From our Correspondent The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved the formal withdrawal of the three member states of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, as members of the regional bloc, from Jan. 29, 2025. TheNewsZenith reports that the regional bloc has also declared a seven-month transition period to last in July 2025. […]
From Our Correspondent The South African-based Akwa Ibom indigenes under the aegis of Akwa Ibom Indigenes Organisation South Africa (AIIOSA), have pledged their support to Gov. Umo Bassey Eno’s administration’s drive for strong economic and rural development. ThenewsZenith reports that the indigenes gave the pledge during the inauguration of a new Executive Committee to pilot […]
The US military has evacuated Travis Timmerman, the missing American, found imprisoned in Syria, to Jordan, according to his family and two military defence officials. Reports say Timmerman had been in Bashar al-Assad’s notorious prisons for months. Bashar al-Assad administration allegedly jailed Timmerman, 29, for more than half a year in the government prison. This was […]
In Central Sudan, at least 42 civilians died in a landmine explosion in Sinnar State and two attacks in Gezira State over the past two days, local volunteer groups reported Friday. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) allegedly carried out the attacks. The Al-Suki Emergency Room (AER), a volunteer group in Al-Suki city in Sennar […]
At least 65 civilians died, in an artillery attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Omdurman city, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday, Khartoum State government announced. “The terrorist militia committed today (Tuesday) the largest human massacre through artillery shelling targeting citizens in Karari locality. “They killed over 65 people and […]
South African Airways (SAA) pilots called off their strike Saturday after receiving a salary increment, the airline said. The SAA pilots started the strike, on Thursday, following a breakdown in salary negotiations with the company. This resulted in the cancellation of nearly half the carrier’s flights on that day. The Airways said the pilots suspended […]
The Ghanaian Government has closed all land borders ahead of the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday, the Ministry of the Interior announced late Friday. According to a ministry’s statement, the closure is meant to ensure the integrity of the polls. “The Ministry of the Interior has ordered the temporary closure of all land […]
U.S. Defence Secretary, Lloyd Austin, no longer plans to travel to South Korea, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday. This follows South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s botched attempt this week to impose martial law. One official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said planning had been underway for a trip in the near term but […]
At least 50 people have died in Israeli air strikes across Gaza, Palestinian medics say, as Israeli tanks push into northern parts of the Khan Younis area in southern Gaza. Medics said 20 people died and others wounded in an Israeli attack on Wednesday in al-Mawasi near Khan Younis. The Palestinian Civil Defence said the […]
Egyptian police have arrested a man in Upper Egypt for illegally possessing hundreds of archaeological artefacts, the Egyptian Interior Ministry announced on Monday. Police investigations in Upper Egypt’s Assiut Governorate confirmed that the suspect possessed antiquities intending to trade, the ministry said in a statement. According to the ministry, the suspect had a criminal record. […]