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Former US presidential candidate, Herman Cain, dies of COVID-19
Herman Cain, a United States businessman and one-time Republican presidential candidate, has died after a month-long battle with coronavirus, his website announced.
He was 74.
Cain died in an Atlanta-area hospital, where he was…
Mali crisis: ECOWAS leaders seek resignation of Speaker, 30 lawmakers
The Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) has asked the speaker and 30 other lawmakers in the Malian parliament to resign in a latest attempt to restore peace in the crisis-ridden country.
The resignation of the lawmakers who…
Trump wants US Presidential election delayed
Barely 96-days 96 days to the November 3 United States Presidential election, President Donald Trump has called for the postponement of the poll, insisting that if the process goes on, “it would be the most inaccurate and…
World Bank boosts electricity trade in West Africa with $300M
The World Bank Board of Directors has approved a total of $300 million in International Development Association (IDA) as credits and grants to support reforms that will help promote electricity trade in West Africa.
The West…
Two Indonesian women whipped 100 times each in public for sex work
Two Indonesian women have been publicly whipped nearly 100 times each for selling sex workers' services online, an official in the country's conservative Aceh province said on Tuesday.
Aceh, at the tip of Sumatra, is the only…
China executes two politicians for taking bribe
Two former vice-mayors were executed on Monday for corruption by the Chinese government.
In recent times Chinese authorities have gone tough on corruption - a problem which Communisty Party General Secretary Hu Jintao has…
Lumumba, NIS CG, Migration experts to storm JIFORM October Summit
Notable migration experts including renowned Professor of Law and international speaker, Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba and the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede have confirmed their readiness to be…
Mali Crisis: Buhari, ECOWAS leaders’ parley in Bamako ends in stalemate
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ended a day-long summit in Bamako, Mali on Thursday without a definite agreement that would help resolve the escalating political crisis in the country.
President…
I am not behind coronavirus outbreak… Bill Gates
Billionaire Bill Gates has dismissed conspiracy theories which accuse him of creating the coronavirus outbreak.
The conspiracy theories have been
circulating on social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram.…
Buhari arrives Bamako, wears face mask
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Bamako, Mali for the peace mission by the ECOWAS Heads of states.
The president and other West African leaders are currently in the Malian capital to find a solution to the worsening…