Month: August 2019
-
World
U.S. Says Reciprocity Fee Will Remain Until Nigeria Officially Lowers Visa Fees For Americans
The United States Embassy in Abuja on Friday said that the reciprocity fee on approved visas will remain effective until…
Read More » -
World
Botswana Electoral Commission Confirms General Elections On October 23
Botswana’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Friday said President Mokgweetsi Masisi has instructed the general elections in the country to…
Read More » -
World
UN Renews Sanctions On Persons Blocking Peace Agreement Implementation In Mali
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday renewed sanctions imposed on Mali against those delaying the implementation of a…
Read More » -
Health
Uganda Health Ministry Returns 5 To DRC Who Had Contact With Ebola Victim
Uganda’s Health Ministry on Friday confirmed five Congolese people who had contact with a 9-year-old girl with Ebola were repatriated…
Read More » -
Business
Nigerian President Welcomes Investments From Japan Bank & Toyota
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday had talks with top officials of Japan Bank for International Cooperation, and Toyota Group,…
Read More » -
Health
DR Congo Ebola Cases Cross 3000 Mark, New Case Gets Detected In Uganda
The number of people who died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has crossed 2,000, government data showed…
Read More » -
World
UN Rejects Kenya Plea To Designate Somali Based Al-Shabaab As Terror Group
United Nation Security Council on Wednesday rejected Kenya’s plea to include Somali jihadist group Al-Shabaab in the list of organizations…
Read More » -
World
UN Chief Fears Libya Might Plunge Into Full Civil War If No Action Is Taken
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said that he fears Libya might plunge into a “full civil war” if…
Read More » -
Health
WHO Says Global Measles Cases Three Times Higher As Compared To Last Year
The World Health Organization on Thursday said the number of cases of measles, a vaccine-preventable disease that can kill or…
Read More » -
Business
Kenya’s Anti-Corruption Commission Puts Telkom-Airtel Merger Deal On Hold
Kenya’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on Wednesday put on hold a planned merger of Airtel Kenya with Telkom Kenya…
Read More » -
Business
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Pledges To Boost Investment In African Countries
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday said his country will offer enhanced trade insurance to boost private sector investment…
Read More » -
World
Tanzania Government To Begin Sending Back All Burundian Refugees From October
Tanzania government on Tuesday announced it will begin sending back all Burundian refugees from October as part of an agreement…
Read More » -
World
Algeria: Students Continue Protests To Demand A Complete Political Overhaul
Hundreds of Algerian students rallied in front of the headquarters of the National Commission for Dialogue and Mediation in the…
Read More » -
Southern Africa
Outgoing British Envoy Urges Zambian Govt To Fight Corruption To Get International Aid
Fergus Cochrane Dyet, the outgoing British High Commissioner to Zambia, on Tuesday, said the Zambian government should prove that it…
Read More » -
Libya
At Least 40 People Presumed Dead As Boat Carrying Migrants Drowns Off Libya
At least 40 people are presumed missing or drowned after a boat carrying migrants bound for Europe capsized on Tuesday…
Read More » -
World
Uganda Airlines Relaunches Commercial Flight, Takes Off From Entebbe Airport
Uganda’s national carrier, Uganda Airlines, on Tuesday, re-launched its commercial flights with the first one heading to Nairobi, Kenya. The…
Read More » -
World
Ethiopia And South Korea Government Sign $300 Million Cooperation Deal On Monday
The Ethiopian and South Korean government signed a 300-million-U.S. dollar cooperation agreement on Monday. The agreement is aimed at reinforcing…
Read More » -
World
US Disappointment With Zimbabwe Government Mounting, Senior US Official Says
The United States’ disappointment with Zimbabwe’s government is continuously growing amid the violent response of authorities to any form of…
Read More » -
World
Sudan Calls Out UNSC To Withdraw All Peacekeepers From Darfur By June 2020
Sudan government on Monday urged the United Nations Security Council to lift its suspension of troop withdrawals and make sure…
Read More » -
World
Sudan’s Sovereign Council Declares Emergency In Port Sudan After Tribal Clashes
Sudan’s newly formed sovereign council declared a state of emergency in the city of Port Sudan on Sunday, after deadly…
Read More » -
World
UNHCR Says Around 1,350 Refugees Evacuated From Libya So Far In 2019
The UN Higher Commission of Refugees (UNHCR) on Sunday said around 1,350 refugees have been evacuated from Libya so far…
Read More » -
World
DRC Gets Coalition Government, Seven Months After Getting New President
The Democratic Republic of Congo Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga announced a new coalition government on Monday, eight months after President…
Read More » -
World
Sudan’s New Prime Minister Says Need Up To $10 Billion In Aid To Rebuild Economy
Sudan’s new Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Saturday said the country needs $8 billion in foreign aid over the next…
Read More » -
World
Tunisia: Police Arrests Presidential Candidate Nabil Karoui On Tax Evasion Charges
Tunisian Police on Friday arrested presidential candidate Nabil Karoui on alleged charges of financial crimes, reported Reuters. The Interior Ministry…
Read More » -
World
WHO Says Ebola Under Control In Goma, But Reached Other Parts Of DRC
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said Ebola seems to be under control in the city of Goma in…
Read More »