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Myanmar's junta have on Monday jailed ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi for four years for incitement against the military and breaching Covid rules, a government spokesman told AFP, the first of a series of possible sentences that could see…

Incumbent Gambian president, Adama Barrow has comfortably won a second term in presidential election, with thousands of his supporters celebrating in the streets of Banjul, although his opponents disputed the results announced late Sunday.…

Cable News Network (CNN) has fired Chris Cuomo for helping his older brother, Andrew Cuomo, deal with sexual harassment allegations. Recall that Andrew Cuomo was forced to step down as New York governor in August 2021 as a result of the…

World Health Organisation (WHO) says cases of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant have been reported in at least 23 countries in five of the six WHO regions. WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed on Wednesday in Geneva and…

United States on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of COVID-19 Omicron variant had been detected in California, in a fully vaccinated traveler who had recently returned from South Africa and was recovering from mild symptoms.…

Barbados is about to cut ties with the British monarchy, but the legacy of a sometimes brutal colonial past and the pandemic's impact on tourism pose major challenges for the Caribbean island as it becomes the world's newest republic.…

South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has called on countries to “urgently” reverse “scientifically unjustified” travel restrictions linked to the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus. Cyril Ramaphosa said he was “deeply…

Scientists in South Africa have detected a new Covid-19 variant with a large number of mutations, blaming it for a surge in infection numbers. The number of daily infections in Africa’s hardest-hit country has increased tenfold since…

Malikah Shabazz, the daughter of the late civil rights leader Malcolm X, has been found dead in her Brooklyn home at 56. It is understood that Malikah’s body was discovered in Brooklyn where she was found face-down in her living room.…

Jose Silva, Prime Minister of Cape Verde, the only Island-country in West Africa, has pledged better cooperation and increase in trade volumes between Nigeria and his country in the coming years. Silva made the pledge in Abuja on…

United Nations and the United States have demanded proof of Peng Shuai’s whereabouts, amid rising concern for the Chinese tennis star’s wellbeing. The player has not been seen in public since alleging on November 2 that she was sexually…

President Joe Biden will transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris during the “brief” time on Friday he is under anesthesia for a colonoscopy as part of a regular health check, the White House said. Biden, the oldest person to hold…

Pakistan has introduced chemical castration as a possible punishment for serial rapists under a law that also calls for faster trials of suspected sexual offenders, a government official said on Thursday. Parliament passed the law on…

United States has imposed an entry ban on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, his vice-president wife and his government, after elections that were internationally dismissed as illegitimate. Before the November 7 vote, Nicaraguan…

Ferocious clashes have left 68 inmates dead in an Ecuador prison, police said Saturday, in the latest unrest at a Guayaquil jail that was the scene of a September riot that killed 119 prisoners. “According to preliminary information,…