Category: Foreign
South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu is dead
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, is dead.
He died at the age of 90.
Tutu was on [...]
Jack Dorsey resigns after 16yrs as CEO Twitter
Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, has stepped down from his role at the company.
In a tweet on Tuesday, Dorsey said he was leaving after 16 years of co [...]
Guaranty Trust Holding Company PLC stages music concert in Ghana
From the curators of the GTBank Fashion Weekend and GTBank Food and Drink Festival, two of Africa’s most celebrated showpiece events–comes the biggest [...]
Facebook rebrands, officially changes company’s name to ‘Meta’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, announced Thursday, 28 October that the social networking parent company behind Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculu [...]
African Union suspends Sudan’s membership over coup
The African Union (AU) has suspended Sudan days after the country’s military sacked its transitional government and took power.
The suspension wa [...]
Sudan’s prime minister detained, internet shut down amid reports of coup
Some members of Sudan’s transitional government and other civilian leaders have been detained following an apparent coup by military forces.
The de [...]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX set to make him first trillionaire on planet earth
Elon Musk, the CEO of two of the world’s largest companies, SpaceX and Tesla, is set to become the world’s first trillionaire.
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WHO honours African American woman whose cells were used to achieve medical breakthrough researches
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has honoured Henrietta Lacks, recognising the world-changing legacy of the black woman whose cancer cells were tak [...]
Former US Secretary of State, Colin Powell dies of Covid-19
General Colin Powell, a former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is dead.
He died on Monday morning following [...]
How nuns used crucifixes to rape girls during decades of abuse in Catholic church
A new report has revealed that nuns used crucifixes to rape girls during decades of abuse by French clergy members that saw attacks on 3 [...]