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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will conduct “a special military operation” to “demilitarize” Ukraine, de facto declaring a war on Ukraine. Putin announced the operation in a live televised speech that aired before 6 a.m. local time, threatening countries that attempt to interfere with “consequences they have never …

Ukrainian military claimed that they have shot down five Russian jets and helicopters in the eastern region, as Russian troops moved into the neighbouring country’s territories. “The combined forces give a worthy rebuff to the armed forces of the Russian Federation. Military units in their positions. The enemy suffers losses,” …

Ukraine has declared a state of emergency in the country amidst fears Russia may be planning a full scale invasion into the country. In a statement on Wednesday, February 23, the Ukrainian foreign ministry urged its citizens to refrain from travel to Russia and for those already in the country …

Swearing-in ceremony takes place some three weeks after military coup that overthrew Roch Marc Christian Kabore. Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has been inaugurated as Burkina Faso’s president, just over three weeks after he led a coup that overthrew democratically elected Roch Marc Christian Kabore. In a televised ceremony on Wednesday, …

Some undocumented migrants on Mexico’s southern border sewed their mouths shut on Tuesday, February 15 in a bid to convince Mexico’s immigration authority to grant them passage toward the U.S. border. The migrants, mostly Central and South Americans, helped each other seal their lips using needles and plastic threads, leaving …

A 9-year-old student led his classmates on a protest last week, after officials at his school removed chocolate milk from the lunch menu. Jordan Reed and his classmates at Sierra Vista K-8 School in Vacaville, California, staged a protest over the 2020 decision to remove chocolate milk from lunch menus …

Some Senegalese nationals were spotted celebrating in the streets of Harlem, New York after their national team won the country’s first African Cup of Nations on Sunday, February 5. Newspremises had previously reported that Senegal won the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in their history after beating …

Decision to grant Israel an observer status drew protests from several countries, particularly Algeria, South Africa The African Union summit has cancelled a decision to grant Israel an observer status in the pan-African organization, an Algerian source said on Sunday. Algeria is participating in the two-day AU summit, which opened …

The World Bank has said the Federal Government of Nigeria did not take any concerted action towards curbing inflation in 2021 despite inflation shock pushing an estimated eight million Nigerians below the poverty line. The Washington-based bank said this in the latest edition of its ‘Nigeria Development Update’ report 2021. …

China and Russia proclaimed a deep strategic partnership on Friday to balance what they portrayed as the malign global influence of the United States as China’s President Xi Jinping hosted Russia’s Vladimir Putin on the opening day of the Beijing Winter Olympics. In a joint statement, the two countries affirmed …