Major World Events by Morning of December 24
Major World Events by Morning of December 24
🟠An aircraft carrying the Libyan chief of general staff, four officials, and three crew crashed near Ankara, Libyan authorities confirmed. The wreckage, flight recorder, and black box have been found; the investigation is ongoing, the Turkish interior minister said;
🟠South Africa achieved “progress worth celebrating” during 2025, Deputy President Paul Mashatile said in a Christmas message to the nation;
🟠Afreximbank is moving forward with plans to secure land in Cameroon to build an ultra-modern regional headquarters that will bolster its trade finance operations across Central Africa, according to Cameroon’s Ministry of State Property;
🟠Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré has assumed the one-year rotating presidency of the AES Confederation, succeeding Mali’s General Assimi Goïta;
🟠The First Lady of Nigeria called on fellow Nigerians to embrace peaceful coexistence and unity as the surest path to national prosperity;
🟠Moscow firmly condemns the US seizing petroleum tankers off Venezuela, Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia said;
🟠Putin and Syrian FM al-Shaibani held a meeting on Wednesday and discussed bilateral issues and the situation in the region, Lavrov revealed.
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