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Nigeria’s Court of Appeal on Thursday dropped terrorism charges against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu that had been brought by the government, in a unanimous decision by all three judges hearing the case, Reuters reported. The lead judge dismissed a seven count charge of terrorism against Kanu and discharged him, citing …

Internal and external factors had forced the Tunisian State to use its reserve stock of fuel, said the President and CEO of the Tunisian Company of Refining Industries (STIR), Fakhta Mahouachi on Thurday. According to Ms. Mahouachi, the next 24 hours will see an improvement in the supply of gas …

Any nuclear attack by Russia against Ukraine will lead to a military response from the West, said the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell, on Thursday. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he is not bluffing with the nuclear threat. “He must then understand that the countries that support Ukraine, …

Indian conservation authorities on Thursday captured a tiger blamed in the deaths of 13 people, an official said. The five-year-old male, dubbed “Conflict Tiger” or “CT-1”, was tranquilized and captured nearly a week after authorities agreed he posed a threat to humans, authorizing his capture. The big cat has been …

Toxic syrups are banned in Senegal due to cascade of deaths that could be linked to cough medicines manufactured in India as the authorities are reassuring, but call for vigilance. “There is no reason to panic. Because the incriminated products are not authorized in Senegal”. This is the clarification provided …

The prosecution in the case of a Chinese national accused of using a flip knife to slash the neck of a Ghanaian concrete mixture operator, has preferred fresh charges against the accused person. Xue Hui, a manager of Poly Changda Engineering Company, was initially charged with attempted murder but has now been …

The head of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday that a clinical trial of vaccines against the Sudan strain of Ebola could begin within weeks in Uganda as the disease reaches the capital Kampala, causing concern. The East African country declared an Ebola outbreak on …

A New York judge on Wednesday rejected a request by former US President Donald Trump to postpone his testimony, scheduled for next week, in a defamation case against a former journalist who accuses him of rape in the years 1990, says a court document. In this case, E. Jean Carroll, …

Donald Trump’s social network, Truth Social, can be downloaded from the Google Play Store since Wednesday, while the internet giant refused it this summer, deeming content moderation insufficient on the former US president’s platform. Google told AFP that Truth Social had finally agreed to enforce its own policy on removing …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has directed traditional healers to stop treating people during the ongoing Ebola outbreak that has so far killed 19 people in the country. The president also directed security officials to arrest people suspected of having contracted the virus if they refuse to go into isolation. In …