The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Thursday, appealed for $272.3 million to provide humanitarian services to three million people in Somalia, including two million children in 2023. The UN agency said the funds would help it expand the delivery of essential multisectoral services. The services will focus on hard-to-reach areas and will strengthen its leadership […]
Seven persons died and ten more were injured in an explosion near the Afghan Foreign Ministry building in Kabul on Tuesday, a Qatar-based media outlet reported. A separate new outlet earlier claimed that the blast killed or wounded more than 20 people. Taliban spokesman, Ahmadullah Muttaki, for his part, told reporters that a suicide bomber had tried […]
Tunisian Foreign Affairs Minister, Othman Jerandi, held a phone conversation with Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, on Tuesday to discuss bilateral ties. They also discussed the issue of irregular immigration. Jerandi confirmed the dynamism of Tunisian-Italian relations, within the framework of supporting the strategic partnership between the two countries, […]
Ugandan health authorities have officially announced the end of the Ebola virus outbreak after the last known Ebola patient was discharged from the hospital. “Uganda put a swift end to the Ebola outbreak by ramping up key control measures such as surveillance, contact tracing and infection, prevention and control,” an official statement reads. The World […]
Sales of BMW and mini battery electric vehicles (BEVs) more than doubled year-on-year and reached 215,755 units in 2022, the BMW Group said on Tuesday. “We are confident we can build on this success in 2023. “This is as we continue to see high order intake for our fully-electric models,” BMW AG Board member, Pieter […]
The World Bank (WB) has cut the global growth forecast for 2023 by 1.2 per cent from 2.9 per cent, warning the world is at risk of a recession. The global financial institution cited a combination of factors for lowering its estimate. The factors are high inflation, rising interest rates and lower investment Other factors […]
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a British financial watchdog, has fined a subsidiary of Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank £7.6 million ($9.3 million) over allegations of money laundering. The FCA announced the fine in a statement, reported by Reuters on Tuesday. It stated that it imposed the fine due to failures in GTBank’s anti-money laundering systems […]
Libya’s Interior Ministry has launched the first phase of a state plan to beef up the security in the capital Tripoli amid the political division and chaos in the North African country. “We are determined to raise the level of security performance according to a scientific strategy. “This is to reach the highest security objectives […]
A Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (MSDF) destroyer ran aground in waters off the western prefecture of Yamaguchi, local media cited the Japan Coast Guard and the Ministry of Defence as saying on Tuesday. According to the reports, the Inazuma destroyer is leaking oil following the vessel apparently hitting some rocks on the seabed. The crew […]
Somali officials declared that Al-Shabaab jihadists seek negotiations amid mass offensives against them by the government. According to the country’s Deputy Defence Minister, talks are only possible with Somali militants but not with foreigners. The U.S. has donated $9 million worth of arms and military equipment to Somali government forces, local media has reported. U.S. […]