[ad_1] A Palestinian doctor at a medical center in Rafah said on Tuesday that 27 bodies had been brought there since the start of Israel’s incursion, in which ground troops entered the southeast corner of Gaza and took control of the Gazan side of a border crossing with Egypt. Dr. Suhaib Hems, the head of […]

[ad_1] Inside the Kremlin Palace, I met one of President Putin’s biggest fans. Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament, is famous for having declared that “If there is Putin, there is Russia; if there is no Putin, there is no Russia,” [ad_2]

[ad_1] President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, over the passing of his brother, Salihu Ribadu, who died on Sunday in Yola, Adamawa State. The president was represented by his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, who led a federal government delegation on a condolence visit to Yola, on Tuesday. […]

[ad_1] Governor Abba Yusuf, of Kano State on Wednesday assented to the Kano State Premarital Health Screening Bill into law. The new law mandates premarital health screening for all prospective couples in the state. While signing the law in Kano, Yusuf urged its faithful implementation in order to uphold the sanctity of marriages in Kano […]

[ad_1] Globally and in Africa, many electoral processes suffer from a lack of transparency, trust and oversight. This is a crucial election year for Africa, with 180 million eligible voters making their mark in 17 polls across the continent. Over the past three decades, many African countries have transitioned to multiparty liberal democracies – and […]

[ad_1] The Graça Machel Trust is excited to announce that it will be hosting a graduation ceremony to celebrate the achievements of over 100 women entrepreneurs who have been part of the Women Creating Wealth programme. The graduation will be held on May 7, 2024, at the Regenesys Business School Campus in Sandton. “We look […]

[ad_1] Efforts are continuing in South Africa to find about 50 people who went missing after a five-story apartment building collapsed on Monday. At least six people have been confirmed dead since the incident in the southern coastal city of George. Rescuers heard from 11 more survivors in the ruins of the under-construction building on […]

[ad_1] The unprecedented destruction in the Gaza Strip in Palestine would condemn more that 1.8 million people to poverty if the war persists. Credit: Ashraf Amra/UMRWA by Naureen Hossain (united nations) Monday, May 06, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, May 06 (IPS) – Nearly seven months into the Gaza war, the UN warns that to […]

[ad_1] EXPLAINER Many campus protesters have taken down Gaza solidarity encampments after colleges agreed to consider divestment from Israel. College campuses around the world have exploded in recent weeks in protests by pro-Palestinian students and faculty members against Israel’s war on Gaza, in which more than 34,000 people have been killed. In university after university, […]

[ad_1] Israel stepped up attacks on Monday in the southern city of Rafah hours after Hamas said it would accept the terms of a cease-fire plan drawn from a proposal by Egyptian and Qatari mediators. The Israeli prime minister’s office said that while the new proposal failed to meet Israel’s demands, the country would still […]