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The European Union will ban importing Russian oil, refined products and three Russian state-owned broadcasters as part of a sixth sanctions package over Moscow's war in Ukraine, the bloc's chief executive said on Wednesday. According to…

South Africa says a British ban on flights from six southern African countries over a new COVID-19 variant seemed rushed, as EU authorities prepared similar moves and the World Health Organization (WHO) convened an emergency meeting.…

Tanzania says it would allow pregnant students and teenaged mothers to continue with their studies, reversing a heavily-criticized policy instituted by its late autocratic leader John Magufuli. In 2017, the East African country began…

Burkina Faso has lifted a ban on the Norwegian Refugee Council from working in camps for displaced people in the jihadist-hit north after accusing the body of discrediting the government. It was the first time an international NGO has…

The Plateau State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, ( PDP), has raised the alarm over a plan by the state’s Independent Electoral Commission to ban the party from participating in the 9th October, local government election. The…

China on Friday said that it firmly opposes a U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) vote to advance a plan to ban equipment from Chinese firms including Huawei in U.S. telecoms networks. China will continue to support its relevant…

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the regulatory body for aviation in Nigeria, has approved the lifting of the ban it had earlier placed on Boeing 737 Max Aircraft in the Nigerian Airspace with effect from February 12, 2021.…