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The UN’s emergency relief chief condemned the “$1 billion-a-day” cost of the war roiling the Middle East, at a time of severe cuts to the global body’s humanitarian work in emergencies and “soaring” needs
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Partey is to appear at crown court next month, charged with raping a woman in December 2020.
In less than a decade, the Tillabéri region in western Niger has become the bloody frontline of a conflict between Niger and its neighbours against jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
Iran has said no country can exclude it from the FIFA World Cup after Donald Trump warned the team’s “life and safety” could be at risk in the United States.
Russia is earning nearly $588 million daily from fossil fuel exports in March—a 17 percent increase since February—as the Iran conflict disrupts Gulf oil supplies and drives prices higher, new analysis shows.
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[ISS] AGOA was designed to give investors predictability - yet its benefits are now threatened by the turmoil of shifting US trade rules.
[Health-e] GAUTENG: Patients at Pholosong Regional Hospital in Tsakane, Gauteng, have been without hot water for nearly three months, leaving patients unable to bathe.
[Capital FM] NAIROBI -- Impala RFC's Judith Auma has been recalled to the national women's rugby 7s team ahead of next weekend's (March 21-22) Division 2 tourney in Montevideo, Uruguay.
[New Times] Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva on Thursday, March 12, met with the Vice President for Africa at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Ethiopis Tafara who is visiting Rwanda to strengthen collaboration on private sector investment and explore new development opportunities.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has enacted a new law establishing the Kenya Meteorological Service Authority, creating a comprehensive framework to regulate and coordinate meteorological services in the country while aligning with global aviation and scientific standards.
A Senegalese soldier has been killed and six others wounded in the Casamance region during operations aimed at destroying cannabis fields near The Gambia, the army said on Thursday.
On March 13, 2016, three gunmen moved along the beach and stormed three adjacent hotels, sometimes shooting people in the sand.
[Ghanaian Times] REHABILITATION work has officially begun on the Pantang Junction-Abokobi road in the La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipality in the Greater Accra Region.
[Ghanaian Times] THE United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has condemned the March 6, 2026, missile attack on Ghanaian troops in Lebanon.
US President Donald Trump has said it may not be “appropriate” for Iran to take part in the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup, citing safety concerns as tensions remain high between the countries.
[Ghanaian Times] NICHOLAS Adomako Baa, 27, an unemployed man, has been sentenced to 15 years by the Asante Abuakwa Circuit Court for robbing a hunter in Ahwiaa near Nkawie, Atwima Nwabiagya South.
[Vanguard] Prominent human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has called on the Nigerian government to work with other nations to mount diplomatic pressure on the United States over its role in the escalating conflict involving Iran and Israel.
[New Dawn] Monrovia -- The Chairperson of the National Elections Commission (NEC), Madam Davidetta Brown-Lassanah, has announced her resignation from her post.
[New Dawn] Dozens of Liberia Immigration Service (LIS) officers have voiced serious concerns about inadequate salaries and poor welfare conditions, describing their earnings as insufficient despite the heightened risks of securing Liberia's borders.
[Liberian Observer] When foreign soldiers cross into a country's territory, remove its flag, and raise their own, the act carries a meaning that goes far beyond a simple border dispute.
[Liberian Observer] Calm is said to have returned to communities along the Liberia-Guinea Border following several days of tension triggered by the alleged incursion of Guinean troops into Liberian territory in Foya, Lofa County, Liberia, authorities and local residents say.
