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Mary Margaret Kreuper, a retired nun, admitted that she had broken her vow of poverty by stealing $835,000 (£616,000) from a California school where she worked to fund her gambling. Kreuper, 80, will spend a year and a day in prison

The Economic Community of West States (ECOWAS) has demanded the immediate release of deposed Burkinabe President, Christian Kabore,s and members of his government who are still in custody by the military junta in that country. This was after about some three

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo must ensure civilian protection in the wake of recent deadly raids on camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs), the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on February 2, 2022. “There is significant risk that

As of February 9, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  11,004,889 while over 218,397,031 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 242,151 and  9,946,755 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported

The United States has sanctioned Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, along with her nuclear family, for her involvement in significant corruption, marking the first public U.S. response to years of accusations of wrongdoing. According to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, dos

The European Parliament (EP) urged European Union states on Thursday to adopt asset freeze sanctions and a travel ban on Russian mercenary company, Wagner Group. In a resolution adopted 585-40 with 43 abstentions, EU lawmakers condemned in “the strongest terms the heinous

Countries all over the world rushed Friday to raise the alarm regarding a new coronavirus variant that was detected in South Africa and is considered by scientists to be the most significant one yet found. Scientists are now racing to understand

Awoman or girl is being killed by someone in their family every 11 minutes in the world, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Ghada Waly said Thursday. “In 2020, 47,000 women and girls worldwide died at