HAMAS has released six Israelis held in Gaza in exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners set to be freed from Israeli jails on Saturday. The captives were released on the 35th day of the ongoing ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas,…
A federal judge in Washington has allowed President Donald Trump’s mass firings of federal workers to move forward. US District Judge Christopher Cooper decided Thursday he could not grant a motion from unions representing the workers to temporarily block the…
THE United Nations’ Special Envoy for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Santos Simão, has called for a formal cooperation framework between the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). During an official…
KASH Patel was formally sworn in as the ninth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Friday, taking his oath on the Bhagavad Gita. The ceremony was administered by US Attorney General Pam Bondi at the Eisenhower Executive…
IN the fourth quarter of 2024, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust reduced its stake in Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway, and added McDonald’s to its portfolio. Their 13F filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the…
IN a symbolic move reflecting France’s evolving military role in Africa, the Port-Bouët military base in Côte d’Ivoire has officially been transferred to the Ivorian army. The handover, which took place on Thursday in the presence of French Minister of…
HANNAH Serwaa Tetteh, the newly appointed Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), has vowed to lead mediation efforts aimed at a Libyan-led resolution to the country’s political crisis.…
CONGOLESE President Félix Tshisekedi is struggling to rally international support against the Rwanda-backed M23 rebellion, with recent diplomatic visits yielding little progress. Despite appeals to world leaders, the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to escalate, raising…
RWANDA has dismissed recent criticism from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over its football sponsorship deals, calling it an attempt to destabilise regional peace. The response follows remarks from DRC’s foreign minister, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, who urged Arsenal, Bayern Munich,…
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has officially shortlisted five candidates for its upcoming presidential election, scheduled for May 29, 2025. The selection, announced following a two-day meeting of the Board of Governors’ Steering Committee on February 11-12 in Abidjan, marks…
