Philippines’ President, Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday condemned the rich countries’ selfish plan to hoard COVID-19 vaccines while poor and developing nations are experiencing vaccine drought. The president said this in a pre-recorded virtual address at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, that a man made drought of vaccines is ravaging poor countries. … Read more
China on Wednesday released a 15-year plan from 2021 to 2035 aimed at developing its Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). The plan which demanded stricter IPR protection, a high level of public satisfaction, and greater market value of IPR by 2025, was released by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State … Read more
The 55-year-old health minister will remain in the United States for a period of isolation. EKOHOTBLOG reports that Brazil’s Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday after attending the UN General Assembly in New York that was inaugurated by his president, Jair Bolsonaro, according to an official statement. “The other members of the … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari who arrived in New York on Sunday, to participate in the ongoing 76th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 76), is to present Nigeria’s statement to the General Assembly on Friday, September 24. The Nigerian leader would be the second speaker on the fourth day and would deliver his address around … Read more
They include posts in which she labels herself ‘unmasked, unmuzzled, unvaccinated, unafraid’… A mother-of-four who posted anti-vax and anti-mask messages on social media has died after contracting COVID-19. Forty-year-old Kristen Lowery, from Escalon, California, died ‘unexpectedly’ on September 15, according to a GoFundMe page set up to raise money to help pay for her funeral. … Read more
A coup attempt in Sudan fails, putsch plotters yet to be identified. A coup attempt in Sudan “failed” early Tuesday, EkoHotBlog reports. The country grapples with a fragile transition since the 2019 ouster of longtime president Omar al-Bashir. Read Also 24-Year-Old Man Declared Wanted By EFCC For 955m Scam Top military and government sources told … Read more
A power-sharing agreement established a government involving the military, civilian representatives and protest groups State TV in Sudan has said a bid to overthrow the government has failed. “There has been a failed coup attempt, the people should confront it,” state media reported, but did not identify the plotters. Reports from the capital city Khartoum … Read more
UN nations on Monday paid tribute at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks launched against the U.S. that changed the course of history. UN Counter-Terrorism chief, Vladimir Voronkov, in his message to commemorate the anniversary, said UN would continue to stand in solidarity … Read more
Despite the economic devastation wrought by COVID-19, the new technology sector continued to thrive and prosper in 2020, the UN’s intellectual property agency said in a new report published on Monday. According to the findings of the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO), latest Global Innovation Index (GII), governments and enterprises in many parts of the … Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been planning to raise it tomorrow in his meeting at the White House with the president… The travel ban for people living in the UK and EU, that was introduced last March by Donald Trump, is finally going to be relaxed. An announcement is expected later today from the US … Read more
The United States’ known death toll from COVID-19 would surpass the number of dead from the Spanish Flu within the next few days or so, according to the side-by-side numbers. Though a direct comparison between the raw numbers did not give the whole story, medical experts and statisticians said. “What is clear is that the … Read more
Mamady Doumbouya, the colonel who led the coup, told the visiting delegation that “it was important for ECOWAS to listen to the legitimate aspirations of the people of Guinea”… Guinea’s ruling junta has ruled out exile for detained former president Alpha Conde and said transition towards civilian rule would be done in accordance with “the … Read more
A former Algerian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has been confirmed dead. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the former President of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has died after a long illness at the age of 84. Bouteflika led the country for almost two decades, stepping down in 2019 after his bid for a fifth term in office led to massive … Read more
The coffin washed up on the lawn of a private property 300 yards away, and was found by CBS news reporter David Begnaud. A Louisiana family is facing having to rebury their grandmother after her casket was washed out of a burial vault in Hurricane Ida’s flash floods, and ended up on a front lawn … Read more
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has reshuffled his cabinet. EKOHOTBLOG reports that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson began reshuffling his cabinet on Wednesday, moving some of his under-fire colleagues – such as Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who was demoted to Justice Minister after being criticised for his handling of the fall of Kabul. After months … Read more
California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has defeated the effort to remove him from office, according to a projection from the CNN Decision Desk, capping off a recall effort that was born in partisan anger over his pandemic response but ended with a vote of confidence in his strategy to combat it. ” ‘No’ is not … Read more
Popular pastor, David Yonggi Cho, has passed away. EKOHOTBLOG reports that a cofounder of the Yoido Full Gospel Church (Assemblies of God) in South Korea, Pastor David Yonggi Cho, is dead. It was gathered that the popular pastor died on Tuesday morning at the age of 85 after battling complications from a stroke. Prophet Joshua … Read more
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has lost his mother. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Prime Minister’s mother, Charlotte Johnson Wahl, has died aged 79. A notice published in the Times newspaper said she died “suddenly and peacefully” at St Mary’s Hospital in west London. Boris Johnson once described his mother, who was a painter, as the … Read more
Our platform has obtained more about the background of the meeting between ousted President Alpha Condé and the ECOWAS mission, made up of Foreign Ministers Robert Dussey (Togo), Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey (Ghana), Alpha Barry (Burkina), and de Jean Claude Brou, the chairman of the organizing committee. According to our investigations at EkohotBlog, the former President … Read more
Unlike former president Donald Trump who was a harsh critic of the United Nations, Joe Biden believes that multilateralism and working together will help the United States (US) government. Joe Biden will next week address the general assembly of the United Nations (UN) in New York. This will be his first time of doing this … Read more