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The nationalist Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban has won a fourth term by a landslide in the country's general election. Near-complete results showed that his right-wing Fidesz party had 53.1% of votes with 98% counted, preliminary results show, while the opposition alliance led by Peter Marki-Zay was far behind with 35%. In his victory speech, Orban criticized Brussels bureaucrats and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, calling them opponents. Zelensky […]

Fresh efforts are under way to evacuate civilians trapped by Russian forces in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister, Iryna Vereshchuk said a convoy of 45 Ukrainian buses was on its way to the besieged southern city. Vereshchuk said the International Committee of the Red Cross had confirmed that Russia had agreed to open a humanitarian corridor to Mariupol, where tens of thousands of civilians have remained […]

Germany has declared an "early warning" over possible gas supply disruption amid a payments stand-off with Russia.Russia has demanded "unfriendly" countries pay for its gas in Rubles, but the EU, which mainly pays in euros, has rejected the idea.German economy minister, Robert Habeck urged consumers and companies to reduce consumption in anticipation of possible shortages, given that the country gets about half its gas and a third of its oil […]

The United Nations has voiced concern over the deteriorating security situation in Ituri province in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which is affecting humanitarian agencies ability to deliver assistance to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people. According to UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, an estimated 400 civilians have been killed in the region and over 83,000 people fled their homes since 1 January due to the violence. […]

Ghana has removed the mandatory requirement for face masks to be worn in public. President Nana Akufo-Addo who made the announcement yesterday, cited a sustained drop in Covid infections in Ghana and neighboring countries. The president also scrapped the requirement for negative PCR tests for fully vaccinated travelers arriving in the country through the Kotoka International Airport in Accra from today but also encouraged Ghanaians to continue observing enhanced hand […]