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The main challenger in the Osun State governorship election, the Peoples Democratic Party’s Ademola Adeleke, parades himself as the harbinger of light with a campaign slogan “imole de”; a Yoruba...

Geneva — Hundreds of millions of people are at risk of severe hunger in the coming months as extreme poverty, inequality and food insecurity rise, particularly in parts of Africa...

The euro slumped against the dollar Monday, putting the currencies once more close to parity, as the eurozone faces reduced Russian gas supplies. Around 1200 GMT, the euro dropped one...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that Russia’s restriction on Ukrainian grain exports may have contributed to Sri Lanka’s turmoil and voiced fear it could spur other crises....

By sanctioning Russia, Germany has destroyed its business model. Now it faces an possible economic catastrophe By Glenn Diesen, Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway and an editor at the...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that rare talks with his Chinese counterpart in Indonesia were “constructive” but he voiced alarm over issues including Taiwan. “Despite the complexities...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned of possible “catastrophic consequences” of Western sanctions on the global energy market. “Sanctions restrictions on Russia will bring far bigger losses for the...

The Kremlin said Thursday it hoped that “more professional people” would come to power in Britain after the BBC reported Boris Johnson will resign as Conservative party leader. “We would...

Members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, a regional bloc that includes Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, met Tuesday in Nairobi to discuss humanitarian, political,...

Pope Francis has rebuffed suggestions he may be readying to resign, saying in an interview published Monday that rumours he was suffering from a serious illness were “court gossip”. “It...