The UN and Zimbabwean authorities on Thursday launched an urgent appeal for $234 million for more than five million people in urgent need of food due to a drought and a weak economy. The appeal came as UN Humanitarian Affairs … Continue reading $234 million urgently needed for food aid in Zimbabwe —UN
Senegal’s president Macky Sall has won his re-election bid garnering 58% of the votes cast, according to provisional results from the National Vote Counting Commission on Thursday. The majority win hands Sall a second term without a run-off vote.Opposition candidate … Continue reading Senegal’s President Sall wins re-election with 58% of vote
President Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un came to an abrupt and early end without a deal between the two countries on Thursday. During a press conference after the talks concluded in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, … Continue reading Trump abruptly leaves Kim Jong Un summit without a deal
American comedian Kevin Hart reacted to an art work by a young Nigerian artist. Opting to buy Eli Waduba Yusuf’s hyperrealism pencil art. The artist, based in the north central Nigeria’s Kaduna State, tweeted two photos – one of him … Continue reading US comedian, Kevin Hart, to buy piece by Nigerian artist
Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen called the US president a conman, a cheat and a racist in explosive congressional testimony on Wednesday, saying he was ashamed of a decade of working for the real estate billionaire. Trump’s disgraced … Continue reading Ex-Trump lawyer, Cohen brands US president ‘conman’ and ‘racist’
Esther Okade is a 10-year-old British-Nigerian student She recently enrolled at the Open University in the UK Already top of her class scoring 100% in a recent exam Took A-level exams, a British secondary school qualification, last year Your typical … Continue reading Meet the 10-year-old maths genius who just got enrolled at college
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected for a second four-year term, the election commission says. The 76-year-old defeated his main rival, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, with a margin of nearly four million votes. Mr Abubakar’s People’s Democratic Party … Continue reading Nigeria election: Muhammadu Buhari re-elected as president
Detroit will get a Jeep factory, the Motor City’s first new auto assembly plant in a generation, as part of a $4.5 billion manufacturing expansion in southeast Michigan by Fiat Chrysler that will mean nearly new 6,500 jobs, the company announced … Continue reading FCA to spend $4.5 billion on Michigan manufacturing, builds Jeep factory in Detroit
We are at the beginning of the foldable smartphone era, as you might be able to tell from the explosion of hype surrounding these sci-fi devices. Attending Mobile World Congress this week, looking at the excitement coming from manufacturers, mobile … Continue reading Huawei reveals first draft of a foldable phone
The U.S. House of Representatives votes on Tuesday on a resolution to terminate President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to build a wall on the border with Mexico. House Democrats introduced the resolution last week, challenging Trump’s assertion … Continue reading US House set to vote to end Trump’s border wall ’emergency’
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