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Putin’s Talks With The Head Of South Sudan

  • September 29, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said relations between Russia and South Sudan were developing “intensively”. Speaking at a meeting with the South Sudan President Salva Kiir in Moscow, Putin noted Russia was one of the first countries to recognise the sovereignty and independence of South Sudan. “I must say we believe that we have […]

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Niger Junta Says Dozen Soldiers Killed in Militant Attack

  • September 29, 2023

At least a dozen Niger soldiers were killed in connection with an attack by hundreds of armed insurgents on motorbikes in the country’s southwest on Thursday morning, the West African nation’s defense ministry said in a statement. Seven soldiers were killed in combat while five others died in an accident while driving to reinforce the […]

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Ghana Hosts 66th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference

  • September 28, 2023

Ghana’s Parliament will host the 66th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) at the Accra International Conference Centre in Accra from September 30 to October 6, 2023.  The event will be held on the theme: “The Commonwealth Charter 10 years on: Values and principles for Parliaments to uphold”. It is billed to attract 600 delegates, including speakers […]

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Okyenhene Addresses US Universities On Climate Change

  • September 28, 2023

The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, will on September 24, 2023 leave Ghana for the United States of America where he will deliver speeches to faculty members and students of two universities in Boston, Massachusetts. The Northeastern University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute have invited the Okyenhene on the back of the immense leadership role he […]

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French Ambassador To Niger Returns To Paris

  • September 28, 2023

France’s ambassador to Niger has landed in Paris after weeks of tensions with the new military government in the West African country that demanded his expulsion following the overthrow of democratically-elected leader President Mohamed Bazoum. French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna met Sylvain Itte “to thank him and his teams for his work in the service of our […]

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US Defense Secretary Completes First Tour Across Africa

  • September 28, 2023

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin returns to the United States Thursday after wrapping up his first tour across the African continent as Pentagon chief. Austin started his tour in Djibouti, home to the primary U.S. military base on the African continent. There he met with Djiboutian leaders and Somalia’s president, whose forces, Austin said, had […]