[Daba Finance] Ecobank Transnational Inc shares have nearly doubled in price in 2 years, underscoring renewed investor interest in West African banking stocks. The Togo-based (BRVM: ETIT) lender closed at 29 XOF on February 13, 2026. The stock has gained 26.1% year-to-date and 27.7% in USD terms. It is up 81.3% over the past year and 70.6% in the last 6 months. Two years ago, the shares traded around 14 to 15 XOF.

[UN News] Some 10 days after tropical cyclone Fytia brought heavy rains and flooding to Madagascar, cyclone Gezani has left the island's main port in ruins, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

[UN News] Paramilitary forces in Sudan unleashed «a wave of intense violence...shocking in its scale and brutality» during their final offensive to capture the besieged city of El Fasher last October, committing atrocities that amount to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity, according to a report released on Friday by the UN human rights office, OHCHR.

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem was named as one of the 'six wealthy, powerful men' whose identities were initially redacted in the documents released by the US Department of Justice.

Where are the missing documents, and do they matter? Read Full Article at RT.com

In a momentous occasion, Delhi CM Rekha Gupta inaugurated a statue of K B Hedgewar, the founder of RSS, in Shahdara, marking the organization's centennial. The statue stands as a beacon of selfless service and national pride, resonating with healthcare workers at Hedgewar Arogya Sansthan Hospital.

The embassy further criticized the coordinated efforts of Western media outlets, political figures, and intelligence agencies, describing them as servile and complicit

Vladimir Zelensky added that he could speak about this because the incident occurred some time ago

Ukrainian drones struck the village of Tsentralny in the Perevalsk Municipal District

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has dismissed claims that blogger Alexey Navalny was poisoned with frog-derived poison

Washington is opening up the red Volodymyr Zelensky to Kyiv, which wants to change the world as quickly as possible

Alice Weidel argued that Germany should stop «feeding» the Ukrainian regime and instead pressure it into negotiations

Bratislava is actively monitoring developments related to the Druzhba pipeline, which has been suspended since early February

Longstanding, regionally fragmented security crises in Nigeria are fueled by a complex mix of factors Read Full Article at RT.com

President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will reportedly join the upcoming Russia-US-Ukraine peace talks in Geneva Read Full Article at RT.com

Chic in a white suit, with her hair tucked in an elegant up-do, there's no doubt this moment was the social pinnacle of Coleen Rooney's life - and a marker of how very far the Scouse WAG has come.

It's just a 'flash of orange' amid the concrete grey of a bleak New York detention centre. But for some it could be the most significant of the three million Epstein files. recently released.

[Government of Namibia] Addis Ababa -- On the margins of the African Union Summit, Namibia, through its Mission in Addis Ababa, co-convened a high-level Presidential Fireside Conversation under the theme ''Beyond Barriers: Women Leaders Reshaping African Governance.''

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has said he had a conversation with a dog in Kiev, as he sought to rally support for Ukraine Read Full Article at RT.com

Thanks to Ukraine, Viktor Orban could “think about how to grow his belly” instead of building an army, Zelensky has said Read Full Article at RT.com

A member of the Finnish national-conservative party, the Freedom Alliance, Armando Mema noted that normalizing conversations about nuclear issues in the country is becoming the new norm

In her opinion, «sanctions should be lifted immediately»

The continuing oversight of the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC) by the Government has sparked fierce pushback from some members of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States, with a former Diaspora Advisory Board member calling for change. At the same time, an outgoing GJDC council member for the Southern region is publicly questioning why the Government retains control over the body. Former Diaspora Advisory Board member Patrick Beckford is calling for the Jamaican Government to divest itself from serving as chair of the diaspora governance structure.

At the Munich Security Conference, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Hungarian Prime Minister was «growing a belly» instead of building up his army

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova recalled Vladimir Zelensky's words, expressing horror at the large number of Russians at the Winter Olympics in Italy and demanding the same from other countries