2024 Paris Olympics Shouldn’t Feature The Russian Flag, Macron Fumes
France President Emmanuel Macron has said that Russia as a country has no place at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He added that the Russian flag should not be used at next year’s Games, as he recalled the invasion of Ukraine at the command of Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, according to CNN. Macron made this known while speaking to the...
African First Climate Change Summit: We Should Be The Solution Instead Of Victim — Ruto
President of Kenya, William Ruto on Monday flagged off the first African climate summit in Nairobi where he said the continent had an "unparalleled opportunity" to benefit from action to tackle global warming. The summit which has in attendance African heads of state seeks to come up with a common plan to present to other world leaders at a the...
64 Killed In South African Building Fire : Pictures
Not less than 64 persons including children on Thursday died in a five-storey building engulfed by fire in central Johannesburg South Africa. The city’s Emergency Management Services spokesman, Robert Mulaudzi said another 43 were injured, some suffering from smoke inhalation, and have been taken for treatment at local hospitals, AFP reports Thursday. Robert said, “The death toll is at 64…(including) seven...
Leave In 48 Hours, Military Junta In Niger Tells French Ambassador
The military rulers who seized control in Niamey on July 26 have given the French ambassador 48 hours to leave Niger, the country’s minister of foreign affairs said in a statement Friday, AFP reports. Faced with “the refusal of the French ambassador in Niamey to respond to an invitation” from the minister for a meeting Friday and “other actions of...
FBI Kills Man Who Threatened To Gun Down President Biden
Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) agents have killed a man who was undergoing investigation for threats against the President of the United States, Joe Biden. BBC reported that the man was Craig Robertson and the raid happened in Provo, about 40 miles (65 km) south of Salt Lake City, Utah. The report said the investigation about him commenced in April, and the...
Mom-of-two Dies From Drinking Too Much Water
A mother-of-two from Indiana died after consuming 64 ounces of water in only 20 minutes. Ashley Summers, 35, died from water toxicity shortly after enjoying a peaceful day at Lake Freeman over the long Fourth of July weekend. On the last day of her vacation, she had felt lightheaded and had a headache, both of which were indicators of dehydration, yet...
We’re Now In Charge Of Govt, Soldiers Claim
Soldiers claim to have overthrown Niger’s government following an apparent coup in the West African nation on Wednesday when members of the Presidential Guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum. Members of the elite guard sealed off access to the president’s residence and offices in the capital Niamey, and after talks broke down, “refused to release” him, a presidential source said. The soldiers...
Senegal: Nine Feared Dead As Protesters Clash With Police After Sonko’s Conviction
No fewer than nine persons have been confirmed dead in the violent clashes that erupted between supporters of Ousmane Sonko, the opposition leader convicted of "corrupting youth" and the police, the Interior Ministry has announced on Friday. Clashes broke on Thursday shortly after the court verdict which sentenced him to two years Imprisonment. There are fears among his supporters that he...
US Considers Visa Ban On Uganda Over Anti-Gay Legislation
United States says it's contemplating visa restrictions against officials of Ugandan government and others for what it called abuse of human rights following the signing into law by the country's President, Yoweri Museveni anti-gay laws passed by the parliament, considered as one of the harshest in the world. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he has instructed the State...
Kenya Commences Autopsies On Bodies Of Cult Followers Who Allegedly Starved To Death
Forensic experts in Kenya on Monday commenced autopsies of over hundred corpses exhumed from mass graves linked to a pastor alleged to have mandated his members to starve to death to see Jesus. “Officially the process of post-mortem of the bodies starts immediately,” Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki told reporters outside a hospital morgue in the coastal town of Malindi. “We are...
