Plane, a Boeing 737-800NG, with 132 persons on board crashes
March 21, 2022 No fewer than 132 persons were feared dead as a China Eastern Airlines plane crashed near the city of Wuzhou in the southern Chinese region of Guangxi…
Pressed To Choose Sides On Ukraine, China Trade Favors The West
March 21, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden’s warning of “consequences” for any aid China may give to Russia’s Ukraine war effort could force Chinese President Xi Jinping to choose between…
Ukraine defies Russian demand to lay down arms in Mariupol
March 21, 2022 Ukraine defied a Russian demand that its forces lay down arms before dawn on Monday in Mariupol, where hundreds of thousands of civilians have been trapped in…
EU foreign ministers consider new sanctions on Russia, some push for oil embargo
March 21, 2022 EU foreign and defence ministers meet on Monday to discuss imposing further sanctions on Moscow, especially whether to introduce an oil embargo. Trying to force a Russian…
Oil theft: Navy arrests vessel with 13 Nigerians
March 21, 2022 The Nigerian Navy has arrested a vessel named “Motor Tanker Harbor Spirit” and 13 Nigerians on board conveying a fortified and auctioned crude oil from MV KOME…
Cases are increasing, WHO warns against relaxing COVID-19 protocol
March 17, 2022 World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against relaxing COVID-19 protocol, noting that the pandemic is not over as cases are increasing globally. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus…
ICJ orders Russia to immediately suspend military operations in Ukraine
March 17, 2022 Russia must immediately suspend its military operations in Ukraine, the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Wednesday in The Hague. By a vote of 13…
Today’s nuclear weapons can damage the world, including Africa: Here’s how
March 14, 2022 Referencing the Russia war on Ukraine, researchers and scientists have warned that modern day nuclear weapons could cause more damage than the impact of the ones dropped…
Saudi Arabia Executes Record 81 In One Day For Terror Offences
March 12, 2022 Saudi Arabia said Saturday it executed a record 81 people in one day for a variety of terrorism-related offences, exceeding the total number it sentenced to death…
Africa could be hit hard by loss of Ukrainian grain exports – Institute says
March 11, 2022 African countries may be hit hard by any continuing halt to Ukraine’s grain exports caused by the war, a report from Germany’s Kiel Institute for the World…