•Candles and a photo of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny A host of European Union governments Monday summoned Russian diplomats following the prison death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Germany, Lithuania, Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands were among those saying yesterday they have had summoned diplomats from Russia...
•Yulia Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s wife, Yulia, has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin must be held accountable and brought to justice if the news of her husband’s death is true, must be brought to justice. She said Putin and his allies “should be held personally responsible for all the atrocities they have committed [&h...
There was drama at the Matero Local Court, Zambia, when two men fought after they both claimed to have fathered a two-year-old child from a woman aged 18. Bizeck Tembo, 21, and Lemmy Mubusu, aged 20, could not control their anger when the court ordered that a DNA test should be conducted to ascertain who […]
•International Court of Justice (ICJ) The UN’s top court yesterday rejected South Africa’s request to put more legal pressure on Israel to halt a threatened offensive against the Gaza city of Rafah, saying it was “bound to comply with existing measures.” Pretoria has already filed a complaint against Israel in the International Court of Justic...
•King Charles and son Prince Harry Prince Harry has suggested that King Charles’s illness could help reunite the British royal family, and described how he immediately “jumped on a plane” to London after his father’s cancer diagnosis. In an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America show today, the prince made his first public comments on [&hel...
•Late Alexei Navalny Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died today in the Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year term, Russia’s federal penitentiary service said. Western governments immediately attacked the Kremlin over the death of the most outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, reports AFP. Navalny lost consciousne...
•(L-R ) The leader of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, Mali’s military leader Colonel Assimi Goita and Niger’s General Abdourahmane Tchiani Ministers from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger met in the Burkinabe capital yesterday to discuss creating a confederation, our correspondent saw. The three military regimes formed a defence and economic pact, th...
One person was killed and children were among the 21 injured after a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally yesterday triggered panic among huge crowds of fans. Shots rang out moments after jubilant Chiefs players addressed a vast, cheering crowd, sending shocked fans and VIPs fleeing in a tragic end […]
•President Nana Akufo-Addo Ghana’s president removed his finance minister in a sweeping reshuffle today ahead of December elections where an economic crisis looks set to take centre stage. Ken Ofori-Atta will be replaced by lawmaker Mohammed Amin Adam, according to a presidency statement. The long-serving finance minister, in office since 2017...
February has long been acknowledged as the month of love, with Valentine’s Day falling on the 14th of the month. In many nations, individuals commemorate this occasion by gifting chocolate, flowers, and cards to their loved ones, reports Vanguard. However, a few countries prohibit the observance of Valentine’s Day since it is not part of [&hel...

