(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 18,639 individuals has been nabbed for alleged illegal border crossing since December 2020, making up to 248 per cent yearly, China’s National Immigration Administration said on Monday. Since the Ministry of Public Security launched a special campaign in 2020, authorities have investigated 6,732 criminal cases involving actions that will […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – French President, Emmanuel Macron has publicly acknowledged France’s role in the 1994 genocide of Rwandans but stopped short of apologizing. In a statement on Thursday, May 27, following a visit to the Gisozi memorial in the Rwandan capital Kigali, Macron acknowledged France’s “overwhelming responsibility” in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UNICEF has commemorated with Nigeria’s Children, on the occasion of the 2021 Children’s Day, saying that it comes at a challenging moment for child rights in the country and the world, with the COVID-19 pandemic threatening gains made for their development. The organization’s Country Director, Peter Hawkins, in a statement made available […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The trial of a warlord charged with war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur region began before an international tribunal on Monday, about 15 years after investigations into the alleged atrocities started. Chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said as the case kicked off, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman was accused of murder, rape and torture in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds have set a wedding date for next year after delaying plans due to the pandemic. Known for his colourful love life, Johnson will be only the second prime minister ever to marry while in office, following Robert Jenkinson in 1822. The couple […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States has warned that anyone who obstructs or undermines Libya’s forthcoming elections on 24 December 2021, could be subject to sanctions. Speaking on Friday evening at the UN Security Council in New York during a session dedicated to the situation in Libya, the US Permanent Representative, Linda Greenfield, affirmed that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – India’s federal health ministry has announced deferring the COVID-19 vaccination by three months in four specific situations including patients recovering from the COVID-19 infection, officials said . The ministry said individuals with lab tests proven that they have tested positive for the virus should defer their vaccination by three months after recovery. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Berlin conducted a mass raid on suspected users and producers of child pornography. According to the police more than 40 apartments and other rooms in the German capital were searched from early Wednesday morning. The police said that the raids was in connections with the suspected use and distribution of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested Abidemi Rufai, a Senior Special Assistant to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, over $350,000 fraudulent US unemployment claims. Rufai was arrested on Friday evening at the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York based on criminal complaint. He was subsequently charged with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ongoing rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, retaliatory airstrikes by the Israeli army and confrontations in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Arab-majority areas in Israel marked a region inflamed with violence unlikely to subside anytime soon. Saturday marked Nakba Day, referring to the Palestinian “catastrophe,” which remembers the mass displacement of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Israel intensified its attacks on Gaza late Thursday, as the country’s military said its troops were on the ground. According to an army spokesman, seven people have been killed by shelling in Israel so far. In Gaza, more than 100 people have died, according to the Health Ministry there. “I said Hamas […]
(AFRICAN EXXAMINER) – Labour’s Sadiq Khan has won a second term as London’s mayor, beating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey. He won 55.2% of the popular vote, after entering a run-off with Mr Bailey when neither managed to secure a majority in the first round of voting. The former MP became the first Muslim mayor of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Facebook Oversight Board on Wednesday Upheld Former US President Trump’s permanent ban from both Facebook and Instagram. The board, however, frowned at the permanent nature of the ban saying it was beyond the scope of Facebook’s normal penalties. The social media giant said it will consider board’s decision and determine action that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bill and Melinda Gates said Monday that they are divorcing but would keep working together at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the largest charitable foundations in the world. In identical tweets, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife said they had made the decision to end their marriage of 27 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The U.S. mission in Nigeria, on Friday announced plans to prioritise student visa applicants. This, the mission said in a statement, was to ensure that Nigerian students resuming in the fall of 2021 got visa interview appointments in advance of their programme start date. Susan Tuller, U.S. mission Country Consular Coordinator said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Health officials say 44 people were killed in a stampede at a religious festival in Israel. The Health Ministry said on Friday 150 others were and have been taken to six different hospitals. The mass gathering was organised to celebrate the Lag B”Omer, an annual religious holiday marked with all-night bonfires, prayer […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Turkey will impose a three-week-long nationwide shutdown on Thursday, its toughest lockdown since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic, after it recently failed to curb a surge in infections and deaths. The measures, including the closure of schools and shopping malls and restricted intercity travel, starting from 7 pm (1600 GMT) and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The international Mrs. World Inc. Organisation, says it has accepted the resignation of 2020 Mrs. World, Caroline Jurie, a Sri Lankan national after she decided to hand over her crown. The organisation, in a statement on Wednesday, said that following Jurie’s resignation, Kate Schneider, the first runner-up at the international pageant and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A move by the United Kingdom to grant asylum to some members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has pitted the Federal Government and the UK. The British government is considering asylum for members of the groups […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The jury has found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd last May. Chauvin, 45, was found guilty of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The judge asked each juror if the verdict was correct, thanked them and dismissed them. “I have to […]
