Monthly Archives: January 2019
France interests clashes with Italy
Another Italian Deputy Prime Minister, Matteo Salvini on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on France’s policies in Africa, saying the European country was not...
Fear creates hostility to migrants – Pope
Pope Francis suggested on Wednesday that hostility to immigrants was driven by irrational fear, as he headed to Central America, a staging area from...
EC warns on passport sales
The European Commission said on Wednesday that programmes of some EU states to sell passports and visas to wealthy foreigners could help organised crime...
China forgives Cameroon debt
China says it has forgiven Cameroon about $78 million in debt. The move forms part of Chinese support to help ease economic hardship in...
DRC presidential inauguration postponed
The inauguration of Felix Tshisekedi as president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been postponed.
Government spokesman Lambert Mende did not give reasons...
MP queried over journalist’s murder
Police have questioned Ghanaian MP Kennedy Agyapong over Wednesday's murder of investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale, a member of Tiger Eye Private Investigations led by...
SA plans bail out to Zim
South Africa is planning to extend short-term credit to Zimbabwe and also to help it write off its US$7.4-billion external debt, to prevent its...
Kohli cuts historic cricket treble
Virat Kohli has become the first player in history to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year, the ICC...
Rwanda hosts Zone V volleyball meet
Rwanda will host the first ever Zone V volleyball club championships from February 19-24, according to the zone volleyball president Gustave Nkurunziza.
The event, to...
UK £10m to develop vaccines against global infectious diseases
The UK government will give £10 million of funding to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to help develop vaccines against emerging infectious...
