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. […]
At least five children and a driver died while 15 others sustained injuries after a bus transporting passengers and students collided with a truck in Cameroon. The accident occurred in Cameroon’s Southwest region, on Friday, according to local authorities. The prefect of Fako division, Chaibou, said that the accident occurred at the Milowe locality of […]
Tunisian National Guard, said on Friday it intercepted 74 undocumented migrants of sub-Saharan African nationalities off its southeast coast. The National Guard spokesman, Houcemeddine Jbabli, said they apprehended the migrants while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy. “As part of the fight against illegal immigration, we foiled two illegal immigration attempts late Thursday night […]
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, and Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, on Wednesday, agreed to continue joint efforts to further increase practical cooperation. “Particular attention was paid to strengthening trade, economic and investment ties. “We also pledge to implement key projects in the nuclear energy, fuel and transport sectors,” Lavrov said during a joint briefing […]
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, on Tuesday, announced it would split into six smaller business units, including online trading, media and cloud services. The move by the $220 billion company, effectively turning itself into a tech holding company, is unusual in China. Each unit will have its own executive board and it will be able to […]
The World Bank has pledged to step up support to African countries with a special focus on their long-term development agendas, a senior bank official said. “We need to support long-term development agendas in Africa with particular focus on infrastructure, agriculture and other real sectors. These agendas will help remove bottlenecks and unleash growth,” World […]
Three people died and six others injured, on Thursday, after a three-story building collapsed in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, officials said. The building collapsed in Ramajogi Peta area of Vishakhapatnam, the main city of Andhra Pradesh. Following the building collapse, authorities rushed police and rescue teams to the spot to carry out […]
A former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have been convicted of organ trafficking in the United Kingdom. A jury found that Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56 and their “medical middleman” Dr Obinna Obeta, 50, were guilty of a conspiracy to bring a young man to Britain to give his kidney. […]