ANOTHER round of violence has just started in the streets of Johannesburg, South Africa, as armed protesters have come out to demand that foreigners should return to their countries. As reported by Sowetan Live, a South African newspaper, the protesters, who carried weapons such as knobkerries, are waiting to be addressed by Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a […]
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The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump said Saturday that he was calling off “peace negotiations” with Taliban leadership after a U.S. service member was killed in a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was calling off “peace negotiations” with Taliban leadership after a U.S. service member was killed […]
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NIGERIA – The special envoy sent to South Africa by President Muhammadu Buhari, has returned to the country after meeting with South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa. The special envoy, Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar held a closed door meeting with President Ramaphosa on Friday afternoon, where he conveyed President Buhari’s concern over recent events in South […]
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South Africa has temporarily closed its embassy in Nigeria following the ongoing xenophobic crisis, Foreign Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor told Reuters. She said South Africa was in constant contact with Nigerian authorities to try to restore calm, adding there is no provision in local law for compensation for damage caused in the attacks. “There is […]
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The British parliament has voted down a motion by Prime Minister Boris Johnson for the United Kingdom to hold a snap general election. Johnson and his government were defeated on Wednesday after only 298 voted in favour of the motion and 56 against, thereby leaving 133 short of the required 434 votes. The opposition Labour […]
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Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, has summoned the South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Bobby Moroe, over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. The High Commissioner was expected to meet with the minister by 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday. After meeting with the envoy, Onyema was also scheduled to meet with his […]
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With Hurricane Dorian having swept through The Bahamas with unprecedented intensity and force, causing extensive damage to property and infrastructure, and having reportedly claimed at least one life to date, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has on behalf of the wider Commonwealth family expressed deep concern to the government and people of The Bahamas. Secretary-General Scotland […]
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arrested Joseph Oyediran, one of the wanted fraudsters on the list released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The commission took to its twitter handle to announce the arrest of the suspect whom they said was the mastermind of a N60 million fraud. […]
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In an impassioned key note speech, delivered before global leaders, at the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama, Japan, African investor and philanthropist Tony O. Elumelu CON, challenged the Government of Japan to invest 5% of its $50billion commitment to Africa, in empowering African entrepreneurs. “At TICAD 2016 in Kenya, Japan […]
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Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree Wednesday to ban burning throughout the country for two months, government sources cited in local media said, as the authorities scramble to defuse the Amazon fires which have triggered a global outcry. The blazes that have engulfed parts of the world’s largest rainforest — which is crucial for […]
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