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The United Nations World Food Programme, has warned that hunger is set to worsen in Haiti amid worsening gang violence. A statement issued by United Nations noted that insecurity around the Haitian capital has made it difficult for people to access and afford food. More than one million people in the country’s capital are already food insecure and deliveries of homegrown supplies cannot get there by road.

The Top Economic Officials of the United States and Japan have pledged to work together to tackle rising food and energy prices while reiterating their condemnation of Russia’s war in Ukraine. US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen and Japanese Finance Minister, Shunichi Suzuki on Tuesday said the war had increased exchange rate volatility, posing risks to economic and financial stability. The two sides pledged to work together on currency issues under […]

Angola’s former President, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Africa’s second-biggest oil producer for 38 years, has died at age 79. The Angolan Presidency who made this known disclosed that Dos Santos’s death was reportedly confirmed on Friday by the Medical Team in Barcelona, after being in coma for about a week. According to reports, Late Dos Santos has been in exile in Barcelona since late 2017, when he formally […]

Japan’s former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, who was shot while delivering a speech during a campaign in the City of Nara has died. A Doctor of the Emergency Medicine at Nara Medical University Hospital, Hidetada Fukushima, confirmed that Abe died while receiving medical treatment in the hospital on Friday. Meanwhile, Police authority has arrested a 41-year-old man suspected of carrying out the shooting.

Burkina Faso’s Ex-President,Blaise Compaore has returned from exile after eight years to meet Interim President, Paul-Henri Damiba and other former Leaders. Compaorere turned on Thursday despite being convicted in absentia in April to life in prison for complicity in the murder of his Predecessor, Thomas Sankara. Damiba, who took power in a January Coup, invited Compaore and other Ex-Presidents to take part in a Reconciliation Summit on Friday amid rising […]

The United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has finally resigned from his position. His resignation will pave the way for a successor to replace him as British prime minister after dozens of his ministers quit his government. British Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, has called for calmness and unity on Thursday after Johnson quit as Conservative Party leader following a series of scandals.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has agreed to resign as conservative party leader but will continue as British prime minister until the autumn. A conservative leadership race will take place this summer and a new prime minister will be in place for the Tory party conference in October. This comes on the third day of a steady stream of resignations from Boris Johnson’s government with over 50 members gone.

Former Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev has warned the United States that attempts by Western Countries to punish a nuclear power such as Russia for the war in Ukraine risked endangering humanity. Medvedev who gave the warning on Wednesday noted that any attempts to use courts or tribunals to investigate Russia’s actions in Ukraine would be futile and risk global devastation. Recall that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered the most […]

Pakistan says it has arrested a man who allegedly provided technical support for a deadly suicide bomb attack on Chinese Teachers at the University of Karachi in April. The Country’s Information Minister, Sharjeel Memon, who disclosed this, said the accused man, Dad Bakash, who was arrested, confessed to being a Commander of a deadly group. Recall that a suspected female suicide bomber killed three Chinese Teachers in Pakistan.