The UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, has appointed retired Lt.-Gen. Chikadibia Obiakor of Nigeria to lead a special investigation into the killing of some Burundian refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Mr Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General in New York announced this in a statement issued in New […]
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Following the outrage of the international community over the comment of U.S. President, Donald Trump, wherein he called countries in Latin America and Africa Shithole countries, the president on Tuesday made a u-turn by saying he wants immigrants from around the world. “I want them to come in from everywhere,” he told reporters at the […]
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President Adama Barrow of The Gambia during a joint press conference with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, praised the latter for his leadership role in the stabilisation of African countries. The 51-year-old Gambian president said that President Buhari played the role of a game-changer in Gambian politics as his contributions helped to ensure political stability, […]
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China’s economy exceeded its annual growth target in 2017, overcoming the government’s battles against massive debt and pollution-spewing factories. AFP reported that the world’s second largest economy expanded 6.8 per cent in 2017, much better than the official target of around 6.5 per cent. According to the poll of 11 financial experts, the growth is […]
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A diamond thought to be the fifth largest of gem quality ever found has been discovered in Lesotho, miner Gem Diamonds said Monday, and could be worth as much as $40 million. The company unearthed the D-colour stone at the Letseng mine in the landlocked southern African country and described the 910-carat find as of […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has summoned United States ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, over Donald Trump’s usage of “shithole countries” to describe African nations. Trump is reported to have questioned why the US would want to have immigrants from “shithole countries” such as Haiti and African nations. Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs, is scheduled […]
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Africans in the diaspora would join Haitians, and El-Salvadorians in rallies to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s alleged racist remarks. The rallies would begin on Monday in major cities, including New Jersey, Atlanta, Houston. He was reported to have branded Haiti, El Salvador and unspecified African nations as “shithole countries”. The organisers of the […]
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The Nigerian Union in South Africa say six guest houses owned by their members were burnt during attacks against Nigerians in Rustenburg, North West Province of South Africa. The Chairman of the union in the Province, Paul Nwanedo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the telephone from Rustenburg, on Thursday that the attackers […]
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Soldiers in Côte d’Ivoire’s second largest city looted weapons from the base of an elite military unit overnight before setting it on fire, leaders of the faction said on Wednesday. The soldiers, who were involved in a series of mutinies last year that tarnished the image of Côte d’Ivoire, one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, accuse […]
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The Libyan Navy on Wednesday said as many as 100 migrants have gone missing after their boat sank off the coast of Libya. The Libyan coastguard rescued 17 people from the boat that sank off the town of al-Khoms east of the Libyan capital Tripoli, the navy said on its Facebook page. The survivors clung […]
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