Ahead of Liberia’s Presidential and Legislative elections in 2023, Mr Jawarlah Tonpo, Liberia’s Deputy Minister, Press and Public Affairs, has urged security agencies in the country to redouble their efforts at containing the circulation of Small Arms and Light Weapons.
Read more: 2023 Liberian Election: Minister commends ECOWAS, calls for control of small arms
A British government minister has refused to confirm whether Russian spies stole the British-made COVID-19 vaccine to create its own jab.
Read more: Minister refuses to confirm claim that Russia stole Oxford vaccine
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said that 538 illegal migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast and returned to Libya in the past week.
Read more: 538 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast – IOM
A former SS guard, now 100 years old, hobbled into a German courtroom on a walking frame on Thursday to face charges of helping to send more than 3,518 people to their deaths in a Nazi concentration camp during World War Two.
Read more: Ex-SS camp guard, aged 100, on trial for 3,518 deaths
Ugandans traveling to neighbouring South Sudan no longer require visas to enter the country.
Read more: South Sudan and Uganda abolish visa travel requirements for their nationals
Pope Francis said on Wednesday that a damning report concerning sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in France represented a moment of shame.
Read more: Pope says French abuse report is ‘moment of shame’
The UN food agency has launched an urgent appeal for action to reduce the amount of food that is wasted, saying lack of food, hunger and malnutrition affect every country in the world.
Read more: UN appeals against food wastage, says 811m people are hungry
Former U.S. President Donald Trump was not included on the annual Forbes 400 ranking of the wealthiest Americans.
Read more: Donald Trump drops off Forbes’ 400 richest Americans
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the need for the presence of an African country in the UN Security Council and decried the delay in the implementation of that reform.
Read more: UNGA-76: Buhari calls for reform of UN Security Council, African membership
