Ending months of uncertainty, Zimbabwe on Wednesday set the date for presidential elections, renewing the prospect of a battle between iron-fisted incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition hopeful Nelson Chamisa The post Zimbabwe sets August 23 for presidential re-match appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
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Saudi Arabia’s population has grown by more than one third since 2010, and a majority of the kingdom’s nationals are aged under 30, according to a census published Wednesday. The 2022 Saudi census marks the “most comprehensive and precise population survey conducted in the Kingdom’s history,” the General Authority of Statistics said. It set the total population of the oil-rich country at 32.2 million. Of these, 58.4 per cent are Saudi nationals and most others are from South Asia or elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa region. The total resident population is up 34.2 per cent since 2010…
Kenya’s airports authority triggered a flurry of panic online Wednesday after it announced an incident involving a plane at Nairobi’s international airport — only to clarify it had been a drill. Images posted on Twitter by some media outlets showed black smoke billowing from a site at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), one of the busiest in Africa. The Kenya Airports Authority said rescue operations were under way after “an aircraft overflying Nairobi encountered an incident” at the airport on Wednesday morning. But the authority later said the exercise, “which involved a simulated incident of an aircraft that crashed at…
Philippine lawmakers approved the creation of an $8.9 billion sovereign wealth fund on Wednesday to boost growth and cut poverty, but critics insisted it was a “scam” and should be scrapped. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr had called for a swift passage of the bill, filed by his son and cousin late last year, to enable […] The post Philippine lawmakers approve $8.9 bn sovereign wealth fund appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
Zimbabwe will hold nationwide elections on August 23, the government gazette said Wednesday, ending months of speculation over the date. The government’s official record, seen by AFP, said President Emmerson Mnangagwa “fixes the 23rd day of August, 2023, as the day of the election to the office of President.” Elections for the National Assembly and […] The post Zimbabwe general elections set for August 23 appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
Republican governor Ron DeSantis kicked off his 2024 presidential campaign tour in Iowa on Tuesday by pitching himself as the best alternative to Donald Trump. Though he did not name the septuagenarian ex-president directly during his speech, DeSantis, 44, nevertheless evoked Trump, attempting to draw a study of parallels and contrasts. America needs an “energetic” […] The post Republican DeSantis begins presidential bid in Trump's shadow appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
Russia will evacuate hundreds of children from villages on its border with Ukraine given a “worsening situation” in the western Belgorod region, intensely shelled for days, authorities said Wednesday. Belgorod has seen near daily attacks on areas near the border and last week was the scene of a dramatic armed incursion from Ukraine. “The situation […] The post Russia evacuates children from border villages near Ukraine appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused Kyiv of seeking to “frighten” Russians after drones hit Moscow high-rises in the first such attack since the beginning of the Kremlin’s assault on Ukraine. The post Putin slams Ukraine as attack drones hit Moscow high-rises appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
Fighting flared again in Sudan on Tuesday despite the latest ceasefire pledges of the two warring generals, meant to allow desperately needed aid to reach besieged civilians. The post Sudan truce extension brings renewed fighting, little aid appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
In a Sudanese school turned makeshift hospital, a volunteer doctor hooks up a patient lying on a desk to an intravenous drip while nurses hand out medicines donated by neighbours. As war has raged for six weeks and shuttered or destroyed many clinics, this school building in Omdurman, Khartoum’s twin city across the Nile, has become an emergency healthcare centre. A chalk message written on a blackboard outside says the volunteer-run field hospital provides free general medical care, minor operations and other services. The volunteer medics treat children and people with diabetes, hypertension and other chronic illnesses, which are “now…