Eight school children in Ghana’s Bono East Region were killed after the boat taking them to school capsized on the Volta Lake, officials confirmed. National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) told newsmen that the eight, five boys and three girls aged five to 12, were among 20 pupils who were...
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Countries in the Lake Chad Region – Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad – are to benefit from the European Union’s (EU’s) €102.5 million humanitarian aid, according to the bloc. A statement signed by the bloc indicated that the EU made the pledge at 3rd High Level Conference on the...
Heavy snowfall and freezing weather have claimed 104 lives including children and women in Afghanistan over the past two weeks. The spokesman for the Ministry of Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, Shafiullah Rahimi, said on Monday in Kabul. In talks to local media, Rahimi said a total of...
A balcony appearance at Buckingham Palace, a concert featuring global stars and a day of volunteering will all form part of celebrations for the King Charles III’s coronation. The palace has revealed new details on plans for events that will take place over the coronation weekend from Saturday May...
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called for negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Sánchez made the comments on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. “It is important that we maintain contact with Putin as well,” Sánchez said in Davos....
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that she will step down from the role by February 7. Ardern made the surprise announcement during her first press conference of 2023 on Thursday. “I know what this job takes, and I know that I no longer have enough in...
UN Secretary General António Guterres on Wednesday said the world is “looking into the eye of a Category 5 hurricane” in a blunt speech to political leaders and business chiefs at Davos. The UN boss delivered a scorching assessment of the “sorry state of our world” from the main...
Ukrainian officials said 18 people including Ukraine’s interior minister, other senior ministry officials and three children died on Wednesday morning when a helicopter crashed near a nursery outside Kyiv. The regional governor said 29 people were also hurt, including 15 children, when the helicopter came down in a residential...
The world’s oldest known person, French nun Sister André, has died at age 118 in the southern French city of Toulon, the city’s mayor Hubert Falco said on Wednesday. Born in the southern French town of Ales on Feb. 11, 1904, as Lucile Randon, Sister André was listed as...
Zimbabwean police on Saturday fired teargas at an opposition party gathering in Harare and arrested 25 of its members, including two members of parliament, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) said. The arrests come after a wave of politically motivated violence against opposition supporters in rural Zimbabwe, raising fears...
The two-day presidential election in the Czech Republic comes to an end on Saturday. Citizens of the EU and NATO member state can still cast their votes until 2 pm (1300 GMT). Three favourites are fighting for entry into the probable run-off: ex-NATO general Petr Pavel, billionaire and populist...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Even in the face of Russian attack, the Government of Ukraine has announced a donation of about 25,000 tonnes of grains to Nigeria as part of efforts aimed at boosting bilateral ties between the two countries. In addition, the Ukrainian government has pledged its...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is working closely with ECOWAS to deal with insecurity in the West African region as well as implementing strategies to contain the spate of unconstitutional changes in government. The president spoke while receiving Letters of Credence from Ambassadors of Switzerland, Sweden, Republic of Ireland,...
Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr to publicly order police to end their war on drugs. This, has led to the killings of thousands of suspects since the previous administration launched it in 2016. The New York-based rights group noted that Marcos Jnr vowed...
A bomb blast that rocked Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Wednesday inflicted casualties, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said. “A blast took place on the road leading to the foreign ministry at around 04:00 p.m. local time but unfortunately caused casualties,” Zadran said. The official said details would be shared...
Thirty-nine people were killed and more than 100 others injured when two buses crashed in a head-on collision overnight on an arterial road in Senegal’s central Kaffrine region, President Macky Sall told reporters Sunday. Images of the incident showed the completely mangled front end of a white bus, with...
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted the province of Al Hoceima in northern Morocco at 9:12 a.m. (0812 GMT) Saturday, the Moroccan Institute of Geophysics said in a statement. The epicenter of the tremor was initially determined to be at the town of Nekkour, at a depth of 21 km, it...
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says plans by the Biden administration to expand restrictions on people seeking refuge in the United States are “not in line with refugee law standards”. According to reports, the reforms will deny migrants the chance to seek asylum in the U.S. if they crossed...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine on Orthodox Christmas, celebrated this week by both countries, according to the Kremlin. This is the first time Russia introduced a full ceasefire in Ukraine since the launch of the offensive in February last year. The announcement...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced that the new Zircon hypersonic missile has been put into service as the country’s war effort flounders in Ukraine. Putin in a televised video link from the Kremlin to mark the commissioning of the missiles on the Admiral Gorshkov frigate said: “I...