The Rwandan government will today sign an agreement to host 500 refugees from Libya. The deal will be signed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between the Government, the African Union and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management. This follows a commitment by the Government in 2017 to host African refugees trapped […]
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South Africa’s high commissioner to Nigeria, Bobby Monroe, has denied attacks on Nigerians in his country saying that the attacks were not only targeted at Nigerians in the country. Monroe argued that businesses belonging to other South Africans were equally affected in the violence Bobby Monroe, the South Africa’s high commissioner to Nigeria, has denied reports […]
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United Nations – Violence and disease have displaced hundreds of thousands of people in the northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the threat of new clashes is stopping civilians from going back to their homes, a United Nations official has warned. Leila Zerrougui, head of MONUSCO, the UN peacekeeping force in the country, described on Wednesday “simultaneous emergency situations” including outbreaks of Ebola and […]
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The Anglican Church of Canada — which has more than 500,000 members — has rejected a motion to modify its definition of marriage to embrace same-sex unions. The motion heard at the church’s general assembly, called a synod, would have changed its marriage canon to remove references to unions between a man and a woman. […]
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Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has banned the wearing of the niqab in all government offices, citing security reasons. Niqab, is wearing of clothes that cover the entire face, save for the eyes. The directive came following three suicide bombings in a space of one week in the country’s capital, Tunis. However, a human rights […]
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Sudan’s military leaders have agreed with the opposition form an alliance until elections are held. With the mediators from Ethiopia and African Union, the two sides agreed to rotate control of the sovereign council – the top governing body for the next three years. According to the sources, the two sides pledged to form an […]
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Nigeria: It was a sex competition that turned bad for a middle-aged Nigerian man who tragically died during his seventh round. The deceased identified as Davy died while he was on top of his sex contender, who has also been identified as Loveth. Davy reportedly took Lover to a popular hotel located in Lagos, Nigeria […]
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UK: Research shows 71% of teachers have witnessed homophobic bullying, with 35% claiming to have observed it at least once a month. LGBT, or GLBT, stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, as an adaptation of the initialism LGB, which was used to replace the term gay in reference to the LGBT […]
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ASIA – US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have stepped over the border at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that divides the Korean Peninsula meeting on Sunday June 30,2019. Trump now goes down in history as the first sitting US president to set foot on North Korean soil. “It’s a great day for […]
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Northern Africa – Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi was rushed to hospital today in critical condition, a close aide said on Twitter.Essebsi, 92, was taken to a military hospital after suffering what the presidency called a “severe health crisis”. One of Essebsi’s advisers told Reuters he was in a “very critical” condition but was alive. […]
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