Sales of Chinese-made electric cars are booming in Germany, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), said on Friday. Their share of imported electric drive passenger cars surged to 28.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2023. This figure compared with 7.8 per cent in the same period last year. German imports of Chinese-made electric cars […]
Kenya’s arid regions are recovering from the dry spell following heavy rains, the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) said in a report released on Friday. Drought has ravaged arid regions for over a year now. The institution said the pasture situation has improved for millions of livestock as grass regenerates and water becomes available. ReadRelated […]
A three-day national conference to address the ongoing human-wildlife conflict (HWC) in Namibia opens on Wednesday in Windhoek, the country’s capital. Opening the conference, Namibia’s Vice President, Nangolo Mbumba, stressed the need to prioritise development needs of local communities while making efforts to manage HWC. Mbumba added the country must also promote biodiversity conservation and […]
Sudan’s Foreign Ministry, on Tuesday, accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of storming and vandalising the African Union (AU) office in Khartoum. “The Rapid Support Forces entered the headquarters of the African Union Liaison Office in Riyadh neighbourhood in Khartoum, vandalised the offices, destroyed documents and stole its contents,” the ministry said in a […]
At least 38 passengers, including two Egyptians and 36 Sudanese, sustained injuries, on Saturday, as a bus overturned on a desert road in Egypt’s Beni Suef governorate, south of the capital Cairo. The bus, carrying Sudanese citizens fleeing the war-torn country, overturned on its way to Cairo, according to a statement by Beni Suef governorate. […]
More than 30 regions of Russia have introduced drone flights ban for security concerns, including the two largest cities, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. Authorities of St. Petersburg confirmed, on Thursday, that it has closed its airspace for drones until May 15. Earlier, an aviation source said St. Petersburg temporarily banned drone flights […]
The first batch of about 376 Nigerian students trapped in war-torn Sudan finally arrived in Abuja on Wednesday night. They arrived at exactly 11.25 p.m. through the Pilgrims Terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja. The first batch of stranded students was evacuated from the Aswan border of Egypt via the Air Peace Plane […]
The Sudanese Army, on Wednesday, said it agreed to the initiative proposed by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD). The initiative includes extending the current truce for a week. It also provides for naming a representative from each side to discuss the truce, according to a statement. “As part of its initiative to deal with […]
A personal bodyguard has shot dead, the Ugandan Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Charles Engola. This incident occurred at his residence in Kyanja on Tuesday. One of his bodyguards allegedly fired several shots at him at close range. “He fled from the scene up to the trading centre at Kyanja Ring […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it has started a $25 billion solar power project to provide electricity to no fewer than 250 million people. President of the Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, announced this in an address delivered to the Class of 2023 at Calvin University, Michigan, USA. Adesina titled the address “Be God’s Instrument of […]