GERMAN President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is marking one of the worst massacres carried out by the Nazis in World War II on Sunday, in a trip to Italy that follows a visit by his Italian counterpart to western Germany. Steinmeier travelled…
POPE Francis is due to conclude his multi-day visit to Belgium on Sunday by celebrating Mass at Brussels’ King Baudouin Stadium, attended by almost 40,000 believers from Belgium, Germany, France, and the Netherlands. Around mid-day, the pontiff is set…
At least 10 people, including two children, have died following an explosion at a service station in Russia’s Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Friday. The blast, which occurred near the capital, Makhachkala, also left 11 others injured, according to the…
THE Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Itana, Nigeria’s first licensed digital economic zone management company, have partnered to develop Africa’s inaugural digital economic zone. This landmark project aims to create an environment where global and Pan-African technology, finance, and service-based businesses can…
THE Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a US government development fund, has granted $480 million to Sierra Leone over five years to provide reliable and affordable electricity to 4.6 million people. This significant investment aims to address the nation’s limited electricity access,…
TANZANIA’S mining regulator has directed all mining firms and gold traders to allocate at least 20 percent of their gold exports to the central bank. The move aims to diversify and bolster the foreign reserves of the Bank of…
AS the adage goes, there is no smoke without fire. Thus, when a spokesman in Ukraine was quoted as suggesting that his country’s military intelligence agency (GUR) had passed on sensitive information to Tuareg separatists and jihadist insurgents in…
At least 20 people died after Hurricane Helene slammed into the south-eastern United States as a dangerous Category 4 storm, before later weakening to a tropical depression by Friday afternoon. The deaths were reported in US media across the states…
ADDRESSING the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera appealed for debt relief for African nations struggling with mounting financial obligations. Chakwera highlighted the ‘hardships’ African countries are facing as they attempt to manage…
A GHANAIAN activist, Oliver Barker Vormawor, who led recent protests against illegal mining, has been denied bail despite reports of serious illness. Barker Vormawor, along with 11 others, was detained after organising a three-day demonstration in Accra to protest…
