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The US Department of State’s Spokesman Ned Price said the order had no place in a democracy and contravened freedom of expression. It was put in place last week after a post by President Muhammadu Buhari was removed. Despite the ...

Former US President Donald Trump has praised Nigeria’s government for banning Twitter after it deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s post for breaching its rules. “Who are they to dictate good and evil, if they themselves are evil?” Mr Trump said in ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has been slapped in the face on an official visit to the south-east of France. In a video circulating on social media, Mr Macron is seen walking up to a barrier on a trip to Tain-l’Hermitage ...

Popular Nigerian preacher and televangelist, Temitope Balogun Joshua, also known as TB Joshua, has died, the church has confirmed on Sunday. Mr Joshua, the founder of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), died in Lagos on Saturday evening shortly after ...

UN human rights experts have called for the release of 21 lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender-diverse (LGBT+) activists detained last month. The LGBT+ rights defenders were arrested two weeks ago while attending a conference in south-eastern Ghana and were ...

Gunmen have attacked and wounded Uganda’s Transport Minister and former army commander, Gen Katumba Wamala, killing his daughter and driver. Witnesses say men on motorbikes fired several shots at their vehicle near their home in the capital, Kampala. The army ...

The Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) 8th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of World Peace was held online on May 25, 2021 and attended by around 3,000 people from 150 countries around the world. This event is ...

UN chief António Guterres has demanded the immediate release of Mali’s President Bah Ndaw and PM Moctar Ouane, who have been detained by soldiers. They were driven by soldiers to a military camp near the capital, Bamako. The two men ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has in a letter to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission withdrawn his acceptance of the continental body’s appointment as its High Representative for Somalia. While thanking the AU for the confidence reposed in ...

A 25-year-old Malian woman has given birth to nine babies – two more than doctors had detected during scans. Halima Cisse gave birth to the nonuplets in Morocco. Mali’s government flew her there for specialist care. The five girls and ...