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G20 Sherpas reach agreement on leaders’ declaration ahead of Johannesburg summit
After five days of negotiations, G20 sherpas reached an agreement on a Leaders’ Declaration at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, ahead of the summit scheduled to start on Saturday at Nasrec, south of Johannesburg. The declaration is seen as a victory for South Africa, which had insisted on a full Leaders’ Declaration rather than a Chair’s Statement. Details on the final…
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Keir Starmer defends trip to South Africa for G20 summit as budget looms
PM says he aims to secure investment to help deal with cost of living and shore up support for Ukraine Keir Starmer has defended his decision to travel to South Africa for the G20 summit days before the budget and despite the planned absence of Donald Trump. The prime minister will arrive in South Africa on Friday morning for two…
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France promotes Jewish soldier Alfred Dreyfus, 130 years after wrongfully convicting him of treason
French army captain Alfred Dreyfus was posthumously promoted to the rank of brigadier general on Tuesday, 130 years after he was wrongly convicted of treason in one of France’s most notorious cases of anti-Semitism. France Tuesday promoted Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army captain wrongly convicted of treason in 1894, to the rank of brigadier general as an act of reparation…
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ECOWAS warns terrorism spreading across West Africa as attacks surge in 2025
By Folashade Olorunfemi The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Dr. Alieu Omar Touray, has raised fresh concerns over the escalating security situation in the subregion, warning that terrorism is rapidly spreading beyond the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin into other parts of West Africa. Speaking at a United Nations Security Council session in New…
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Kremlin says it regrets Poland’s closure of last Russian consulate after railway blast
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that it regretted Warsaw’s decision to close Russia’s last operating consulate in Poland, in Gdansk, a move it said showed a lack of common sense. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said he would withdraw consent for the functioning of the consulate in response to an explosion on a railway line that Poland has blamed on…
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US excludes Nigeria from Nicki Minaj’s event
Nigeria on Tuesday expressed concerns over the decision of the United States of America to exclude it from participating in US rapper Nicki Minaj event on alleged killings of Nigerians of a specific faith group. The Chargé d’Affaires, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the UN, Syndoph Endoni, made the position of the country known on Tuesday. Endoni said the decision…
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Trump calls on House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files
US President Donald Trump has urged lawmakers in his own party to vote to release files relating to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trump wrote on Sunday night that Republicans in the House of Representatives should do so “because we have nothing to hide”. It marks a reversal for Trump after weeks of calling the demand for a…
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US Congress sets hearing on Nigerian christian persecution claims for Thursday
The United States Congress is set to hold a hearing on Thursday to examine allegations of Christian persecution in Nigeria, following President Donald Trump’s recent decision to re-designate the country as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC). According to a report by The Cable, the session will be chaired by Chris Smith, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on…
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Israel pushes US to close door on Palestinian statehood before UNSC vote
Israel is engaged in a last-ditch bid to change the wording of a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution on the next phase of United States President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan that was recently amended to mention a “credible pathway” to Palestinian statehood. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet on Sunday that his opposition to a Palestinian…
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DR Congo and M23 rebels sign framework for peace in Qatar
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a framework for peace in the east of the country. The ceremony was held in Qatar, which along with the US and the African Union, has been trying to mediate an end to decades of conflict in the resource-rich region. Earlier this year, the M23 captured…
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