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India’s beating heart
ANALYSIS Few stars in India are afforded the honour of a state funeral but as crowds gathered at Mumbai's Sivaji...
Lata Mangeshkar: India bids farewell to beloved singer
Lata Mangeshkar, one of India's most beloved singers, has been cremated in Mumbai with full state honours. Mangeshkar, whose voice...
Heavy gunfire near the Guinea Bissau government palace
The government of Guinea-Bissau, a small West African country with a troubled political history, was filled with heavy tension on...
UN chief welcomes suspension of Burkina Faso from ECOWAS
UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, says he takes note of the suspension of Burkina Faso from Economic Community of West African...
Coup: ECOWAS suspends Burkina Faso
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Burkina Faso from its governing bodies, following the coup d’etat...
Humanitarian community needs $2bn for 15m people in Nigeria, others — UN
Under-Secretary General and Emergency Relief Coordinator for the United Nations, Martin Griffiths, says that nearly 15 million people in Mali,...
Guterres reappoints Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed as UN deputy secretary-general
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Monday formalised his prior announcement that Ms Amina Mohammed of Nigeria will continue in her...
UN welcomes deal reached in Somalia to expedite electoral process
The United Nations on Monday welcomed a consensus reached Sunday by the country’s political leaders to expedite the electoral process...
Sudan: A new setback for democracy
The resignation of Sudan’s prime minister has put the military firmly back in control of the country but facing a...
Al-Ghais appointed next OPEC Secretary-General
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has appointed Mr Haitham Al-Ghais as the organisation’s Secretary-General effective Aug. 1....
