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President Donald Trump on Tuesday expressed condolences to French President Emmanuel Macron over the Notre-Dame fire that devastated the Parisian landmark and offered U.S. assistance in rehabilitating the cathedral, the White House said.

April 16, 2019 9:20 pm by ismaila.chafe – Nigeria – By Ismaila chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with President Emmanuel Macron of France and all citizens over the tragic fire incident that gutted parts of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

The UN on Thursday said fighting between eastern Libyan forces and Tripoli government troops had killed 56 people and forced 6,000 to flee their homes in the capital in the last week.

President Omar al-Bashir, was on Thursday overthrown in a coup by the armed forces which announced a two-year period of military rule to be followed by elections.

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, secured a clear path to re-election on Wednesday, with religious-rightist parties set to hand him a parliamentary majority and his main challenger conceding defeat.

By Racheal Ishaya The Executive Directors of the World Bank on Friday unanimously selected David Malpass as President of the World Bank Group for a five-year term, beginning on Tuesday, April 9.

A car bomb exploded near a hotel and restaurants in Mogadishu on Thursday, killing at least 15 people in a busy area of the Somali capital targeted by Islamist militants before, rescue services said.

MPs will vote again on Brexit on Friday but it is not clear whether it will be another “meaningful vote” on the PM’s withdrawal deal. Asked whether the motion would be the “full package”, Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom said discussion was “ongoing”.

Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday battled to keep control of Britain’s exit from the European Union as some in her party called on her to quit. The parliament, however, plotted to wrest the Brexit process away from her government.

Tanzanian authorities on Monday said they have arrested 15 Zambians in Tunduma on the Tanzania-Zambia border in connection with various crimes, including stealing from businessmen and smuggling of goods.