Category: Foreign
Niger’s outgoing president, Issoufou wins Mo Ibrahim prize
Mahamadou Issoufou, who is stepping down as president of coup-prone Niger after two terms in office, has won Africa’s top prize for leadership.
Iss [...]
Biden snubs Buhari in first call to African leaders
U.S. President Joe Biden made his first call to an African leader last week, apparently choosing not to speak to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu B [...]
French ex-president, Sarkozy, sentenced to jail for corruption
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in jail – two of them suspended – for corruption.
Sarkozy, 66, was found [...]
Moh’d Bazoum defeats incumbent, Ousmane in Niger presidential election
Niger's ruling party candidate Mohamed Bazoum has won the presidential election with 55.75% of the vote, beating former President Mahamane Ousmane, th [...]
Pope Francis appoints first female bishop
Pope Francis on Saturday, 6 February, appointed French national Nathalie Becquart as an undersecretary of the synod of bishops, making her the first f [...]
Nigerian-born Nwabudike resigns as Liberia’s anti-corruption boss
The head of Liberia’s anti-corruption commission, Ndubusi Nwabudike has resigned, the government said on Tuesday, amid allegations that he obt [...]
Larry King, legendary talk show host, dies at 87
Larry King, a longtime CNN host who became an icon through his interviews with countless news makers, is dead. He was aged 87.
Larry King King host [...]
Bill Gates takes a shot of Covid-19 vaccine
Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, an outspoken proponent for the science needed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, has received his first dose of vaccine a [...]
Joe Biden sworn is as 46th US president alongside Kamala Harris as vice president
Joe Biden on Wednesday became the 46th president of the United States, to be sworn in, thus ushering in a “new day” for the United States after four y [...]
Samsung chief jailed for 2.5 years over corruption scandal in Korea
The de facto chief of Samsung business empire in South Korea was convicted Monday over a huge corruption scandal and jailed for two and a half years, [...]