Senate Passes Budget Plan To Advance Biden’s $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Aid Package
President Joe Biden’s drive to enact a $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill gained momentum on Friday as the U.S. Senate narrowly approved a budget blueprint...
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ECOWAS Favours Buhari’s Candidate For AU Appointments
The ECOWAS Heads of State and Government have agreed to step down their candidates for Commissioner for Peace and Security in the African Union in...
Lawmakers Call Biden to Offer Recurring $2,000 Relief Checks
As Congress debates President Joe Biden’s request for $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief funding — including a third stimulus check pegged at $1,400 — some Democratic lawmakers...
Biden to reinstate Covid travel restrictions Trump rescinded, impose new ban on South Africa ” The limits would also affect non-U.S. citizens traveling from the United Kingdom, Ireland and much of Europe”
By Kelly O’Donnell President Joe Biden plans to sign restrictions Monday on travel to the United States to mitigate Covid-19 transmission, two White House officials confirmed Sunday. The...
America has to be Better’: Joe Biden’s Inauguration Speech
Chief Justice Roberts, Vice-President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice-President Pence, distinguished guests and my fellow Americans. This is America’s day. This is...
US Sanctions South Sudan’s Vice President Aver Abuses
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on South Sudan’s First Vice President Taban Deng Gai, citing his involvement in serious human rights abuses. It...
Special Report : Joe Biden And Kamala Harris Inauguration
Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday. While many of the traditional inauguration festivities have been...
President Buhari: I just went for a further medical check-up
President Muhammadu Buhari on his arrival at the airport in Abuja yesterday revealed that he is in good health. The President’s aircraft touched down at...
USA to support Nigeria for peaceful, credible election
The United States Government has pledged to support Nigeria in ensuring a transparent, credible and peaceful general election next year. The United States Consular, John...
Road to 2019 Presidential election in Nigeria
With less than a year to go, how are preparations going? Who is running? What will be the key issues? It is now less than...
Nigerian Senator Dino Melaye and his many scandals
The senator (l) is well known for his love of luxury cars, champagne and designer clothes A controversial Nigerian senator is currently in detention at...
Nigerian Army Removes People From Katsina Mosque
News ID: 35880 Politics TEHR Nigerian soldiers have removed worshipers from a mosque in Katsina, northern Nigeria, in what appears to be an escalating campaign...
I Will Turn Ghana Around – Edward Mahama
Presidential hopeful Dr Edward Mahama has said he is embarking on a crusade to turn Ghana around. The five-time flagbearer of the People’s National...
Congo 2016: Too Much To Lose, Too Big To Fail
Bernard Katompa, President of the Génération Déterminée Movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), provides his take on what’s at stake in the DRC...
Uganda Electoral Commission Clears 8 Presidential Candidates For 2016 General Election
Thousands of Besigye’s supporters escort their candidate to Nakivubo Stadium from Mandela National StadiumDr. Kizza Besigye will vie for next year’s presidential election alongside seven...
‘Racism is Incompatible With Democracy,’ Experts Tell UN Event on Challenges Faced by People of African Descent
UNICEF Good Will Ambassador, Harry Belafonte, addresses event “Confronting Silence Perspectives and Dialogue on Structural Racism against people of African Descent Worldwide,” Debunking the myth...
Crisis Erupts in Tunisia’s Ruling Party As Violence Breaks Out Between Factions
Simmering disputes between rival factions have exploded after one part of Nidaa Tounes accused the president of a plotting a dynasty of power Deputies of...
Tanzania: A History of Troubled Elections
TANZANIA, where ruling party candidate John Magufuli was on Thursday declared the winner of a hotly contested presidential vote, has a history of troubled elections...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Meet 20 African Leaders on Wednesday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first meeting on Wednesday will be at 9 am with Mr Mugabe. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have bilateral...