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Declassified US Report Implicates Saudi Crown Prince In Khashoggi Murder

BEVERLY HILLS, February 27, (THEWILL) - US intelligence agencies have concluded in a newly declassified intelligence report that Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, approved the 2018 murder of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The four-page report released on...

Buhari Mourns Ex-Arabian Oil Minister, Zaki Yamani

BEVERLY HILLS, February 24, (THEWILL) - President Buhari on Wednesday expressed sadness over the death of former Saudi Arabia's longest-serving Oil Minister, Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani. Zamani died in a London hospital at the age of 90 years. Reacting to his...

Ruling Party Clinches Niger’s Presidential Runoff, As Opposition Protests

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BEVERLY HILLS, February 23, (THEWILL) - Former Interior Minister, Mohamed Bazoum, the candidate of Niger’s ruling PNDS party, has won the presidential elections with 55.75 per cent of the second-round vote, according to provisional figures published on Tuesday. Opposition candidate...

Supreme Court Won’t Halt Turnover Of Trump’s Tax Records

In a significant defeat for former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to step in to halt the turnover of his tax records to a New York state prosecutor. The court’s action is the apparent culmination of...

10 Countries Dominating Vaccine Access, 130 Lack A Single Dose – UN

BEVERLY HILLS, February 22, (THEWILL) - The United Nations (UN) has lamented that 75 per cent of all vaccine doses have been administered in just 10 countries, while more than 130 countries have yet to receive a single...

World Bank Names Former Senegal Finance Minister To Head IFC

BEVERLY HILLS, February 18, (THEWILL) - The World Bank has selected former Senegal Finance Minister, Makhtar Diop, to lead the agency responsible for private sector finance at a critical time for the global recovery. He would be the first African to...

Buhari Hails Outgoing Nigerien Government For Following Constitution

BEVERLY HILLS, February 18, (THEWILL) - President Buhari has said that the outgoing President Mahamadou Issoufou of the neighbouring Republic of Niger and his government deserved accolades for keeping scrupulously to their country’s Constitution with respect to run-off polls scheduled...

To AU, South Africa Offers AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine It Rejected

BEVERLY HILLS, February 16, (THEWILL) - South Africa today said it would offer its doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to the African Union (AU) after scrapping their use due to efficacy concerns. The country suspended its vaccine rollout (meant to...

Zimbabwe Receives First Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccine

BEVERLY HILLS, February 15, (THEWILL) - Zimbabwe has received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced. The President, today, shared photos of a cargo plane with COVID-19 vaccines while making the announcement via his official Twitter handle. He...

Guinea Records Seven Ebola Cases As Health Chief Calls Outbreak An ‘Epidemic’

BEVERLY HILLS, February 14, (THEWILL) - The Head of Guinea’s Health agency said today that the country was in the midst of an Ebola “epidemic situation” with seven cases confirmed in the West African nation, including three deaths. “Very early...