Six teenagers go on trial behind closed doors on Monday in connection with the beheading of French history teacher, Samuel Paty in 2020, a murder that shocked the country. The teacher had shown his pupils caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in a class on freedom of expression, angering...
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Hamas handed over a third group of hostages to Red Cross staff on Sunday as part of a four-day ceasefire agreement in the Gaza war, raising hopes of an extended truce with the release of further hostages in the coming days. With the release of 14 Israelis and...
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has said that Africa can industrialise, integrate, and finance its development without depending on foreign support. Mr Adam Elhiraika, the Director, Macro Economic Policy Division at ECA, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the continent could not afford to continue...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has condemned the plot by some individuals to truncate democracy and disturb the peace of Sierra Leonians. It also called for the arrest and prosecution of everyone involved in the illegality. ...
The Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority (SLCAA) has imposed a rescheduling of flights for departing airlines. In a statement on Sunday by the Management of SLCAA, the authority said the rescheduling of the flights is in view of the nationwide curfew imposed by the government. “SLCAA is aware...
A military armoury in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown came under attack on Sunday, the government announced, as it imposed an immediate national curfew. The government said those attempting to break into the armoury at a major army barracks had been repelled, but the public were asked...
Another 42 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons are to be released on Saturday as part of the agreement between the Israeli government and the Islamist Hamas movement, according to the Times of Israel newspaper. Israel will initially transfer the detainees to Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank...
Colombian superstar Shakira has paid 6.6 million euros ($7.2 million) to a Spanish court investigating her for unpaid taxes, her agent said Friday, just days after she reached a deal to avoid trial in another tax case. Spanish prosecutors in July opened a second case against...
A total of 24 hostages — 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino — were handed over Friday to the Red Cross in Gaza by Hamas, Qatar, which mediated the deal, said. “Those released include 13 Israeli citizens, some of whom are dual citizens, in addition...
South African former Paralympic star, Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2014 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will stand for parole hearing on Friday and may get another chance for an early release. Known as the “Blade Runner” for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs, Pistorius went from a public hero...
An agreed ceasefire between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas came into force on Friday morning. The first pause in fighting in nearly seven weeks of war began at 7:00 am (0500 GMT) and was set to last at least four days. An extension of up to 10...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast sunshine and dust haze from Saturday to Monday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Thursday in Abuja anticipated moderate dust haze on Friday with horizontal visibility of 2Km to 5Km over the North and the North central States. ”...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described a ceasefire agreement with Islamist Hamas to trade citizens as the right decision. The war will continue even after the implementation of the agreement to exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, he emphasised at a press conference in Tel Aviv. The...
The United Nation on Thursday said that around 89, 000 women and girls were killed in 2022 across the globe. According to UN report, this is the highest annual figure recorded in the past two decades. “The alarming number of femicides is a stark reminder that humanity is...
President Bola Tinubu has called for regional integration amongst the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) at the 2nd Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Parliament 2023 in Abuja. Tinubu, who was represented by Deputy Senate President Jibirn Barau at the Legislature of 2023 Second Ordinary Session of the...
The planned Israel-Hamas ceasefire will last a maximum of 10 days, when up to 300 Palestinian prisoners are to be exchanged for up to 100 live hostages from Israel, a report in the Times of Israel on Wednesday said, citing the Israeli Cabinet. After that, the fighting in...
MONROVIA, Liberia, Wednesday, November 22, 2023: On the heels of an emergency meeting of President George Manneh Weah’s cabinet today, there seems to be continuing bitterness within the ruling Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), days after its defeat to main challengers, Joseph N. Baoakai. The special meeting, according to...
Pope Francis on Wednesday met separately with Israeli relatives of hostages held by Hamas and Palestinians with family in Gaza and said the conflict had gone beyond war to become “terrorism”. Speaking in unscripted remarks at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square shortly after the early...
Israeli Army on Tuesday said it has broken open the sealed blast-door at the end of a suspected Hamas tunnel under the al-Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip. The military published two pictures on social media platform X, formerly called Twitter, Tuesday evening showing the open door in...
A 34-year old man has been arrested and charged with the rape of a 90-year old woman in an aged care home in the town of Bateau Bay, 100km north of Sydney in Australia. An Australian Guardian report on Tuesday, citing the police, said that the suspect entered...