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The annual July Fourth parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park ended on a disastrous note on Monday.

No fewer than six people who were among the 30, shot at about 10:14 am, have been confirmed dead.

Security agents are searching for the suspect believed to have opened fire from a rooftop.

Highland Park Police Commander Chris O’Neill advised people to stay indoors until the general area is declared safe.

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The recent rescue of over 50 children in a church basement in Ondo State has gotten the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) excited even as they called for further measures to forestall future occurrences.  

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the children were kept at The Whole Bible Believers Church, also known as Ondo Church, located at Valentino Area of the state, preparatory for ‘rapture’ that was supposed to take place in April, but was later shifted to September 2022.

The rescue had sparked serious outrage among many Nigerians over the weekend, especially on social media.

In a statement, …

West African leaders on Monday morning announced the lifting of sanctions against the military regime in Mali many months after several sanctions were slammed down on the military junta who had seized power. 

The heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had met in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, and accepted a proposal by the Malian military to hold elections and return to civilian rule by March 2024.

After military officers carried out two coups in less than a year, in August 2020 and May 2021, the alliance imposed devastating economic sanctions.

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