Prime Minister Keir Starmer remains opposed to apologising for the UK’s historical role in slavery, his office said on Monday. The talks of reparations were not on the agenda for a major meeting of Commonwealth leaders this week. The prime minister would travel to Samoa this week for the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting…
Pink Africa Foundation says the survival rate of patients with breast cancer in Nigeria is still low due to late detection and poor awareness. Mr Victor Ekpo, the Executive Director of the Foundation said this on Monday in Calabar during an awareness walk. The walk was organised by Pink Africa Foundation in partnership with Asi…
Former union leader Dan Osborn’s independent run for U.S. Senate in deeply Republican Nebraska has shown unexpected strength and if he pulls off an upset victory could make the Navy veteran a Washington wild card next year. A series of recent polls has shown Osborn within striking distance of incumbent Republican Senator Deb Fischer, a…
Mozambique police on Monday fired teargas and bullets at protesters in the capital Maputo who had gathered at the scene where two opposition party figures were shot dead on Saturday after a disputed election. A Reuters witness saw some police officers firing handguns while dispersing the crowd. Adriano Nuvunga, director of Mozambique’s Centre for Democracy…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says deficit of leadership is a major challenge confronting the world, Africa inclusive. Obasanjo made the assertion on Monday at the 11th African Biblical Leadership Initiative (ABLI) 2024 Conference, organised by the Bible Society of various countries across the world, hosted by Nigeria in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati says he has had no contact with Hezbollah representatives for weeks. Mikati told news broadcaster Al Arabiya this is happening even though the group has put up two Cabinet ministers and has 13 representatives in the Lebanese parliament. “There has been no communication with Hezbollah since the middle of…
The South Korean Foreign Ministry has on Monday summoned the Russian ambassador in Seoul over the apparent deployment of North Korean soldiers to Russia, the Yonhap news agency reported. During the meeting, First Vice Foreign Minister, Kim Hong Kyun, said he expressed his disappointment over Georgy Zinoviev. Zinoviev made no comment to the journalists present…
Two lionesses rescued from conflict zones in Ukraine are to find a new home in a Scottish zoo. The five sisters zoo near the village of Polbeth is preparing to welcome Luna and Plusza, who were evacuated from an area affected by heavy shelling in eastern Ukraine in 2022. They were initially sheltered in Kyiv…
Mr Patrick Agbambu, International Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of Africa Security Watch, says over 70 per cent of Africa remains affected by various levels of insecurity. Agbambu disclosed this in Abuja on Monday while speaking with newsmen on the upcoming 18th edition of Africa Security Watch Award and Conference slated for December in Doha,…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has congratulated Moldova and Moldovan President Maia Sandu on the vote in favour of joining the EU in spite of accusations of election interference by Russia. “In the face of Russia’s hybrid tactics, Moldova shows that it is independent, it is strong and it wants a European future’’…
