THE African Development Bank (AfDB) group is to launch the Debt Management Forum for Africa (DeMFA). DeMFA is a new platform aimed at promoting high-level dialogue on debt productivity and sustainability across the continent. A statement by the bank…
THE Canadian government is set to end a nearly month-long postal workers’ strike that has disrupted mail delivery across the country ahead of the holidays. Newsextra24 reports that Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon on Friday, ordered the Canadian Industrial Relations Board…
PALESTINIAN Authority (PA) security forces killed a senior anti-occupation resistance fighter in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday, further fuelling intra-Palestinian tensions. Yazeed Jayasa’a, a leader in the Islamic Jihad-led Jenin Brigades, which operates mainly in the Jenin…
AIR Tanzania, the country’s national carrier, has been formally added to the European Union’s aviation blacklist due to safety concerns, barring it from operating flights to Europe. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) denied the airline third-country operator authorisation,…
Morocco is on the brink of achieving new tourism milestones in 2024, positioning itself to surpass Egypt as Africa’s most visited destination. By November 2024, the country had already welcomed almost 16 million tourists, a 20 percent rise compared to…
SIERRA Leone, located on the south west coast of West Africa, is stepping into the spotlight as a rising star in global tourism. With its breath-taking beaches, rich cultural heritage, and recently upgraded travel infrastructure, the country is gearing up…
GHANA’S President-elect John Dramani Mahama has assured that his administration will not abandon the country’s $3bn IMF rescue package. Instead, he plans to renegotiate aspects of the deal to curtail wasteful state spending and address pressing energy challenges, he revealed in an interview…
THERE’S a question that has consistently gripped Botswana’s politics: bomme ba kae? (where are the women?). It became even more urgent with the country’s 2024 general elections. Only 28 women stood for parliament out of 258 contestants, representing 10.85 percent. Only three women won…
TURKISH Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says that Türkiye’s Embassy in Syria’s capital of Damascus will reopen on Saturday, for the first time since 2012. In an interview with Türkiye’s NTV television Fidan said a newly appointed interim charge d’affaires…
Israeli forces shot dead a disabled man in the occupied West Bank on Friday, during a raid south of Hebron. Special forces stormed the village of Beit Awa, southwest of Hebron, and surrounded a paint shop. During the raid, Muhammad Ahmad…
