Israel looks set to approve a U.S. plan for a ceasefire with the Iran-backed Hezbollah on Tuesday, a senior Israeli official said, clearing the way for an end to the war which has killed thousands of people since it was ignited by the Gaza conflict 14 months ago. Israel’s security cabinet is expected to convene…
Canada has stressed its importance to the United States, shortly after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he would impose high import tariffs on all goods from the neighbouring country as soon as he returns to the White House in January. “Canada and the United States have one of the strongest and closest relationships, particularly when…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said that, once he returns to the White House, he will impose high import tariffs on all goods from Mexico and Canada as well as additional tariffs on Chinese imports. Trump said on Truth Social, the social media platform he co-founded, that he would sign an executive order to…
Wars and extreme weather conditions have driven up the number of people in Africa who are fleeing within their own country. A report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), published in Geneva on Tuesday, says around 35 million Africans are living as refugees and displaced people within their own countries as of 2023. The…
About 500 chacma baboons — among the largest monkey species and weighing up to 40 kilos (88 pounds) — roam the peninsula south of Cape Town, says the South African National Biodiversity Institute. On a sunny afternoon in Cape Town’s seaside village of Simon’s Town, three young chacma baboons cause a commotion, clambering on roofs,…
This equates to 140 women killed per day or one every 10 minutes by those closest to them. One woman was killed by a partner or relative every 10 minutes worldwide in 2023, the United Nations warned Monday, stressing that femicides remained at “alarmingly high levels”. Almost 85,000 women and girls were murdered by people…
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that the number of children recruited into armed groups in Haiti has increased by 70 per cent over the past year. The unprecedented spike also reveals the alarming deterioration of child protection amid escalating violence in the Caribbean nation. According to the latest estimates, children now comprise up…
The UN says policies and programmes addressing the root causes of violence against women and girls must be actively promoted in the strive toward gender equality. President, UN General Assembly, Philemon Yang, said discriminatory laws and social norms must end, adding that robust legal frameworks and policies to fully uphold gender equality and women’s rights…
African countries are grappling with hurdles that impede sustainable development in the face of pressing challenges. Dr Eric Ogunleye, Director of the African Development Institute, said this on the sidelines of the ongoing 2024 African Economic Conference (AEC) in Gaborone, Botswana. Ogunleye named some of the challenges faced by nations on the continent to include…
The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), has destroyed terrorists’ food depot and killed several in airstrikes in their enclave at Jubillaram in the Tumbuns area of Lake Chad Basin. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore Olusola Akinboyewa, on Monday in…
