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Yobe government confirms death of 85 people from Cerebrospinal Meningitis in the state between January 2023 to April 2024.

Meningitis outbreak declared in Congo DR

No fewer than 260 suspected cases and 129 deaths have been reported in Tshopo Province; with a high case fatality…
Ashraf Ghani: flees Kabul

Why I fled Afghanistan – Ex-President, Ashraf Ghani

Former President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani has again spoken on why he left Kabul abruptly, leaving citizens at the mercy…
Mullah Baradar: Taliban deny he has been killed

Lukewarm reception for Taliban govt

Taliban leaders filled all the top posts in Tuesday's government list. There were no outsiders and no women
Goodluck Jonathan

Guinea’s political situation unfortunate – West African Elders Forum

The coup plotters led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, arrested President Alpha Conde, dissolved the cabinet and suspended the constitution.
A body covered in plastic sheet after recovered from Setit Rive in Sudan

29 bodies dumped in River Setit

The corpses were identified by Ethiopians residing in the Wad al Hulaywah area of eastern Sudan, it said.
Mali junta leader Assimi Goita

ECOWAS worried over Mali’s slow transition programme

The transition was dealt a further setback in May when the colonel who led the initial coup, Assimi Goita, ordered…
Sunday Igboho

Igboho cries out: ‘I’m ready to return to Nigeria, I’ve accepted my destiny’

Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho said he is ready to return to Nigeria and that…
Taliban restrict Afghans going abroad: UK, U.S. react

Taliban ready for relations with U.S., none with Israel

Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told Sputnik in an interview on Tuesday that the organisation would welcome the U.S.’ possible involvement…

UN lauds release of Al Saadi Gaddafi, others

The UN mission applauded the decision of the Libyan authorities in a statement late on Monday.
The Guinean coup leaders at a meeting with ousted politicians on Monday

Guinean coup jacks up global prices of bauxite

Guinea is the world's second-biggest producer of the raw material that is refined into alumina, a substance used to make…
testing for COVID-19 in Vietnam

Vietnam jails man for spreading COVID-19 to others

Le Van Tri, 28, was convicted of “spreading dangerous infectious diseases” at a one-day trial at the People’s Court of…
President Nana Akufo-Addo chairman of ECOWAS

ECOWAS to hold extraordinary summit on Guinean coup

The summit comes in the wake of a coup that ousted the 11 year-old government of President Alpha Conde on…
Colonel Mamady Doumbouya Guinean coup leader

Guinean rebels plan government of national unity, ban foreign travels

The rebels in Guinea on Monday announced that a government of national unity would be created in the country.
Ahmad Massoud: Leader of Afghan resistance group calls for uprising against Taliban

We will fight Taliban: Ahmad Massoud sends message to Afghans

Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), an anti-Taliban resistance group, has called for a general…
Samia Suluhu Hassan: President of Tanzania

Tanzania’s President Hassan suspends second newspaper for fake news

Raia Mwema, a leading Swahili-language weekly, was suspended for 30 days from Monday, for "repeatedly publishing false information and deliberate…
Ambassador Jan Hecker dies two weeks on the job

Germany’s ambassador to China Jan Hecker dies 2 weeks on the job

The 54-year-old diplomat had only taken up his new job in Beijing last month.
Mamady Doumbouya: leads Guinea's coup d'etat

Guinea’s coup leader Doumbouya faces foreign backlash

The coup staged on Sunday was led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, commander of special forces, set up in 2018, by…
Colonel Mamady Doumbouya Guinean coup leader

Guinean junta slams curfew, appoints regional commanders as governors

In its second press statement, signed by its leader, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, the junta announced a 10 p.m to 8.…
ECOWAS, Nigeria condemn Guinea coup d’état

ECOWAS, Nigeria condemn Guinea coup d’état

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Nigerian Government have strongly condemned the coup d’état that took…
Colonel Mamady Doumbouya Guinean coup leader

12 Quick Facts about Guinea’s coup leader Mamady Doumbouya

There is a wide gap in the age of Conde and Doumbouya. The military officer is in his forties, while…
Jacob Zuma now on medical parole

Zuma out of jail, placed on medical parole

Medical parole placement for Mr Zuma means he could go home to continue receiving medical care.
Guinea's President Alpha Conde with mutinous soldiers

Coup in Guinea, soldiers claim takeover, Alpha Conde’s arrest

There were also reports that President Alpha Conde, who recently won a third term, has been arrested, with a video…
Ambassador Onowu and others at the event

Amb. Onowu unveils Nigeria’s investment opportunities in Belgium

Nigerian Ambassador to Belgium, Obinna C. Onowu on Friday unveiled Nigeria’s investment opportunities.
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga

Japan’s PM Suga backs Taro Kono in succession race

Suga had been widely expected to seek re-election as LDP leader, with most speculation surrounding only how soon after that…
Afghans leaving their country for Pakistan

UNHCR warns of humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

Describing the situation at the country’s borders with Pakistan, Baloch said UNHCR had not seen such a “large refugee influx”…
Afghanistan resistance forces in Panjshir battle Taliban

450 Taliban fighters neutralised in Panjshir

Al-Qaeda fighters were reported to have joined the Taliban in the group’s offensive on the Panjshir valley
A shocking picture of the 28th Street Subway station (#1 Train) in Manhattan, New York

Updated: Flash floods kill 44 in New York, New Jersey, others

Across large swaths of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut, residents spent the day coping with water-logged basements, power…
A car trapped in a flooded road in New York City

9 dead in New York, New Jersey amid storm IDA floods

The governors of the states declared a state of emergency late on Wednesday following flooding and hazardous conditions on the…
New York suffers wettest hour, state of emergency declared

Flights in, out of New York canceled; state of emergency declared

Mayor Bill de Blasio has declared a state of emergency in New York City after record rainfall.
Seized cocaine

Suspected Nigerian drug baron Dada busted with 1.3kg of Cocaine in India

The Indian Police have arrested a suspected Nigerian drug baron, Innocent Lawrence Dada, 33, with 1.3kg of cocaine, the largest…
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