Activity is gradually returning to the central market in downtown Khartoum after the Sudanese army regained control of the capital, pushing out the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces following months of intense fighting. Clashes erupted in the heart of the city in April 2023, paralyzing commerce and daily life as battles raged between the two sides. Vendors say conditions have improved since the army-led offensive last March forced the RSF out of central Khartoum, allowing markets to reopen and some normalcy to return. Yet traders stress that recovery remains fragile. “Prices are somewhat high due to the difficulty of bringing produce…
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Ohene Anochie
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Spanish authorities say at least 39 people have been confirmed dead following a catastrophic collision involving two high-speed trains in southern Spain, one of the deadliest rail disasters in the country in decades. Police and emergency officials said the crash occurred Sunday evening at about 7:45 p.m. when the rear section of a train traveling from Malaga to Madrid derailed, striking another high-speed train coming in the opposite direction from Madrid to Huelva. The impact hurled the leading carriages of the second train off the tracks and down a four-meter embankment. Andalusia’s regional president Juanma Moreno described the scene near…
United States President Donald Trump has linked his increasingly aggressive posture on Greenland to his failure to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer felt “an obligation to think purely of peace,” according to two European officials familiar with the exchange. The message, sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, has heightened tensions between Washington and its European allies as Trump presses claims over Greenland, a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark and a member of NATO through Denmark. Trump’s remarks come amid a broader standoff triggered by his threats to impose…
Former Burkinabe minister Yolande Viviane Compaoré has been assassinated at her residence in Ouagadougou, in a killing that has shocked Burkina Faso’s political establishment and triggered a nationwide criminal investigation. The public prosecutor’s office in the capital confirmed on Tuesday that Compaoré’s body was discovered at her home on Saturday. Preliminary findings indicate she was assaulted before being killed, pointing to a targeted and violent attack. Judicial authorities say an investigation has been opened, and have called on members of the public to provide any information that could help identify those responsible. Compaoré was a prominent political figure during the…
Nigeria’s official statistics agency has announced plans to revise the way inflation is calculated and reported after an expected technical distortion is set to trigger a sharp but misleading rise in December inflation figures. Officials from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) confirmed that data due next week is likely to show an artificial surge in headline inflation, driven not by real price increases but by a seasonal quirk in how consumer prices are weighted at the end of the year. Economists familiar with the data said the statistical effect could temporarily push…
Greenland has firmly dismissed any suggestion of becoming part of the United States, with Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen declaring that the autonomous Arctic territory has chosen to remain aligned with Denmark, the European Union and NATO. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Nielsen said Greenland’s future would be decided only by its own people, rejecting recent statements by U.S. President Donald Trump suggesting that the island should fall under American control for strategic reasons. “We are a democratic society that makes our own decisions,” Nielsen said. “Greenland does not want to be owned by the United States, and Greenland…
The United States Department of Justice has ruled out launching a criminal civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis, marking a significant shift from how similar cases have been handled under previous administrations. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday that the department found “no basis” at this stage to involve its Civil Rights Division in the case, even as an FBI investigation into the incident continues. The decision was first reported by CNN and was later confirmed by Justice Department officials. The move has…
The death toll from Iran’s nationwide anti-government protests has climbed beyond 2,500, according to human rights activists, as limited phone connections to the outside world were restored on Tuesday following days of a government-imposed communications blackout. The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported early Wednesday that at least 2,571 people had been killed since demonstrations erupted in late December over Iran’s collapsing economy and rising cost of living. The figure marks the deadliest wave of political unrest in the country in decades and has drawn comparisons to the upheaval that led to Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. Iranian state television…
Global K-pop phenomenon BTS has officially announced its long-awaited return to the world stage, unveiling a massive 2026–2027 world tour that will span more than 70 dates across five continents, marking the group’s first full concert run since 2022. The tour will begin in South Korea in April 2026 and conclude in March 2027, taking the seven-member group across Asia, North America, South America, Europe and Australia. The announcement signals the group’s full reunion after a nearly four-year hiatus caused by South Korea’s mandatory military service. The upcoming tour will be BTS’s first headline concert series since the “Permission to…
Ghana’s government says it has paid a total of US$1.47 billion in 2025 to clear long-standing debts in the energy sector, a move authorities describe as a major step toward restoring stability, investor confidence, and international credibility in the country’s power system. According to the Ministry of Finance, the payments covered a wide range of legacy obligations that had built up over several years and posed risks to electricity reliability. A key component of the settlement was US$597.15 million used to fully reinstate a World Bank partial risk guarantee that had been exhausted under the previous administration. The guarantee is…
