World

By John Ikani  2021 was a year of highs and lows for the second-largest continent in the world. Faced with the popular Coronavirus pandemic, dwindling economies, insecurity and political instability, Africa still managed to pull through....

The world began ushering in 2022 on Friday, after another tumultuous and pandemic-ridden year capped by new restrictions, soaring case numbers, and a slight glimmer of hope for better times ahead. The past 12 months saw...

By Emmanuel Nduka The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has listed Nigeria, Somalia, Congo and Chad, as countries with the highest cases of abduction of children and sexual violence in 2021. UNICEF in a statement, said...

By Emmanuel Nduka The Taliban Government in Afghanistan has set out a new decree ordering barbers and barbershops to refrain from shaving or trimming customers’ beards, citing that it is forbidden in Islam. The decree was...

By Ebi Kesiena At least eight people, including two children, died in a shooting in a region of central Mexico plagued by turf wars between rival drug cartels, authorities said Wednesday. Two gunmen on a motorcycle...

By Ebi Kesiena With a few white plastic chairs in front of his house and umbrellas to shield the midday heat, neighbours in Soweto, South Africa’s bustling township where Desmond Tutu lived during apartheid, have paid...