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With a parade of torch-bearing soldiers and a 1970s hit from the Communist East, Germany’s Angela Merkel bid farewell as chancellor. She leaves office next week. One week before she steps aside, outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel…

Canada has included Nigeria to the ‘travel ban’ list due to the growing concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Other countries included were Egypt and Malawi. Canadian Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos was quoted by Sputnik news…

Japan Foreign Minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, called on Japanese citizens in Ethiopia to leave amid arising military tensions, adding that there had been no reports about Japanese casualties so far, NAN reports. The NAN said that Hayashi,…

The Caribbean nation of Barbados is set to declare its sovereignty from the United Kingdom, Reuters reports. Prince Charles of the UK was seen in the country, on Sunday. Barbados was colonised by Britain since 1627 and has been…

The Export-Import Bank of China, also known as Exim Bank, has taken over the Entebbe International Airport in Uganda and other assets in the country over the failure of the African nation to repay a loan, the Daily Monitor reports. This…

Pascal Oparada   Anxiety is mounting in Nigeria after it emerged Uganda’s only airport has been taken over by China over unserviced debts.   Newspaper reports on Friday said that Uganda surrendered its airport and other critical assets…

Nigeria has been struggling with the menace of terrorism and extremism that emanated from the religious perceptions of a particular group of people over the past 10 years. The Boko Haram group that started locally in Maiduguri, the…

Anthony Iwuoma Few hours after being named Sweden's first female Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson, has resigned from the plum job. Speaking at a news conference in Wednesday, Anderson, 54, said: “I have told the Speaker that I wish…

Russia has accused the United States of secretly staging a mock nuclear attack on 10 bomber planes 20km from their border “putting Russian forces on alert,” The Sun reports. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, said the Kremlin had noticed…

The Chinese Foreign Ministry, in Beijing, has warned its citizens and firms working in the African continent against travelling to some risky areas amid the abductions of Chinese citizens in Africa. The travel advice was issued, on…