Rome, March 30, 2023 (dpa/NAN) Pope Francis had a “quiet night” in the hospital after he was admitted for a respiratory infection on Wednesday, according to Italy’s ANSA news agency. The agency quoted sources from the Gemelli University Hospital on Thursday morning that medical staff was “very optimistic’’ that...
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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will meet Ghanaian women entrepreneurs on Wednesday to discuss economic empowerment and leadership, her last engagement in Accra before heading to Tanzania to continue her week-long African tour. Harris is the latest U.S. government figure to visit African countries, after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen...
The Zimbabwean government has approved a 24-million U.S. dollar budget to fight cholera, as 13 countries in Africa grapple with the epidemic that has killed hundreds of people since the beginning of 2023. Many Zimbabweans still remember the cholera outbreak which hit the country between 2008 and 2009, and...
U.S. President Joe Biden ordered U.S. state flags be flown at half-mast after a shooting at a private Christian grade school in Nashville, the White House said in a proclamation. The president said “as a mark of respect for victims of the senseless act of violence perpetrated on March...
According to the online newspaper Black Star News, the Haitian politician Werley Nortreus, the founder and head of the political party and movement Jeunes Dirigeants Haïtiens Progressistes, declared on Sunday, March 19, 2023, that he is urging the current Haitian Government to include the new amendments that he proposed...
At least six civilians were killed and a number of others were injured in a suicide bombing near the Foreign Ministry in Kabul city, Afghan police said on Monday. In a statement, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said officers shot the suicide bomber near a security checkpoint in police...
……Calls it a game-changer that will attract investments By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – As part of its efforts towards transforming Nigeria’s power and energy sector, the Federal Government has laid the foundation for the establishment of the first solar cell production factory in West Africa. The landmark achievement which...
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will begin visit to Africa as the country seeks to pitch itself as a better partner than China, which has invested heavily in the continent over several decades. Senior U.S. officials said Harris would discuss China’s engagement in technology and economic issues in Africa...
Moscow has reacted to the recent arrest warrant put out for Russian President Vladimir Putin by the International Criminal Court (ICC) with seeming indifference. “We are making a record of this’’ said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday. “But if we took every hostile statement to heart, it would...
Russia has sent almost 12 million tons of grain to African countries despite all restrictions, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday. Putin said this at the plenary session of the international parliamentary conference. The conference had the theme, “Russia-Africa in a multipolar world.” “From Aug. 1, 2022, to...
Vietnamese authorities have seized roughly seven tonnes of ivory in one of the biggest hauls on record as the country stepped up fight against wildlife trafficking. Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday that this was the largest wildlife trafficking case ever cracked by customs authorities in the northern port...
Chinese President Xi Jinping flew into Moscow on Monday where he is expected to press Beijing’s role as a potential peacemaker in the Ukraine conflict. While Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped for support against Western pressure. Xi will be the first national leader to shake Putin’s hand since the...
Britain said on Thursday it would ban TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move to follow other Western countries who have barred the Chinese-owned video app over security concerns. TikTok has come under increasing scrutiny due to fears that user data from the app owned by Beijing-based...
A United Nations report on Thursday showed that the Netherlands, Belgium andGermany have become the main import hubs for cocaine in Western Europe. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in Vienna that “ports on the North Sea like Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg have eclipsed traditional entry...
The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Freddy has passed 300 people, with authorities in Mozambique taking several days to assess the extent of the damage and loss of life. The storm tore through southern Africa over the weekend for a second time after first making landfall in late February....
The United States military has organised the first-ever maritime exercise to bolster the skills of West African forces. The drill which was held in Ghana’s Volta river on Saturday was carried out under the U.S.’ long-running Flintlock programme. The sea-based training in the first half of March culminated with...
UN says no fewer than 100,000 people have been displaced and dozens killed, following a string of attacks by an armed group in North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Citing humanitarian sources, UN Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, said at a news conference...
The UN and partners are ramping up support for Malawi in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which killed 190 people this week and injured dozens more, prompting the government to declare a state of disaster. The storm – which has been raging since Feb. 6 – made landfall...
China’s President Xi Jinping says he wants to turn the Chinese military into a “great wall of steel”. Xi said this while speaking on the last day of this year’s session of the People’s Congress. “We should comprehensively promote the modernisation of national defence and military construction, and build...
German explosive specialists successfully defused a 500-kilogramme World War II British aerial bomb in Hanau near Frankfurt on Sunday. Four homes for the elderly and residential homes were evacuated on Saturday after the bomb was discovered on Thursday during construction work. A total of 17,000 people in the north-west...