Category: World
Ivory Coast’s Ouattara takes up third Sub-Saharan Africa seat on IMF executive board
Ivory Coast's Wautabouna Ouattara has become the third director for Sub-Saharan Africa on the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s executive board as t [...]
Botswana ruling party rejected after 58 years in power
Voters in Botswana have rejected the country’s long-serving governing party in a result that marks a political earthquake in the diamond-rich southe [...]
Harris distances herself from furore over Biden ‘garbage’ comment
Six days from the White House election, the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris has been trying to move past an uproar sparked by President Joe Biden a [...]
Manchester United can be unstoppable – Van Nistelrooy
Manchester United can be "unstoppable" but it will take time and hard work, says interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy.
The former United and Netherl [...]
Zambia mourns seven footballers killed in bus crash
Zambian football is in mourning after seven players from Chavuma Town Council FC were killed in a bus crash.
The country's football association (Faz) [...]
Ex-rebel gets 40-year jail term in landmark Ugandan case
A Ugandan court has sentenced a former commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to 40 years in prison following a landmark war crimes [...]
US election polls: Who is ahead – Harris or Trump?
Voters in the US go to the polls on 5 November to elect their next president.
The election was initially a rematch of 2020 but it was upended in Ju [...]
Niger Delta: Mixed reactions trail Tinubu’s reshuffle
THE scrapping of the Niger Delta Ministry raised mixed reactions in the polity, yesterday, with a host of Niger Delta leaders and activists kicking ag [...]
Ex-Abercrombie CEO arrested on sex trafficking charges
The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) and his partner have been arrested and charged with running a prostitution and international s [...]
Binance exec denied bail as 5-year-old son asks, ‘Is daddy on the plane?’
On October 11, 2024, a judge in Abuja denied a request to grant bail to detained American Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, despite his meeting all [...]