More than 15 million children in Sudan are out of school due to the country’s ongoing conflict, the National Council for Child Welfare said on Tuesday. “We have more than 15 million children out of school,” Abdul Qadir Abdullah Abu, the Council’s Secretary-General, said at a press conference in Port Sudan, the capital of Red […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia called for an end to Israeli aggression in Palestine. TheNewsZenith reports that Tinubu warned that the conflict in Palestine ”has persisted for far too long, inflicting immeasurable suffering”. He was addressing the extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit, convened to address the current situation in the […]
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, fired his Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, on Tuesday, saying he had no trust in him over the management of Israel’s ongoing military operations, Reuters reports. Netanyahu appointed Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, to succeed Gallant as Defence Minister, while Gideon Saar becomes the new Foreign Minister, Netanyahu’s office said in a statement. […]
At least 10 civilians died in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a village in Gezira State in central Sudan, non-governmental groups announced on Tuesday. “The RSF militia stormed Al-Barorab village east of Gezira State and killed 10 citizens,” said the resistance committee of Wad Madani, the state’s capital city. Meanwhile, […]
Tunisia’s maritime guards found 15 bodies of undocumented immigrants in the eastern coastal province of Mahdia over the weekend, Tunisian Radio Mosaique FM reported on Monday. Among these bodies, eight have shore in Salakta, six in Chebba and one in Melloulech, a report said. The report cited Farid Ben Jha, the spokesperson for the Courts […]
The number of Palestinians killed in the yearlong Israeli war in Gaza has passed 43,000, more than half of them women and children, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Monday. The tally includes 96 dead who arrived at hospitals in Gaza over the past two days, the ministry said. Israeli troops have launched an ongoing […]
Hezbollah has confirmed the death of Hashem Safieddine, a top leader who was positioned to take over as its commander after the killing of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah last month. The announcement ends weeks of speculation over Safieddine’s death after an Israeli air strike in Beirut on Oct. 3. “We mourn to the nation of martyrs and […]
Morocco announced, on Tuesday, that it rescued 38 irregular migrants in the Atlantic Ocean off the kingdom’s coast, including a woman and a child. The Royal Moroccan Armed Forces made the announcement, published in the official Moroccan News Agency bulletin. “Morocco’s Royal Navy, on Tuesday, intercepted a pirogue (small boat), 170 kilometres south-west off Dakhla. […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde The African School of Governance Foundation (ASGF) has announced the establishment of the African School of Governance (ASG) graduate institution. TheNewsZenith reports that ASG is designed to offer world-class public policy education, research and engagement programmes. ASGF announced this in a statement emailed to TheNewsZenith from Kigali, Rwanda, on Monday. Prominent African […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the military to enhance war preparedness and solidify combat capabilities, following large-scale drills around Taiwan. State media reported on Saturday, just days after Beijing staged large-scale military drills around Taiwan. According to state-run broadcaster CCTV, Xi made his comments when he visited the brigade of the People’s Liberation Army […]