Donald Trump’s defamation trial wraps up Friday in New York, showcasing the unprecedented scandal and legal difficulties surrounding the likely Republican candidate for president. Far from hiding his multiple legal problems, Trump has turned courtroom sessions into quasi-campaign events, claiming each trial is part of a Democratic establishment...
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No fewer than 6 football fans have died in Guinea while celebrating the Syli National’s win over Gambia at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Guinea’s 1-0 win against Gambia sparked wild celebrations back home as people took to the streets in cars and on motorcycles in...
Out-going Liberian President, President George Weah, said on Sunday he was leaving behind a better economy than he inherited when his administration came into office six years ago. “ Tomorrow, President-Elect Joseph N. Boakai will inherit a stronger economy than I inherited,” Weah said in his address which...
…As Karnga-Lawrence becomes 2nd female Pro-Tempore Liberia’s House of Representatives voted on Monday 36-32 in favor of Grand Kru County District No. 2 Representative Johnathan Fonati Koffa as 55th Speaker of the House, beating his closest ally Richard Nagbe Koon in what is termed as a ‘tight race...
The Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdullah Shawesh has called on the United Nations to focus on a bilateral recognition of the State of Palestine by Europe and the United States. Shawesh who made this known in a statement noted that it is important to put an end to Israeli’s...
A budding Ghanaian musician and chef, Failatu Abdul-Razak on Wednesday ended her cooking marathon attempt that lasted 227 hours and two seconds, waiting to be recognised by the Guinness World Records. Local media reported on Friday that Failatu Abdul-Razak, a mother of one, began her cooking marathon on...
The Congo River has risen to its highest level in more than 60 years, causing flooding throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and has killed more than 300 people over the past months. According to authorities, poor urban planning and weak infrastructure have made some African countries...
Israel on Thursday faces accusations of genocide over the war in Gaza before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. The ICJ, the United Nations’ highest judicial body, will hear a case brought by South Africa that accuses Israel of violating the UN Genocide Convention due...
Israel is sending a former judge of the country’s Supreme Court, Aharon Barak, to the hearing before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Gaza war. A spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed media reports on Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to the...
The Former President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Koroma would be arriving Nigeria on Thursday on political asylum. The former President who was investigated for his role in a botched coup d’etat and was found culpable of complicity. A signed public notice by Sierra Leonean Minister of Information and...
Harvard University’s President, Claudine Gay, has resigned on Tuesday, after she faced criticism over allegations of plagiarism and her handling of anti-Semitism on campus, according to a report by the prestigious US school’s student newspaper. Gay was criticized in recent months after reports surfaced alleging that she...
The UN peacekeeping operation in Mali is poised to complete its drawdown on Sunday, following a decade of multifaceted efforts to support the country. The Malian authorities had requested earlier this year to end the mission by Dec. 31 The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday appealed for nearly 2 billion dollars to provide lifesaving assistance to more than 24 million boys and girls across West and Central Africa in 2024. It projected that 46.7 million children in the region would face another year of humanitarian...
Donald Trump is ineligible for the US presidency because of his involvement in the January 2021 assault on the Capitol, Colorado’s supreme court ruled Tuesday, setting off a political earthquake that could upend next year’s election. The stunning legal decision — which Trump’s campaign said it would...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, has expressed fear over the increasing coups in west Africa, saying “it could snowball into engulfing the entire African continent”. It was contained in a statement sent by Alkasim Abdulkadir, SA Media and Communications Strategy to the minister, on Tuesday in...
At least eight people were killed and 84 injured after a blast at an oil terminal in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, early on Monday, a senior police officer said, adding that the blaze was being contained. The explosion at the West African nation’s main oil terminal rocked the Kaloum...
Israel on Saturday mourned the deaths of three Gaza hostages killed when troops mistook them for a threat, with the military expressing remorse over a “tragic” incident that sparked protests in Tel Aviv. The Israeli army said Yotam Haim, Alon Shamriz and Samer El-Talalqa — all aged...
Former South African president Jacob Zuma, who was forced out of office over corruption allegations, said Saturday he would not vote for the ruling African National Congress in national elections in 2024. With the party that led the decades-old struggle against apartheid fast losing support, the 81-year-old...
A Ukrainian village councillor set off hand grenades at a meeting, wounding 26 people, national police said Friday, triggering the launch of a terror investigation. The incident took place Friday morning at the headquarters of the village council of Keretsky in western Ukraine’s mountainous Zakarpattia region....