The Lebanese-Israeli border was calm on Friday after the first pause in fighting in nearly seven weeks began in Gaza. “No Hezbollah attacks have been registered since the truce started,” a Lebanese security source told dpa. A source from the Hezbollah an Iran-backed militant group said that there were still Israeli warplanes and “intelligence drones” … Read more
German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck on Monday cancelled a trip to the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai due to the budget crisis at home. The move follows a landmark court decision earlier this month that blew a huge hole in the government’s spending plans. Mr Habeck’s presence in Berlin is necessary to make further … Read more
The Sierra Leone government has declared a nationwide curfew after “unidentified individuals” attempted to break into a military armoury. The Ministry of Infomation and Civic Education said the individuals, in the early hours of Sunday, tried to break into the armoury at Wilberforce barracks in the capital, Freetown. “They have all been rebuffed,” the ministry … Read more
Rwanda is to be given at least £15 million ($19 million) extra to sign a treaty with the UK to take migrants who arrive in Britain via small boats, it has been reported. British newspaper Sunday Times said the money would be on top of the £140 million already given to Kigali as part of … Read more
Following a security breach that occurred in Sierra Leone on Sunday, Nigeria and ECOWAS on Monday sent a delegation to Freetown. Sierra Leone President Julius Bio made this known in a post on X where he described the delegation as ‘high-powered.’ The delegation included Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; Nigeria’s Chief of Defense Staff, … Read more
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has appointed a new Acting Secretary-General of the Parliament, Bertin Somé. The appointment, made by the Speaker of the Parliament, Sidie Tunis, was announced in a statement issued by the parliament to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. It said Mr Somé, … Read more
