FOREIGN NEWS
Hezbollah condemns attack on UN peacekeeping mission convoy in Beirut

The Iran-backed militant organization Hezbollah expressed disapproval on Sunday regarding an assault on a convoy of the United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL) in Beirut, which the US State Department has stated was executed by backers of the militant group.
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Advocacy group to preserve Yoruba language, holds strategy meeting
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International Day of the Girl Child: Understanding girls through their hormones, by Aisha Musa Auyo
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Nigeria’s Olukemi Ibikunle wins 2025 UN Trailblazer Award for Women Justice and Corrections Officers
The United Nations Department of Peace Operations has announced that Olukemi Ibikunle, a corrections officer from Nigeria serving with the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), has won the third United Nations Trailblazer Award for Women Justice and Corrections Officers. The award was presented on Wednesday, 8 October…
UNIFIL on Friday, said its outgoing deputy force commander was injured when the convoy, which was taking peacekeepers to Beirut airport, was violently attacked.
Meanwhile, Lebanese authorities have arrested more than 25 people as part of an investigation into the attack.
In the statement on Sunday, Hezbollah expressed firm rejection to any targeting of UNIFIL forces.
