International

The military junta in Niger has named a former economy minister, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as the Prime Minister of the country. The appointment of Zeine is coming nearly two weeks after the military took over power from the democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum. A spokesman for the military junta made the announcement on television late on Monday night. Read …

German government on Monday warned the Niger military junta not to commit acts of violence against ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. A spokesman in the country’s Foreign Office said in Berlin on Monday that the German authorities were worried about the ousted Nigerien leader. Soldiers attached to the country’s presidential guard ousted Basoum on July 26 and detained him in his …

Israel and Hamas have agreed on a first ceasefire in Gaza which will last for four days to let in aid and release at least 50 hostages captured by militants in a swap deal in exchange for at least 150 Palestinians jailed in Israel. The first truce which was reached on Wednesday, followed intensive mediation by Qatar which is seen …

The World Health Organization (WHO), has confirmed that one of its employees had been killed in Gaza alongside her six-month-old baby, husband and two brothers. A statement posted on the website of the organisation on Tuesday, named the deceased as Dima Abdullatif Mohammed Alhaj who had been with WHO since December 2019. She worked as a patient administrator at the …

The United States President, Joe Biden, on Sunday ordered ships and warplanes to move closer to Israel following the attack on the country by the Palestinian militant group, Hamas. Washington is also expected to deploy the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and its accompanying warships to the eastern Mediterranean. Biden on Saturday evening condemned the Hamas attack and pledged …

Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has vowed to avenge the killing of over 300 Israelis by Hamas militants in what he termed a “black day” for the country. He said the army would strike back at Hamas in Gaza with full force and turn the strip into a rubble. Netanyahu who was reacting to the Saturday attack by the militants, …

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) in Liberia on Monday evening declared the Unity Party candidate, Joseph Boakai, as the winner of the country’s presidential election. The commission’s chairperson, Davidetta Lansannah, who announced the results in Monrovia, said the former vice president garnered 814,481 votes (50.64%) to edge out the incumbent president, George Weah, who polled 793,914 votes (49.36%) in the …

Major airlines on Saturday cancelled flights to Tel Aviv following Palestinian militant group, Hamas, attack on Israel. The group in the early hours of Saturday launched a surprise attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip and inflicted heavy casualties on the country. Over 300 people have been killed from both sides after Israel launched reprisal attacks on the enemy territories. …

President George Weah of Liberia, on Friday evening, conceded defeat in the country’s presidential election runoff, after nearly complete returns showed opposition leader Joseph Boakai was leading with 50.89 per cent of the vote. Weah, who conceded defeat in a speech on national radio, said: “Ladies and gentlemen, tonight the CDC (party) has lost the election, but Liberia has won. …

The Niger Republic military junta has reopened the country’s airspace more than one month after ousting President Mohammed Basoum in a bloodless coup. The military said on Monday the airspace was now accessible for both civil and commercial aircraft with immediate effect. The junta closed the country’s airspace a few days after ousting Basoum in a putsch on July 26 …