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The African Union (AU) said it was holding a meeting on Monday on the crisis in Niger following the coup on July 26 that toppled President Mohamed Bazoum. “AU’s Peace & Security Council meets to receive an update on the evolution of the situation in Niger and the efforts to address it,” the pan-African […]
Hospital doctors in England on Friday launched their latest walkout as the government said their strike to demand a 35 per cent pay increase served “only to harm patients.” The four-day stoppage comes with health chiefs estimating that the repeated industrial action had cost the publicly funded health service £1 billion ($1.2 billion). Junior doctors […]
Burkina Faso’s junta-led government has suspended one of the country’s most popular radio stations after it broadcast an interview deemed “insulting” to Niger’s new military leaders. Radio Omega was immediately suspended on Thursday “until further notice,” Communications Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo said in a statement. He said the measure was “in the […]
In recent times, phone firms have been urged to help in the reduction of thefts after police data revealed that every six minutes, a mobile phone was stolen in London last year. The Met Police revealed that in 2022, 90,864 phones were stolen with an estimate of almost 250 a day. BBC reports that the […]
Beijing has lifted a Covid-era ban on outbound group tours to dozens of countries including the United States and Japan. The Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism disclosed this on Thursday, in a statement. Recall that China had in 2020 cut itself off from the world as part of a strict zero-Covid strategy, using visa […]
The military leaders in Niger who seized power in a coup last month have formed a new government, according to a decree read out on national television on Thursday. Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine will lead the 21-member government, with generals from the new military governing council heading the defence and interior ministries.
The United States has said China has the potential to influence the Nigerian government through Chinese loans. This was stated in the Integrated Country Strategies document by the US Department of State. The document was originally approved on April 6, 2022, but was reviewed and updated on June 23, 2023. According to the document, China […]
The World Bank has halted approval for new public finance projects in Uganda over the country’s adoption earlier this year of a widely criticised bill criminalising same-sex conduct. “Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act fundamentally contradicts the World Bank Group’s values,” the development lender said in a statement Tuesday, adding that “no new public financing,” would be […]
Thirty-three people have been confirmed dead and 18 are still missing after Beijing’s heaviest rains on record, officials said Wednesday. China’s capital has been hit by record downpours in your recent weeks, damaging infrastructure and deluging swathes of the city’s suburbs and surrounding areas. Officials said Wednesday that 33 had died in the […]
New York authorities on Tuesday returned to Italy several dozen stolen antiquities worth nearly $3.5 million, as the American megapolis strives to shake off the reputation as a key global hub for illicit art trade. Investigators handed back 42 exceptional pieces – some 2,500 years old – to Italian officials during a ceremony in […]
