Chinese parliament has finally nominated Xi Jinping close ally Li Qiang as the next premier. Li Qiang is the former communist party leader of China’s biggest city Shanghai. However he is considered a pragmatist and will be tasked with reviving the country’s struggling economy having received almost every vote from more than 2900 delegates at the National People’s Congress. However ...
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine has revealed that he’s held bilateral talks with his Ugandan counterpart, H.E Yoweri Museveni. These talks were aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia. Zelesnkyy revealed that these were the first bilateral talks between the two countries. Apparently, the Ukrainian President outlined his country’s peace initiatives to the ...
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African leaders yesterday set an ultimatum for the rebel groups in the eastern region of DR Congo to withdraw by the end of March. This came as the latest bid by the seven-nation East African Community to silence the guns in the mineral-rich region. Fierce fighting in the region has pushed huge numbers of Congolese out of their homes and ...
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Australia is making a move to remove images of the British Monarch from its banknotes. The move will spell the phasing out of the British monarchy on its banknotes. The country announced that its new $5 bill will not feature an image of King Charles III. Australia’s Reserve Bank announced on Wednesday that a new design celebrating Indigenous culture will ...
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Pope Francis is set to begin his tour of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan tomorrow. This is one of his religious activities he has been doing since he took over. He will visit the nations with a message of peace and reconciliation, which many hope will bring a much-needed stop to the conflicts in the nation.The ...
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