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Ghana Holds State Funeral For Revered Leader Jerry Rawlings

Former Ghanian leader Jerry Rawlings has been buried with military honours at a state funeral in Accra. Rawlings, who died in November aged 73, held...

15-Year-Old Hong Kong Democracy Activist Becomes Youngest To Seek Asylum In UK

A 15-year-old protester from Hong Kong has fled to Britain and applied for political asylum, becoming the youngest Hong Kong protester to go into...

Nigerian Troops Surround Area Believed To Be Holding 300 Abducted Schoolboys

Gunmen who abducted around 300 schoolchildren from a secondary school in Nigeria’s northwest region last week have been “surrounded” by government troops, according to...

Turkish President Erdogan Condemns U.S. Sanctions, Threatens Response

Turkey on Monday condemned U.S. sanctions over its purchase of Russian S-400 missile defences and threatened to retaliate over a move it said would...

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CBN Holds Interest Rate At 26.5% As MPC Cites Global Risks And Inflation Concerns

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained the country’s benchmark interest rate, the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), at 26.5 per cent, following the conclusion of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja. CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso, who announced the committee’s decision on Tuesday, said the move reflected the...

144 Migrants Dead Or Missing Off Mauritania’s Coast, UN Says

The UN refugee agency reported on Tuesday that 144 migrants are dead or missing after attempting to reach Europe via the waters off Mauritania, following three separate rescue operations carried out between July 14 and 18. The heaviest toll came from a single boat that departed Bufaloto, Gambia,...

ECOWAS Demands Release Of Detained Opposition Leader In Guinea-Bissau

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called on Guinea-Bissau's military-led government to unconditionally free all detained political figures, including opposition leader Domingos Simoes Pereira, according to a statement issued after a summit of regional heads of state in Sierra Leone. Freeing the political prisoners would...