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The ongoing crisis in the Middle East could reduce economic growth across African countries by up to 0.2 per cent, a new joint policy report has revealed. The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) said this in a statement released on its website on Friday. The report, presented in Washington, D.C., was jointly produced by the African Union Commission(AUC), AfDB, United …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer D4vd has been arrested on suspicion of killing a 14-year-old girl whose decomposed body was found last year in his apparently abandoned Tesla that was towed from the Hollywood Hills, authorities said Thursday. Los Angeles police said in a brief statement that the 21-year-old Houston-born alt-pop singer whose legal name is David Burke was being …

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Thursday it was preparing for rocket fire from Lebanon, with a current focus on northern Israel, following recent ceasefire developments. The IDF continued to conduct ongoing situational assessments. At this stage, there is no change in Home Front Command guidelines, it said. The military emphasized that any changes to civilian instructions will be communicated …

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Israel agreed Thursday to a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon, a truce that could pause fighting with the Hezbollah militant group and boost attempts to extend the ceasefire between Iran, the United States and Israel after weeks of devastating war. U.S. President Donald Trump announced the agreement as a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. However, Israel has …

Africa’s leading industrialist, Aliko Dangote, has been named in the 2026 TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people. The list, released by TIME Magazine on April 15, featured global leaders across politics, business, technology and culture. Those listed include U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Pope …

Humanitarian affairs chief, Tom Fletcher has said “Sudan is an atrocities laboratory,” with the killings of civilians and aid workers. The humanitarian chief also cited sieges of cities such as El Fasher in Darfur, the denial of food, use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, and the targeting of schools and hospitals. Fletcher told the Foreign ministers from …

Amb. Dunoma Ahmed Permanent-Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,, has affirmed Nigeria’s commitment to supporting peace and stability in Sudan, as well as strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries. Ahmed disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, by the spokesperson of the ministry, Kimiebi Ebienfa. The statement which was released against the backdrop of the visit by …

António Guterres has called for serious negotiations between the United States and Iran, warning that respect for international law is being trampled. He spoke to journalists at United Nations headquarters in New York City on Tuesday. Guterres said humanitarian and legal obligations were being ignored in the Middle East and elsewhere, fuelling “chaos, suffering and destruction”. He said upholding international …

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has described reparatory justice for colonialism, enslavement and the trade in enslaved Africans as “key to dismantling systemic racism.” Speaking on Tuesday at the fifth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, he lauded the advances in racial justice and equality that have been made over the …

Prominent Russian lifestyle blogger Viktorija Bonja has drawn wide attention with a video criticizing President Vladimir Putin, with the clip attracting millions of views and more than 800,000 likes on Instagram. “Vladimir Vladimirovich, people are afraid of you,” Bonja, who lives outside Russia, told Putin in rare criticism. “The people are afraid of you, bloggers are afraid of you, artists …