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Bank robbers seem to be a dying breed in Germany, the number of robberies at banks, savings institutions and post offices have dropped by 95 per cent over the past three decades.
Bank robbers seem to be a dying breed in Germany, the number of robberies at banks, savings institutions and post offices have dropped by 95 per cent over the past three decades.
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan has urged world leaders to show more commitments to climate financing, as the world seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and arrest the damaging effect of climate change.
A U.S. journalist detained in Myanmar was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a military court on Friday.
Read more: U.S. journalist in Myanmar sentenced to 11 years in prison
The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, has said COVID-19 pandemic should not overshadow all the other public health challenges facing the region.
Read more: COVID-19 should not overshadow other health challenges – ECOWAS president
Pope Francis thanked journalists on Saturday for their coverage of the clerical sexual abuse scandal that’s plagued the Catholic Church.
Read more: Pope thanks journalists for helping expose church sex scandals
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the death of South Africa’s last white president, Mr. Frederik de Klerk, as ”the end of an era, because of his tremendous impact on history and the cause of justice.”
Read more: President Buhari hails late De Klerk as ‘a remarkable moral force for change’
About 200 countries meeting in Glasgow, Scotland have adopted an outcome document that UN Secretary-General, António Guterres lauded as “reflecting the interests, the contradictions, and the state of political will in the world today”.
Read more: COP26 closes as countries reach major agreement to protect global climate
Ghana’s parliament on Thursday hold the first public hearing on a new law that would make it illegal to be gay or to advocate for gay rights, its press office said.
Read more: Ghana parliament begins public hearings on anti-LGBT+ law