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By Hannatu Sadiq Local NGOs in the Tunisian city of Kairouan are calling for urgent international help to combat the spike in coronavirus infections. The Tunisian authorities imposed a lockdown on the city with about 500,000...

  By Hannatu Sadiq   South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday re-imposed restrictions for two weeks to combat a surge in the highly contagious coronavirus Delta variant. The worst-hit country on the continent “is facing...

  By Hannatu Sadiq Burkina Faso President, Roch Kaboré, has called on opposition and civil society groups to cancel planned nationwide protests against rising insecurity in the country. The President expressed his concerns over the planned...

By John Ikani A UK-based Nigerian woman, Mrs. Uruemu Omeru Adejinmi, has made history, with her election as the new Cathaoirleach of Longford Municipal District in Ireland. With Ms Adejimi’s new election as Cathaoirleach of the...

By Chioma Iruke More than 5,000 prisoners have been granted Clemency by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to mark a Shiite religious holiday, a statement on his official website said Saturday. The statement gave no...

By John Ikani Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year, was sentenced Friday to 22 and half years in prison. The punishment — which fell short of...