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Opinion by Unnikrishnan Divakaran Nair, Nirupama Vinayan (london) Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jan 31 (IPS) – The 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) marked a pivotal moment in the global efforts to combat climate change. Held in Dubai, …

The court held that the suit was lacking in merit. The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal filed by Aishatu Ahmed, also known as Binani, challenging the election of Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa.

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years in jail in a case related to illegal selling of state gifts. The sentencing by an anti-graft court in Islamabad on Wednesday comes a day after Khan was handed a 10-year jail term …

In a surprise move, an Iran-linked militia in Iraq that the Pentagon said was likely responsible for a lethal drone attack on an U.S. base in Jordan over the weekend announced on Tuesday that it was suspending military operations in Iraq under pressure from the Iraqi government and from Iran. …

The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, with CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe while on tour in Africa. Some commentators have questioned the effectiveness of US foreign policy in Africa. Credit: CAF media by Promise Eze (abuja) Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Inter Press Service ABUJA, Jan 30 (IPS) – US Secretary …

Presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale conveyed the president’s condemnation in a statement, assuring the nation that the perpetrators of this heinous act would face justice. President Tinubu extended his heartfelt condolences to the families, subjects of the traditional rulers, Governor Biodun Oyebanji, and the entire people of Ekiti State. In response …

Harare, Zimbabwe – Every day for the past 10 years, Trymore Wadyachitsve has regretted living in Chingwizi, a community 500km (310 miles) south of Harare, the Zimbabwean capital. Until February 13, 2014, he lived in the Tugwi Mukosi area 150km (90 miles) away from his home today. But then floods …

Air defenses failed to stop an attack on a U.S. military outpost in Jordan on Sunday that killed three American soldiers at least in part because the hostile drone approached its target at the same time an American drone was returning to the base, two U.S. officials said on Monday. …

Opinion by Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (port louis, mauritius) Monday, January 29, 2024 Inter Press Service PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Jan 29 (IPS) – Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, PhD, Former President of the Republic of MauritiusThe Republic of Mauritius, an island nation, experienced its latest flash floods since the last bad one in 2013. These floods …

The House constitutes the committee which has Musefiu Lamidi (APC -Ado Odo/Ota II) as Chairman. The Ogun House of Assembly on Monday inaugurated an eight-man committee to examine the response by former Speaker Olakunle Oluomo (APC-Ifo I) to allegations levelled against him before his impeachment.