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 […]
Chad, on Thursday, inaugurated an embassy in Israel, four years after the establishment of official ties between the two countries. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office issued pictures of him inaugurating the new embassy in Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv, at a ceremony alongside Chadian President Mahamat Deby. Netanyahu expressed hope that the […]
Israel bears responsibility for last week’s attack on a facility of the Iranian Defence Ministry in the city of Isfahan, the Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations, Saeed Iravani, said. “Early investigations suggest Israeli regime was responsible for this act of aggression,” Iravani said in a letter to President of the UN Security Council, Vanessa […]
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead one Chinese national in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, the Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia confirmed on Tuesday. The incident happened on Monday evening when nine Chinese nationals were attacked in the Gebre Guracha town in the northern part of the Oromia region. Oromia is about 160 kilometres from Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian […]
A study by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has discovered some seabed minerals and metals, ranging from copper to precious rare earth. While rare piles of earth minerals are in high demand, none is currently mined in Europe. This has left the continent dependent on imports in a market dominated by China. The high demand is […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other top officials have strongly condemned suicide bombing in a Pakistani mosque on Monday. The attack left at least 59 dead and 150 injured. According to reports, a militant group had claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred at the crowded mosque. Reports showed that the bombing caused the roof […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Cameroon have reached a staff-level agreement that will give the country access to $74.6 million Cameroon would access the fund, once IMF Board formally completes the review, IMF said in a statement on Monday. The announcement followed IMF’s mission to Cameroon in January and virtual meetings to discuss progress […]