Visiting West African mediators have met Mali’s senior military figures who carried out the country’s second coup in less than a year. On Tuesday a military colonel – who was

Voters in government-held parts of Syria are heading to the polls to cast ballots in an election that is set to cement a fourth term for Bashar al-Assad – but

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Egypt on the next leg of a diplomatic mission aimed at strengthening a cease-fire that ended an 11-day war between Israel

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has heavily lashed out at Garba Shehu, the Nigerian Presidential spokesman over his recent comment that queried the legality of the resolutions reached by the

Australia has abruptly announced it will close its embassy in Afghanistan this week, expressing fears over the “increasingly uncertain security environment” in Kabul in the wake of the US decision

Tens of thousands of people in low-lying areas of two Indian states have been evacuated and moved to cyclone shelters to escape a powerful storm barreling toward the eastern coast.

It’s been a year since George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, sparking global protests. Supporters, activists and his family will honor Floyd with a series of celebrations

Jennifer, the widow of the late Flight Lieutenant Alfred Olufade, on Monday lamented that her husband dreamt of last Friday’s plane crash a day before the incident. Olufade was among

Edouard Mendy will be given every chance to make the Champions League Final after scans showed the rib injury he suffered against Aston Villa was not serious. The Chelsea goalkeeper

Ethiopia has said it will reassess its relationship with the US if it continues to “meddle in its internal affairs”. The East African country’s ministry of foreign affairs stated this

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says all health workers and elderly worldwide would have been vaccinated against coronavirus by now if jabs have been distributed equitably. The head of the WHO, Tedros

Canadian popstar Drake was honoured with the prestigious Artist of the Decade award at the Billboard Awards on Sunday night. Drake, who extended his record as the most decorated winner

Protesters in Nigeria’s north-central Niger state are currently demonstrating along the Abuja-Suleja-Kaduna expressway over incessant attacks by armed men in the state, with no less than 25 people reportedly kidnapped

Youth advocate Seun Awogbenle has announced his new book titled ‘The Urgency of Now: Why Nigeria Needs A vision of Prosperity, Protection and Liberty.’ The book has ten chapters that

Residents in the Democratic Republic of Congo have returned to destroyed houses after a large volcano erupted, with many searching for missing loved ones. Mount Nyiragongo turned the sky red

Sergio Aguero preferred not to dwell on the fact he had played his final game for Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium after scoring twice against Everton, while an emotional

The Nigerian government has sanctioned 90 travellers, disabling their passports for at least one year and cancelling visas of foreigners for violating the protocol for passengers arriving the country from

Twenty-one runners have died after extreme weather struck a long-distance race in north-western China. High winds and freezing rain hit participants in the 100km (60-mile) ultramarathon in the Yellow River