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At least 49 people were killed and 48 others, 20 of them in critical condition, were injured in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand during Friday prayers, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. Ardern said 30 were killed in the

Joyce Banda, who was Malawi’s first female president in 2012, has decided not to run in the 2019 presidential race, endorsing opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera who heads the Malawi Congress Party. Speaking to AFP, Banda, who heads the People’s Party, confirmed her

British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to seek a delay in Britain’s exit from the European Union, setting the stage for Prime Minister Theresa May to renew efforts to get her divorce deal approved by parliament next week. Lawmakers approved by

A building containing a primary school has collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos and pupils are feared to be among the dead and injured. The school is said to have been on the top floor of the three-storey building in

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has disclosed in a statement that he is “deeply saddened at the tragic loss of lives” in a crash involving an Ethiopian Airlines flight, shortly after takeoff in Addis Ababa on Sunday, 10 March 2019 killing everyone

The Gabonese presidency has dismissed rumours that the ailing president, Ali Bongo, has been replaced by a clone. Bongo, who is currently recovering in Morocco, has only returned to Gabon twice since he became ill in 2018 whiles on an official

Turkey’s trade minister criticized the U.S. decision to end the preferential trade program with Turkey for being inconsistent with the two countries’ aim to increase annual bilateral trade to $75 billion and negatively affecting small and medium-sized enterprises and manufacturers in

Atiku Abubakar will be heading to the court after disputing Nigeria’s presidential election in which Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected for a second four-year term. Mr Abubakar said the election was a “sham” and “will be challenging it in