Tunisian Youssef Chebbi’s ‘Ashkal’ wins pan-African film award

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Tunisian director Youssef Chebbi won the coveted Stallion of Yennenga award Saturday at the biennial pan-African Fespaco film festival for his murder mystery oeuvre...

Burundi to deploy troops to eastern DR Congo

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The first part of the Burundian troops pledged to deploy to the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) arrives in Goma.  The seven-nation East...

Harry and Meghan invited to Charles’ coronation: report

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Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markel have been invited to King Charles III’s landmark coronation in May but are yet to decide whether...

Kyiv says Russia pursuing ‘attempts to encircle’ Bakhmut

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Kyiv said Sunday it was holding off attacks from Russian troops still attempting to surround Bakhmut, a now-destroyed eastern Ukrainian city that Moscow has...

INEC’s Collation Officer in Rivers raises alarm again over threat to...

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Prof Charles Adias, INEC’s State Collation Officer for Rivers at the Feb. 25 presidential and National Assembly elections raised alarm again on Sunday in...

Hundreds of students fly home from Tunisia after attacks

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Almost 300 people returned from Tunisia to Mali and Ivory Coast on Saturday after boarding repatriation flights, fearful of a wave of violence since...

Saudi executes two men amid death penalty spike

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Saudi Arabia on Saturday put to death two men, including one convicted of attempting to blow up an oil facility, bringing to six the...

South Sudan president fires defence and interior ministers

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South Sudan President Salva Kiir has sacked two top security ministers, violating the terms of a peace agreement with opposition party leader First Vice...

Troops rescue 14 kidnap victims, neutralise bandit in Kaduna

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Troops of Sector Four of “Operation Whirl Punch’’, and Special Forces of the 167 Battalion of the Nigerian Army have cleared a bandits hideout...

Election: We’ll not take Badagry for granted, Sanwo-Olu’s aide assures residents

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The Chief of Staff to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Mr Tayo Ayinde, on Saturday promised that Badagry would not be taken for granted when the...