March 2021

The Police in Belarus have arrested and subsequently detained more than 100 people, including five journalists, local media over plans to hold fresh rallies against President Alexander Lukashenko

Protests erupted in the former Soviet country last August after Lukashenko claimed a sixth presidential term in a vote that the opposition and Western diplomats said was rigged.

But the protests died down during the Belarusian winter in the wake of a violent crackdown that saw thousands of protesters detained, several killed and hundreds receive lengthy prison sentences for the unrest.

The opposition Telegram channel Nexta that mobilizes and coordinates protesters had …

Marshal Idris Deby Itno, the President of Chad, on Saturday expressed optimism that the armies of the four countries under the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) can eradicate the Boko Haram insurgents.

The Chadian President made this assertion while responding to questions from State House correspondents after an official visit to President Muhammadu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja which was held behind closed doors.

The Chadian leader said terrorism remains an issue in the Lake Chad Basin and the Sahel region of Africa because the MNJTF has not been carrying out enough required operations.

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 US President Joe Biden on Friday revealed that the United States has invited China and Russia to be among 40 nations to participate in a global summit on climate change scheduled to hold in April.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin were among the world leaders who have been invited to the April 22-23 summit, Biden said.

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Biden told reporters he had not yet spoken to the two leaders about it, ‘but they know they’re invited.’ Climate change is one area that Biden administration officials believe …

Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Army, yesterday, held a closed-door meeting with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, at the Nigerian Army Headquarters in Abuja to discuss security issues.

The lawmakers’ committee led by its Chairman, Abdul-Razaq Namdas, held the meeting with the COAS behind closed doors at about 11.am.

The agenda of the meeting was not immediately revealed as the leaders of both parties declined to speak to journalists after the meeting, however it was gathered that the meeting centered on agitations of some groups to divide the country and rising insecurity.…