Sierra Leone explosion: Scores dead after Freetown oil tanker collision
A fuel tanker has exploded following a collision in the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown causing numerous casualties, the central morgue and local authorities said. The government has not yet…
Colin Powell, first Black US secretary of state, dies of COVID
Colin Powell, the former United States secretary of state and the first Black person in the country’s history to fill the position, has died due to complications from COVID-19, his…
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp restored after hours-long blackout
UN cautions Afghanistan at risk of ‘total breakdown’
The United Nations has warned that Afghanistan is at risk of “total breakdown” of the international community does not find a way to keep money flowing into Afghanistan despite concerns…
ECOWAS mediators due in Guinea to meet coup leaders
High-level mission from main West African bloc is expected to seek democratic transition following overthrow of President Alpha Conde. Coup leader Mamady Doumbouya, has pledged to install a transitional government…
Biden to tour in New York and New Jersey hit heavily by Hurricane Ida
Afghan President flees country as Taliban move into Kabul
The Taliban’s conquest in Afghanistan is virtually complete. President Ashraf Gani fled the country on Sunday. He joined thousands of his fellow citizens in a stampede fleeing the advancing Taliban….
ISS astronauts splash down on SpaceX craft
It was the first US splashdown in darkness since Apollo 8’s crew returned from the moon in 1968. A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts back to Earth splashed…
President Joe Biden’s speech to Congress : Government is good, and so are jobs
President Joe Biden returned to the U.S. Capitol, his home for more than three decades. In a historic first, President Biden was flanked by two women — House Speaker Nancy…
‘Huge’ explosion rocks St. Vincent as volcano keeps erupting
La Soufriere volcano fired an enormous amount of ash and hot gas early Monday in the biggest explosive eruption yet since volcanic activity began on the eastern Caribbean island of…
