Morocco has today won the historic vote to preside over United Nations Human Rights Council after a heated showdown with South Africa. The Moroccan candidate, Ambassador Omar Zniber got 30 votes while his South African opponent, Ambassador Mxolisi Nkosi, secured 17 in a secret ballot that took place in Geneva. […]
President of France, Emmanuel Macron has appointed Gabriel Attal as the country’s new prime minister, as he seeks to boost his political fortunes ahead of European parliamentary elections. The 34-year-old education minister has become France’s youngest ever and first openly gay prime minister. Mr Macron, who his serving his second […]
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni today announced the suspension of a member of parliament, Emanuele Pozzolo, who took a gun to a New Year’s Eve party which led to someone getting shot with it. The lawmaker from the far-right Brothers of Italy party, has admitted owning the mini revolver but […]
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake and dozens of aftershocks have struck the Western part of the Asian country, Japan thereby sparking tsunami warnings for residents along hundreds of miles of coastline. Buildings have collapsed, trapping people under rubble as well as power and communications networks were still down. Tens of thousands […]
It has been discovered that the world population grew by 75 million people in the year 2023 and on the first day of the new year, it will stand at more than 8 billion people as announced by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday. According to them, the worldwide growth […]
Michigan’s Supreme Court is set to keep former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary election ballot. The court has today said it will not hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling from groups seeking to remove the former president from appearing on the primary ballot ahead of the […]
Central African country, Angola has today announced it is leaving the oil organization, OPEC over a disagreement on production quotas following the organization’s decision last month to further reduce output next year. This was disclosed by the country’s Mineral Resources and Petroleum minister Diamantino Azevedo stating that the […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has taken immediate action, deciding to recall all international staff from Ethiopia following a serious breach of diplomatic protocol. The office will remain operational with an Officer-in-Charge, ensuring continuity. This decision, prompted by a recent diplomatic incident involving the unlawful arrest and assault of two […]
The President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has won the presidential elections with 89.6 percent of the votes for a new six-year term as announced by the country’s electoral authority. According to the electoral authority head, Hazem Badawy, he said, the turnout of voters was the highest ever seen stating […]
African universities are spearheading a UN initiative to adopt 5G Tech Spaces as Digital Climate Action tools to achieve Net Zero Emissions (NZE) and limit global warming to 1.5°C. Highlights: African universities are embracing 5G Tech Spaces to accelerate climate-smart innovation and research. 5G Tech Spaces provide a cost-effective, modular […]
