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World Bank approves $60m to fight youth unemployment in Benin

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

The World Bank International Development Association (IDA) will give Benin US$60 million to help the west African country fight against…

COVID-19: DR Congo approves “MANACOVID” for treatment

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5 years ago

The Luozi pharmaceutical research centre (CRPL), on Tuesday, approved the “MANACOVID” drug to treat the coronavirus (COVID-19) in DR Congo.

Guinean opposition tells President Condé to release detained opponents

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5 years ago

Dr Ousmane Kaba, leader of the Party of Democrats for Hope (PADES) on Tuesday urged President Alpha Condé to release…

Zimbabwe assumes national airline debt

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5 years ago

Zimbabwe’s Cabinet has resolved to assume the debt of national airline Air Zimbabwe and to extend its reconstruction period as…

Libya, UNICEF to further cooperate in youth support

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5 years ago

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Libya’s General Authority of Youth and Sports have agreed to further cooperate in…

Brazilian President Bolsonaro belatedly congratulates Biden

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday sent a belated congratulations to United States President-elect Joe Biden.

Jacob Zuma defies anti-graft commission

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5 years ago

Former President Jacob Zuma of South Africa on Monday said he would not participate in the Commission of Inquiry into…

Poland secures 6 million vaccine doses

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Poland has so far contracted 60 million doses of coronavirus vaccines.

U.S. Senate majority leader McConnell finally bows to Biden

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5 years ago

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a staunch Trump ally, has finally congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala…

Ethiopia reopens Tigray regional airspace

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5 years ago

The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority has reopened the airspace in the troubled Tigray region in the north of the country.

Germany to vaccinate 60% of population by late summer

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5 years ago

German Health Minister Jens Spahn is aiming to have around 60 per cent of the country’s population vaccinated against the…

Botswana to compensate farmers for animal-caused damage

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5 years ago

The Botswanan government will spend millions of pula to compensate farmers that have lost crops due to wild animals, the…

Why COVID-19 will not be last pandemic

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5 years ago

A new UN report published on Tuesday has said that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the latest crisis facing the world,…

JUST IN: Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Kenya

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Somalia has broken off its diplomatic ties with Kenya after the leader of self-declared Somaliland visited Kenya earlier in the…

Car bomb kills Kabul’s Deputy Governor

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

A blast from an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Tuesday killed Deputy Governor of Afghanistan’s Kabul, Mohibullah Mohammadi, and his…

Putin finally sends Joe Biden congratulatory telegram

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5 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin has finally congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden hours after America's electoral college confirmed the results.

Kabul’s deputy governor killed in ‘sticky bomb’ attack on car

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

A bomb attack in Afghanistan’s capital city killed the deputy governor of Kabul on Tuesday, security officials said, adding a…

Senior Republicans defy Trump, accept Biden as president-elect

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Several senior Republican U.S. senators on Monday acknowledged Democrat Joe Biden as the country’s president-elect after the Electoral College affirmed…

UN reacts to Boko Haram attack on southeast Niger

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Saturday’s deadly attack by gunmen that claimed 27 lives in the Republic of Niger.

Biden delivers blistering rebuke of Trump [Video]

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5 years ago

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivered a blistering rebuke of Donald Trump as Biden spoke after 306 electors confirmed his victory…

Trump’s attorney-general William Barr resigns

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5 years ago

U.S. Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies, has given notice of his resignation amid public…

Joe Biden thrashes Trump in Electoral College

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5 years ago

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Monday won the state-by-state Electoral College vote that formally confirmed his victory in the 3…

Hillary Clinton wants U.S. electoral college scrapped

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5 years ago

By Harrison Arubu/New York Former U.S. First Lady and Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, on Monday renewed her call for…

Israel’s Netanyahu in self-isolation for third time

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone into self-isolation after coming into contact with someone who later tested positive for…

ICU nurse Sandra Lindsay first American to receive COVID-19 vaccine

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Sandra Lindsay, an ICU nurse has become the first New Yorker and American to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19.

Trump does quid pro quo with Sudan

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5 years ago

Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump has lifted the designation of Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism, in exchange for…

Google services including Gmail, YouTube suffer outage

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Google services including Gmail, YouTube, Google Drive and Google Classroom suffered a widespread outage Monday, affecting many users and employers.

Final loss to Trump; US Electoral College set to confirm Biden

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Long a mere formality, a vote on Monday by members of the Electoral College to formally recognise Joe Biden as…

Russia hits back as US confirms cyber attack

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Russia’s embassy in the US has hit back after the US government confirmed Sunday that its computer networks had been…

Ghana election: NDC releases evidence Akufo-Addo should not have been winner

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5 years ago

Ghana's opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has pressed on with its charge that the result of the 7 December election…

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