Prince Harry and Meghan have announced the birth of a second baby, Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the second baby for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has been born. Meghan gave birth to a healthy girl on Friday. A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan said Sunday the couple welcomed their … Read more
Facebook has banned Trump for two years. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Facebook on Friday set its ban on former US President Donald Trump for two years, saying he deserved the maximum punishment for violating platform rules over a deadly attack by his supporters on the US Capitol. The two-year ban will be effective from … Read more
…many Namibians have rejected the outcome of the talks, claiming the offered amount is insulting and asking Germany to directly compensate victims in the form of “reparations” Namibia on Friday said a 1.1 billion euro development budget offered by Germany as compensation for an early 20th century genocide by colonial troops was “not enough” but … Read more
Africa has officially registered over 4.8 million COVID-19 cases and 130,000 deaths, WHO says. With vaccine deliveries at a near-standstill and lacking key resources in frontline care, Africa is poorly prepared for the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the UN warned on Thursday. “Many African hospitals and clinics are still far from ready to … Read more
With more than 450 people charged in the Capitol assault, the Justice Department is reportedly seeking plea deals to clear out many cases. A man who joined the January 6 attack on the US Capitol and carried a large red Trump flag onto the floor of the Senate pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a charge … Read more
The Israeli presidency exerts little power, primarily meeting with party leaders after legislative elections and tasking candidates with forming governments… Israel elected the even-keeled Labor veteran Isaac Herzog as its 11th president Wednesday, a parliamentary vote that coincidentally fell as opposition lawmakers scrambled to forge a coalition to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu. Herzog, 60, beat former … Read more
Colonel Assimi Goita, who led the coup, was appointed transitional president by the country’s constitutional court four days ago. Mali has been suspended from the African Union following last week’s military coup – for the second time in nine months. The first was last August following a military coup – but the country was reinstated … Read more
The census, released earlier this month, showed that around 12 million babies were born last year – a significant decrease from the 18 million in 2016… China has announced that it will allow couples to have up to three children, after census data showed a steep decline in birth rates. China scrapped its decades-old one-child policy … Read more
West African leaders have suspended Mali from ECOWAS. EKO HOT BLOG reports that West African leaders decided at an extraordinary summit on Sunday to suspend Mali from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) bodies after a second coup in nine months by the poor Sahel country’s military, but stopped short of reimposing sanctions. … Read more
Johnson is the first prime minister to get married while in office in nearly 200 years. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secretly-planned ceremony at Westminster Cathedral. The wedding took place in a “small ceremony” on Saturday afternoon, a Downing Street spokesman said. The spokesman added that the couple … Read more
The remains of over 200 children have been found at indigenous school in Canada. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the remains of 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, have been found buried on the site of what was once Canada’s largest Indigenous residential school — one of the institutions that held children … Read more
Both the British and Indian variants of the virus are said to be more transmissible than other strains… Vietnam on Saturday said it had detected a new Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant comprising characteristics from both the British and Indian strains of the virus, state media reported. Nguyen Thanh Long, Vietnam’s minister of health, said the new … Read more
Until now the shot made by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German research firm BioNTech had only been authorised by the EU for people aged 16 and older The EU’s drug watchdog on Friday approved the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus jab for 12 to 15-year-olds, the first vaccine to get the green light for children in the bloc. … Read more
Goita had originally been named vice president with other key posts given to fellow army officers. Mali’s constitutional court on Friday named Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of the post-coup junta, as the country’s transitional president. The judgement stipulated that Goita would “exercise the functions of transitional president to lead the transition process to its conclusion”, … Read more
While Col. Goita pledged to go ahead with holding new elections in 2022 as previously promised, his display of force casts doubt on whether the vote will go ahead without significant interference… President Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were arrested Monday, along with other government leaders, hours after naming a new Cabinet that … Read more
Namibia was called German South West Africa during Berlin’s 1884-1915 rule, and then fell under South African rule for 75 years, before finally gaining independence in 1990 Germany for the first time on Friday recognised it had committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial occupation, with Berlin promising financial support worth more than one billion … Read more
The election held in two-thirds of the country controlled by the government, and in some Syrian embassy overseas. Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected with 95.1 percent of the votes cast, the parliamentary speaker announced Thursday, following an election criticised by the opposition and Western nations. Eko Hot Blog understands that the two other … Read more
A 17-year-old was among the five who drowned while the rest of the family survived… Five members of an Indonesian family drowned when a dock where they were taking a selfie collapsed, police said Thursday, just weeks after a similar fatal accident. The family of 14 were at picturesque Kandi Lake in West Sumatra when … Read more
A Nigerian footballer has been sentenced to death in Vietnam. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Nigerian footballer has been sentenced to death for smuggling nearly six kilos of methamphetamine from Cambodia to Vietnam. The Nigerian footballer, Theophilus Ugwu, aged 23, was charged with “illegal trafficking of narcotic substances” by the People’s Court of Tay … Read more
Malian President, Bah Ndaw, and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane have resigned. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Malian President and Prime Minister have resigned on Wednesday. This comes two days after they were arrested by the military. Malian President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were taken to a military base outside the capital on … Read more