U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday that Russia would be successful in Ukraine unless the United States kept up its support for Kyiv. Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified to the Senate Appropriations Committee on President Joe Biden’s request for $106 billion to fund ambitious plans for Ukraine, Israel and U.S. […]
The President of Kenya, William Ruto has declared that Africans will no longer require visa to visit Kenya by the end of 2023. Mr Ruto who made the statement whiles addressing an audience in Congo-Brazzaville said it was bad that people especially Africans could not freely travel and move within African countries for business. “When […]
The Senior Advisor to the President, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has said that for Africa to develop its natural resources, expand its economies and improve the living condition of its citizens, it needed to develop a green dense energy technology. “It has been proven beyond doubt that nuclear technology can provide the needed green energy for accelerated […]
German chancellor Olaf Scholz met with Omar Touray, the head of West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS in Abuja on Sunday. Germany’s leader who is on a state visit to Nigeria expressed concerns about a spate of army takeovers in West Africa. The two leaders also discussed strengthening economic ties between Berlin and ECOWAS. “Regarding exports […]
Dozens of civilians have been killed this month by drone strikes and house-to-house searches in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, where authorities have touted security gains since conflict erupted in July, a state-appointed human rights commission said on Monday. The fighting between state forces and local militiamen, who accuse the federal government of marginalizing the region, became […]
The US has dismissed as “absurd” claims by Russia that an anti-Israel riot at a Dagestan airport on Sunday was organised by Ukraine and the West. In a televised meeting on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the incident had been part of an attempt to spread “chaos” in Russia. Hundreds stormed the Makhachkala airport […]
Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group (AfDB), says there is a need to create a world that is equitable, stable and a world where we bear in mind that the needs of others and not only what we need immediately. He said the challenges of the world currently, from the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
The Country Director of the World Bank for Ghana, Pierre Laporte has commended the government’s efforts at promoting simplified sewerage systems within low-income urban communities in Ghana. He said in addition to providing households and institutional toilet facilities as well as extension of piped water connections to low-income households, the government had demonstrated its commitment […]
Dr Jim Yong Kim, a Former World Bank Chief, has called on Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) to “step up,” as they are much better placed than any other market-based solutions to solve the challenge of lost and insufficient human capital. According to the former World Bank chief, the African Development systems and other MDBs […]
A federal judge on Sunday reinstated a gag order she imposed on Donald Trump in the Washington case accusing him of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat, denying his bid for a stay pending appeal. The order prohibited Trump from targeting the special counsel prosecuting his case or witnesses who might be called to […]
