News/The meeting Keyword: ECOWAS to resume talks with Niger junta The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday resolved to reopen talks with the leadership of the Niger Republic military junta. In a communiqué issued at the end of the 64th session of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on Sunday in Abuja and read by ECOWAS …
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Qatar reveals ‘ongoing’ efforts at truce between Israel, Hamas
The prime minister of Qatar stated on Sunday that despite the ongoing Israeli shelling “narrowing the window” for a good resolution, mediation efforts are still underway to establish a fresh truce in Gaza. “The state of Qatar and its allies are still working on these projects. More than two months into the Israel-Hamas conflict, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani …
Read More »Israel agrees to allow aid into Gaza via Egypt
Israel has agreed to allow Egypt deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip in what analysts say is the first crack in a “punishing 10-day siege” on the Hamas-controlled territory. The announcement which was made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, is coming a day after devastating air strikes at the Gaza City’s al-Ahli Hospital where over 500 people …
Read More »Trump calls fresh indictment “rigged, witch hunt”
●Former president says it’s deliberately filed during political campaign Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called an indictment approved by a Fulton County grand jury in the U.S. state of Georgia “rigged”. Trump added that it was deliberately presented in the midst of his political campaign and that the move was a “witch hunt.” On Monday night, the Fulton …
Read More »Ministry claims 470 killed in Gaza hospital blast
The Gaza health ministry said on Wednesday that 471 Palestinians were killed in the devastating blast at a hospital in the Strip. In its first official figures since the exploration late on Tuesday, the ministry added that another 324 people were injured in the incident. Hundreds of people were reportedly killed and injured when an airstrike struck al-Ahli Arab Hospital …
Read More »Denmark passes law banning Quran burnings
In an effort to ease tensions with Muslim nations following a wave of demonstrations in Denmark that saw the burning of Islam’s holy book, which incited anger, the Danish parliament on Thursday passed a measure outlawing the burning of the Quran in public areas. This year, anti-Islamic demonstrators burned or otherwise damaged copies of the Quran in a number of …
Read More »An unconstitutional govt can’t approach us for justice, ECOWAS Court throws out Niger junta’s suit
The Court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, threw out the suit by the Niger Republic junta against the region’s Authority of Heads of State and Government. Ripples Nigeria reports that the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, led by Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, on August 8, imposed sanctions on …
Read More »Iran detains eight foreigners in relation to Shi’ite shrine shootings
Iran has detained eight suspects related to Sunday’s attack on Shiite Muslim shrine in the southern city of Shiraz, the judiciary said on Monday, adding that all were foreigners. One person was killed and ten people were wounded, Iran’s Nournews reported, calling it a “terrorist attack” on the shrine known as Shah Cheragh. Authorities said a man had opened fire …
Read More »WHO condemns deadly attack on Gaza hospital
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday condemned the deadly attack on a hospital in northern Gaza. Hundreds of people were reportedly killed and injured when an Israeli airstrike struck al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City earlier on Tuesday. However, the details of the incident have not been verified by agencies in the troubled zone. In a statement posted on …
Read More »Niger military junta to prosecute deposed President Bazoum for high treason
The military junta in Niger Republic that removed President Mohamed Bazoum in a coup on July 26, say it will prosecute him for “high treason and undermining the internal and external security” of the country. Spokesman for the junta, Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane, who disclosed this in a statement on national television on Sunday, said Bazoum had plunged the country …
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