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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Uzbekistan’s success in becoming recognised as a malaria-free country is an “extraordinary outcome”. Executive Director of the Global Fund, a UN-backed partnership to end malaria epidemics, Peter…

The European Union’s foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday hoped the UK parliament would approve the bloc’s Brexit deal with British Prime Minister Theresa May. As the ministers were arriving for talks, the EU’s top court ruled…

United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres said, on Monday, that developed countries needed more migration due to their declining birth rates and ageing populations. He said this at the start of the conference in Marrakesh where…

Thousands of Human Rights Advocates and leftist activists took to the streets in the Philippine Capital on Monday to denounce President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration for “a succession of anti-people policies.’’ The demonstrators…

President Ali Bongo of Gabon who has been in hospital since October has suffered a stroke. Vice President Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou provided the first official details of his President’s illness. The 59-year-old leader left hospital…

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Accenture have launched YAS! (Youth for Africa and Sustainable Development Goals), a pan-African entrepreneurship portal-platform with a two-day programme, in Lagos. The Portal-Platform…

Oil prices fell along with weak stock markets, on Thursday, but trading was tepid ahead of a meeting by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The meeting is expected to result in a supply cut aimed at draining a…

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement signed by South Africa in July 2018 in Nouakchott, Mauritania, has been ratified by the parliament. The AfCFTA was launched during an extra-ordinary summit of African Union (AU)…

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has raised the alarm over what it termed “fastest rising incidences of obesity in Africa”, noting that an estimated 672 million people are affected globally. The Director-General of FAO, Mr.…

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived, in Algeria, on Sunday, from Mauritania, resuming a tour of Arab countries after attending the G20 summit in Argentina. Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia received the prince in the capital…