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Zambia’s former first lady Esther Lungu was arrested in the capital Lusaka on Thursday after being accused of fraud, local media reported. She was arrested with her daughter Chiyeso Katete, over possession of properties suspected to be proceeds of crime. “Ms Lungu failed to give a reasonable explanation of how …

U.S. President Joe Biden is expected in France on June 5, 2024 as the visit will mark his first state visit to France, and will be an opportunity to meet President Emmanuel Macron. The highlight of the visit will be the participation of Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, …

The Slovenian Parliament will vote on Tuesday June 4 for the official recognition of the State of Palestine, Spain, Ireland and Norway having already taken the plunge this week, its president announced. “The session is scheduled for Tuesday from 4 p.m.,” declared Parliament President Urska Klakocar Zupancic this Thursday, May …

A 40-year-old man was shot dead by a policeman as he drove home from work along Azikoro Road in Yenagoa, the capital of Nigeria’s Bayelsa State. The deceased was an electrician from Bobougbene community in Burutu local government area of Delta State, and was carrying a passenger in the front …

Unicef ​​was moved this Wednesday, May 29 by an “alarming” increase of 70% in serious violence against children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, Sahelian countries prey to jihadism and abuse by a multitude of armed actors. “During the last three months of 2023, the number of serious violations committed …

Twelve people have been killed in an armed attack on a popular market in the Nigerian state of Kaduna, accoording to reports. “Twenty people were injured in the attack,” according to Kajuru district chief, Kafra Kayino. “The wounded had been taken to hospital and an investigation had been launched to …

Sudanese military has rejected a U.S. call to resume peace talks with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. It follows a conversation between General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “We will not go to Jeddah (venue for talks in Saudi Arabia) and whoever wants us to …

Many Nigerians have expressed outrage after the country’s national anthem was changed without much consultation. President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed into law the bill to revert to Nigeria’s old national anthem which was dropped by a military government in 1978. The newly re-adopted anthem, which begins “Nigeria, We Hail …

A US appeals court in September will consider challenges to a recent law requiring Bytedance (the Chinese company that owns TikTok) to sell the app’s US assets by January 2025, failing which it will be banned in the United States. Very recently, content creators joined Bytedance and the Chinese social …

The famous Paris Saint-Germain footballer, Mbappé, took one look at a young woman that was captured on video and set the web alight during the Cannes Film Festival. In just a few hours, the destiny of this young woman named Léa changed. Kylian Mbappé was with teammate Ousmane Dembélé. In …