Britain’s oldest person Hilda Clulow has died at the age of 111. Her family announced that Hilda passed away with her family and friends by her side at the care home where she lived in Redditch, Worcestershire. Mrs. Clulow was born on March 15, 1908. She became the oldest person in the UK following the … Read more
International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut down its 2020 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) forecast for Nigeria to two percent, from the 2.5 per cent it had predicted earlier. According to the IMF, the cut reflects the impact of lower international oil prices while inflation in the country is expected to pick up. Data released by … Read more
Tension heightens in Togo as the West African country prepares for another presidential election on Saturday, February 22, 2020. Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe who has been in power since 2005 is all but certain to win a fourth term at the ballot on Saturday and has changed the constitution to allow himself potentially to stay … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday denounced corruption and promoted American business during the second leg of an African tour in Angola, where the government is seeking to claw back billions of dollars looted from state coffers. Pompeo is aiming to promote U.S. investment as an alternative to Chinese loans while assuaging concerns over … Read more
Twenty people, many of them women and children, were killed on Monday in a stampede at a distribution of food and money for displaced people in Diffa, southeast Niger, sources said. Read Also: BREAKING: No comment on Boko Haram threat to my life – Minister “We have a provisional toll of 20 dead,” a medical … Read more
The United States’ top diplomat has arrived in Senegal at the start of a whistle-stop tour of three African countries, with analysts viewing it as a bid to counter Chinese influence in Africa at a time of growing confusion over Washington’s strategy on the continent. On his first official trip to a sub-Saharan African country … Read more
Rival leaders in war-torn South Sudan face a February 22 deadline to form a long-delayed government of national unity. But just a few days before the milestone, hopes for a breakthrough dampened after Riek Machar, a former vice president, and rebel leader, expressed his dissatisfaction with a peace proposal made by his rival, President Salva … Read more
Scores of women students staged a protest outside an Indian college saying they were forced to strip to check if they were menstruating. The students were told to undress after a used sanitary napkin was found in a garden outside Sahjanand Girls Institute, where they are banned from the hostel when they are having their … Read more
CHINA yesterday reported 143 Coronavirus deaths although there was also a dip in new cases. Simultaneously, government announced new anti-disease measures while businesses reopened following sweeping controls that idled much of the economy. However, France reported Europe’s first death from the new virus. In Nigeria, the Centre for Disease Control yesterday said five returning travellers … Read more
Dozens of activists flocked to Mexico’s presidential palace on Friday to protest against violence against women, chanting “not one murder more” and splashing one of its large, ornate doors with blood-red paint and the words “femicide state”. The heated Valentine’s Day demonstration, led by women, stemmed from outrage in recent days over the killing of … Read more
Egypt has confirmed the first a case of Coronavirus in its territory, the first in Africa since the deadly virus began ravaging China a few weeks back. But the sufferer is not Egyptian, the ministry of health said in Cairo. The ministry did not disclose the nationality of the person who is quarantined in the … Read more
The United States Senate backed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to wage war against Iran, rebuking the president after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehran’s retaliation last month raised fears of broader regional conflict. The measure, authored by Senator Tim Kaine, says Trump must win approval from Congress … Read more
CHINA reported its lowest number of new coronavirus cases in two weeks on Wednesday, augmenting a forecast by Beijing’s senior medical adviser for the outbreak in the country to end by April – but fears of further international spread remained. The newly 2,015 cases confirmed raised China’s total to 44,653. That was the lowest daily … Read more
The European Union (EU) has approved a tough opening position for talks with the United Kingdom (UK) on its future relationship with the bloc. MEPs called on the UK to follow EU policies in a host of areas as the price for an ambitious free trade deal. These range from chemicals regulation to climate change, … Read more
Scientists have discovered a mysterious never-before-seen virus ‘Yaravirus‘ in a lake in Brazil and have named it after a mermaid who lured soldiers underwater to their death. Yaravirus, from the mythological mermaid Yara, has left scientists ‘puzzled’ because it doesn’t appear to be related to any other viruses in the world. Researchers found over 90 … Read more
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has formally terminated the two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, delivering on threats to downgrade an alliance important to US interests on Tuesday It was revealed in a social media post by Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr that Manila’s notice of termination was received by the deputy chief … Read more
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido breezed through security at an airport near Caracas on Tuesday, returning home without incident from a risky international tour that included a White House meeting with United States President Donald Trump. He entered Venezuela via the country’s main airport, Maiquetia. A year on, Guaido’s image in trouble as opposition faces … Read more
The Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has finally accepted to spend a sum of $1billion to fight terrorism and also various other safety obstacles in the sub-region and the Sahel. President Muhammadu Buhari made this recognized throughout a top-level meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council on the … Read more
An attack by Syrian government forces killed five Turkish soldiers in northwest Syria on Monday, threatening further escalation in the region after another deadly artillery strike last week. Turkish defence officials said five other troops were wounded in “intense” shelling in Taftanaz in the northwestern province of Idlib, the last rebel-held stronghold in Syria. Turkey … Read more
Delhi’s governing Aam Aadmi Party (Common Man’s Party or AAP) is leading with a huge margin while Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trailing behind in assembly elections, according to early trends. The AAP is leading on more than 55 seats while the BJP is following with over 10 seats in the … Read more