THE number of millionaires in Africa has decreased by nearly 20,000 in the last ten years, as the continent’s ultra-rich either relocated or suffered from significant currency depreciations. According to a report by Henley & Partners, there are now 135,200 individuals with…
THE United Nations General Assembly elected Somalia to the 15-member U.N. Security Council on Thursday for a two-year term beginning in 2025. Somalia, along with Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, and Panama, received the necessary votes to secure their seats. ‘It is…
AMERICAN actor and TV host, Nick Cannon, has insured his testicles for $10 million. Cannon insured his testicles after having 12 children from six different women. The Daily Mail reports that the actor partnered with men’s care brand Dr. Squatch,…
GERMAN President Frank-Walter Steinmeier commemorated the death of police officer Rouven Laur at a ceremony in the western city of Mannheim on Friday. Laur died in an attack at Mannheim’s Market Square a week ago. Steinmeier, state premier Winfried Kretschmann,…
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Compute (HPC) continue to disrupt the data centre landscape, Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, has announced a new portfolio of high-density data centre infrastructure solutions to support the higher…
The Summit was attended by the Presidents of Medical Societies of Côte d’Ivoire and Presidents of Fertility Societies of 14 Francophone African Countries; Merck Foundation () also conducted their first Health Media Training in Côte d’Ivoire for the journalists in partnership…
India’s general election closed on June 1, 2024, with about 642 million voters who cast their ballots in the staggered seven-phase polling over six weeks. The world’s biggest election involved over one million polling stations spread across the country, from…
KENYA will submit the name of its former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, for the post of African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson by June 30, according to the country’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Musalia Mudavadi. Speaking in Nairobi on Wednesday, Mudavadi announced…
IN a recent interview with the news site Brasil Já, Cabo Verde’s President Jose Maria Neves highlighted the difficulties of publicly debating colonial reparations due to the rise of right-wing populism. Neves emphasised that while public discussions on reparations could exacerbate…
KENYA will use a portion of a World Bank budget support loan to make a $500 million payment on a Eurobond maturing this month, Central Bank of Kenya Governor Kamau Thugge announced on Thursday. ‘We do expect some disbursements from…
