Nigeria’s Buhari sworn in for second term

Tokyo Olympics unveil medal design at ceremony marking a year until the 2020 Games open with officials promising a high-tech but eco-friendly event.

Iceland has been commemorating the loss of Okjokull with the prime minister and guests from international universities and the United Nations. A ceremony at the site highlighted the urgency of climate protection.

Highlights from the 2019 Ballon d'Or awards ceremony in Paris. Lionel Messi won a record sixth men's Ballon d'Or award, while USA World Cup superstar Megan Rapinoe claimed the women's prize. Rapinoe was not at the Chatelet Theatre in the French capital, unable to make the trip back to the country where she led the USA to victory in July.

Hayley Bieber explains why they waited a year for the wedding ceremony, Stormi refuses to call Kylie Jenner Mommy, and Billy Porter launches scathing attack on Trump.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, yesterday swore-in Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem as substantive President of the Court of Appeal, with a charge to maintain the credibility and integrity of the appellate court.

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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari warns protesters over unrest

Ghana's President is inaugurated following unusual scenes of chaos in Parliament. Scuffles broke out between the ruling party and the opposition after an MP stole uncounted ballot papers during the election for speaker. Mali backs Paris in agreeing that a french airstrike targetted jihadists and not civilians at a wedding party. People from the central malian village of Bounti say that around 18 civilians were killed in Sunday's attack. And South Africa says it will bring in 1.5 million vaccines for health workers as the continent's struggles to kick off COVID-19 vaccination campaigns.

Hundreds of Maasai men, with their heads coated in red ochre, take part in the final rite of passage to transition from Morans (warriors) to elders. Maasai males go through three rites of passage in their lifetime, Enkipaata, Eunoto and Olng’esherr, and these three ceremonies have been added to UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.

South Africa's Zulu people gather outside the gates of the royal palace to bid farewell to their departed king. Goodwill Zwelithini was the longest-serving monarch in Zulu history, reigning for half a century through years of apartheid and democratic transition. He died last Friday, aged 72, after weeks of treatment for a diabetes-related illness.

Australian athletes and officials reveal the Tokyo 2020 Olympic uniform that the Aussies will wear at the Opening Ceremony for the Games.

Russia's presidential regiment, a prestigious regiment responsible for keeping watch over the Kremlin in Moscow, hosts a changing of the guard ceremony. The traditional display resumed this year after a year's hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, and was accompanied by music performed by the Kremlin orchestra. Both cavalry and foot soldiers this year joined the display, in which members of the regiment carry out maneuvers and exercises to exhibit a mastery of arms and horsemanship.