EU’s Borrell Says Visa Ban For Russians Would Lack Support
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says European Union foreign ministers are unlikely to unanimously back a ban on visas for all Russians when they meet later this week. Borrell says cutting the re...
29 Aug 202247s
Colombia To Suspend Aerial Bombings Against Armed Groups
Colombia’s new left-wing government says it will suspend aerial bombings targeting armed groups, in an effort to minimise the deaths of civilians and children who have been forcibly recruited into the...
29 Aug 202246s
Putin Signs Decree To Increase Russian Army Headcount
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to increase the headcount of the country’s army, as Moscow’s military intervention in Ukraine enters its seventh month. Putin last set the army headcou...
29 Aug 202244s
IMF Approves Funds For Mozambique To Improve Transportation
The World Bank has approved the equivalent of $250m from the International Development Association for Mozambique to improve transport in the capital, Maputo. World Bank Director for Mozambique Idah ...
29 Aug 202253s
Kenya Airways Record Unremitted $28m In Forex Payments
Kenya Airways Chief Executive Allan Kilavuka says the amount of money Kenya’s national airline is trying to repatriate from Ethiopia, Malawi and Nigeria is $28m. The airline says it is relying on dipl...
29 Aug 202250s
Germany To Return Hundreds Of Nigeria’s Benin Bronzes
Germany has signed an agreement to transfer ownership of 512 Benin Bronzes, hailed as the largest return of cultural artefacts looted from the continent in the 19th century. The agreement was signed b...
29 Aug 202244s
Macron Urges Ties With Algeria Beyond Painful Past
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, says during a visit to Algeria that the two countries should move beyond their painful shared history and look to the future. Mr Macron announced that a joint Fr...
29 Aug 202246s
Central Bank of Nigeria Unveils e-Naira USSD Code in Kano
The Central Bank of Nigeria has unveiled the *997# USSD code in Kano State as part of efforts to reduce the use of cash in commercial activities in the country. The Deputy Governor, Operations Directo...
29 Aug 202254s
