Gambia’s Supreme Court dismissed a legal challenge to President Adama Barrow’s recent election victory on Tuesday, ruling that the petition had not followed proper procedure, court documents showed. Barrow won the Dec. 4 poll with 53 per cent of the vote. Runner up Ousainou Darboe, who got about 28...
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A new statue of footballing superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has sparked controversy in the Indian state of Goa. Locals in Goa are objecting to a Portuguese footballer being honoured instead of a player from India. Michael Lobo, a minister in the Goa state government, tweeted that the statue had been...
Malaysia Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Wednesday said Malaysia would provide 1.4 billion ringgit (334.93 million dollars ) in cash aid and other forms of relief for those devastated by severe floods. Since Dec. 17, nearly 70,000 people have been displaced, while at least 48 were killed after...
Former US Senate majority leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat who rose from humble beginnings to lead the upper chamber during the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, died Tuesday. He was 82. “I am heartbroken to announce the passing of my husband,” his wife, Landra, said...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged countries to make recovery for people, planet and prosperity their resolution for 2022. Guterres, in his New Year message, said countries could together make recovery for people and planet their priority. “The world welcomes 2022 with our hopes for the future being tested...
At least 31 miners were killed and eight missing in Sudan on Tuesday when a rudimentary gold mine collapsed, a government official said. The disaster occurred near Nuhud, a town about 500 kilometres (310 miles) west of Khartoum, said Khaled Dahwa, the head of the state-run Mineral Resources Company...
France has ordered the closure of a mosque in the north of the country because of the radical nature of its imam’s preaching, regional authorities told AFP on Tuesday. The mosque in Beauvais, a town of 50,000 people some 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Paris, will remain shut...
A lone gunman killed four people and wounded three more — including a police officer — on Monday after opening fire in multiple locations across Colorado before being shot dead, US police said. The incidents began at around 5 pm and unfolded across at least four different locations in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Ghanaian Police Force have warned religious leaders against negative utterances during New Year messages or they risk a jail term of seven years. “As the year 2021 draws to a close, the Ghana Police Service wishes to draw the attention of Ghanaians, especially...
Bollywood “bad boy” Salman Khan has revealed how he starred in his own real-life action drama when he was bitten by a snake and spent six hours in the hospital. Khan — who enjoys a cult-like status in star-obsessed India — said the serpent bit him twice when he...
A truth and reconciliation commission in The Gambia on Friday recommended that ex-leader Yahya Jammeh be brought before an international tribunal for crimes allegedly committed during his 22-year dictatorship. The commission recommended “prosecuting Yahya Jammeh and his co-perpetrators in an international tribunal” in West Africa outside of The Gambia,...
Mali’s military-dominated government on Monday launched a four-day national forum on returning the country to civilian rule following the country’s August 2020 coup. The authorities have showcased the “National Conference on Reform” as a chance for the public to foster change, but major groups have already lashed the project...
A conjoined twins have gotten a good shot at life after landing two jobs with two salaries. The twins were abandoned by their parents when they were born. Sohna and Mohna Singh, from Punjab, India, are working for the first time having received government jobs. The 19-year-old twins will...
Bangladesh police on Monday arrested the owner of an overcrowded ferry that caught fire and killed at least 39 people last week after investigators blamed the toll on a disregard for safety. The blaze broke out in the middle of the night on Friday when many of the ferry’s...
The death toll from one of the most destructive typhoons to hit the Philippines in recent years rose to 388 on Monday, the government said, as disease outbreaks threatened some of the stricken areas. Typhoon Rai struck the south and centre of the Asian nation on December 16 and...
U.S. President Joe Biden and wife Jill Biden on Sunday expressed their condolences over the death of South African anti-apartheid campaigner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, saying his legacy would “echo throughout the ages.” “On this morning after Christmas, we are heartbroken to learn of the passing of a true servant...
UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Sunday mourned the death of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and retired Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu, who died at the age of 90. In a statement issued by his spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, the secretary-general said that he was saddened by Tutu’s death. He...
A bird flu outbreak has killed more than 2,000 wild cranes on a reserve in northern Israel, an unusually high toll for the seasonal flu, the parks authority said Sunday. In addition to the 2,000 dead, another 10,000 are believed to be infected, Ohad Hatsofe, a specialist at the...
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said Sunday that women seeking to travel anything other than short distances should not be offered transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative. The guidance, issued by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, also called on all vehicle...