The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, has bought a nomination form from the governing All Progressive Congress party in a bid to become President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor. Party spokesman Joseph Morka confirmed to Al Jazeera by text that 60-year-old Emefiele joined the […]
Fifty more civilians, including 11 children, have been rescued from tunnels under a besieged steel plant in Mariupol where Ukrainian fighters have been making their last stand against Russian forces in the port city. The Russian Interdepartmental Humanitarian Response Centre, a Russian government agency, issued […]
The market for cocaine and methamphetamine is on the rise in Europe driven by record levels of trafficking, according to a new report by European Union agencies. Cocaine imported into Europe from South America is increasingly re-exported to other parts of the world, notably to […]
At least nine people have been killed and about 40 others injured after a large explosion ripped through a hotel in downtown Havana, the Cuban government has said. In a series of tweets on Friday afternoon, President Miguel Diaz-Canel’s office said preliminary investigations indicated that […]
Africa faces an “unprecedented” crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine that has led to soaring food and fuel prices, the United Nations said. The conflict in Ukraine and Western sanctions on Moscow are disrupting supplies of wheat, fertiliser and other goods, compounding the […]
The United States has authorised an additional $150m in military aid for Ukraine, the State Department said, bringing the total of such assistance to $3.8bn since Russia’s invasion of the country began. In a statement on Friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the […]
A mix of relentless winds, near-record high temperatures and extremely low humidity in the coming days is expected to further spur a huge fire in the US state of New Mexico that has been raging for more than a month and has already chased thousands […]
Oil prices rose almost 1.5 percent on Friday, settling with a second straight weekly increase as impending European Union sanctions on Russian oil raised the prospect of tighter supply and had traders shrugging off worries about global economic growth. Brent futures rose $1.49, or 1.3 […]
Seven soldiers and four civilian volunteer troops have been killed in two ambushes in Burkina Faso’s troubled north, the army said. The first attack near the town of Solle on Thursday led to the deaths of two soldiers and four civilian volunteers helping the army […]
UN Security Council agrees to first joint statement since Ukraine war began, expressing “strong support” for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s efforts to find peaceful solution. US President Joe Biden announces new security aid to Ukraine and calls on US lawmakers to approve more funds for the […]
