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UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday call on the global community to say with one voice that “attacks on schools must stop’’ and that schools be safe for schooling. Guterres made the call at a virtual event to commemorate the International Day to Protect Education from Attack globally celebrated on Sept. 9. “Schools must be […]
The Taliban on Tuesday announced an all-male interim government for Afghanistan stacked with veterans of their hard-line rule from the 1990s and the 20-year battle against the U.S.-led coalition, a move that seems unlikely to win the international support the new leaders desperately need to avoid an economic meltdown. Appointed to the key post […]
UN Secretary General António Guterres on Thursday condemned the terror attacks around Kabul airport in Afghanistan and expressed his support for both the injured and the families of those who have been killed. Stephane Dujarric, the Secretary-General’s spokesman, disclosed this at a briefing for news correspondents at the UN headquarters in New York. “He […]
Two explosions went off Thursday outside Kabul’s airport, where thousands of people have flocked as they try to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. The explosion has killed at least 13 people, including children, and wounded many Taliban guards, a Taliban official told Reuters. Russian Officials say it was a suicide attack. Western nations […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says Nigeria is not a failed state and cannot go the way of Afghanistan where the Taliban has taken the rein of power. The minister stated this in Washington DC during his engagements with international media organisations including the BBC Radio and Television, Bloomberg and Politico. […]
The Taliban declared an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join their government Tuesday, trying to calm nerves across a tense capital city that only the day before saw chaos at its airport as people tried to flee. The comments by Enamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban’s cultural commission, represent the first […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says the African continent is the new frontline of global militancy. In an opinion article published in Financial Times on Sunday, Buhari said while the world is preoccupied with curbing the spread of COVID-19, terrorism is worsening. The president’s article was centred on the crisis unfolding in Afghanistan. The Taliban has […]
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 […]
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