President Joe Biden walks on the South Lawn after a Marine One arrival at the White House November 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden returned from an annual physical check-up at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center this morning. PHOTO: Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP President Joe Biden got a clean bill of health from the […]
Vice-President Kamala Harris has made history as the first woman with presidential power following President Joe Biden’s visit to the hospital. In a statement made by Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary, said Joe Biden will undergo anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy. “The Vice President will work from her office in the West Wing during […]
The United States government believes now is the time for major geopolitical players across the world to start treating Africa as one of them. U.S. Secretary of State, Mr Antony Blinken, stated this on Tuesday while addressing members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja. “United States firmly believes that it […]
Nearly 200 nations came together Saturday on a global deal to combat climate change after two weeks of painful negotiation, but fell short of what science says is needed to contain dangerous temperature rises. Rich countries stood accused of failing at the COP26 summit in Glasgow to deliver much-needed finance to vulnerable states that are […]
Hackers compromised a Federal Bureau of Investigation email system on Saturday and sent tens of thousands of messages warning of a possible cyberattack, according to the agency and security specialists. Fake emails appeared to come from a legitimate FBI email address ending in @ic.fbi.gov, the FBI said in a statement. Although the hardware impacted by […]
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan’s coup leader, has named himself the new interim ruler of the country. He also replaced civilian members of the previous council. Al-Burhan was sworn in on Thursday. However, Gen Burhan retained his deputy Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, alias Hemeti, as well as other senior military leaders to the positions they held before […]
Frederik Willem de Klerk, South Africa’s last white President, is dead. According to reports, he died at his Cape Town residence on Thursday morning. The FW de Klerk Foundation confirmed this in a statement. “Former President FW de Klerk died peacefully at his home in Fresnaye earlier this morning following his struggle against mesothelioma cancer,” […]
Iran is sending tens of thousands of Afghan migrants back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan every week despite the threat of famine, aid agencies and witnesses say, with many Afghans alleging they have been mistreated by Iranian authorities. During decades of conflict, millions of Afghans have crossed into their western neighbour seeking to escape violence and a […]
President Muhammadu Buhari speaking at the opening plenary of the COP-26 climate change summit in Glasgow, Scotland said Africa is being cheated, oppressed and lied to by rich nations. He said this is despite the continent almost being non-emitters, stressing that it is responsible for a mere five per cent of global emissions. Reminding the […]
The West African regional grouping ECOWAS on Sunday hardened its stance against military-ruled Mali and Guinea, imposing new individual sanctions and calling on both countries to honour timetables for a return to democracy. The Economic Community of West African States “has decided to sanction all those implicated in the delay” in organising elections set for […]
