International
Israel-Hamas truce, hostage release to begin Friday, Qatar says
A four-day truce between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas will begin on Friday morning, with civilian captives set to be...
Dutch election: Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders wins dramatic victory
Veteran anti-Islam populist leader Geert Wilders has won a dramatic victory in the Dutch general election, with almost all votes...
Stampede kills 31 people in army recruitment drive in Congo-Brazzaville
Authorities in Brazzaville announced that an unspecified number of other people were also injured in the incident. At least thirty-one...
Niger government asks court to force ECOWAS to lift coup sanctions
Niger’s military government on Tuesday asked West Africa’s Regional Court to order the lifting of sanctions imposed on the country...
SA parliament suspends Malema, other MPs for a month
South African opposition leader Julius Malema and five other MPs from his Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party were on Wednesday...
South African lawmakers vote to suspend diplomatic ties with Israel, shut embassy
South African lawmakers voted on Tuesday in favour of closing down the Israeli embassy in Pretoria and suspending all diplomatic...
Pope says Israel-Hamas conflict has gone beyond war to ‘terrorism’
Pope Francis on Wednesday met separately with Israeli relatives of hostages held by Hamas and Palestinians with family in Gaza...
Ethiopia talks with rebel group OLA end without deal
The Ethiopian government says the latest round of peace talks with the rebel group Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) has failed...
Uganda probes unidentified illness as 12 die
Ugandan health authorities are investigating an unidentified disease outbreak that has killed at least 12 people in a span of...
Democracy has failed in Africa — Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, declared that Western Liberal Democracy has failed in Africa because it was ‘forced’ on the...
