No fewer than 63 people died and 43 others sustained injuries, on Thursday when a building in a South African city centre caught fire, an official said. Robert Mulaudzi, spokesperson for the City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services, said they received information that the five-storey building was on fire at around 1.30 a.m. on Thursday […]
Soldiers in Gabon have taken power and put President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest, canceled presidential election results and dissolved state institutions. In a televised statement, a group of senior Gabonese officers said they seized power after Bongo, the incumbent president, was announced to be re-elected in a contested election. Gabon has thus become […]
Namibia has opened its electricity market to independent power producers (IPPs) and helped investors enter markets of other regional countries. Namibia’s Electricity Control Board (ECB), Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) and the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), on Monday, launched the SAPP and Modified Single Buyer (MSB) Market Access Guide. The launching held at a two-day […]
Ten wildfires have erupted in five Tunisian provinces in the past 24 hours, forcing the evacuation of 11 families, the Tunisian civil protection services said on Monday. “These wildfires broke out in Jendouba and Beja provinces in northwestern Tunisia, in Bizerte in the north, in the central province of Kairouan and in Ariana province in […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held phone talks Monday on the outcomes of the recently held BRICS Summit and bilateral cooperation. The two leaders said the expansion of the bloc will contribute to its growing global influence, the Kremlin said. They noted the importance of the agreements reached during the […]
“Women play an irreplaceable role in preserving the Argan forests,” said Jamila Idbourrous, Director of the Union of Argan Oil Women’s Cooperatives in Agadir, Morocco. Known as the “tree of life”, Morocco’s native Argan tree is critical to the economic and cultural well-being of millions of people. The export of Argan oil, used worldwide for […]
From Our Correspondent An Islamic group, the International Organisation of Tijaniyyah Brotherhood, has called on ECOWAS to opt for a diplomatic solution to resolving the leadership crisis in Niger Republic. The group gave the advice in an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. TheNewsZenith reports that Tinubu is also the Chairman of the ECOWAS […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is working toward an amicable solution to restoring constitutional order in the Niger Republic. President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Alieu Touray, gave this assurance during a press conference, on Friday, in Abuja. Touray said the regional bloc would maintain its interest in the economic […]
BRICS leaders agreed, on Thursday, to invite six countries – Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – to join the group. The six countries’ membership will take effect on Jan. 1, 2024, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced at a press conference during the 15th BRICS Summit. “We value […]
Pakistani Rupee dropped to an all-time low against the U.S. dollar, crossing the barrier of 300 Rupees to the greenback, on Thursday, the State Bank of Pakistan said. The closing exchange rate of the Pakistani currency in the interbank market stood at 300.22. This is a decrease of 0.58 rupee or 0.19 per cent from […]