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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed alarm over renewed violence in Somalia after heavy gunfire erupted in central Mogadishu. Guterres said this in a note to correspondents delivered by Stéphane Dujarric, his spokesman, on Thursday in New York. News reports indicate that former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire accused Government forces of attacking him ahead ...
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Amb. John Ballout, Liberian Ambassador to Nigeria and Permanent Representative to ECOWAS, on Wednesday formally presented his letter of credence to the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray. Ballout, who also has concurrent accreditation to Benin and Equatorial Guinea, while presenting the letter in Abuja, pledged Liberia’s full support to ECOWAS and reaffirmed ...
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Diplomats and stakeholders have highlighted the role of football in promoting unity, cultural exchange and stronger bilateral relations among nations. They spoke during a football viewing party organised by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Grassroots Sports Development in collaboration with the Polish Embassy in Nigeria at the Moshood Abiola ...
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The United States has reaffirmed its counterterrorism partnership with Nigeria, citing recent joint operations that dealt a major blow to the Islamic State terrorist network. The U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the disclosure while speaking on U.S. foreign policy and international security cooperation. Rubio disclosed that American and Nigerian security agencies recently collaborated ...
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Russian President, Vladimir Putin has signed a decree authorizing the sale of French energy giant TotalEnergies’ 10% stake in the heavily sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project. The move marks another step in the restructuring of Russia's strategic energy assets as Western corporations continue their exit from the country following geopolitical fractures. The Arctic LNG 2 ...
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro, has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s public endorsement of a far-right candidate in Colombia’s presidential election. Petro urged Colombians not to become “slaves or a colony” of anyone. He said on X that when one country interfered in the decisions of another, freedom ceased to exist. He therefore called on all ...
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The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Amb. Jimoh Ibrahim, has assured ECOWAS countries that Nigeria will overcome its insurgency challenges. Jimoh gave the assurance while hosting Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives of ECOWAS member states to the United Nations at Nigeria House, New York. “Nigeria will surmount insurgency. We survived a Civil War from ...
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has congratulated Bangladeshi Foreign Minister, Dr Khalilur Rahman on his election as President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Rahman, secured the highest votes, in an election, which was conducted at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday. The results were announced following the ...
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The University of Ghana says it is advancing public health and environmental policymaking across Africa through its Air Sensor Evaluation and Training (Afri-SET Project). Dr Allison Hughes, Afri-SET Project Facility Manager at the University, disclosed this when a team of Climate Beyond Borders Caravan (CBBC), an initiative of People Planet and Peace Foundatio, paid a ...
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Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman has been elected President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for the 81st session after defeating Andreas Kakouris of Cyprus in a closely contested vote. Rahman, secured the highest votes, in an election, which took place at the UN headquarters on Tuesday in New York. In a secret-ballot election, Rahman ...
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Poland plans to ban mobile phones in all primary schools from next academic year under draft legislation approved by the government on Tuesday. The proposal, which will now be submitted to parliament, would take effect on September 1, 2026. In Poland, primary school education runs through the eighth grade. The planned law would prohibit the ...
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The Senegalese government has nominated Birame Diop, a retired air force general and the country’s current Minister of the Armed Forces as its candidate for the position of ECOWAS President. Diop’s nomination is contained in a statement issued by Senegal’s Ministry of African Integration, Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad, made available to newsmen on Monday. ...
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Nigeria’s fencers are set for a major test at the 2026 African Senior Fencing Championships in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from Sunday to Thursday. The International Fencing Federation-sanctioned event will feature Africa’s leading fencers competing in individual and team contests in epee, sabre and foil. National coach, Ibrahim Alogba, said on Sunday that Nigeria would be ...
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By Taiwo Scholastica President Donald Trump has insisted that any peace agreement with Iran must fully align with U.S. interests and meet his administration’s key conditions. A White House official disclosed this following a high-level meeting in the Situation Room, where Trump met with top aides to discuss the prospects of a potential deal with ...
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By Okeoghene Akubuike The Heads of the International Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group and World Trade Organisation have reiterated their support to countries most affected by the Middle East crisis. The institutions made this known in a Joint statement issued on Friday and made available to the Newsmen. The statement said the ...
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The recent state visit of U.S. President Donald Trump to China has drawn global attention not only because of the strategic importance of relations between the world’s two largest economies, but also because of what the renewed engagement could mean for Africa and the evolving global order. The three-day visit, the first by a U.S. ...
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The United States and Iran again exchanged attacks near the Strait of Hormuz early on Thursday amid a ceasefire and ongoing negotiations on ending the war. The U.S. military attacked an Iranian position from which drones were being controlled, a U.S. official said. U.S. forces also shot down four drones that posed a threat to ...
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Local authorities on Monday announced that 28 people were killed when a landslide struck an illegal gold mining site in Angola. According to the authorities this was the deadliest illegal mining accident in Angola, northwestern Bengo province. The province’s civil protection and fire service said four people were rescued from the site adding that search ...
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Ugandan health ministry on Monday announced two more confirmed cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of cases reported in the country to seven. The two new cases are health workers in a private health facility in the capital Kampala and both are Ugandans, the ministry said in a statement. “Both patients have been admitted ...
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United Nations agencies have moved swiftly to contain the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), delivering emergency medical supplies, protective equipment and logistics support. UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric gave the update on Thursday in New York while briefing journalists on the Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda. “Our humanitarian and ...
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The Nigeria-China Strategic Partnership (NCSP) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening bilateral collaboration with China to deliver measurable and tangible value to Nigeria’s economy. In a statement on Thursday in Abuja, the Director-General of NCSP, Mr Joseph Tegbe, identified the priority areas to include: trade, investment, technology transfer, infrastructure and capacity building. “NCSP remains committed ...
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The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has underscored the need to expand UN Security Council membership to curb the impunity of veto-wielding “superpowers”. Guterres stated this while addressing the press on the final day of his official visit to Japan, which is marking 70 years of cooperation with the UN. He reiterated his long-standing call to ...
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Nigeria’s Ambassador-Designate to China, Amb. Abdulrahman Dambazau says Nigeria’s relationship with China and other global powers will continue to be guided by national interest and strategic cooperation. He said the increasing interest of major global powers such as China, the U.S., Russia, and the United Kingdom in Nigeria reflects the country’s growing strategic importance in ...
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The United Nations says it is concerned about recurring terrorists attacks on schools in Nigeria. UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric stated this on the recent coordinated attacks on multiple schools in the country. The report states that armed groups attacked schools in Oyo State over the weekend during which dozens of schoolchildren and their teachers were ...
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The U.S. says it is “rapidly supporting” the Ebola outbreak response by funding up to 50 treatment clinics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. The U.S. Department of State said it is actively responding to the Ebola outbreak in the affected regions of DRC and Uganda. The department said the U.S. was ...
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The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) says an American national confirmed tested positive for Ebola in DRC has been transferred to Germany for treatment. The American doctor was in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) working with a medical missionary group and has tested positive, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. WHO Director-General ...
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UN World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has recorded more than 500 suspected cases, including 130 suspected deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ebola outbreak so far. WHO’s representative in DRC, Dr Anne Ancia, told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday that only 30 cases had been confirmed in the country so far from ...
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has presented the Global Health Leaders Awards to four individuals who had made outstanding lifetime contributions to global health. Ghebreyesus, represented by Chef de Cabinet Dr Razia Pendse, presented the awards on Monday at the Global Health Leaders Awards during the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly in ...
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for stronger cross-border cooperation to prevent the further spread of Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. In a statement the Presidency, Ramaphosa commended the governments of the DRC and Uganda for their leadership and transparency in declaring the outbreaks. According to him, ...
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The United States is taking steps towards indicting 94-year-old former Cuban president Raúl Castro, according to media reports. The potential indictment would focus on Cuba’s deadly 1996 downing of planes belonging to a Cuban exile group, CBS News reported on Thursday, citing U.S. officials. USA Today also linked a possible indictment to the nearly 30-year-old ...