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Google is facing a new lawsuit in Britain, which accuses the US tech giant of stifling competition in the search engine market and causing prices to rise across the UK economy, a statement said Thursday. The claim, filed with the UK Competition Appeal…

Gabon’s former president Ali Bongo, who was ousted in a putsch, is free to leave the country and travel abroad the leader of the coup that toppled him said on Wednesday. “He has freedom of movement… and can travel abroad if he wishes,”…

Americans’ visa-free access to Europe was on safer ground Tuesday after the EU’s top court ruled Brussels need not reciprocate for Washington discriminating against some Europeans visiting the United States. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said the European Commission is not automatically…

An Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) will soon be a requirement for people who do not need a visa to come to the United Kingdom (UK). According to information on GOV.Uk, this will give permission to travel to the UK, and it will be…

Niger on Monday reopened its airspace nearly a month after imposing a ban following a military coup in July, the official Nigerien news agency ANP said. After taking power on July 26, the coup leaders closed the country’s airspace before reopening it again…

The U.S. State of Maryland has taken a significant step towards inclusivity and diversity by officially adding the Yoruba language to its driver’s permit test, vehicle registration, and study materials. This decision comes as a result of the latest census data, revealing…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday debunked the transitional proposal for the Republic of Niger as fake. In a communique sent by the ECOWAS Commission headquarters in Abuja to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), it condemned the reports…

The African Union’s Peace and Security Council yesterday suspended  Central African Country Gabon where soldiers took over government on Wednesday. The junta will on Monday inaugurate its leader, Gen. Brice  Nguema as the “transitional president of the troubled country. But Gabon’s main opposition, the Alternance…

The Niger junta has ordered the police to forcefully evict French ambassador, Ambassador Sylvain Itte, from the country. On August 25, Niger’s foreign ministry announced that Itte had 48 hours to leave, saying he had refused to meet with the new rulers and…

A fire that engulfed a five-storey building taken over for illegal housing killed more than 70 people including children in central Johannesburg on Thursday, the South African city’s emergency services said. Another 52 were injured in what is on track to become one…