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Russian President Vladimir Putin has written off $20 billion of accumulated debt owed by African countries during the Soviet era. Putin said this during the Russia-Africa Forum in Sochi. He added that the funds from those debts were…

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant, on Friday, against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for the war crime of illegal deportation of children from Ukraine, Reuters reports.…

Gianni Infantino has been re-elected unopposed as FIFA President for another four-year term in office. This new term would run from 2023 to 2027. The election took place at the FIFA Congress held in Kigali, Rwanda on Thursday, and…

The son of Uganda’s aging leader, Yoweri Museveni, has said he intends to stand for the Presidency in 2026. It is the first time the outspoken general has given a timeline for replacing his father, who has ruled the east African country…

Xi Jinping has been endorsed for a momentous third term as the president of China by the country’s parliament. The 69-year-old secured the precedent-breaking five-year term during a parliament session on Friday. He received unanimous…

Several people have been killed in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses centre in Hamburg, with the gunman believed to be among the dead, German police said Thursday. Police have not given a death toll, but multiple local media outlets…

President Joe Biden of the United States said, on Thursday, that Washington D.C. was nominating former Mastercard chief executive Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank, after its current chief David Malpass announced plans to step down early.…

Panama’s Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage is not a human right and the country therefore does not have to recognise such unions, according to a judgement published Wednesday, AFP reports. AFP said that the court had been…

The Nigerian government has donated $1 million to the Turkish government over the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey about three weeks ago, Vanguard reports.  Vanguard claimed that a delegation of President Muhammadu Buhari-led by…

The body of Burkina Faso’s revolutionary and charismatic leader, Thomas Sankara, has been reburied alongside 12 comrades at the spot of their assassination nearly 30 years ago. Former leader’s remains, and those of the 12 people who were…