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President of France, Emmanuel Macron says the country and its allies in an international force will withdraw their troops from Mali after almost a decade. Macron said the decision to leave followed a breakdown in diplomatic relations, amid growing hostility from Mali's new governing military junta. The president also refuted claims that the withdrawal was an acceptance of failure and insisted that France remains committed to combating Islamic insurgencies in […]

Ottawa Police Chief, Peter Sloly has resigned after weeks of criticism for his handling of anti-vaccine mandate protests that have paralyzed the city. Protesters had occupied the centre of Canada's capital for 19 days, halting traffic and enraging residents which led to the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau invoking the Emergencies Act as a "last resort" in response to the protests. The Ottawa Police Services Board confirmed Sloly's resignation at a […]

Ethiopia's lower house of parliament has approved a resolution to lift a state of emergency ahead of its expiry date, citing an improved security situation and the economic costs of the decree as the reasons for its decision. It follows the proposal by Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed's cabinet last month to end the emergency period.The emergency decree was passed in November last year for six months when an alliance of […]

Russia and Belarus have started 10 days of joint military drills amid ongoing fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. The US has called the drills believed to be Russia's biggest deployment to Belarus since the Cold War, an "escalatory" move while Ukraine says they amount to "psychological pressure". Russia has repeatedly denied any plans to invade Ukraine despite massing more than 100,000 troops at the border but the US […]

Mark Zuckerberg has threatened to shut down the META social media apps including Facebook and Instagram from the United Kingdom and in Europe as a whole, following a dispute over data protection laws with Europe. Meta has quietly issued a warning saying that it could shut down the services if Europe does not let it perform the transatlantic data transfers, a means of transferring people's private data from secure servers […]