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Sassou Nguesso: the ‘Emperor’ of oil-rich Congo
Denis Sassou Nguesso Nicknamed the “Emperor” by some peers, Congo’s veteran President Denis Sassou Nguesso on Tuesday won another five-year term that will see him steering his country for over
Biden calls for assault weapon ban after Colorado shooting
President Joe Biden called Tuesday for a US ban on assault weapons, after the country’s second mass shooting in a week left 10 people dead in Colorado and sparked urgent
Five dead in stampede while mourning Tanzania’s Magufuli
Women cry as attendees mourn the death of the coffin of fifth Tanzanian president John Magufuli during the national funeral at Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam on March 20,
DR Congo starts countdown to end of Ebola outbreak in east
The Democratic Republic of Congo, where the deadly Ebola virus first emerged in 1976, has begun a countdown to the official end of its latest outbreak, this time in the
Gambian MPs vote to uphold skin-bleaching ban
Gambian lawmakers on Monday rejected a government proposal to lift a ban on skin-lightening products, which are widely used across Africa. Skin lightening is also practised in other parts of
10 people killed in US Colorado supermarket shooting
A shooting at a US state, Colorado, supermarket killed 10 people Monday, including a police officer who was the first to respond to the scene, authorities said. Police arrested a
Biden eyes $3trn package for infrastructure, schools, families
Fresh off passage of the COVID-19 relief bill, US President, Joe Biden, is assembling the next big White House priority, a sweeping $3 trillion package of investments on infrastructure and
Putin slams Sputnik V vaccine criticism, to get jab on Tuesday
Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday dismissed foreign criticism of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine and said he would get the jab himself on Tuesday. Speaking
Netanyahu ahead but win uncertain in new Israel vote
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli voters readied for a fourth election in under two years Tuesday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead in the polls but uncertain of clinching a governing majority. The
Volcano flares to life in Iceland for first time in 900 years
A long-dormant volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland flared to life at the weekend, spilling lava down two sides in that area’s first volcanic eruption in nearly 900
