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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday with explosions heard soon after in the capital and other parts of the country, prompting outrage from Joe Biden who warned of a “catastrophic loss…
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United States (U.S.) President, Joe Biden, has urged vaccinated Americans to get their COVID-19 booster shots amidst the growing concerns about the potential threat posed by the new Omicron variant. Biden, who made the call on Monday,…
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On Tuesday, 17 November 2015, the Uganda government signed an agreement with Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) to borrow $207 million at two per cent upon disbursement. The loan had a maturity period of 20 years including a seven-year…
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Former President Laurent Gbagbo has returned to Ivory Coast for the first time since his arrest nearly 10 years ago following his acquittal by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The 76-year-old arrived in the country’s economic hub,…
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A spokesman for the Libyan National Army, Major General Ahmed Al-Mismari said that the LNA forces had arrested Islamic State commander, Mohammed Mailed Mohammed, also known as ‘Abu Omar’ in Ubari, South Libya. In a statement, the…
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Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has rejected the results of the January 14 presidential election and has called himself the president-elect. This is despite the Ugandan Electoral Commission announcing a wide lead for incumbent…
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Trump Twitter ban problematic, says German Chancellor Angela Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes that the decision by social media giants to permanently suspend Donald Trump’s accounts is problematic because freedom of…
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A construction worker in Mexico who built a secret tunnel between his home and that of his married lover was caught by her husband. The episode unfolded in the neighbourhood of Villas del Prado in the northwestern town of Tijuana. The…
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President Donald Trump has signed the $2.3trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law. President-elect Joe Biden had expressed concern about Trump’s delay. “This abdication of responsibility has devastating…
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Incumbent President of Ghana, Nana Akufo Addo has been declared the winner of the just-ended 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The Electoral Commissioner of Ghana, Jean Mensa,declared the incumbent President, who is the…
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