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The British High Commission in Uganda has warned of “a growing terror threat in Uganda, including targeting of foreigners”, hours after the US embassy issued a similar alert. Both diplomatic missions on Tuesday warned their citizens against attending large gatherings, including worship activities. They also cautioned against participation in music …

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Russian companies have a “serious” interest in extracting mineral resources in Equatorial Guinea. He held talks with Equatoguinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema on Thursday in Moscow, where both leaders agreed to boost bilateral ties. “The potential investment capacity is big, and your country’s capacity …

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed this Thursday, November 2, the law on the revocation of the ratification of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Ticen), against a backdrop of conflict in Ukraine and crisis with the West. The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty was opened for signature in 1996, but it never entered …

Lionel Messi won his 8th Ballon d’Or at the Ballon d’Or 2023 awards ceremony held at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. At the age of 36, Lionel Messi won the prestigious award for the 8th time. The Argentine star is ahead of Norway’s Erling Haaland (2nd) and France’s Kylian …

More than 440,000 minors could have been victims of sexual assault by religious figures in Spain, according to an estimate published this Friday by an independent commission of inquiry into child crime in the Catholic Church. The report does not provide precise figures, but contains a survey carried out at …

According to the Italian Statistics Institute (Istat), 5.6 million people living in Italy, or 9.6% of the population have fallen into extreme poverty. 1.27 million are minors, unable to afford the essentials for a decent life. This Istat report on poverty in Italy concerns 2022, the first year of the …

French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Cairo, the Egyptian capital, to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, after his visit to Jordan this Wednesday. Egypt, from where humanitarian aid passes to the Gaza Strip, is a key player in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Its president, General al-Sissi, who …

Nearly 200 French soldiers have left Niger’s south-western Ouallam town amid ongoing withdrawals from the Sahel nation, state-owned Tele Sahel TV station reports. It said that 193 French soldiers based in Ouallam left their camp for Chad on Sunday. The troops reportedly left with 28 lorries as well as 24 …

A 39-year-old woman was arrested overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in Milan, Italy, suspected of having sexually assaulted an octogenarian in order to divert his attention and steal money and objects from his house, local media reported. It was the children of this 84-year-old man who alerted the authorities and …

Italian authorities signed on Friday an agreement to welcome some 4,000 Tunisian workers, in line with commitments made to help the North African state stem migrant pressure at its borders. “The deal was signed during a visit by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani to Tunis, where he was scheduled to meet …