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November 25, 2024

Child recruitment by armed groups in Haiti surges by 70%: UNICEF

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that the number of children recruited into armed groups in Haiti has increased by 70 per cent over the past year

Child soldier
November 17, 2024

Shape Africa’s destiny, AU official tells youths

Mr Piero said that while the AU talked about economic freedom, nations still uphold laws and policies that hinder Africa’s development.

Young Piero, Africa coordinator and director of Parliament Africa
July 14, 2024

FG files complaint against Daily Trust over Samoa agreement story

The government, according to the statement, described the report as “false and misleading”.

Mohammed Idris (Minister of Information) and Daily Trust Newspaper
March 10, 2024

Mr Ibu’s manager highlights late actor’s impact on African unity through humour

“He was a man I would say made Africans laugh and was held in high esteem like a people’s leader across Africa.”

Mr Ibu
October 3, 2023

Enforced Disappearance: UN says Nigeria not doing enough to stop ‘official kidnapping’

The Committee regretted that the State party gave no information about the investigation into the acts of enforced disappearance, prosecution of perpetrators, and search for the disappeared.

Abubakar Idris
April 26, 2023

Nigeria, others among most vulnerable to climate risks: AfDB

The African Development Bank (AfDB) reiterates that Nigeria and other African countries are among the world’s most vulnerable to climate risks.

Flood
January 18, 2023

One journalist killed every four days in 2022: UNESCO

The killing of journalists worldwide significantly increased by 50 per cent in 2022, following a decline over the previous three years.

REPORTERS
January 16, 2023

UNESCO says number of murdered journalists rising

After several years of consecutive decline, the number of journalists killed worldwide rose to 86 last year from 55 in 2021.

JOURNALISTS, UNESCO
June 1, 2022

Johnny Depp wins defamation case; Amber Heard ordered to pay $15 million

Mr Depp was also found guilty on some counts of defamation in Ms Heard’s countersuit against him and has been asked to pay $2 million in compensation.

Johnny Depp and Amber