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AFRICA (Agency Report) — March 21, 2026 —The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources and the Fuels Industry Association has moved to assure South Africans of a stable fuel supply, …

Sweden’s Foreign Minister, Maria Malmer Stenergard, announced on Wednesday that Iran has executed a Swedish citizen. The announcement follows confirmation from Iranian officials that this marks the first execution of …

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (NPA) — March 18, 2026 — Étienne Davignon, a 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat and aristocrat, has been ordered by a Brussels court to face trial over the assassination …

INTERNATIONAL (NPA) — March 18, 2026 — A funeral procession is underway at Revolution Square in Tehran for Iranian security chief Ali Larijani and Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani, both killed …

MIDDLE EAST — (NPA) March 17, 2026 — The Israel Defence Force (IDF) said it conducted an airstrike last night in Iran’s capital, Tehran, targeting the outspoken Iranian Secretary of …

MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA — (NPA) March 16, 2026 — Police in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno have foiled coordinated attacks in the Kofa axis of Maiduguri and Damboa Local Government Area …

NAIROBI— (KNA-Peter Gitonga) March 15 — The Kenyan Government has issued a two-week ultimatum to persons in illegal possession of firearms to surrender them. Speaking on Friday during the 5th …

PRETORIA-SA (Agency Report) March 15 — President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces of his decision to deploy 2 200 members of the …

INTERNATIONAL — (NPA) MARCH 14 —Watch Pope Leo XIV’s message to Catholic Bishops of Nigeria during their ad Limina Apostolorum visit to Rome on Saturday, March 14, 2026. Credit: VATICAN …