Russia has declared five diplomats working at the Swedish Embassy in Moscow persona non grata in a tit-for-tat-move, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday. The ministry summoned the ambassador of Sweden, Malena Mard and notified him that Moscow had decided to expel five Swedish diplomats. These include three employees working at the defence attache office […]
Botswana has submitted a bid to host the 36th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in 2027 to the Confederation of African Football (CAF), according to a statement issued on Wednesday. After Namibia withdrew from the joint bid due to financial constraints, the bid solidifies Botswana’s commitment to securing the rights to AFCON, said Geoffrey Gare, […]
………latest Russian warning comes after US President Joe Biden agreed to provide training to Ukrainian pilots on fighter jets. The transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine would raise the question of NATO’s involvement in the conflict, Russia’s Ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, has said. “There is no infrastructure for the operation of […]
An F-18 multi-use fighter, belonging to the Spanish Air Force, crashed on Saturday at the air force base on the outskirts of Zaragoza city, northeast Spain. The crash caused injury to the pilot’s legs. The accident happened at around 12.10 p.m. local time (1010 GMT), while the pilot was practising manoeuvres ahead of a forthcoming […]
The Ghanaian Government said, on Saturday it decided to further lift COVID-19 restrictions amid declining global and domestic trends for the infection. The West African country has witnessed a sustained decline in COVID-19 infections over the past five months. And based on the global and national situation, it decided to remove the remaining restrictions, the […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) says Irish Diaspora Engagement should serve as a strategic partnership for Nigeria’s sustained engagement with her diasporans. Chairman/CEO of NiDCOM, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said this when she received Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Peter Ryan in her office in Abuja. This visit is against the backdrop […]
The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, on Wednesday, launched a new campaign called “Eliminating mpox” to highlight the potential risk of a significant monkeypox (mpox) outbreak. Eliminating the mpox campaign means “placing affected populations at the heart of our response”. Although mpox is no longer public health emergency of international concern, recent […]
Authorities in Lesotho have declared indefinite curfew with the hope to curtail movement of people at night and help curb gun violence in the small southern African kingdom. The curfew came into force on Tuesday, days after gunmen killed a prominent radio journalist. The killing shocked the nation. “A curfew is imposed on all persons […]
Italy’s public debt climbed above $3 trillion in the latest reporting period, according to data released Monday. The Bank of Italy said the government’s debt was 2.790 trillion euros ($3.022 trillion) in March, up from 2.762 trillion euros ($2.992 trillion) the previous month. It was the third consecutive month that the country’s public debt went […]
…No candidate secured more than 50% of the vote, pushing Turkey into a second round – and uncharted territory. Turkey’s high-stakes presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, Turkey’s electoral chief Ahmet Yener, has said, citing official results from the country’s Supreme Election Council. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan garnered 49.5 per cent of Sunday’s vote, shopping […]