Nairobi, Jan. 3, ’25 (TNZ) The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) maintained its rally on the first trading day of 2025 on Thursday, with all key indices recording gains. Market data from the NSE showed that the benchmark NSE 20 Share Index, which ended 2024 at 2,010.65, rose by 48.02 points to close at 2,058.67. The […]
NEW ORLEANS(USA), Jan. 1, ’25 (TNZ) A suspect, who drove a vehicle at high speed into a crowd of revellers in New Orleans on New Year’s Day has died in a firefight with the Police, law enforcement officials told the AP. The officials have no authority to discuss details of the investigation publicly. But they […]
LUANDA, Jan. 1, ’25 (TNZ) Angola’s average daily oil production reached 1.134 million barrels in the first three quarters of 2024, increasing by four per cent. This compared to the same period last year, according to data from Angola’s National Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG). The rise follows Angola’s exit from the Organisation of […]
Abidjan, Jan. 1, ’25 (TNZ) President Alassane Ouattara Cote D’Ivoire said on Tuesday that French forces would withdraw from the West African nation, continuing the former colonial power’s military exit from the region. Speaking in an end-of-year address to the nation, Ouattara said Ivorians should be proud of the modernised state of their armed forces. […]
Syria’s Transitional Government has vowed to restructure all security agencies of the toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime accused of mass killings and abuses. Al-Assad, who ruled Syria for more than two decades, fled the country earlier this month as rebels advanced on the capital Damascus during a lighting sweep. The interim government, installed by Syria’s […]
Chadians were voting on Sunday in a parliamentary election boycotted by the opposition that will likely consolidate President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s power. The election would also complete the oil-producing nation’s transition towards constitutional rule. Deby came to power in a disputed poll in May, three years after he seized power and declared himself interim leader. […]
At least 176 people have died when a passenger plane caught fire after skidding off a runway and crashing at an airport in South Korea’s Muan city, the country’s National Fire Agency said. The accident occurred on Sunday at 9.03 a.m. local time (00:03 GMT) as the Jeju Air flight, carrying 175 passengers and six […]
President-elect Donald Trump has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to pause the implementation of a law that would ban the popular social media app TikTok or force its sale. Trump argued he should have time after taking office to pursue a “political resolution” to the issue. The court is set to hear arguments in the […]
The energy group said Italy’s Eni started a second oil and gas production phase at Ivory Coast’s offshore Baleine field on Saturday. Eni discovered the Baleine field in September 2021 and started production in August last year. The second phase was scheduled to begin by the end of 2024. Production will now reach 60,000 barrels of oil […]
South Korea’s opposition-controlled National Assembly voted Friday to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo despite protests by governing party lawmakers. The impeachment further deepened the country’s political crisis set off by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s stunning imposition of martial law and ensuing impeachment. Duck-soo’s impeachment means he will be stripped of the powers and duties of the president […]