September 13, 2021

Pope Francis has called for Europe to show ‘solidarity’ around the world during the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Christian religious leader made the comments while speaking on a visit to Slovakia — one of the worst-hit countries in Europe.

On his first foreign trip since a colon operation in July, the 84-year-old Argentine pontiff called the pandemic ‘the great test of our own time’.

‘It has taught us how easy it is, even when we are all in the same boat, to withdraw and think only of ourselves,’ he said.

Slovakia, a European Union member with a …

The UN human rights chief on Monday stated that gross violations were being perpetrated by all sides in Tigray while also warning that the conflict risked spreading throughout the Horn of Africa.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that civilian suffering was widespread in the northern region of Ethiopia.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops into Tigray in November last year.

The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner said the move was in response to attacks on army camps by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, then the region’s ruling party.

The …

The European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS on Monday inaugurated a 25-member Youth Sounding Board, a body of young Nigerians, who will help in shaping and implementing EU programmes and strategies in the country.

The union said the inauguration was part of its commitment to incorporating young Nigerians in its decision-making process.

Speaking at the event in Abuja, the Charge d’Affaires at the EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr Alexandre Gomes, said the members of the EU-YSB will have an unpaid mandate of two years, noting that the board serves as a bridge between young Nigerians and the …

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has made clarifications over reports of the gory pictures and videos of persons allegedly killed by soldiers in the ongoing military operations in the North West and North Central geographical zones of the country being buried into a mass grave.

Reacting to the development, the Director, Defence Information (DDI), Major General Benjamin Sawyer, described the video, which has been trending online, as false and malicious, stressing that it has no link, whatsoever, with the operations being conducted by troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN). 

Sawyer, while noting that the military is presently conducting intensive …