF awards $170m malaria vaccine contract to GSK

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4 years ago

UNICEF in a statement issued from New York on Tuesday said the landmark award would lead to 18 million doses…

UN chief appoints Nigeria’s Gbenga Sesan into IGF panel

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4 years ago

The UN chief also appointed nine other high-level and eminent persons to serve on the IGF Panel for a two-year…

U.S. approves sale of over-the-counter hearing aids

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4 years ago

The FDA's final rules for the sale of over-the-counter hearing aids lower the maximum sound output to reduce the risk…

Biden signs landmark climate change, health care bill into law

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4 years ago

The legislation includes the most substantial federal investment in history to fight climate change — some $375 billion over the…

Kenya’s presidential election null and void: Odinga breaks silence

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission chairman Wafula Chebukati said Ruto had won almost 7.18 million votes (50.49 percent) against…

My biggest wish for new Kenya President-elect Ruto – Tinubu

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Tinubu added that it was his prayer that Ruto would unite the country, bringing all Kenyans together to move their…

US First Lady, Jill Biden catches COVID-19

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The 71-year-old woman tested positive on the last day of a family beach trip to South Carolina.

6 dead, 33 injured as bus falls into river

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4 years ago

The ill-fated bus was bringing back the security personnel deployed to ensure security along the route of the ‘Amarnath pilgrimage…

Kenya braces for legal battle after Ruto declared president-elect

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Kenya on Tuesday braced for a protracted legal battle after William Ruto was declared the winner of presidential election. Ruto…

Armenian warehouse blast death toll rises to sixteen

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4 years ago

According to the latest investigations, the blast occurred when a warehouse where fireworks were stored blew up at the wholesale…

Author Rushdie awake and articulate; more details on attacker emerge

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

Award-winning author Salman Rushdie is awake and "articulate" in his conversations after being stabbed at least 10 times in the…

U.S. Justice Department opposes release of Trump raid affidavit

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday said it opposes unsealing the affidavit that prosecutors used to obtain a federal judge's…

U.S. flags President Weah’s chief of staff for corruption, slams sanctions

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4 years ago

The sanctions target Weah's Chief of Staff Nathaniel McGill, Liberia's Chief Prosecutor Sayma Syrenius Cephus and Bill Twehway, the managing…

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