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January 23, (THEWILL) - Burkina Faso’s government denied that the military had seized control of the country on Sunday after exchanges of gunfire took place at multiple army barracks, including two in the capital. “Information on social media would have people...

January 19, (THEWILL) - United States President, Joe Biden, has chosen Los Angeles to host the 2022 Summit of the Americas, a key gathering that U.S officials hope would help mend diplomatic fences in the Western Hemisphere. The White House...

January 19, (THEWILL) - Indonesian lawmakers have passed a law, moving the nation’s capital from Jakarta in Java to Nusantara. The move is a step forward in one of the most ambitious projects initiated by the country’s President, Joko Widodo. The...

January 16, (THEWILL) - Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the former President of Mali who led the West African country from 2013 until he was ousted in a coup in 2020, died in Bamako on Sunday at the age of 76. “President IBK...

January 15, (THEWILL) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended Baricitinib, an arthritic drug, and Corticosteroids for the treatment of patients with severe or critical COVID-19. Baricitinib is a type of drug known as a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor,...

January 12, (THEWILL) - An opposition senator, Henry Kemende has been shot dead in western Cameroon where a bloody insurgency waged by anglophone separatists against the state and his party, an official said. The Lawmaker, whose body was found on Wednesday,...

January 07, (THEWILL) - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the arrest of unvaccinated people who violate stay-at-home orders aimed at curbing “galloping” coronavirus infections. Unvaccinated people among the capital’s 13 million people were ordered to stay home after infection numbers...

January 05, (THEWILL) - British opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer has tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. Starmer had been due to face Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a question and answer session in parliament. His deputy, Angela Rayner,...

January 05, (THEWILL) - President of Poland, Andrzej Duda has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating, his chief of staff Pawel Szrot said on Wednesday. “The president is fine, has no severe symptoms and is under constant medical care", Szrot...

January 05, (THEWILL) - While the world is grappling with the highly infectious Omicron strain of COVID-19, scientists in France have identified a new coronavirus strain, B.1.640.2, at the institute IHU Méditerranée Infection in Marseille. Named IHU, the new B.1.640.2...