ECOWAS court orders release of deposed Niger president

  The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Friday ordered the immediate release of Mohamed Bazoum, Niger’s president who has been held captive…

4.8m people in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger facing food insecurity – ECOWAS

  The ECOWAS Commission said more than 4.8 million people across Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger are facing food insecurity resulting from the spate of terrorist attacks and military takeover…

If Trump wasn’t in the race, I won’t seek re-election – Biden

  US President Joe Biden said Tuesday he was unsure if he would be seeking reelection next year were Republican rival Donald Trump not also trying for a second term.…

70-Year-Old Ugandan Woman Gives Birth To Twins

  A Ugandan woman aged 70 has given birth to twins, her doctor said Thursday, in what the mother hailed as a miracle. Safina Namukwaya described her joy at the…

Fire at drug rehab centre in north Iran kills 27

  At least 27 people died in a massive fire that broke out at a drug rehabilitation centre in northern Iran early on Friday, the judiciary said. “Twenty-seven have died…

Coup Aftermath Leaves Niger Republic Economy In Tatters

  Sanctions and suspension of international finance and aid have left the economy of Niger, one of the world’s poorest countries, hanging by a thread three months after a July…

India resumes issuing visas to Canadians

  India will reopen visa services for Canadians, its embassy in Ottawa announced Wednesday, a move that could reduce tensions in a bitter dispute over the killing of a Sikh…

President Weah Edges First Round In Liberia Vote

  Liberian President George Weah faces a November 14 run-off vote after edging out his main rival by less than half a percent in the first round, the National Electoral…

Iceland’s prime minister joins women striking over unequal pay

  Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Iceland’s prime minister, has joined thousands of women in the country who have embarked on a strike to protest unequal pay. The strike taking place on Tuesday…

Canada Withdraws 41 Diplomats From India

  Canada said Thursday it had withdrawn 41 diplomats from India — fallout from a bitter row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil. New Delhi planned…

Ecuador elects youngest-ever president, Daniel Noboa, to fix ‘destroyed’ country

  Car horns in Quito blared in celebration Sunday as banana empire heir Daniel Noboa, 35, became violence-riddled Ecuador’s youngest president-elect ever. With 90 per cent of votes counted, the…

Prominent Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui stabbed to deathy

  One of Iran’s most prominent film-makers, Dariush Mehrjui, was stabbed to death on Saturday evening alongside his wife at their home near Tehran. A provincial chief justice said Mehrjui…

Man, 89, refused divorce by India’s top court after 27-year case

  India’s top court has denied an octogenarian man the right to divorce his wife of six decades, 27 years after he first applied to dissolve their marriage. Divorce remains…

Israel-Palestine War: Death Toll Surges To 2,300

  The death toll in the Israel-Palestine war continued to climb on Wednesday, four days after Hamas launched an attack on Israel from the tiny Gaza Strip. The brutal attack…

REPORT: Titanic Submersible Debris, Human Remains Recovered

  More debris and suspected human remains have been recovered from a privately owned submersible which failed catastrophically in June while on a mission to the Titanic, the US Coast…