The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said it was shocked to learn of the tragic death of six Nigerian asylum-seekers, among them three children, who were killed in a blast in the far north of Cameroon. The UN refugee agency, said it had learnt that on July 29, 12Continue Reading
MOSCOW, (Xinhua) — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday discussed Syrian settlement with a high-level Russian delegation in Damascus, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The delegation included Russia’s special presidential envoy to Syria Alexander Lavrentyev, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin and representatives of the Defense Ministry, it said inContinue Reading
JOHANNESBURG, (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said China is taking major steps to firmly support trade liberalization and open its market while addressing the BRICS Business Forum on Wednesday. China will host the first China International Import Expo in Shanghai this November, which will serve as a new platformContinue Reading
As the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is well ahead in the general election winning majority of the national and provincial seats, its chairman Imran Khan has promised to deliver to the common people and not resort to retaliatory measures against his political rivals. While giving a victory speech, the cricket star turned politicianContinue Reading
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin raised the issue of a nuclear power deal at a private meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Johannesburg on Thursday, but his host said Pretoria could not sign such a deal for now, Ramaphosa’s spokeswoman said. “Our economy is stagnant, itContinue Reading
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Leaders of the BRICS bloc of emerging economies, meeting in the wake of tariff threats by U.S. President Donald Trump, signed a declaration supporting an open and inclusive multilateral trading system under World Trade Organisation rules at their summit in South Africa on Thursday. Brazil, Russia, India,Continue Reading
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa cannot afford large-scale expansion of its nuclear power capacity but would still be open to future deals with Russia, a senior ruling party official said on Thursday, shortly before the arrival of President Vladimir Putin for a summit. Russian state firm Rosatom was one ofContinue Reading
By Prudence Arobani The Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar-led Commonwealth Observer Group has given a pass mark to the Pakistan’s general election, saying the poll has generally strengthened the country’s democracy. The Commonwealth team said the election marked “important milestone” in the history of the country, following two consecutive democratically-elected civilian governmentsContinue Reading
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has sued for a peaceful presidential election in Mali as the country goes to the poll to elect a new president on Sunday. Guterres, in a statement in New York by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, said he was closely following developments in MaliContinue Reading
