President Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress(ANC) is set for a clear victory in South Africa’s election but with a lower vote share, both for it and its main rival, the Democratic Alliance. Analysts said ANC reduced votes reflected anger at corruption scandals and racial inequalities that remain entrenched a generation after the party took power. […]
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Nigeria will assume the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) when the next term begins, the presidency has announced. According to a post on Twitter by Tolu Ogunlesi, Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications, the announcement was made by Maria Espinosa, the incumbent UN General Assembly President, and Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister […]
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Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland has welcomed reports the government of Brunei Darussalam has placed a full moratorium on the death penalty, inclusive of the Syariah Penal Code Order (SPCO). The SPCO, which came into effect on 3 April, introduced punishments such as the death penalty, amputation and public flogging. She said, “I have been in contact […]
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More than 10 people were injured after an SSJ-100 passenger plane en route to the northwestern Russian city of Murmansk caught fire during an emergency landing at the Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russian media reported on Sunday. “According to our data, more than 10 victims needed medical care,” Tass news agency quoted a source […]
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Sagir Musa, spokesman of the Nigerian army has raised alarm over “plot by some individuals to disrupt the May 29 inauguration. He said these individuals are also “determined to cause mischief and exacerbate the security situation” in Nigeria in particular and West African sub-region. Musa said the army gathered that those involved are making concerted […]
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A Boeing jetliner with 143 people aboard from the US outpost at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, slid off a runway into a shallow river in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday while attempting to land at a military base, injuring 21 people. There were no reports of fatalities or critical injuries. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said on Twitter […]
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The World Bank (WB), on Friday disclosed a 545 million U.S. dollars donation to help people in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe that have been affected by Cyclone Idai. This is in addition to nearly 150 million dollars in resources that the WB recently availed to the three countries. “The World Bank is activating the International […]
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Paris riot police fired teargas as they squared off against hardline demonstrators among tens of thousands of May Day protesters, who flooded parts of the city Wednesday in a test for France’s zero-tolerance policy on street violence. Tensions were palpable as a mix of labour unionists, “yellow vest” demonstrators and anti-capitalists gathered in the French […]
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The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, has expressed her profound sadness at the devastation caused by Cyclone Kenneth which has ravaged Mozambique today. She said: “Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by Cyclone Kenneth in Mozambique, the strongest cyclone yet to have hit the country. “Its occurrence so soon after Cyclone Idai last […]
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Parents and educators have been worrying about the “dying art” of handwriting for years, as smartphones and laptops have lead some classrooms to spend less and less time on teaching the fine art of writing in cursive. Sara Hinesley, a third-grade student in Frederick, Md., though, finds writing cursive “kind of easy”, using her cursive skills to win a […]
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