By Alluta News Feb. 5, 2022 African leaders gather at an African Union summit this weekend to try to forge a coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. They also plan to respond to the spate of military takeovers from Sudan to the Sahel region. The bloc, formedContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 3, 2022 Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), on Thursday, called for a collective and decisive action to subdue the resurgence of political instability in West Africa. Opening the extraordinary summit by leaders of the regional bodyContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 3, 2022 The European region is approaching “a plausible endgame’’ in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic while the cases are still surging. A senior official of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said this on Thursday. “For now, the number of deaths across the Region isContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 3, 2022 China faces mounting criticism on human rights issues ahead of the Winter Olympics, which opens on Friday. Activists spoke of intimidation, interrogation and state security officials telling Chinese civil rights activists to restrain themselves during the Games. “I think we can reasonably assume thatContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 2, 2022 CNN’s top boss, Jeff Zucker, on Wednesday resigned from the network after he didn’t disclose a romantic relationship with another senior executive at the company. Zucker has been at the helm of the affairs of the cable network for nine years. He told colleaguesContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 1, 2022 Following the death of an 80 year-old Palestinian man, the Israeli army has criticised moral misconduct and inadequate decisions by the soldiers in charge of the operation. The man who was also a U.S. citizen died about three weeks ago after being temporarily detainedContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 31, 2022 African Union reported that it has suspended Burkina Faso from all its activities in response to the military coup. The AU said the suspension would be effective until constitutional order was restored. Burkina Faso had already been suspended from the West African regional bloc,Continue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 29, 2022 Italy’s search for a new president has no end in sight, with no winner in place despite electors opting to boost their activity to two votes a day. They were the fifth and sixth rounds of voting amid an effort ongoing since Monday toContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 29, 2022 Organisers, reported another 36 coronavirus infections among 2022 Olympic Winter Games participants in Beijing on Saturday, the vast majority from positive tests on arrival in China. The organising committee said there were 1,418 Olympic-related arrivals on Friday with 29 turning out to be positive forContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 27, 2022 Oil prices fell on Thursday as the U.S. dollar strengthened following signs that the Federal Reserve will tighten monetary policy soon in the world’s biggest oil user. Futures pulled back amid a broader decline in financial markets after the Fed telegraphed a March interestContinue Reading