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Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, Nigeria’s Defense Minister, has resigned effective immediately, citing health reasons, the presidency confirmed. His resignation comes as President Bola Tinubu declared a national security emergency in response to a surge in armed banditry and widespread kidnappings.  In the

WHO Urges African Nations to Preserve HIV Progress Amid Declining Funding The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged African governments to reinforce their healthcare systems to safeguard the significant progress made in combating HIV, as shifts in global funding threaten to

Saudi Arabia’s Investment Minister Khalid al-Falih has called on the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) to reduce its spending on domestic projects and encourage greater private sector investment as the fund prepares to unveil a new strategic plan. Speaking at the

Just a week had remained before scientists in South Africa were to begin clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, and hopes were high for another step toward limiting one of history’s deadliest pandemics. Then the email arrived. Stop all work, it

Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s former military ruler and democratically elected president, has passed away at a clinic in London at the age of 82, according to his former spokesman, Garba Shehu. Buhari, a towering figure in Nigerian politics, first came to power