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3, January 2021
Niger: Scores killed in suspected militant attacks 0
At least 70 civilians in Niger were killed by suspected militants on Saturday, in the latest attacks to rock the landlocked Sahel nation’s troubled western Tillaberi region, security sources said. About 49 villagers were killed and 17 people wounded in the village of Tchombangou, said a security source, who requested anonymity. “The attackers came to […]
3, January 2021
Red cards as Uganda hold Cameroon in CHAN warm-up 0
Uganda drew 1-1 with host country Cameroon in a fiery African Nations Championship (CHAN) warm-up match despite having a player sent off after only 12 minutes. Ben Ocen was shown a straight red card following his reckless challenge on Alfred Meyong at Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, the 42,500-capacity national stadium in Yaounde. Cameroon went ahead through […]
3, January 2021
Nations introduce lockdowns, curfews and school closures to fight Covid-19 resurgence 0
Countries across the world tightened restrictions on their populations Saturday to fight a resurgence in the coronavirus, as the European Union offered to help drug companies expand vaccine production to improve distribution “bottlenecks”. From local curfews to alcohol bans and complete lockdowns, governments are trying to tackle a surge in cases. The coronavirus has killed […]
2, January 2021
Football: Paris Saint-Germain name Mauricio Pochettino as new coach 0
French champions Paris St Germain have named former Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino as their new head coach after sacking Thomas Tuchel, with the Argentine signing a deal until June 2022, the Ligue 1 club said on Saturday. Pochettino, who played for PSG as a defender in the early 2000s and also captained the side, […]
2, January 2021
UK to close all London primary schools for two weeks as coronavirus cases surge 0
The British government has decided to close all primary schools in London for the next two weeks to counter the rapid spread of a more infectious variant of the COVID-19 virus, the capital’s mayor said on Friday. On Wednesday, the education minister, Gavin Williamson, outlined a plan to delay the reopening of secondary schools, but […]
2, January 2021
US: Republican-led Senate defies Trump, overrides his veto of defense bill 0
President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday overrode his veto for the first time in his nearly four years in office, pushing through a bill on defense spending against his strong objections 20 days before he leaves office. Meeting in a rare New Year’s Day session, the Senate secured the two-thirds […]
2, January 2021
Niger’s presidential election set for February runoff 0
Niger’s ruling party candidate Mohamed Bazoum will face former president Mahamane Ousmane in a presidential election runoff in February, according to provisional results of the first round of the contest announced by the electoral commission on Saturday. Bazoum led the first round with 39.33% of the vote, falling short of the 50% needed to win […]
1, January 2021
US passes 20 million coronavirus cases 0
The United States has recorded more than 20 million cases of Covid-19, Johns Hopkins University said Friday in its real-time tally, as the New Year brought another grim milestone underlining the country’s struggle to quell the virus. The US has so far registered 20,007,149 cases and 346,408 deaths in the pandemic, the Baltimore-based university said, […]
1, January 2021
US: ‘Trump predicted he would lose election, blamed son-in-law Jared Kushner 0
US President Donald Trump had predicted that he would lose the November election and pre-emptively blamed his senior White House advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner for trying to promote more coronavirus testing, according to a report. Trump was broadly opposed to Kushner’s strategy on fighting the pandemic and did not want the information on how […]
3, January 2021
Federal Republic of Ambazonia: Vice President Yerima to address nation 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
In the boldest repositioning since the start of the Ambazonian revolution, VP Dabney Yerima will be announcing three new policies later this evening. In his address, the exiled leader is expected to call on his people to be bold and adopt the responsibility to protect as a creed to shield their people and nation from […]