British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, on Wednesday held talks with Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Montgomery, who fielded questions from State House correspondents afterwards praised the new administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on some economic measures announced so far. The envoy particularly commended the government on subsidy removal […]
Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, leading an Egyptian delegation, embarked on a trip on Thursday to Kyiv and Saint Petersburg. The mission of the trip is to resolve the Russia-Ukraine conflict through an Africa-mediated initiative. Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry accompanied Madbouly, the state-run Ahram Online news website reported. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the […]
A boat, carrying refugees and migrants, sank in southwestern Greece, resulting in 32 deaths, according to Greek national news agency, AMNA on Wednesday. AMNA reported that emergency responders have rescued 104 passengers, while a search and rescue operation was underway to locate a yet unclear number of missing. According to an e-mailed press release by […]
At least three people were found dead in the streets of Nottingham, a city in the English Midlands, according to British Police. Initially, the Police found two people dead in the centre of the city on Tuesday. Just after 4.00 a.m. (03:00 GMT), police officers received a call about another incident. In that incident, the […]
Ten people, including soldiers, died and several others sustained injuries on Tuesday as a fierce gun battle between Somali National Army (SNA) and regional forces broke out in Barawe, southern Somalia, local authorities said. Mohamed Ibrahim Barre, Governor of Lower Shabelle region, said the fighting started after paramilitary forces killed SNA soldiers near the headquarters […]
Tanzania’s anti-narcotics authorities have detained at least 16 suspects in connection with the cultivation of 953 hectares of cannabis, the authorities said in a statement. The authorities arrested the suspects during an eight-day special crackdown on the cultivation of cannabis in the Arusha region. The operation started on May 31, the Drug Control and Enforcement […]
Investigators in Germany are examining evidence suggesting a sabotage team used Poland as an operating base to blow up the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. The investigators reconstructed the two-week voyage of Andromeda, a 50-foot (15-metre) yacht. The investigators suspected Andromeda is involved in the sabotage of the Nord […]
Egypt’s annual headline inflation rose to 33.7 per cent in May, up from 15.3 per cent in the same period of 2022, the country’s official statistics agency reported on Saturday. Urban inflation increased by 2.7 per cent in May, month-on-month. This is among the highest records, said a report by the Central Agency for Public […]
At least five workers died on Saturday after an explosion rocked the state-owned Mechanical Chemical Industry Company’s rocket and explosive factory. The explosion happened in the Elmadag district of Türkiye’s Ankara province, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. The ministry said an investigation was launched into the incident. “According to initial investigations, a chemical reaction caused […]
Armed group, al-Shabab, has attacked a hotel in the capital Somali capital Mogadishu, the state news agency said, as security forces on the scene try to “neutralise” the fighters. The attack took place on Friday evening at famous upmarket Pearl Restaurant, on the capital’s Lido Beach. It wounded at least seven people, the capital’s ambulance […]