The World Bank has estimated that Lebanon will require approximately $11 billion for recovery and reconstruction following the devastating war between Israel and Hezbollah, which ended with a ceasefire in November 2024. In a report assessing the damage and economic losses, the World Bank detailed the financial toll of the conflict, which began on 8…
A Muscovy Duck. It was a show that forever changed not just the entertainment industry but the world. As the Sunday afternoon hour approached for the start of the 97th Academy Awards ceremony, rumors swept down the Red Carpet more quickly than the fires that had ravaged Los Angeles a few months before. That catastrophe’s…
President of the dissolved National People’s Assembly, Domingos Simões Pereira, has challenged the legitimacy of outgoing President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, asserting that his term officially ended on February 27, 2025. Pereira insists that in the absence of a newly elected leader, the country’s governance should be entrusted to the president of the National Assembly until…
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This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. U.S. President Donald Trump defended on Tuesday his policy on tariffs saying reciprocal duties to be imposed across the board from April 2 would not only protect U.S. jobs but would defend the soul of the country. Trump, in his address…
The national grid collapsed again on Friday afternoon to Lagos and other parts of the country into blackout. The incident was the second in the country this year. The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) and Eko Electricity Distribution Company (E KEDC) confirmed the system outage in separate notices to customers under their network. IKEDC wrote:…
