LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Taliban fighters moved Sunday into Afghanistan’s capital city, the nation’s leader fled. President Ashraf Ghani flew from Kabul to an unknown destination. At least one news report said he traveled to Uzbekistan. Later Sunday, Ghani posted an explanation for his exit, saying if he stayed, more Afghans would die and “bloodshed”…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A son of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi who vanished six years ago and was thought to have died has reappeared and announced his intention to re-enter politics. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who is still wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, said he intended to unify Libya at the head…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line conservative judge under U.S. sanctions, easily won Iran’s presidential election on Saturday amid record-low voter turnout. With about 90 percent of the votes counted, Raisi had received 17.8 million of the 28.6 million ballots cast. Raisi’s political rivals, former Revolutionary Guard commander Mohsen Rezaei and moderate Abdolnasser Hemmati…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defence minister of the interim government on Monday, deepening political chaos just months after a military coup ousted the previous president, multiple sources told Reuters. President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and defence minister Souleymane Doucoure were all taken to a…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Allegations have emerged this Saturday saying several Tanzanians have been arrested and locked up after they decided to party and celebrate while the country is mourning the passing away of President John Pombe Magufuli. According to sources, Tanzanians who support the opposition party CHADEMA yesterday slaughtered a goat, had several alcoholic drinks,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President-elect of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina has promised to give more support to ensure that the continent’s infrastructure gap is reduced by providing quality growth. Dr Adesina, during his inaugural address after being sworn-in as AfDB President on Tuesday, pledged to expand partnership and tilt more attention to…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The junta that seized power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body to rule for three years and has agreed to release ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a source in a visiting West African delegation said Sunday. “The junta has affirmed that it wants a three-year transition to review the foundations of…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and top government officials were detained on Tuesday in a mutiny by soldiers in the capital Bamako. Keita’s detention at his residence in southwestern Bamako followed hours of uncertainty after soldiers mutinied in the morning at the Kati military base outside Bamako and rounded up a number…
