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The Gambia’s Vice President Badara Joof has died after a brief illness in India. President Adama Barrow announced this on his official Twitter account on Wednesday. Joof, was appointed vice president of the West African country in 2022, he served as education minister from 2017 to 2022. The vice president had left The Gambia about three weeks ago to seek medical treatment and had not been seen in public for […]

A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's North Sulawesi province on Wednesday. According to the country's geophysics agency, the quake's epicenter was at a depth of 64 kilometers, and 141 kilometers southeast of the town of Melonguane. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, however, warned that there was a risk of tsunami waves located within 300 kilometres of the epicenter. Indonesia rests atop the so-called "Pacific Ring of Fire", making […]

Vietnam’s President Nguyen Phuc has tendered his resignation after the ruling Communist Party found him responsible for wrongdoing of numerous officials under him. Phuc, has held the largely ceremonial position for less than two years, and it is not immediately clear who would replace him. His resignation follows the dismissal of two deputy prime ministers this month in an anti-corruption purge that has led to the arrest of dozens of officials. Their […]

China's population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, with the national birth rate hitting a record low - 6.77 births per 1,000 people. According to China's National Bureau of Statistics, the birth rate in 2022 was also down from 7.52 in 2021. The country’s birth rate has been declining for years, prompting a slew of policies to slow the trend. But seven years after scrapping the one-child […]

The military in Somalia has captured a strategic coastal town that al-Shabab jihadists had held for more than a decade. Prime Minister, Hamza Barre described the taking of Haradhere, as a historic victory, noting that the enemy of the nation had been destroyed. Other officials said the Islamist militant group fled without putting up a fight. In recent months it has lost swathes of territory during a sustained offensive by […]

At least 19 people have been killed and 24 injured in northern Senegal when a bus and a truck collided. According to officials, the bus collided with the truck on the Number 2 national road as it swerved to avoid running over an animal. President Macky Sall sent heartfelt condolences to the families of those killed in the accident, adding that the incident shows the need to strengthen road safety […]

At least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded in a bomb attack during a church service in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to Army spokesman, Anthony Mualushay, said both tolls were provisional, he added. Mualushay revealed that the attack was likely carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan armed group that has pledged allegiance to ISIL. ISIL group claimed responsibility for the attack, the ADF, […]

Benin’s opposition has returned to parliament after a four-year absence, winning 28 seats in elections dominated by President Patrice Talon’s allies. According to the electoral authority, the main opposition party Les Democrates won 28 seats, while the Republican Bloc and Progressive Union for Renewal parties allied with Talon together won 81 seats. None of the remaining four parties competing for the 109 seats gathered enough votes to meet the 10 percent threshold […]

A suicide bomb attack outside the Afghan foreign ministry in Kabul has caused heavy casualties. According to Police, at least five civilians had been killed but another Taliban official put the toll as high as 20. Italian humanitarian agency, in Kabul said it had received more than 40 wounded people and the casualty numbers were continuing to rise. The local offshoot of the Islamic State group, known as Isis-K, claimed […]