More than 5.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines bought on loan by the Ugandan government have expired, an audit report has said. The vaccines are valued at 28.1bn Ugandan shillings ($7.3m; £5.8m) and were purchased using a World Bank loan. Authorities say the expired vaccines will be withdrawn from health …
Read More »France: Gabriel Attal becomes Prime Minister
President Emmanuel Macron has announced Gabriel Attal as Prime Minister following the resignation of Elisabeth Borne on January 8, 2024 in France. Gabriel Attal, former Minister of National Education, has been entrusted with the onerous task of breathing new life into Emmanuel Macron’s second five-year term. President Macron expressed his …
Read More »Liberia’s former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott sentenced to life
Liberia’s former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott and three of her family members have been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. The four were arrested and indicted in June last year in connection with the death of Charlotte Musu, who was reportedly Ms Scott’s niece, the BBC reported. In February …
Read More »Nigerian arrested for murderd in Libya
A Nigerian man has been arrested for the murder of another Nigerian in the Kufra District of Libya, according to reports. “This was made known in a post by the Migrant Rescue Watch on their X account,” reports said. The accused, during interrogation admitted to killing the victim also of …
Read More »At least 11 injured after hotel explosion
At least 11 people were injured this Monday, January 8 in a hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, due to an explosion, possibly due to a gas leak, local authorities said, cited by several American media. According to initial information communicated by firefighters on site, at least 11 people were injured. …
Read More »UN reacts after killing of 28 civilians in South Sudan
The UN peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan (Unmiss) has condemned the recent violence which resulted in a number of civilian casualties in Jonglei State in the east of the country. Nearly 30 civilians were reportedly killed in an attack on a cattle camp in Duk Padiet County on Thursday, in …
Read More »Nigerian Minister for Poverty Alleviation under financial investigation
Nigerian president has suspended the minister of humanitarian affairs with immediate effect and asked the corruption watchdog to investigate financial transactions involving her ministry, the president’s spokesperson said on Monday. Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, is the first minister to be suspended, less than six …
Read More »Two-year-old girl electrocuted in Lagos
A two-year-old girl has been electrocuted after touching an exposed wire connected to her neighbour’s house in the Langbasa area of Lagos State, Nigeria. “The deceased was electrocuted after coming into contact with a wire that was linked to his neighbour’s gate,” according to the deceased father. “Her death is …
Read More »Chef Failatu aims to break the Guinness culinary marathon record
The Ghanaian chef Failatu Abdul-Razak had clocked up 113 hours of cooking since January 1, 2024. in Tamale in northern Ghana. She plans to reach 200 hours in the longest culinary marathon. Her ambition is to break the world record for the longest culinary marathon, currently held by Irish chef …
Read More »Ex-Gambian minister Sonko accused of torture during trial in Switzerland
A former interior minister of The Gambia goes on trial in Switzerland on Monday accused of crimes against humanity. Ousman Sonko faces a lengthy list of charges, including participating in or ordering the killing, torture and rape of political opponents. Sonko has denied all the charges, AFP news agency reports, …
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