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African sentiment is favouring Ukraine

June 24, 2023June 24, 2023 admin

Johannesburg – 20 June 2023: Ahead of the African Peace Initiative visit to Kyiv and Moscow, the upcoming Russia/Africa meetings in St. Petersburg and the BRICS Summit in South Africa in August, international research company Ipsos polled African citizens on their attitudes towards Russia, Ukraine and the controversial position on the war taken by some African governments.A majority felt that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was against the principles of international law, that Russian forces should withdraw from Ukraine and that Russia was guilty of committing war crimes in Ukraine.These…

Meghan Markle Reveals She’s 43% Nigerian

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 admin

Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, has opened up on her genetic heritage, revealing that she is 43% Nigerian. Markle made this known in the latest episode of her podcast, Archetypes, where she expressed her desire to learn more about her roots, Mirrors reported on Tuesday. In the episode, Markle discussed with American actress Issa Rae, Nigerian-American writer Ziwe Fumudoh, and professor Emily Bernards. The Duchess of Sussex then stated that she took a genealogy test which revealed that she is 43% Nigerian. She said, “I just had my genealogy done…

US pledges $1m for Nigeria’s flood-ravaged areas

October 20, 2022October 20, 2022 admin

The United States has pledged $1 million in immediate humanitarian assistance to support the people affected by unprecedented flooding in Nigeria. The support which will come through the U.S. Agency for International Development, provides emergency shelter assistance, relief commodities, and hygiene kits to promote safe and healthy practices amid the ongoing cholera outbreak, and multipurpose cash assistance for people impacted by the devastating floods. In a statement, the U.S ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, stated the country regrets the effects of the unusual rainfall and will not renege on its…

Just In: Britain’s Longest Reigning Monarch, Queen Elizabeth dies at 96

September 9, 2022September 18, 2022 admin

Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and the nation’s figurehead for seven decades, Queen Elizabeth has died at age 96, Buckingham Palace disclosed this on Thursday. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement. “The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow”. Her eldest son Charles, 73, automatically will become the king of the United Kingdom and the head of state of 14 other nations including Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Her family had rushed to be…

UK PM Truss unveils non-white top cabinet members

September 8, 2022September 18, 2022 admin

Liz Truss on Tuesday unveiled her new top team as she formally took over from Boris Johnson as UK prime minister, with no place for white men in any of the three senior-most cabinet posts for the first time ever. As expected, she rewarded allies to her during her victorious Conservative leadership campaign, promoting Kwasi Kwarteng to finance, James Cleverly to foreign affairs and Suella Braverman to interior. The son of Ghanaian immigrants, Kwarteng is the country’s first black chancellor of the exchequer. His immediate focus will be turning round…

BREAKING: U.S. kills al-Qaida leader, Al-Zawahri,

August 1, 2022August 2, 2022 admin

The United States killed Al-Qaeda leader, Ayman Al-Zawahri, in a drone strike over the weekend, three people briefed on the operation told POLITICO. The strike was conducted by the CIA, according to two of the people, with one saying it took place in Kabul. Al-Zawahri was an Egyptian who took over Al-Qaeda after the U.S. killed its longtime leader, Osama bin Laden, in 2011. He never achieved the household name status of his predecessor, but Al-Zawahri’s killing is nonetheless a major win for the United States in the ongoing struggle…

Russia-Ukraine war: UN chief to meet Putin, hold peace talk

April 23, 2022April 23, 2022 admin

By Mandy Park The United Nations, UN, Secretary-General, António Guterres will meet with President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Tuesday. Guterres’ meeting aims to appeal for peace and urge Russia to end the war against Ukraine. The move was disclosed by Guterres Associate Spokesperson, Ms Eri Kaneko, at a news conference on Friday in New York. “The Secretary-General will visit Moscow on April 26th. He will have a working meeting and lunch with Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov. “The Secretary-General will be received by President Vladimir Putin,” she said. The UN…