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Africa 

Tunisia holds talks on illegal migration with French and German interior ministers

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Tunis, the Tunisian capital, welcomed France and Germany’s Interior ministers on Sunday, who are on a diplomatic visit to strengthen security cooperation and tackle illegal immigration. Ministers Gérald Darmanin and Nancy Faeser, who were received by their Tunisian counterpart Kamel Feki, want to deepen security cooperation with Tunisia, in areas that include information sharing and cooperation between services.  This… Read More
Africa 

Tunisia: security guard fatally stabbed outside Brazil embassy

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A security guard was fatally stabbed outside the Brazilian embassy in Tunisia on Monday, according to the Tunisian Interior Ministry. The suspected attacker was shot in the leg by the police and arrested. According to a statement from the ministry, the guard was stabbed in the heart after asking the suspect why he was outside the embassy.  The area, in… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Music executive, Paulo places N5m bounty on man who wished Davido death

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Popular music executive, Paul Okoye, aka Paulo, has placed a N5 million bounty on the man who sent a death wish to singer, Davido recently.   Recall that a Twitter user @Winco_3 while sharing a six seconds video of a music performance, had taunted that Davido’s burial can’t be crowded like the clip of the event he shared.   While… Read More
Africa 

Sierra Leone: opposition rally held ahead of elections

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Ahead of Sierra Leone’s presidential elections on 24 June, supporters of the main opposition party, the All People’s Congress (APC) gathered in the capital Freetown to protest the country’s dire economic situation. The West African country is preparing for its fifth presidential elections since the end of a brutal civil war there two decades ago. Thirteen people are vying for… Read More
Africa 

Sudan: second day of truce, Geneva hosts international conference for aid

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The truce is being held for the second day in Khartoum on Monday, as Geneva hosts an international conference on humanitarian aid to Sudan, which has been ravaged for more than two months by fighting between rival generals. Since Sunday morning, air raids and artillery bombardments have ceased on the capital, whose inhabitants are surviving in sweltering heat, without electricity… Read More
Europe 

Russia declines UN request for aid access to areas flooded by Ukraine dam breach

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The destruction earlier this month of the Soviet-era dam and hydroelectric plant in an area reportedly under Russian control since its invasion in 2022, has caused widespread flooding across southern Ukraine, washing away homes, destroying sanitation and sewage systems and crippling water supplies. In a statement, Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown vowed that the UN would press on with relief efforts,… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Nigerian Afrobeats Singer Davido Reflects on First Father’s Day Since the Loss of His Son

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Nigerian afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, opened up about the difficulty he faced on Father’s Day, as it marked the first occasion since the tragic loss of his first son, Ifeanyi Adeleke. Ifeanyi drowned in a swimming pool at Davido’s luxurious Banana Island mansion in October of last year. The singer took to his Instastory to share… Read More
Africa 

UN: The world must prevent another “humanitarian disaster” in Darfur

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Darfur, where the population is living through a “nightmare” after weeks of war in Sudan, is heading towards a new “humanitarian disaster” that the world must prevent, the UN’s head of humanitarian affairs, Martin Griffiths, pleaded on Thursday. “Darfur is rapidly heading towards a humanitarian disaster. The world cannot allow this to happen. Not again,” he said in a statement,… Read More
Africa 

Mali: Vote counting underway on junta’s new Constitution

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Polling stations closed in Bamako, Mali, at 6PM UTC on Sunday (June 18) to begin vote tally. During the day, citizens had voted on a new constitution. Main changes in new draft constitution include strengthening the president’s powers, reforming institutions or recognising traditional authorities. Constitutional court supervisor Hamadoun Sissoko was content with the voting process. “We didn’t have any problems… Read More
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