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Thousands of Iranians surround late president’s coffin as 5-day mourning starts

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Thousands of Iranians began gathering Tuesday (May. 21) for 5 days of public mourning. A vehicle driving slowly through the northwestern City of Tabriz, carried the bodies of late president Ebrahim Raisi, the Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, a senior cleric, a Revolutionary Guard official and three crew members. Tabriz is the closest major… Read More
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Israel accuses AP news agency of violating a controversial media law then backpedals

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Israel’s communications minister ordered the government to return a camera and broadcasting equipment it had seized from the The Associated Press, reversing course hours after blocking the news organization’s live video of Gaza. The government seized the AP equipment from a location in southern Israel after accusing it of violating a new media law by providing images to the satellite… Read More
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Nigeria: Waje partners with Gala Music on new EP

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The move, which follows the release of her music video ‘I Promise’ on the platform in March, forms part of an ongoing vision by Gala Music to offer musicians new opportunities “in the growing ownership economy.” Gala Music aims to allow their artists to directly engage with their fans while providing enhanced security and transparency in music distribution and rights… Read More
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Nigerian Afrobeat star Burna Boy to make Nollywood producer debut

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Nigerian Afrobeat Grammy Award winner, Burna Boy is set to make his debut as a Nollywood producer with the upcoming thriller, “Three Cold Dishes,” which addresses the harrowing issue of sex trafficking. Directed by Asurf Oluseyi, the film follows three teenagers who were sold into sex trade and reunited 13 years later to seek revenge. The movie is produced by… Read More
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Greece, Egypt foreign ministers meet in Athens

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The foreign ministers of Greece and Egypt extended their condolences to Iran on Monday for the loss of the country’s president and foreign minister in a helicopter crash. “I would like to express my condolences to Iran’s government and the Iranian people for the loss of the President and the Foreign Minister of the country,” Greek Foreign Minister, Giorgos Gerapetritis,… Read More
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South Africa’s power utility to delay coal plants closures

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South Africa’s public power utility Eskom will delay the closure of some coal-fired power plants. Local media outlet Engineering News reported Monday (May. 20) that the Eskom board gave its approval for the continued operation of the Camden, krootflei and Hendrina power stations to 2030. The power stations were initially scheduled to be retired between 2023 and 2027. South Africa… Read More
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Angela Okorie addresses Nigerians attributing her outburst to mental breakdown, sends message to Zubby Michael and Mercy Johnson

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Nollywood actress Angela Okorie has addressed Nigerians attributing her recent outbursts to a mental breakdown. For some days now, the movie star has been dragging her colleagues, from Mercy Johnson to Zubby Michael, which had led many to believe she was having a kental breakdown. Taking to her Instagram story, she noted how people are channeling what she is saying… Read More
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Warner Music Africa’s Leadership Team Meets With Nigerian Officials

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LAGOS, Nigeria (CelebrityAccess) — Members of Warner Music Africa’s management group, together with Alfonso Perez-Soto, President of Rising Markets, Warner Music; Laverne Thomas, Operations Lead, WMA; Temi Adeniji, Managing Director, WMA, and Yoel Kenan, CEO, Africori, just lately traveled to Nigeria’s capital, Abuja to fulfill with authorities officers forward the opening of a brand new regional workplace in Lagos. Throughout… Read More
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What’s next for a crackdown fof Haitian migrants

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After Dominican President Luis Abinader coasted into a second term over the weekend, he promised in a nationalistic speech that “the best is yet to come.” But as one of the region’s most popular leaders spoke of economic prosperity and constitutional reforms, he notably left one thing out: the crisis in neighbouring Haiti. The Dominican Republic has long taken a… Read More
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Haiti’s main international airport reopens nearly three months after violence forced it closed

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Haiti’s main international airport reopened Monday for the first time in nearly three months after relentless gang violence forced authorities to close it to all traffic in early March. The reopening of the Toussaint-Louverture airport in the capital of Port-au-Prince is expected to help ease a critical shortage of medications and other basic supplies since the country’s main seaport remains… Read More
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