Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday visited the International Criminal Court in The Hague, issuing an international arrest warrant in March for Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes in Ukraine. Zelensky arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday evening for an unannounced visit. The Ukrainian president travelled to...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, on the death of his older brother, Inoussa Embaló, following an illness. President Buhari in a telephone conversation on Wednesday sympathized with the Guinean leader, who is also...
Zimbabwe’s capital Harare has been hit by a cholera outbreak, with 21 suspected and seven confirmed cases, an official has said. “We now have 21 suspected cases and seven confirmed cases, and these are mainly coming from the western suburbs,” Prosper Chonzi, the city’s Director of Health Services said....
President Volodymyr Zelensky urged allies to provide Ukraine with better air defences, including fighter jets, after a barrage of Russian missiles hit residential areas. “Air defence, a modern air force – without which effective air defence is impossible – artillery, armoured vehicles. “Everything that is necessary to provide security...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Sudan has condemned in strong terms the terrorist attack on the Turkish evacuation plane by the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The Sudanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mohamed Abdelmannan, condemned the terrorist’s act in a statement issued...
The sounds of air strikes, anti-aircraft weaponry and artillery could be heard in Khartoum early on Saturday and dark smoke rose over parts of the city, as fighting in Sudan entered a third week. Fighting between the army and a rival paramilitary force continued despite the announcement of a...
The acting UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, Matthew Hollingworth, has condemned a wave of deadly strikes that hit several cities early on Friday, reportedly the most intense aerial bombardment in weeks. Dozens of civilians across the country were killed and injured and homes and other vital infrastructure destroyed. More...
The United States and African nations raced to secure an extension of a ceasefire in Sudan on Thursday, with the Sudanese army saying it had given an initial nod to an African proposal calling for talks even as heavy fighting continued. Hundreds of people have been killed in nearly...
At least six people have been killed and more than 20 others injured in new Russian attacks in Ukraine. The authorities said that four Kalibr missiles hit the southern city of Mykolaiv, killing one person and injuring 23 others. It was the heaviest strike in four months, they said....
Jerry Springer has died at the age of 79, his agent confirmed on Thursday to the PA news agency. The U.S. talk show host was best known for The Jerry Springer Show, which ran from 1991 until 2018 in the U.S. His series inspired the UK’s The Jeremy Kyle...
U.S. President Joe Biden, plans to run for another term in office, he announced on Twitter on Tuesday. “Every generation has a moment where they have had to stand up for democracy. “To stand up for their fundamental freedoms. I believe this is ours,” Biden tweeted. “That’s why I’m...
The warring parties in Sudan have agreed to a three-day ceasefire starting midnight on Tuesday, as many countries are racing to evacuate civilians from the battle-scarred African country. “Following intense negotiation over the past 48 hours, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed...
Sudan’s de facto president and commander-in-chief of the army, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has agreed to the evacuation of citizens and diplomatic representatives from the embattled country. An army spokesman said in a statement on Saturday that the United States, Britain, France and China would begin evacuating from the capital...
Canadian politicians wear heels to campaign against domestic violence
Gunfire ripped through residential neighbourhoods of Sudan’s capital Khartoum at the start of the Muslim holiday of Eid al Fitr on Friday. This happened after the army deployed on foot for the first time in its almost week-long fight with a paramilitary force. Soldiers and gunmen from the paramilitary...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says no fewer than 330 people have been killed due to fighting in the capital Khartoum and several other states, including Darfur States. The UN health agency on Thursday also said no fewer than 3,200 have been injured in Sudan since a military power...
India will soon replace China as the world’s most populous country, according to estimates by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). By the middle of 2023, India will have almost 3 million more people than China, according to data from the organisation’s World Population Report published on Wednesday. According...
The violence that broke out in Sudan on Saturday has killed 270 people and injured 2,600, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). “I condemn all loss of lives and we stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in #Sudan,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO’s director general,...
Israel on Tuesday commemorated the Jewish resistance and the millions of Jews murdered during the Holocaust as they prepared for their 80th remembrance. Yom HaShoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day, has been marked in Israel since 1951. This year the Jewish resistance against German SS troops in the Warsaw Ghetto, which...
Three East African presidents are planning to travel to Sudan as mediators in a bid to resolve the outbreak of violence between rival military camps. Kenya’s President William Ruto, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and Djibouti’s President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh will arrive in the Sudanese capital Khartoum “at the...