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You must accept peace deal or… Trump tells Hamas

Oakley Mason October 3, 2025

Washington President Donald Trump said he’s giving Hamas until 6 p.m. Sunday to accept the ceasefire proposal his administration offered this week to end the war in Gaza. “If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas,”

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DRC NASS President resigns

Andrew Mbeki September 23, 2025

Congo In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Vital Kamerhe has resigned as President of the National Assembly, just ahead of a planned vote on a petition targeting his leadership. The announcement was made Monday evening by the Assembly’s first vice president, with Kamerhe addressing lawmakers shortly after. He framed his resignation as a sacrifice to […]

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Palestinian Statehood: UK warns Israel not to retaliate

Howard Mildilton September 22, 2025

United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper says she has warned Israel not to annex parts of the West Bank in retaliation for the UK’s recognition of Palestinian statehood. Cooper was speaking to the BBC before attending a conference on Monday at the UN in New York where France and other European states are due to […]

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Trump says he didn’t want London Mayor Khan at state banquet

Howard Mildilton September 21, 2025

United Kingdom US President Donald Trump has said he “didn’t want” London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan at the state banquet hosted by the King at Windsor Castle. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One heading back the US, Trump described Sir Sadiq as “among the worst mayors in the world”, saying he had wanted to […]

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South African minister meets US representative in push for trade deal

Andrew Mbeki September 19, 2025

South Africa South African Trade Minister Parks Tau has met U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer for talks, Tau’s office said on Friday, as Africa’s biggest economy tries to reach a deal to roll back steep U.S. tariffs. U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 30% tariff on imports from South Africa last month after President Cyril […]

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Nigeria lifts state of emergency in south south Rivers State after six months

Jude Melvin Jones September 18, 2025

Nigeria Nigeria’s president Bola Tinubu lifted a sixth-month long emergency rule in the oil-rich Rivers State on Wednesday, as a governance and constitutional crisis had been resolved, according to the head of state. Since 18th March, Nigeria’s Rivers State, sitting in the Niger Delta in the south of the country, was in a state of […]

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Trump to discuss foreign affairs investment in his UK visit

Howard Mildilton September 18, 2025

United Kingdom Donald Trump meets British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday for talks designed to focus the U.S. leader’s unprecedented second state visit firmly on global affairs rather than domestic political problems. After a day of pomp and ceremony in which Trump rode in a carriage with King Charles and feasted at a state […]

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Chad votes to allow president to run unlimited times

Saad Huzaifa September 17, 2025

Chad Chad’s national assembly has endorsed constitutional revisions that would extend the presidential term from five to seven years and allow the president to serve an unlimited number of times. President Mahamat Idriss Deby seized power in Chad after his father, long-serving President Idriss Deby, was killed as he was visiting troops fighting militias in […]

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Nigeria’s Plateau youths tasks philanthropist Chun, to join federal lawmakers’ race in 2027

Kingsley Chukwuka September 15, 2025

Nigeria Impressed by the socio-economic and philanthropic initiatives of Pharmacist John Chun ,a group in Nigeria’s northcentral Plateau State, operating under the ageis of Riyom and Barkin Ladi Youths Mobilisation and Enlightenment Forum on Monday called on him to contest for the Federal Constituency seat in the 2027 House of Representatives elections. The group

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Inflation tops Malawians politicians agenda as general elections gets closer

Andrew Mbeki September 14, 2025

Malawi Weary Malawians look to this week’s presidential election as nation grapples with an economic crisis Malawi is holding a presidential election this week as one of Africa’s poorer countries grapples with an economic crisis, food and fuel shortages — and memories of a vote six years ago that was canceled and a redo ordered […]