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Democratic Republic of Congo

Heavy fighting as Congo tries to fend off resurgent M23 rebels

May 26, 2022

A member of the Board of Trustee (BOT) for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prof Sam Oyovbaire, has described the reasons put forward for defection to All Progressives Congress (APC), by the three (3) PDP governors as baseless, illogical and untenable to the doctrines of democratic principles, norms and values.

Edo PDP berates APC, accuses party of spreading rumours

March 4, 2022

An Afghan currency exchange dealer checks banknotes in front of a man at the market in Kabul, Afghanistan October 24, 2021. REUTERS-Stringer-File Photo

Taliban ban use of foreign currency in Afghanistan – spokesman

November 2, 2021

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Agusta 109 Power Helicopters

Military deploys helicopter gunships against bandits in Kaduna

October 20, 2021

A Taliban fighter guards the entrance of the Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Pul-e-Charkhi was previously the main government prison for holding captured Taliban and was long notorious for abuses, poor conditions and severe overcrowding with thousands of prisoners. Now after their takeover of the country, the Taliban control it and are getting it back up and running, current holding around 60 people, mainly drug addicts and accused criminals. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Taliban puts bounty on female prosecutor who fought for children forced to plant bombs

September 16, 2021

U.S. service members assist at an Evacuation Control Check Point (ECC) during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 26, 2021. U.S. Marine Corps-Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla-Handout via REUTERS

U.S. warns of more attacks after retaliating for Kabul airport blast

August 28, 2021

U.S. service members assist at an Evacuation Control Check Point (ECC) during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 26, 2021. U.S. Marine Corps-Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla-Handout via REUTERS

U.S. attacks Islamic State after Afghan airport blast

August 28, 2021

FILE PHOTO - Members of Taliban forces gesture as they check a vehicle on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2021. REUTERS-Stringer-File Photo

As Kabul turmoil mounts, Taliban’s PR offensive falters

August 21, 2021

Facebook and Twitter have both cracked down significantly on fake accounts since 2016 [Jon Nazca-Reuters]

Social media giants grapple with Taliban dilemma

August 19, 2021

Neha Sharma, 9, daughter of Lalit Kumar Sharma, 38, a non-teaching staff of a school who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after he attended his local election duty in April, shows a picture of her father on a mobile phone inside their house in the town of Jewar in Gautam Buddha Nagar district in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Many teachers pressed into Indian poll duty became virus victims – families

May 27, 2021

NAS accuses President Buhari of outsourcing presidential responsibilities

May 21, 2021

Ex-Ekiti governor: Nigerian presidency now employer, defender of terrorists

April 25, 2021

The National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, said these in a statement entitled- ‘ACF hypocritical tears’, obtained by newsmen in Abuja.

Afenifere seeks foreign intervention to combat herdsmen crisis

February 9, 2021

Fulani quit notice: Yoruba elders blast Presidency, back Ondo governor

January 20, 2021

FILE PHOTO - Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, is escorted by policemen during his arrest in Kalangala

Uganda bans social media ahead of presidential election

January 12, 2021