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Ten people have been killed in a private jet crash in Russia - and the country’s Civil Aviation Authority say Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list. TASS news agency reported that seven passengers and three…

Canada is dealing with growing housing costs, which could result in limiting the number of foreign students who are granted visas. According to Reuters, Canadian Housing Minister Sean Fraiser made this statement while speaking with…

Lucy Letby, a former neonatal nurse who was arrested in 2018 and later convicted of murdering seven babies in her care at a hospital in northern England and attempting to kill six others, was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no…

The junta in the Niger Republic has finally agreed to negotiations with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to address the political situation in the Sahel nation after weeks of rejecting diplomatic overtures from the…

Members of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, on Sunday, gave the Nigerien military a seven-day deadline to restore constitutional order and restore ousted President Muhammed Bazoum to his position. This came…

Hospital doctors in the UK will on Thursday stage the biggest walkout in the history of the UK’s state-funded National Health Service, prompting fears for patient safety. The unprecedented five-day stoppage over pay and staffing is…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday emerged as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Tinubu was elected at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the…

The World Bank has provided one billion dollars to strengthen resilience and improve the livelihood of the people in the countries affected by the insurgency in Lake Chad. The bank’s Country Manager for Chad, Mr Rasit Pertesv, made…

Between 2023 and 2025, 12 nations in various parts of Africa will each receive 18 million doses of the first-ever RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine. This information was released in a press release issued jointly on Wednesday by Gavi, the…

Germany has passed legislation to open up new opportunities for job seekers from countries outside the EU and for many refugees who are already in the country. Conservative lawmakers are up in arms. "This draft law secures prosperity…

The longest such industrial action in the history of the NHS will involve thousands of junior doctors striking across England in the UK for five days. It is anticipated that thousands of NHS consultations and operations may need to…

Divisive social media personality Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, have been charged with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to exploit women, prosecutors in Romania said Tuesday. Romania’s anti-organized crime…

Alban Bagbin, Speaker of the Ghana Parliament, has stressed that he will never support the legalisation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) activities in the country. Speaking with journalists in Tamale, Ghana,…

In an effort to learn more from Canada's experience luring skilled foreign workers, Federal Ministers of the Interior Nancy Faeser and Hubertus Heil of Germany will depart for Canada on Sunday. They will attend a number of meetings…

Olugbenga 'GB' Agboola, CEO of Flutterwave, has been chosen to join the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) CEO Council, according to a press release from the continent's top payments technology provider, Flutterwave. The CEO Council, which…