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A federal appeals court in the United States ruled on Wednesday in favor of reinstating restrictions on access to the abortion pill, but this decision will have no practical effect until the Supreme Court rules. This decision, if confirmed, would result in particular in a return to a limit of …

An American national convicted of torturing and killing his Egyptian father was executed on Wednesday, the official Saudi news agency SPA reported. “Bishoy Sharif Naji Naseef, of American nationality, was executed in the Riyadh region,” the agency added, quoting a press release from the interior ministry of the Saudi kingdom, …

Ecowas Chiefs of Staff are meeting in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, to discuss the deployment of a standby force for possible military intervention to restore democracy in Niger. At least 11 of the bloc’s 15-member states back a military deployment to reinstate the democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, after diplomatic …

The African Union Chairperson said he is following closely and with deep concern the current situation in Ethiopia’s Amhara region where clashes between Fano militiamen and the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) are taking place. Moussa Faki Mahamat calls for the parties to immediately cease the fighting and ensure the …

Chiefs of staff of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet this Thursday and Friday in Ghana to discuss possible military intervention in Niger, according to a regional military source, confirmed by a source at the ECOWAS. This meeting was to be held last Saturday, before being …

Government in New Zealand announced the lifting on Tuesday of all remaining measures relating to the fight against Covid-19, more than three years after they were first implemented, Reuters reported. New Zealand was one of the countries with the most severe and long-lasting restrictions in the world. It had adopted …

Police in Zimbabwe have arrested 40 members of an opposition coalition who were campaigning ahead of elections next week, local media reported. They were detained in the Glenview suburb of the capital, Harare, on Tuesday. Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said that Gladmore Hakata, the party’s Glenview …

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu mourned and paid tribute to soldiers who died in a helicopter crash during an evacuation mission in Niger State on Monday. The president said the “tragic loss of our officers and soldiers had brought immense sadness to me”. In a statement, he said they would be …

The remains of at least 13 human bodies have been found in refrigerators in the Mexican city of Poza Rica near Veracruz, a region plagued by narco-violence, a judicial source said on Monday. The bodies were found by police who were chasing a man inside a building housing three kidnapped …

At least 33 people were killed and dozens more injured in an explosion and fire at a gas station in Dagestan, a Russian republic in the Caucasus, according to a new report released on Tuesday by the Russian Situations Ministry. emergency. “A total of 102 people were injured as a …