WORLD NEWS UPDATE: AFGHANS MARRY N MASS CEREMONY IN BID TO CUT COSTS
Agency Report In the Afghan capital, fifty couples tied the knot in a combined ceremony on Monday. This is a growing trend aimed at bringing...
BELGIAN COURT SENTENCES RWANDAN FORMER MILITIA LEADER TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT OVER 1994 GENOCIDE
Seraphin Twarhirwa, 66, was found guilty of directly participating in or overseeing the atrocities by Hutu Interahamwe militiamen in Kigali during the slaughter of Tutsis...
GUINEA-BISSAU APPOINTS NEW PRIME MINISTER AFTER COUP BID
Guinea-Bissau On Wednesday, in response to what he has called a "coup attempt," President Umaro Sissoco Embalo fired the prime minister and selected a replacement...
ISRAEL CARRIES OUT FRESH STRIKE ON GAZA AS PRESSURE GROWS TO FREE MORE HOSTAGES
More than two months after the October 7 attacks, Israel launched more strikes on Gaza on Sunday as pressure mounted on its leaders to ensure...
NIGER COUP LEADERS AGREE TO TRANSITION BACK TO CIVILIAN RULE
The chief diplomat of mediator Togo said on Thursday that the ruling military of Niger has agreed to the terms and circumstances of a return...
ECOWAS COURT ORDERS IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF BAZOUM FROM DETENTION
Mohamed Bazoum, the overthrown president of Niger, must be released from custody immediately after a coup on July 26, the West African court known as...
TWO SOLDIERS KILLED AS LANDMINE EXPLODES IN BENIN REPUBLIC
Agency Report According to two security officials and a local, on Wednesday, two Benin soldiers were murdered when the motorbike they were travelling on in...
WORLD NEWS: RUSSIA TO HOLD PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN OCCUPIED UKRAINE
Agency Report Four Ukrainian districts that the Kremlin claimed to have annexed last year will host voting in the Russian presidential election, which is expected...
WORLD NEWS: ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION CONDEMNS ONE-SIDED BY-ELECTIONS
Agency Report Important by-elections were held in Zimbabwe on Saturday, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's party seeking to strengthen its hold on power and the opposition...
TINUBU MOURNS SAUDI PRINCE WHO DIED IN JET CRASH
By Aishat Momoh. O. On Saturday, President Bola Tinubu sent his condolences to King Salman of Saudi Arabia, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques,...