Europe

Chanting “We need peace in Ukraine”, dozens of Nigerians gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, calling for an end to the invasion of Ukraine. They chanted “We need peace in Ukraine” while carrying signs that read “Our children, our future,” referring to Nigerian students living in Ukraine. …

The Nigerian ambassador to Romania has announced that so far about 200 Nigerians – many of them students – have arrived in the capital Bucharest from Ukraine, the BBC reports. Ambassador Safiya Nuhu announced a “good welcome” to the group and said they were staying in hotels after fleeing the …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed disappointment over the mistreatment of Nigerian students at the Ukrainian border following the Russian invasion of the country. A total of 4,000 Nigerian citizens remain stranded in Ukraine as they attempt to flee the country. The president’s office said in a statement on Twitter, …

The international community has condemned the invasion of Ukrainian territory by the Russian army, calling on Vladimir Putin to stop the operation in the name of humanity. Several world leaders oppose the announcement of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin. He said the military operation aims to …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced the launch of a military operation against Ukraine which he says aims to “demilitarize and denazify” it. “I made the decision for a special military operation”, he said in a surprise statement on television this Thursday, denouncing once again a “genocide” orchestrated by the …

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday rejected Malian government’s demand to withdraw French troops from the country “without delay” and warned against any threat to their security. “We have announced the re-articulation of the system and it will be applied in good order to ensure the security of the United …

A rail collision near Munich in southern Germany on Monday left one dead and more than 10 injured, German police said. Indeed, the two local trains collided at the end of the afternoon in the area of the Ebenhausen-Schäftlarn station, south of the Bavarian capital. “There is one dead and …

Unnamed government sources in the UK say plans are being drawn up to send hundreds of migrants to countries such as Ghana and Rwanda for processing and resettlement, the BBC reports quoting The UK Times newspaper. According to The Times, this is one of the populist policies being drawn up …

Italian authorities arrested on Monday a nurse, accused of administering fake doses of Covid-19 vaccine to antivax patients, at a vaccination center in Ancona. The man, who got rid of the contents of the syringes instead of injecting it into the arm of the patients, was denounced by a doctor …

British authorities have said they have removed all African countries from the red list, which impose travel bans between those states and the UK after a new variant of the coronavirus is discovered in southern Africa. The restrictions were first imposed last month in order to slow the spread of …