The energy group said Italy’s Eni started a second oil and gas production phase at Ivory Coast’s offshore Baleine field on Saturday. Eni discovered the Baleine field in September 2021 and started production in August last year. The second phase was scheduled to begin by the end of 2024. Production will now reach 60,000 barrels of oil […]
South Korea’s opposition-controlled National Assembly voted Friday to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo despite protests by governing party lawmakers. The impeachment further deepened the country’s political crisis set off by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s stunning imposition of martial law and ensuing impeachment. Duck-soo’s impeachment means he will be stripped of the powers and duties of the president […]
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly says the government is willing to engage private entities in the management and operation of Egyptian airports. The Egyptian cabinet announced this in a statement on Thursday. Madbouly said the cabinet approved a deal with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. IFC, the largest […]
Ethiopia has reported 8.4 million malaria cases since the beginning of this year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Malaria continues to pose a public health risk in Ethiopia, reaching an epidemic proportion with an average of more than 300,000 malaria cases reported weekly across the country. WHO gave the figure in an Ethiopia […]
Preliminary cumulative figures of Malawians who registered ahead of the September 2025 general elections show more than seven million prospective voters. This is slightly above the 6.8 million voters registered for the 2019 elections, according to data released by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on Wednesday. A total of 10,957,490 people were expected to register […]
From Our correspondent Vice-President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of a bilateral meeting with the Chairman of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, Dr Muhammad-Sulaiman Al-Jasser, in Jeddah. TheNewsZenith gathered that both Shettima and Al-Jasser will meet on Friday to discuss co-financing arrangements for the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ Phase II). […]
From our Correspondent The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved the formal withdrawal of the three member states of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, as members of the regional bloc, from Jan. 29, 2025. TheNewsZenith reports that the regional bloc has also declared a seven-month transition period to last in July 2025. […]
From Our Correspondent The South African-based Akwa Ibom indigenes under the aegis of Akwa Ibom Indigenes Organisation South Africa (AIIOSA), have pledged their support to Gov. Umo Bassey Eno’s administration’s drive for strong economic and rural development. ThenewsZenith reports that the indigenes gave the pledge during the inauguration of a new Executive Committee to pilot […]
The US military has evacuated Travis Timmerman, the missing American, found imprisoned in Syria, to Jordan, according to his family and two military defence officials. Reports say Timmerman had been in Bashar al-Assad’s notorious prisons for months. Bashar al-Assad administration allegedly jailed Timmerman, 29, for more than half a year in the government prison. This was […]
In Central Sudan, at least 42 civilians died in a landmine explosion in Sinnar State and two attacks in Gezira State over the past two days, local volunteer groups reported Friday. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) allegedly carried out the attacks. The Al-Suki Emergency Room (AER), a volunteer group in Al-Suki city in Sennar […]