Faith Nyasuguta The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) army leaders are set to meet in Ghana on Thursday and Friday to discuss a possible military intervention in Niger, regional military sources said on Tuesday, a source at ECOWAS confirmed. The meeting was previously meant to take place on Saturday, but was postponed for […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Algeria has banned the movie ‘Barbie’, which has been showing at some cinemas in the nation for several weeks, the local 24H Algerie news site has reported. In the report, the news site quoted an official source who said the film “promotes homosexuality and other Western deviances” and that it “does not comply […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Health workers have revealed that at least 26 civilians were killed in a drone strike in a town in Ethiopia’s Amhara region. Federal government forces and a regional militia that fought on the same side during the recent war in the Tigray region have been fighting each other for the past four months. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in Mali has hastened its withdrawal from the city of Ber in the north following a surge in fighting. The UN mission dubbed MINUSMA, said in a statement over the weekend that “deteriorating security” had made its departure urgent. “MINUSMA has brought forward its withdrawal from Ber due […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Niger’s soldiers say they will prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for treason, hours after a group of senior Islamic scholars said the nation’s coup leaders are open to dialogue to resolve their standoff with West Africa’s regional bloc. In a statement read out on national television on Sunday night, Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The global shortage of organs for transplantation has made organ trafficking and harvesting boom in Nigeria. Nigeria’s black market for kidneys is thriving because of hypertension and renal failure, which affect 20 million Nigerians, with one in five needing urgent transplants. Since humans only need one kidney for survival, they can donate the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The door may have opened for a peaceful resolution of the standoff between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Niger Republic military junta. Junta leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani has succumbed to economic pressures and threats of military action by the regional body. He had rejected previous peace efforts and […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Jacob Zuma, the former South African President has been freed from serving further time in prison after being issued a remission status. A remission status is usually granted to low-risk and non-violent offenders. Speaking to the media, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola disclosed that the remission decision was taken to address overcrowding in prisons. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta International sensation Rihanna has released her first maternity collection for her lingerie brand Savage X Fenty. The songbird, who is currently expecting her second child, announced the range by stepping out in one of her new nursing bras while breastfeeding her son RZA to demonstrate its functionality. The new line includes an oversized […]
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Faith Nyasuguta West African leaders of the ECOWAS bloc meeting in Nigeria have directed the deployment of a ‘standby force’ to restore democracy in Niger after the coup. However, two Western officials told The Associated Press that junta leaders in Niger told an American diplomat that deposed President Mohamed Bazoum would be killed if there […]
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