By Eric Ojo, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In spite of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, the government of France has reassured the international community of its unflinching resolve and determination to host the United Nations (UN) 2015 Climate Change Conference scheduled to commence next week. The conference also called as Conference of […]
Turkish Military has allegedly shot down a Russian Military aircraft on the Syrian border. Confirming the development, Russian Defence Ministry, said a Su-24 had crashed on Syrian territory after being fired from the ground. In contrast, the Turkish Military officials, in reply said the country’s F-16s shot down the plane after persistent warning to the […]
UNICEF Ambassadors Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson, Sir Roger Moore, Shakira, Ricky Martin, Priyanka Chopra, Novak Djokovic, Mia Farrow, Ishmael Beah, Susan Sarandon and Angelique Kidjo join forces to fight today’s unfair world for children The world remains a deeply unfair place for the poorest and most disadvantaged children despite major advances since the adoption of the […]
France President Francois Hollande has vowed to bring down the dreaded IS group. The terrorists’ group claimed responsibility for the bloody attack which killed over 100 people last Friday in Paris. In line with his resolve, President Hollande announced that he would present a bill to extend the state of emergency to be declared after […]
France has declared a national state of emergency and tightened borders after at least 120 people were killed in a night of gun and bomb attacks in Paris. Eighty people were reported killed after gunmen burst into the Bataclan concert hall and took hostages before security forces stormed the hall. People were shot dead at […]
By Abdul Gaffar Bello The Federal Republic of Germany has described Nigeria as a reliable partner in Defence, thus requires her support by prolonging and increasing the military relationship for the future, between the two countries. A German Advisory Team in charge of Military equipment and programme, Colonel Thomas Brillisauer made the submission Wednesday during […]
An anonymous U.S. intelligence official told the Associated Press that intercepted communication played a role in a tentative conclusion that a Sinai affiliate of the Islamic State planted an explosive device on the plane. An affiliate of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for bringing down the plane in a tweet quickly after it crashed, but […]
Despite that the outcome of investigations by the aviation experts, on Metrojet aircraft crash is still being awaited, the Russian airline Kogalymavia has linked the incident, which killed 224 people to “external influence”. The aviation official pointed out that the investigator using data from the aircraft’s “black boxes” was yet to give his conclusions; still, […]
Russia’s air safety regulator has ordered the airline whose charter jet crashed in Egypt to suspend flights pending the probe. Rostransnadzor, Russia’s transport safety watchdog, on Sunday told Metrojet to ground its fleet of Airbus A321s following Saturday’s crash. Metrojet’s A321-200 crashed in the Sinai Peninsula 23 minutes after taking off from the Red Sea […]
The Syria’s President, Bashar al-Assad has made a secret visit to Moscow, his first overseas trip since the outbreak of the raging civil war in the Middle East country since 2011. The visit actually took place Tuesday evening, but was not made public until Wednesday, after the visitor, al-Assad returned to Damascus, the Syrian capital. […]
As desperate asylum seekers continue to flock Europe, Slovenia authority Sunday indicates it will only allow 2,500 migrants to cross its borders daily. The figure is however half the number, neighbour Croatia has requested for. Slovenia Interior Ministry Secretary of State, Bostjan Sefic announced that the country could not accept Croatia’s request to take 5,000, […]
Turkey has named the notorious terrorist group, ISIS as the first suspect that responsible for the deadly bomb attack, last Saturday in Ankara, the country’s capital, which led to the killing of almost 100 people and several others injured. Turkish Prime Minister (PM) Ahmet Davutoglu Monday said despite that no group has claimed responsibility for […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In its ongoing offensives, Russia has launched rocket strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria from its warships in the Caspian Sea, a distance of about 1,500km (932 miles) away. While confirming Wednesday, the Russian Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu said four warships have launched 26 sea-based cruise missiles on […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Nigeria, Michael Zenner has reiterated the need for the promotion of human rights in efforts aimed at advancing global peace, freedom and democracy. Zenner said the promotion of human rights must be the supreme goal of policy makers worldwide, adding that […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The death toll of last Thursday stampede near Mecca, during the year’s annual Hajj pilgrimage has been put at over 1000 by the officials from different countries. Nigerian, Indian, Pakistani and Indonesian officials have confirmed that over 1000 bodies have been deposited to the morgues. A Nigerian Hajj official from […]
By Ayo Balogun BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the agonizing state of the country, the United States (US) President Barrack Obama has declared that his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad does not deserve to occupy his present position, therefore must vacate. Consequently, Obama has indicated that the US was prepared to work with any nation, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 717 people taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage have been killed in a stampede near the Islamic holy city of Mecca, officials in Saudi Arabia say. Another 863 people were injured in the incident at Mina, which occurred as two million pilgrims were taking part in the Hajj’s […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) | BY AYO BALOGUN – The Saudi authorities have barred the Executives of the giant Saudi Binladin Group, handling the extension works at the Grand Mosque of Mecca, from traveling out of the Kingdom as well as excluded from being engaged in new public contracts. The announcement which was made public […]
By Ayo Balogun – In what appears like a display of unrestricted solidarity, the German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, has declared that the country will accommodate not less than 500,000 asylum-seekers for several years. Gabriel who announced that Germany expected more than 800,000 asylum-seekers, which is four times more than 2014 figure, called on other […]
The desperate journey by the immigrants from Syria has taken a new dimension, as convoy of cars by German and Austrian activists have traveled to Hungary to move the settlers into Western Europe. The development occurred barely 24 hours after the first set of immigrants arrived Austria, after trekking 180km along a motorway, from Budapest […]
