Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed if Ethiopia says the 2020 election will be free and will not be delayed by his sweeping reforms to the African nation’s politics, economy and diplomacy. Ahmed, who took office in April, has pledged to open up the state-dominated economy and has taken steps to endContinue Reading
The verdict in Myanmar’s prosecution of two Reuters reporters accused of breaching the Official Secrets Act was postponed on Monday until Sept. 3 because the judge overseeing the case is sick, a court official said. Scores of reporters and diplomats had gathered at the Yangon court to hear the verdictContinue Reading
Victims of the UN building bombings in Baghdad, Abuja and others cities around the world have been remembered by the United Nations to commemorate the 2018 World Humanitarian Day. Remembering 22 colleagues killed by the “horrific terrorist attack” on the UN headquarters in Baghdad 15 years ago, Secretary-General António Guterres calledContinue Reading
Taiwan’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a U.S. electronic company to pay 500 million dollars in damages to 486 workers and families for dumping cancer-causing chemical solvents at factory sites in Taiwan. In October 2017, the Taiwan High Court ruled that U.S. electronics firm RCA and its successor companies mustContinue Reading
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe has filed submissions in the country’s highest court opposing a court challenge to his victory by main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, one of Mnangagwa’s lawyers said on Wednesday. Chamisa has said the July 30 vote was rigged and challenged the result which gave Mnangagwa 2.46Continue Reading
By Temitope Ponle The trade volume between India and Nigeria hit 12 billion dollars between April 2017 to March 2018, Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Nagabhushana Reddy, has said. Reddy said this while speaking with newsmen at a flag hoisting ceremony to mark the 72nd Independence of India in AbujaContinue Reading
President Mamnoon Hussain of Pakistan on Tuesday paid tribute to security personnel who have scarified lives in the war against terrorism, saying that their sacrifices have eliminated the scourge of terrorism in the country. Hussain was addressing the national flag hoisting ceremony in the capital Islamabad as part of theContinue Reading
President Andrzej Duda of Polnad on Thursday vetoed a law proposed by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party that would benefit bigger parties such as PiS and its main opposition grouping in European Parliament elections next year. “I’ve decided to veto this bill. This change would mean that theContinue Reading
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Friday concluded the transportation of Nigeria’s pilgrims to this year’s Hajj with the arrival of about 190, making up 37,746 pilgrims now in Saudi Arabia. The last batch flew in to the country through a Fly Nass airline from Abuja, which conveyedContinue Reading
