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China celebrates moving 100million people out of poverty

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5 years ago

Chinese President Xi Jinping celebrated “complete victory” in the effort to eradicate rural poverty for 100 million people at a…

Khashoggi: US declassified report nails Crown Prince Salman

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5 years ago

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a declassified version of a U.S.…

Portugal backs UN Secretary-general Guterres for second term

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5 years ago

Portugal has officially nominated UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as a candidate for a second term in office.

Portugal again nominates Guterres as UN scribe

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

The Portuguese government has officially nominated UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as a candidate for a second term in office.

South Africa records largest tax shortfall

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

South Africa has recorded its “largest tax shortfall on record” – 213 billion rands (14.5 billion dollars).

FACTI Panel launches Financial Integrity Report

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

The United Nations High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda (FACTI Panel) is…

COVID-19 pandemic derails historic advances in children’s access to school meals

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

The COVID-19 pandemic risks reversing a decade of hard-won gains in global efforts to provide nutritious food to the world’s…

First batch of COVID-19 vaccine lands in Ghana

Muhamin Olowoporoku

5 years ago

The first batch of Covax COVID-19 vaccine has landed in Accra, Ghana from the Serum Institute of India, the world’s…

Court orders man to pay wife $7,700 for house chores, in world’s first

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5 years ago

In world's first, a court in China has ordered a man to pay thousands of dollars in compensation to his…

Trump begs Facebook to restore suspended accounts

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5 years ago

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has appealed his suspension by social media giant Facebook, both on Facebook and Instagram.

Jonathan in three-day brainstorming session with Gambian political parties in Abuja

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

Nigeria's former President, Goodluck Jonathan is currently hosting a three-day brainstorming session with leaders of the Gambia's main political parties…

Ebola infects 14 people, kills 9 in Guinea, DRC

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Two African countries of Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reported 14 Ebola virus cases and…

Jacob Zuma: Ramaphosa worried over attacks on judges

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5 years ago

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said attacks on the country's judiciary system and judges by some politicians were worrying.

UN Chief sues for peace in Myanmar

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

The Secretary-General of the United Nation, Antonio Guterres has called on the Myanmar military to stop the violence, repression immediately.

Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabia’s long serving oil minister is dead

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5 years ago

Saudi Arabia’s former long-serving oil minister, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, is dead. He died at the age of 90 on Tuesday…

Kenya fires 174 judicial staff over misconduct

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Kenya’s Judicial Service Commission has sacked 174 court staff since 2018 over gross misconduct.

Trump has been committing tax fraud for decades: Mary Trump

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5 years ago

Donald Trump's niece, Mary Trump has said an investigation into the former president's taxes will reveal that he has been…

El Chapo’s wife Coronel Aispuro busted for drug trafficking in US [Court Papers]

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5 years ago

Emma Coronel Aispuro, the beauty-queen wife of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been arrested at Dulles International…

US flags at half staff as COVID-19 deaths surpass 500K

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5 years ago

President Joe Biden will order that U.S. flags on federal property be lowered to half staff for five days, as…

‘Cuomo my enemy’: Trump says after Supreme Court verdict on tax records

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5 years ago

"Governor Andrew Cuomo is my enemy", former US President Trump said on Monday hours after after the Supreme Court declined…

Trump hit hard by US Supreme Court, ordered to submit tax records

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5 years ago

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a New York City prosecutor to obtain former President Donald…

Customs seizes 17kg gold bars at airport

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Customs officials on Monday said it seized 150 gold bars weighing 17.4 kg at Bangladesh’s Shah Amanat International Airport in…

Bobi Wine withdraws case against Museveni’s re-election

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5 years ago

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has withdrawn his court case challenging President Yoweri Museveni's re-election

UK prime minister, Boris Johnson set to ease lockdown

Muhamin Olowoporoku

5 years ago

By Muhaimin Olowoporoku Boris Johnson is set to announce his long-awaited roadmap for taking England out of lockdown. British government…

UN chief says White supremacy becoming transnational threat

Taiwo Okanlawon

5 years ago

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said white supremacy and neo-Nazi movements are becoming a transnational threat that must…

Schools in England to reopen next month

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5 years ago

Schools, primary and secondary in England will now reopen on 8 March, Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi said.

U.S. ex-VP Mike Pence avoids Trump

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5 years ago

Former US Vice-president Mike Pence has turned down an invitation to attend this week's Conservative Political Action Conference, that Donald…

Seven Nigerien electoral officials killed by landmine

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5 years ago

Seven Nigerien electoral officials were killed Sunday when their vehicle struck a landmine, a local official said.

Myanmar protesters brave the armoured tanks, actor arrested

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5 years ago

Thousands of Myanmar anti-coup protesters gathered on Sunday in towns from north to south, undeterred by the bloodiest episode of…

Vatican reveals properties owned in Rome, London, Paris, Geneva

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5 years ago

The Vatican has revealed details of its real estate empire in Rome, Paris, London and Geneva. In Rome alone, the…

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