World

By Ebi Kesiena Chairman of US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General CQ Brown, is set to meet with military counterparts this week at a defense conference in Botswana, as the forced withdrawal of U.S. troops from...

By Ebi Kesiena The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) is facing severe financial constraints, compelling prisoners on remand to provide their own uniforms and prompting their relatives to supply blankets during the cold winter months....

By Lucy Adautin  A part of Kenya’s Parliament building caught fire on Tuesday as thousands of protesters opposing a new finance bill stormed the premises, causing legislators to flee. This marked the most direct challenge to...

By Lucy Adautin ExxonMobil, the American multinational oil and gas corporation, has confirmed that it has no intentions of exiting Nigeria, despite recent uncertainties. In a statement released recently, Shane Harris, ExxonMobil’s managing director and chief...

By Lucy Adautin The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, commonly known as UN Women, has reported that 113 countries have never had a woman as Head of State, and currently,...

By Ebi Kesiena Senegal has implemented voluntary COVID-19 screening tests and reintroduced mask mandates at Dakar's international airport for returning pilgrims. This comes in response to fears that the virus may have contributed to the deaths...