Nigeria: Bola Tinubu to run for second term after party primary win
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will seek a second and final four-year term in January after overwhelmingly defeating a little-known challenger...
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US urges green card applicants to apply from home countries
The US has announced a new policy that means most immigrants seeking a green card will have to leave the...
Ebola vaccine could take nine months as death toll rises
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it could take up to nine months before a vaccine against this particular species...
Ebola outbreak in DR Congo declared public health emergency
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency...
Former Nigerian Minister gets 75-year sentence in corruption case
Saleh Mamman, a former Nigerian power minister, has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for laundering 33.8bn naira ($24.7m;...
Cuba has run out of diesel and oil — Energy minister
Cuba has completely run out of diesel and fuel oil, the country's Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy has...
Nigerian fishermen feared dead in Chad strikes on Boko Haram
Dozens of Nigerian fishermen are feared dead after Chad's military launched air strikes on Boko Haram militants in the Lake...
Trump’s China visit set to test fragile truce
Beijing has confirmed that US President Donald Trump will travel to China this week to meet Xi Jinping. The visit,...
What is hantavirus and how does it spread?
The cruise ship hit by an outbreak of hantavirus is on track to dock in the Canary Islands by the...
Israel strikes Beirut for the first time since the ceasefire
Israel struck Beirut on Wednesday for the first time since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last month, with Israel...
