The Trump administration is placing an indefinite pause on immigrant visa processing from 75 countries, further restricting the legal routes for entering the US. The State Department on Wednesday said the administration wants to bring “an end to the abuse” of the system “by those who would extract wealth from the American people” by using…
Sierra Leone’s Deputy Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Umaru Napoleon Koroma, represented the country at the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 13th to 15th January 2026. The forum, which began five years ago with 35 countries, has grown into a major global mining event, bringing together over 100 governments and more…
Maduro tells the court in New York he remains the leader of Venezuela, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News. “I’m innocent. I’m not guilty. I’m a decent man, the president of my country,” he says via an interpreter. Maduro pleaded not guilty to all the charges he is faced with. Four counts were…
Armed men have violently stormed a village in Nigeria’s Niger state, killing at least 30 people and looting shops, state authorities have said. The attackers emerged from a forest near the village of Kasuwan-Daji on Saturday and set fire to the local market, looted shops and kidnapped an unspecified number of people, police said. “The…
A former anaesthetist has been jailed for life for intentionally poisoning 30 patients, 12 of them fatally. Frédéric Péchier, 53, was convicted Friday at the end of a four-month trial in the eastern city of Besançon. In one of France’s biggest ever medical malpractice cases, Péchier was found to have introduced chemicals like potassium chloride…
The rebel group which last week seized the Democratic Republic of Congo city of Uvira say they have begun withdrawing, promising to complete the pullout on Thursday, following pressure from the US. The M23 group captured the strategic city near the border with Burundi, days after a “historic” US-brokered peace deal between Congolese and Rwandan…
Islam recognises only two major periods of festivities, that is, Eid ul Fitr (Ramadan Prayer) and Eid ul Adha (Dunkay Sally), and it discourages any other festival especially those that are deeply-rooted in Christianity with specific reference to Christmas. As it stands, there are still insufficient evidence that Isa (Jesus) (A.S), was born on 25th…
By Mariama Bundu On 14 December 2025, Guinée Nouvelle officially opened its office in Freetown, located at Hastings Junction, marking a significant milestone in strengthening ties between Guinea and Sierra Leone. Speaking at the opening ceremony, the head of Guinée Nouvelle in Sierra Leone, Mr. Alhaji Osman Jalloh Simadu, emphasized the deep historical and cultural…
Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou says his contract with the PFL ends “soon” and “everything can happen” in 2026. Speaking on the Ariel Helwani Show, the Cameroonian suggested potential fights against UFC legend Jon Jones and former boxing world champion Deontay Wilder, and did not rule out re-signing with the PFL. Ngannou, 39, signed…
A group of children spotted Adel’s body on their way to school, just as his parents were heading to the police station to report him missing. A grotesque, charred silhouette, reclining, with one knee raised, as if lounging on one of Marseille’s nearby beaches. He was 15 when he died, in the usual way: a…
