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‎Fresh off a bout of COVID-19, Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, said Friday nearly everyone will probably end up catching the new coronavirus, urging Brazilians to “face up to it” and saying there was nothing to fear. The far-right…

‎Hundreds of children contracted the coronavirus (COVID-19) at a summer camp in the US state of Georgia last month, health authorities said Friday, adding to a growing body of evidence that minors are both susceptible to infection and…

The Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Marco Mendicino, today reaffirmed Canada’s commitment to fighting human trafficking, migrant smuggling, and irregular migration as a series of initiatives were unveiled in…

‎Herman Cain, a United States businessman and one-time Republican presidential candidate, has died after a month-long battle with coronavirus, his website announced. He was 74. Cain died in an Atlanta-area hospital, where he was admitted…

The Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) has asked the speaker and 30 other lawmakers in the Malian parliament to resign in a latest attempt to restore peace in the crisis-ridden country. The resignation of the lawmakers who…

Barely 96-days 96 days to the November 3 United States Presidential election, President Donald Trump has called for the postponement of the poll, insisting that if the process goes on, “it would be the most inaccurate and fraudulent…

The World Bank Board of Directors has approved a total of $300 million in International Development Association (IDA) as credits and grants to support reforms that will help promote electricity trade in West Africa. The West Africa…

‎Two Indonesian women have been publicly whipped nearly 100 times each for selling sex workers' services online, an official in the country's conservative Aceh province said on Tuesday. Aceh, at the tip of Sumatra, is the only…

‎Two former vice-mayors were executed on Monday for corruption by the Chinese government. ‎ ‎In recent times Chinese authorities have gone tough on corruption - a problem which Communisty Party General Secretary Hu Jintao has…

Notable migration experts including renowned Professor of Law and international speaker, Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba and the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede have confirmed their readiness to be…