Rescue efforts continued, on Thursday, for six artisanal miners reported missing after a quartzite mine collapsed in southern Rwanda, a local official said. The accident occurred in the Kinazi sector of Huye District on Wednesday evening, according to Annonciata Kankesha, the district’s Vice Mayor in charge of social affairs. “The victims were operating in an […]
Tunisian President, Kais Saied, on Tuesday, met with visiting Syrian Foreign Minister, Faisal Mekdad, as both countries resume diplomatic relations. This is according to a statement released by the Tunisian presidency. “During the meeting, Saied affirmed Tunisia’s firm keenness to resume the strong and historical ties of brotherhood and cooperation between Tunisia and Syria,” reads […]
Myanmar exported 361,213 tons of rice in the first quarter of 2023, as compared to 398,745.39 tons registered during the same period last year. The Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) announced on Tuesday in Yangon. From January to March this year, the Southeast Asian country also exported 260,535 tons of broken rice. This is as against […]
Kenya, on Saturday, marked a new milestone in space exploration by launching the first satellite dubbed “Taifa-1” into space after three botched attempts linked to bad weather. Developed by nine Kenyan engineers, the observation satellite blasted off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon-9 full-thrust rocket. The country launched the satellite from the Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E), at […]
Inflation in Germany slowed to 7.4 per cent in March, dropping below the eight per cent mark for the first time since August 2022. This is according to confirmed figures published by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Thursday. “The rate of inflation has slowed but remains at a high level,” Destatis President Ruth Brand […]
The Ugandan military, on Thursday, killed the ringleader of a daring massive jailbreak where 200 inmates escaped from a prison in the northeastern district of Moroto. Isaac Okware, Third Division Army Spokesperson, told Xinhua that the army killws Tom Lopusi at Loputuk village in neighbouring Kotido district. Lopusi, a notorious warrior, allegedly led the Singila […]
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said, on Monday, it seized 699 kilogrammes of cocaine from Latin America. Part of the seized cocaine was earmarked for sale in the European Union (EU) markets. Two Colombian nationals, and an EU citizen, carried the wholesale batch of drugs worth more than 2.5 billion rubles ($31 million) to Russia. […]
Staff at the British Passport Office in the United Kingdom began a five-week strike in the increasingly bitter civil service dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions. More than 1,000 members of Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) at eight sites walked out in the long-running row. The PCS General Secretary, Mark Serwotka, announced on […]
At least three people died, and several others sustained injuries in three shootings in southern France on Sunday night, news channel BFMTV reported citing police sources. The three shootings took place in the city of Marseille. Initial shooting happened in the Le Castellas neighbourhood, resulting in two deaths. The second shooting took place in the […]
The Rwandan ruling party, Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF-Inkotanyi) re-elected President Paul Kagame as its chairman for a five-year term on Sunday. Kagame won 2,099 out of 2,102 total votes, defeating Abdul Karim Harerimana, at the party’s 16th national congress. The party held the congress at it’s headquarters in Rusororo, on the outskirts of the capital Kigali. […]