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More than 160 world leaders have gathered in Dubai for COP28. Delegates have committed to providing billions of dollars towards supporting developing countries in climate finance. On Friday, fossil fuels continued to be at the center of the conversation. Radhika Bajaj has more. A universal call by world leaders to...

Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang has addressed the Group of 77 plus China summit at COP28. He said developing nations should unequivocally oppose unilateralism, and protect their interests in the fight towards climate change. Saturday also saw millions of dollars being added to the Loss and Damage Fund, as the...

The 2024 Spring Festival Gala official mascot, “Long Chenchen,” was released on Wednesday by the China Media Group.

The State Council Information Office of China released a white paper titled “The Belt and Road Initiative: A Key Pillar of the Global Community of Shared Future” on Tuesday. The white paper is expected to give the international community a better understanding of the value of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI),...

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Sunday, condemned the rigging of Presidential election in Zimbabwe by the ruling ZANU-PF party. Frank in a statement in Abuja, also accused the Heads of State and Governments of the African Union and indeed the...

Hundreds of Turkish workers employed by Turkish construction company Yapı Merkezi in the Tanzania Railway project have vowed to continue their strike action until their wages are paid. The Turkish company, which won the tender for the railway project, is facing its biggest resistance from at least 2,000 workers who...

Any military intervention in Niger to restore deposed President Mohamed Bazoum would be considered a “declaration of war against Burkina Faso and Mali”, the two countries said in a joint statement Monday. The governments of Niger’s two neighbours, both the result of recent military coups, made the comments after West...

Niger’s military leaders have warned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) not to send troops to the Republic of Niger. General Abdourahmane Tchiani, also known as Omar Tchiani, and the chief of Niger’s presidential guard, declared himself leader while the country’s elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, has been held...

The soldiers involved in the coup happening in the Niger Republic have warned against foreign intervention in the country’s political situation. In a late-night address on Wednesday, Amadou Abdramane, a colonel-major, announced the removal of President Mohamed Bazoum from office. Abdramane’s statement confirmed reports of suspicion of a coup attempt...

Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum took to social media on Thursday with a defiant vow to protect “hard-won” democratic gains a day after he was toppled in a military coup. The country’s foreign minister Hassoumi Massoudou also issued a rallying cry on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, for “all...