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The last soldiers of German mission in Afghanistan have left, ending 20 years of the country’s military involvement in Afghanistan. The final contingent of troops were flown out from the field camp in Mazar-i-Sharif in the north of the country and will arrive the Wunstorf air base in Lower Saxony later on Wednesday. Defence […]
The 2021 BET Awards are here to honor Black excellence across music, television, film and sports! Some of the biggest celebs turned out to celebrate the big occasion on Sunday. The 21st annual BET awards returned after having to hold a virtual ceremony last year in light of the pandemic. This year’s awards came […]
Kenyan police said 17 soldiers died in a helicopter crash on Thursday. The victims were on a training exercise when the helicopter came down in Kajiado County outside the capital, Nairobi. Six people on board were seriously injured. “This plane came when we were under the hill there. It started making a funny noise, […]
Russia on Wednesday said it fired warning shots at a British navy destroyer in the Black Sea after it violated the country’s territorial waters, but the UK denied the incident had occurred. Incidents involving Western aircraft and ships are not uncommon at Russia’s borders, especially during heightened tensions with Washington, Brussels and London, but […]
Palestinians and Jewish settlers hurled stones, chairs and fireworks at each other overnight in a tense Jerusalem neighborhood where settler groups are trying to evict several Palestinian families, officials said Tuesday. The threatened evictions fueled protests and clashes in the runup to last month’s 11-day Gaza war and pose a test for Israel’s new […]
Dubai main airline Emirates has announced the indefinite suspension of flights to and from Nigeria from Monday 21 June, 2021. The Airline on Monday revealed this on their website emirates.com. “In line with government directives, passenger flights to and from Nigeria (Lagos and Abuja) are suspended with effect from 21 June 2021 until further […]
The Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt has become a father to twin boys, Thunder Bolt and Saint Leo Bolt. Bolt, 34, and his partner, Kasi Bennett, announced the news in a Father’s Day Instagram post, with a lightning bolt emoji next to each of their three children’s names. The couple have a daughter, Olympia Lightning, […]
Oscar-winning actor Angelina Jolie on Sunday visited a refugee camp in Burkina Faso sheltering thousands of Malians who have fled jihadist violence in the region. Jolie visited the camp at Goudebou, in the northeast of the landlocked west African country, as part of her role as an ambassador for the UN refugee organisation, the […]
American reality star,business woman and model, Kim Kardashian has said that her ex-husband Kanye West is like family, despite their divorce, adding in a television show that she will always be his biggest fan. Kardashian, 40, was speaking on a reunion show for “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” which broadcast its final episode last […]
The founding president of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda has died at the age of 97. “KK”, as he was popularly known led his country for 27 years and championed Africa’s struggles against apartheid and HIV/AIDS, The former Zambian president was being treated for pneumonia at the Maina Soko Medical Centre, a military hospital in Lusaka […]
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