At least 80 people killed by suspected ADF rebels in DRC/in /by
At least 80 people were killed between Tuesday, May 4, and Friday, May 7, in attacks by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in the villages of the Baswagha-Madiwe group, Beni territory (North Kivu), in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Six candidates approved to run for the June 28 presidential election in Iran/in /by
Iran’s Guardian Council on Sunday approved the country’s hard-line parliament speaker and five others to run in the country’s June 28 presidential election following a helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others.
Nigeria: $10 Billion Gas Project – National Assembly, NLNG Head for Showdown Over Contract Details/in /by
[Premium Times] The NLNG has instructed the project contractors not to give access to committees of the National Assembly to the details of the Train-7 gas project in Rivers State.
Nigeria: Refinery – Dangote Has Achieved What Nations, Continents Can’t – Senate/in /by
[Daily Trust] The President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly, Godswill Akpabio, at the weekend, led the Senate leadership to the 650,000bpd Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lagos, saying the President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has achieved a feat where nations and continents have failed.
Gaza: Pope Francis appeals for ceasefire, aid/in /by
Pope Francis called Sunday for humanitarian aid to urgently reach Palestinians in Gaza and for Israel and Hamas to immediately accept proposals for a ceasefire
From oil to arrests: Niger-Benin row escalates/in /by
This week Benin arrested five Nigerien nationals on accusations of entering the port of Seme illegally. Niger responded by accusing Benin of kidnapping staff of its oil company who it said were at the port to witness the loading of an oil shipment
Hundreds rally in Ghana over power outages/in /by
Ghana has struggled with intermittent power supply for over a decade, impacting businesses, education, healthcare, and daily life
Black medic who saved dozens of lives on D-Day finally honored/in /by
Waverly Woodson Jr. was a US army medic who treated hundreds of wounded men in the D-Day landings in June 1944. Despite his heroic work, Woodson's recognition did not come until now, 80 years after his D-day exploits, and 19 after his death
Haiti’s new leader faces health scare/in /by
The office of the prime minister said in a statement that Conille was feeling slightly unwell “following a week of intense activities”
Gaza faces water crisis as Israel targets wells and pipelines/in /by
Gaza's entire potable water infrastructure has almost all been destroyed by Israel. The military has been accused of deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure in Gaza as a weapon of war