Pope Francis on Wednesday demanded urgent action against climate change and frowned at the lack of focus on the existential threat by politicians, businesses and deniers. In a new Apostolic Exhortation, the head of the Catholic Church said that our warming planet is one of the greatest...
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The 55th speaker of the House of Representatives was booted out in a shock vote brought by rebels in his own party who have seethed in the nine months since McCarthy narrowly quelled their attempts to block him and managed to claim the most powerful job in...
The police in Pakistan have arrested no fewer than 8 members of an organ trafficking ring in north-east Pakistan. The ring’s alleged leader, Fawad Mukhtar, is accused of extracting the kidneys of more than 300 people and transplanting them into rich clients. He had previously been arrested five...
Burkina Faso’s military junta said on Wednesday that a coup attempt had been thwarted the previous day by security and intelligence services, without providing specifics on what had happened. In a statement, it said, “a proven coup attempt was foiled on Sept. 26, 2023 by Burkina Faso’s intelligence...
After weeks of condescending defiance, France has ultimately eaten a diplomatic humble pie served by a former colony. Paris’ Ambassador to Niger was whisked away from Niamey in the wee hours of Thursday 27 September, two months after President Mohamed Bazoum, a French ally was toppled in a military...
The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) has given 78 million dollars as training grant to 150 farmers in Bauchi State and the FCT to boost food security in Nigeria. The beneficiaries are farmers of the Community Allied Farmers Association of Nigeria (COMAFAS). Mrs Massandje Toure-Litse, ECOWAS Commissioner...
Niger Republic junta has issued a statement on the country’s national television on the evening of the 24th, welcoming France’s decision to withdraw its troops from Niger and recall its ambassador. The statement said that France’s decision “proves the Nigerien people’s firm determination and will to defend...
An alligator was killed as it was removed from a creek in the US state of Florida along with a 41-year-old woman’s body, officials said Saturday. Police said they had responded to a report of a body seen in the creek in Largo, Florida, and that the 13-foot,...
Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says a new world order is being born through a struggle between a neocolonial minority and a “global majority” seeking to end decades of western domination. Lavrov said this in his statement to the 78th session of the UN General Assembly on Saturday....
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says plans to introduce the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode in the administration of its examinations are at advanced stage. The Head of National Office (HNO), Mr Patrick Areghan, gave the hint in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are among those who received the Atlantic Council’s Global Citizen Award during the 78th UN General Assembly. The awards are given to individuals who have contributed to driving positive change in their societies and who embody a commitment to international...
Cancer remained South Korea’s top cause of death in 2022, the country’s statistical office showed on Thursday. A total of 162.7 deaths rate per 100,000 people were recorded in 2022, up from 161.1 deaths in the previous year of people who died of cancer, according to Statistics Korea. Cancer...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says “humanity has opened the gates to hell’’ with extreme weather having horrendous effects on the global population. Guterres said this on Wednesday as a broad global coalition of “movers and doers” politicians, business and civil society gathered in New York for the...
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Wednesday called for expansion of the UN Security Council and reform of the right of veto granted to its permanent members. Zelenskyy spoke in his first in-person address around the iconic horseshoe table in a meeting in the Security Council chamber at the...
France and the United States were two countries that championed so-called international condemnation of and outrage against the 26 July 2023 military coup in Niger. But some two months on, both countries appear to be working at cross purposes in relation to efforts for the restoration of constitutional order...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said he plans to run for a fourth term in elections due to be held next year. A former rebel chief, Kagame became president in April 2000 but has been regarded as the country’s de facto leader since the end of the 1994...
Russia on Wednesday called on both Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop hostilities following Baku’s launch of a military operation in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the southern Caucasus. “Due to the rapid escalation of armed clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh, we call on the parties to the conflict to...
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine told world leaders in the UN General Assembly that alongside its ongoing nuclear threat, Russia is also weaponising essentials like global food and energy markets, and using them “not only against our country, but all of yours as well.” Since the start...