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The UN’s top court has ordered Uganda to immediately commence the payment of $325 million by the Democratic Republic of Congo over a brutal war which happened two decades ago.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) comes as a heavy blow to DR Congo after it sought a massive $11 billion in reparations over the devastating conflict that lasted from 1998 to 2003.

Judges said Kinshasa had failed to prove its African neighbour was directly responsible for any more than 15,000 of the hundreds of thousands of people believed to …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has been implored by the House of Representatives to monitor the conduct of online drug advertisers and sellers in Nigeria.

This emerged after Rep. Onofiok Luke (PDP-Akwa-Ibom) proposed a motion in Abuja on Tuesday.

Luke, who introduced the motion, asserted that there was a need to regulate online advertisers and drug sellers because they were delivering marketing messages to an undisclosed and intended audience.

According to Luke, this was intended to persuade the targeted customers to take a specific action, such as purchasing a product.

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Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has issued an Executive Order banning the use of motorcycles in Mbamba, Yolde Pate and Ngurore communities of Yola South Local Government in a move to stem the tide of insecurity which is bedeviling the State.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that he also banned their use in Viniklang and Federal Housing Estate in Girei Local Government Area from 5pm to 5am daily.

This new measures were contained in a statement issued by the Press Secretary to the Governor, Humwashi Wonosikou which was issued to newsmen Tuesday.

The statement said, ‘Adamawa State …

Ex-pope Benedict XVI asked has begged for forgiveness over the clerical child sex abuse committed on his watch, however, his aides have rejected allegations of a cover-up while he was archbishop of Munich.

In a letter published by the Vatican which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York, the 94-year-old said; ‘I can only express to all the victims of sexual abuse my profound shame, my deep sorrow and my heartfelt request for forgiveness’.

The letter from the former pontiff — who retired sometime in 2013 — was released in response to a German inquiry last month that criticised …

The Nigerian government has gone public with some of the actions it is taking in closed doors regarding the allegations against a police officer, Abba Kyari, and suspected fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi.

Top of these actions, according to the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami, is the collaboration with the United States government to ensure justice is served.

‘The position now is that there are prima facie grounds – reasonable grounds for suspicion that have been considered from the perspective of prosecution, from the perspective of likely extradition, if the …

A dangerous Cyclone Batsirai swept through Madagascar on Monday morning after killing no fewer than 20 people, displacing 55,000 and devastating the drought-hit island’s agricultural heartland, which has made the UN to warn of a worsening humanitarian crisis.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Madagascar was already wobbling from a tropical storm which had earlier left atleast 55 people dead, and the latest extreme weather event came as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the continent is “’bearing both the brunt and the cost’ of global warming.

It was gathered that Batsirai made landfall on the Indian Ocean island’s …

For the second time in less than a month, gunmen on Friday attacked the military camp in Allawa in Rafi Local Government area of Niger State where they reportedly carted away a vehicle belonging to the military.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the gunmen numbering no fewer than 200 allegedly invaded Allawa town about 10;00pm on Thursday and made straight to the military camp where they reportedly engaged the soldiers in a fierce gun battle which spurred over several hours.

According to a source close to Allawa town, there were casualties on both sides but details of …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has revealed that it would soon embark on an indefinite strike to press home their demands one month after it suspended a nine-month-old strike.

Dr Lazarus Maigoro, Chiarman of the University of Jos chapter of the Union, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Jos.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the union suspended a nine-month-old industrial action in December 2020.

Recall that ASUU embarked on an earlier strike over the failure of Federal Government to address all the issues raised in the 2009 agreement it entered with the union.

Maigoro, …

Authorities in the US city of Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered in 2020 has published shocking body-cam video which showed the police shooting of a 22-year-old African American man on Thursday.

According to information gathered from the police, Amir Locke was shot by officers who were executing a search warrant on the apartment he was in after Locke pulled a gun from beneath a blanket.

The total time between the officers’ entrance and the shots fired was less than ten seconds.

Locke was pronounced dead at hospital.

In a statement that was released by the family’s attorneys on Thursday, …

In a bid to address long-running cash shortages, Liberia has approved a scheme to print new banknotes in a move which has been with mixed feelings in the West African nation.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the central bank will now be empowered to print notes worth 48.7 billion Liberian dollars ($281m, 235m euros) and to withdraw old ones from circulation.

People regularly complain of the difficulty of getting cash in Liberia, in shortages the central bank has said are due to high demand, few ATMs, and the circulation of foreign currency.

Liberia has two legal currencies namely; …

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday held a conversation with President Umaro Embalo of Guinea-Bissau shortly after the latter survived a coup attempt.

Buhari, in a statement Wednesday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, congratulated his Guinean counterpart, Embalo on surviving the coup attempt and commended the loyal troops in Guinea Bissau for showing patriotism leading to their ‘spectacular victory over the disloyal elements of the military.’

He condemned the coup attempt to and extended the goodwill and support of the government and people of Nigeria to the Guinea-Bissauans and the Embalo administration.

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A least one person was confirmed dead and two others were injured as violent winds uprooted trees and caused travel chaos in Germany on Sunday evening.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that a 58-year-old man was killed in the town of Beelitz near the capital Berlin on Saturday evening when an election poster fell on him as he walked with his partner, local media reported citing the police.

A falling tree injured a pedestrian in the northern city of Bremen, while in the northeastern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania region a motorcyclist was seriously injured after colliding with an uprooted tree.

Fallen …