Over 1 billion people face being displaced by 2050 – Report
Rapid population growth, lack of access to food and water and increased exposure to natural disasters mean more than 1 billion people face being displaced by 2050, according to a…
COVID-19: WHO says vaccine safety top priority, as AstraZeneca pauses study
Safety of a prospective vaccine for COVID-19 comes “first and foremost”, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist said on Wednesday, as a trial of a candidate from AstraZeneca was paused,…
ECOWAS says Mali military junta until September 15 to name transitional President
West Africa’s regional leaders have given the military junta in Mali until Sept. 15 to name a transitional president and a prime minister, according to a statement read at the…
Khashoggi trial fell short on transparency, accountability – U.N. rights office
The Saudi trial into the killing of critic Jamal Khashoggi has lacked transparency and fallen short on assigning accountability for the crime, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday….
Resist temptation of tenure elongation to avoid political crisis – Buhari tells ECOWAS leaders
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on leaders from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to resist the temptation of elongating their tenure in office beyond what their constitutions…
COVID-19: Global economy likely not headed for any major slowdown – IEA
The global economy is likely not headed for any major slowdown due to COVID-19 but piled-up storage and uncertainty over China’s oil demand cloud oil markets’ recovery, an official with…
Cocaine trafficking booms during Covid-19 pandemic – Europol
The illegal narcotics trade has boomed during the covid-19 pandemic, a Europol (European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation) specialist has said. Cocaine traffic from South America to Europe has…
Post COVID-19 will be so hard, irregular migration, trafficking expected to increase – IOM
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has warned of expected increase in trafficking and irregular migration at post COVID- 19 pandemic as a result of socio-economic pressure in some countries….
Ousted President Keita leaves hospital, to head to UAE for further treatment
Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, ousted recently in a coup, left the hospital on Thursday after being treated for a mini-stroke, sources said. Keita may now head to the…
US States told to be ready to distribute COVID-19 vaccine Nov 1
The Trump administration has urged US states to get ready to distribute a potential COVID-19 vaccine by November 1 — two days before the presidential election. Dallas-based wholesaler McKesson Corp….