Former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s ambition to head the World Trade Organization got a big boost today, with the declaration of support by the European Union. An EU official made this known on Monday, sending a signal of trust in Africa.Okonjo-Iweala already has Africa’s backing. She and South Korean […]
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Spain has declared a national state of emergency and imposed a night-time curfew in an effort to help control a new spike in COVID-19 infections. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the curfew, between the hours of 23:00 and 06:00, would come into force on Sunday. Under the emergency measures, local […]
Pope Francis has prayed for an end to violence in Nigeria during a devotion held at St Peter’s Square in Vatican City, Rome. Pope Francis prayed that the country would experience peace. “I follow with particular concern the news coming from Nigeria about the recent violent clashes between law enforcement […]
Attackers armed with guns and machetes killed at least eight children Saturday in a raid on a school in southwestern Cameroon, the United Nations said. No group claimed responsibility for the attack on the bilingual school in Kumba, but the area has been caught up in violence between Anglophone separatists […]
The death toll in the collapse of a three-story church building in eastern Ghana rose to 21, rescue officials said on Friday, as more bodies were pulled from the rubble. “The deceased include 12 women and nine men,” the National Disaster Management Organisation said in a statement, upping the toll […]
The United Nations’ Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has called for an end to police brutality in Nigeria, condemning violent clashes that claimed multiple lives and caused many injuries. This position was contained in a communiqué by his spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric. According to the statement, the Secretary-General has been following recent developments […]
The United States has shutdown its Consulate General in Lagos as #EndSARS protest turns violence in the State.pmnewsnigeria reports A statement from the US Embassy in Nigeria said the Lagos Consulate General Office would remain shut today and and Wednesday. According to the US Embassy, multiple demonstrations were ongoing across […]
Traders of Nigerian origin in Accra are calling on the Federal Government to come to their aid as their shops remain shut to business for over 10 months despite promises to look into the misunderstanding that exists between them and Ghanaian authorities. The plea was made when the traders took […]
Seven civilians were killed and five others wounded in two improvised bomb explosions in Afghanistan on Friday, authorities confirmed. In western Ghor province, a minibus carrying civilians tore apart after the vehicle touched off an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), provincial police spokesman, Mahruf Ramish, told Xinhua. “Two children, two women […]
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was confident on Friday in her quest to lead the crisis-wracked World Trade Organization after all of Africa backed her candidacy, vowing she would champion reform. “I feel the wind behind my back,” she told a virtual press briefing after the 55-member African Union officially supported her […]
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