WORLD AIDS DAY 2025: WHO WARNS OF RISING OF INFECTIONS
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has warned that the global fight against AIDS is now in a risky stage. Because of less money, broken healthcare...
GUINEA-BISSAU PRESIDENT EMBALO FLEES TO SENEGAL AMID COUP ALLEGATIONS, OPPOSITION CLAIMS HE ORGANISED POWER GRAB
Agency Report Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has fled to Senegal after reportedly being detained during a military coup, Senegalese authorities confirmed on Thursday. The...
SOUTH AFRICA SLAMS TRUMP’S G20 BAN
South Africa criticized President Donald Trump's choice to exclude the country from the 2026 G20 summit, saying the decision was punishing and based on false...
JUST IN: TWO NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS SHOT DEAD NEAR WHITE HOUSE, SUSPECT IN CUSTODY
By Aishat Momoh. O. Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were fatally shot on Wednesday in downtown Washington, D.C., near the White House,...
GUINEA-BISSAU MILITARY SEIZES POWER, SUSPENDS ELECTIONS AFTER HEAVY GUNFIRE
By Aishat Momoh. O. Military officers in Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday announced that they had assumed “total control” of the coup-prone West African nation, closing its...
ISRAEL DISMISSES THREE GENERALS, SANCTIONS SENIOR OFFICERS OVER FAILURE TO PREVENT HAMAS ATTACK
Agency Report Israel’s military has dismissed three generals and imposed disciplinary actions on several senior officers for failing to prevent the October 2023 Hamas attack,...
US LAWMAKERS REVIEW NIGERIA’S CPC DESIGNATION, CITE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION AND NNAMDI KANU DETENTION
Agency Report The United States House Subcommittee on Africa on Thursday held a public hearing to assess President Donald Trump’s recent redesignation of Nigeria as...
US HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE OPENS HEARING ON TRUMP’S REDESIGNATION OF NIGERIA AS COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN
By Aishat Momoh. O. The United States House Subcommittee on Africa on Thursday commenced a public hearing to review President Donald Trump’s recent redesignation of...
TRUMP SIGNS INTO LAW LEGISLATION REQUIRING EPSTEIN FILES RELEASE
Donald Trump signed into law on Wednesday legislation requiring the release of government records on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, spurring a showdown over whether...
AUSTRALIA AGREES TO CEDE COP31 HOSTING RIGHTS TO TURKEY IN UN CLIMATE TALKS DEAL
By Aishat Momoh. O. Australia is set to relinquish its bid to host next year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) to Turkey under an...