A disaster agency official said four people died with several buildings destroyed after a 5.4 magnitude earthquake jolted eastern Papua province in Eastern Indonesia on Thursday. “People strongly felt the jolts of the quake here. “The quake damaged houses, a restaurant and buildings,” Jonathan Koirewoa, manager of the operation control centre for the local disaster […]
Britain will accelerate reforming its underperforming railways, Transport Minister, Mark Harper, said on Tuesday in London. The ministry is banking on a fresh injection of private-sector competition to improve service standards and make ticket pricing fairer. Britain privatised its railways in the 1990s, splitting infrastructure management from service provision. The splitting complicated long-term investment decisions […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Tuesday a three-month state of emergency in 10 provinces of Türkiye hit by massive earthquakes. The decision is taken in order to ensure that search and rescue activities and subsequent studies can be carried out quickly, he said at a press conference. Death tolls from Monday’s powerful earthquakes in […]
One of the most flooded regions in northern Namibia is appealing for help after the death of four people in the past two weeks. The Oshana region, home to more than 170,000 people, together with another affected region – Ohangwena – were affected by the flood. Both regions had by Feb. 6 relocated more than […]
Nigeria and Niger Republic have signed a bilateral agreement to coordinate frequency utilisation along their borders. This is contained in a statement signed by Reuben Muoka, the Director of Public Affairs at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Sunday in Abuja. The agreement seeks to ensure seamless deployment of services within the two countries. Signing […]
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said on Friday that, Russia finds an understanding of the causes of the Ukrainian conflict with Asian, Latin American and African countries. Lavrov spoke at a meeting of the United Russia Party commission on international cooperation and support of compatriots abroad. According to him, three-quarters of the world’s countries, which retain their […]
Burkina Faso is seeking to form a federation with neighbouring Mali in order to unite efforts to overcome the common challenges facing the two nations. Forming the federation would also enhance their economic potential for joint influence, Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Apollinaire De-Tambela revealed. Both neighbouring West African nations have been facing the same challenges […]
Zimbabwe’s foreign currency inflows soared to a record $11.6 billion in 2022, supporting its robust economic activity, the country’s central bank announced in its 2023 monetary policy statement on Thursday. The current account balance for 2022 stood at a surplus of $305 million. It was driven by robust export performance and remittances. Annual inflation is […]
The Federal Government deployed no fewer than 2500 Technical Aid Corps volunteers to African, Caribbean Pacific (ACP) countries under its Directorate of Technical Aid Corps (DTAC) from 2015 to date. Geoffrey Onyema, Minister of Foreign Affairs announced this at the 22nd edition of the PMB Administration Scorecard Series (2015-2023), organised to project the achievements of […]
South Sudan’s Ministry of General Education and Instruction on Wednesday received 330,000 printed textbooks from the Chinese government for instruction to primary one learners. The textbooks are for English, mathematics and science subjects. The donation came under the China-Aided Phase II Technical Cooperation Project of Education in South Sudan, “Today, we are thankful for receiving […]