Africa

Politics 05/15/21, 16:38

A report from AP has revealed a series of sexual abuses perpetrated by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its mission to combat Ebola in Congo during 2018 and 2019. The WHO sponsors worldwide expressed their great concern about what happened, especially since WHO's top brass would have tried to cover ...

Inspired Stories 05/09/21, 18:41

Though very strange in modern days, sometimes total strangers can indeed be lifesavers. One woman was left by the side of the highway with no gas or money and no way to get back home. That's when help arrived.   Monet van Deventer was driving home in Cape Town, South Africa, shortly after ...

Trending 05/07/21, 03:55

A young mother from West Africa is believed to be the first woman recorded in history to give birth to nine children in one go. Timbuktu woman Halima Cisse successfully brought five girls and four boys into the world and could even set a new world record for nonuplets. Mali health officials ...

Middle East 03/29/21, 17:45

The container ship Ever Given has been refloated after a seven-day blockade of the Suez Canal. On Monday, salvage teams rescued the massive container ship trapped in the Suez Canal for nearly a week, ending a crisis that had clogged one of the world's most important waterways and disrupted billions ...

Middle East 03/11/21, 19:22

UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman told members of the Human Rights Council that Iran committed "egregious" human rights violations. The regime should be held accountable for a brutal crackdown on political and religious freedom, at least since public protests occurred in 2019, according to the March 10 Voice of America.  "It is ...

Africa 03/02/21, 08:26

The families of 317 girls between the ages of 12 and 16 who were abducted from their boarding school in Jangebe, Zamfara State, Nigeria, are desperately longing for their return. One of the families lost four of their five daughters, recounted Aliyu Ladan Jangebe, the father, one of whom hid in ...

Africa 02/18/21, 09:52

State-owned China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) a subsidiary of China Railway Construction Corporation a major construction company of the One Belt, One Road project is accused of money laundering with a former Nigerian aviation minister. According to a Premium Times report, Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) indicted former ...

U.S. 02/16/21, 13:15

Previously criticized by the Trump administration for having no trade experience when she was nominated for the post and having been embroiled in corruption during her tenure as Nigerian finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the new president of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Nigerian, who is backed by the Chinese ...

Africa 02/13/21, 13:18

The well-known multinational chocolate companies Mars, Nestlé, and Hershey, among others, were sued in the United States by eight young people who as children were exploited as slaves on African cocoa plantations. These young men represent the thousands of children who are recruited each year by trickery and deception, and then ...

Middle East 02/06/21, 15:06

The Biden administration announced its decision to lift U.S. sanctions on Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist group amid a flurry of provisions trashing former President Donald Trump's accomplishments.   "After a comprehensive review, we can confirm that [Secretary of State Antony Blinken] intends to revoke the Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specially Designated Global ...

Middle East 02/05/21, 04:13

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on Thursday, Feb. 4, reacted to President Joe Biden's remarks outlining his foreign policy priorities that "America is back." In his first diplomatic address as president on Thursday at the Department of State, Biden declared "America is back" on the global stage. Biden signaled aggressive ...

Politics 01/19/21, 15:38

A Catholic priest was hacked to death on Jan. 16 in central Nigeria. Just one example in a string of deaths carried out by Muslim extremists. According to religious authorities, the federal government has not responded adequately, Breitbart reported. Rev. Father John Gbakaan went to visit his mother on Jan. 14 ...

U.S. 01/19/21, 08:29

The Trump administration complied with its announcement and completed the withdrawal of U.S. troops that were in Somalia carrying out tasks of control and detection of terrorist cells. The withdrawal of troops has to do with the policy announced by President Trump regarding changes in U.S. geopolitical strategies, which would ...

Central America 01/19/21, 01:45

America’s second-highest-ranking official congratulated the president for peacefully leading the nation throughout his first term. Vice President Mike Pence applauded President Trump for doing everything in his power to avoid creating new international military confrontations. "I am proud to report with just a few days left in our Administration, our Administration is ...

Africa 12/15/20, 09:34

U.S. human rights defender David Steinman accused WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of possible genocide before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.  Among his crimes Ghebreyesus is involved in overseeing "killings and the occurrence of serious physical and mental harm to members of the Amhara, Konso, Oromo, and Somali ...

U.S. 11/03/20, 19:15

The president used his Twitter account on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to show video of a group of Nigerians in the city of Onitsha parading through the streets with flags and messages in favor of President Trump, the New York Post reported. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1323680963310866435 The parade was organized on Oct. 25 by Rev. Daddy ...