Following resignation of Sudan’s Prime Minister, UN condemns violence targeting protestors
Jan. 4, 2022 The United Nations’ Secretary-General condemned on Monday the continued violence targeting protestors in Sudan, following the 25 October military takeover. In his statement on Monday, António Guterres…
Sudan’s Hamdok quits as premier after failing to restore civilian government
Jan. 3, 2022 Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Sunday he was resigning, six weeks after returning to his post in a deal with military coup leaders he argued…
Omicron-related disruptions cause over 3,600 flight cancellations to start off 2022
Jan. 2, 2022 More than 3,600 flights were cancelled around the world on Sunday, more than half of them U.S. flights, adding to the toll of holiday week travel disruptions…
Africa Mali proposes five-year election delay to ECOWAS
Jan. 2, 2022 Mali’s interim authorities proposed to its West African neighbours that a transition back to democracy following a 2020 military coup be extended by five years, the foreign…
Pastor’s wife killed by stray bullet during Bible study; 26-year-old woman charged
January 2, 2022 Police have arrested and charged a 26-year-old Alabama woman with the murder of a pastor’s wife after a stray bullet killed her as she attended a church…
South Africans bid farewell to Tutu, ‘our national conscience’ at funeral
Jan. 1, 2021 President Cyril Ramaphosa lauded the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu as “our moral compass and national conscience” as South Africa bade farewell at a state funeral on Saturday…
COVID-19 Cases Surge Globally, Raising Testing, Quarantine Fears
Dec. 29, 2021 Daily COVID-19 infections have hit record highs in the United States, swathes of Europe and Australia as the new Omicron variant of the virus races out of…
UN chief urges that recovery be ‘our resolution for 2022’
Dec. 29, 2021 UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged countries to make recovery for people, planet and prosperity their resolution for 2022. Together, let’s make recovery “for people, planet and…
Bodies of Drowned Migrants Wash up on Libyan Shore
Dec. 26, 2021 The bodies of more than a dozen migrants who drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe washed up on Libya’s coastline late on Saturday, its interior…
James Franco admits to sleeping with students, says he had a sex addiction
Dec. 23, 2021 Oscar-nominated actor James Franco has acknowledged sleeping with students of an acting school he previously ran, saying he struggled with a sex addiction and has been working…