When we protect education, we protect the future, attacks on schools must stop – UN chief
Sept. 10, 2021 UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday called on the global community to say with one voice that “attacks on schools must stop’’ and that schools be safe…
S.African Court Postpones Zuma Corruption Hearing to Sept 21, 22
Sept. 9, 2021 A South African court pushed back to Sept. 21 and 22 a hearing scheduled for Thursday in a corruption trial of former president Jacob Zuma linked to…
Send vaccines to Africa and ditch unproven third shot – AU tells rich nations
September 9, 2021 Rich nations would do better to send vaccines to Africa to help fight the global COVID-19 pandemic rather than hoarding them for third-dose booster shots that scientific…
21 year old suspected drug addict beats father to death in Kogi
Sept. 9, 2021 A 21-year-old suspected drug addict, identified as Muhammed Yusuf, has allegedly committed patricide by beating his septuagenarian father, Alhaji Ibrahim Yusuf, to death. The suspect was said…
Taliban interim government agrees to let foreigners leave Afghanistan
Sept. 9, 2021 Two hundred foreigners in Afghanistan, Americans among them, are set to depart on charter flights from Kabul on Thursday after the new Taliban government agreed to their…
Twitter tests ‘Communities’ feature for tweeting to groups
Sept. 9, 2021 Twitter on Wednesday launched a global test of a tool it calls Communities, a feature similar to Facebook Groups that gives users a way to tweet to…
Switched at birth, Spanish woman sues health department for $3.55m over identity mix-up
Sept. 8, 2021 A 19-year old Spanish woman whose identity was swapped at birth with another baby born hours earlier is suing the regional health department for more than 3…
Mali’s progress toward elections insufficient – ECOWAS
Sept. 8, 2021 West Africa’s main regional bloc said on Tuesday it was concerned Mali’s transitional government has not made sufficient progress toward organising elections in February, as agreed after…
COVID-19 disruption causing many deaths from TB, AIDS in poorest countries – Global Aid Fund
Sept. 8, 2021 Hundreds of thousands of people will die of tuberculosis left untreated because of disruption to healthcare systems in poor countries caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a global…
Guinea junta consolidates takeover, names military governors
Sept. 7, 2021 The soldiers who seized power in Guinea over the weekend have consolidated their takeover with the installation of army officers at the top of Guinea’s eight regions…