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About 79 school students were kidnapped, on Monday, in an English-speaking region of Cameroon where separatists are fighting an armed campaign for independence, a government source said. The students were abducted along with their…

Angela Merkel has announced she will quit as German chancellor when her mandate ends in 2021. Merkel’s decision may not be unconnected to series of political crises that have rocked her fragile coalition. Taking a decisive step…

President Ali Bongo of Gabon has been taken into medical care after suffering a bout of exhaustion during a trip to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, four days after he was hospitalised. The President’s spokesman, Ike Ngouoni, said, in a statement,…

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Tuesday the kingdom was committed to a thorough and complete investigation to obtain the truth behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in Turkey. Saudi Arabia had sent a…

Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Jens-Petter Kjemprud, on Monday, disclosed the plan by the Embassy to increase visas issuance to Nigerians. Kjemprud said, in Lagos, that the Embassy would soon be discussing the possibility with the…

UEFA has banned Russian football club Rubin Kazan from European competitions for one year. The governing body of European football said in a statement that the suspension of Rubin Kazan came due to the breach of a settlement on financial…

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a successor to the post as part of a wider government reshuffle, two weeks after the resignation of French interior minister Gerard Collomb. “Collomb’s successor will be the leader of La…

Zika virus outbreak in India is turning out to be worse in 2018, with 72 people being diagnosed with the infection, a senior health official said, on Tuesday. The official said that 12 fresh cases in the past 24 hours, the number of Zika…

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen died of cancer at age 65, his family and Vulcan Inc., which was founded by Allen, said in a statement, on Tuesday. Vulcan Inc said Allen died from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in Seattle,…

Pope Francis has expelled two retired Chilean bishops from the priesthood after the Vatican ruled they had abused children. The Holy See said the actions against Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Francisco José Cox, 84, a Schönstatt…