12th WTO ministerial conference to hold in Geneva
2021-03-01
The 12th ministerial conference of WTO scheduled to hold in Nur-Sultan has been moved to Geneva, the WTO announced on Monday.Continue Reading
UN appeals for $3.85bn as Yemen faces hunger crisis
2021-03-01
The United Nations is calling for funding in an international donor meeting on Monday to save millions of people in Yemen from hunger. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), estimates that a sum of 3.85 billion dollars is needed this year to help the warn-torn country.Continue Reading
Abudu: Nigerian citizens in S/Africa promise to follow-up case
2021-02-27
By Fortune Abang The Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa (NICASA) says it will follow-up the case of a 40-year-old, Mr Temitope Abudu, who was killed by yet-to-be identified assailant in Johannesburg, South Africa. NICASA’s President, Mr Ben Okoli, said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency ofContinue Reading
Khashoggi: U.S. imposes visa ban on 76 Saudis
2021-02-27
The United States on Friday slapped a visa ban on 76 Saudi individuals in what it calls the “Khashoggi Ban”. This followed a U.S. intelligence report accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of approving the 2018 gruesome murder of exiled journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who announcedContinue Reading
UN condemns abduction of Zamfara schoolgirls
2021-02-26
UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the reported abduction of 317 schoolgirls in Zamfara.Continue Reading
Khashoggi: U.S. imposes visa ban on 76 Saudis
2021-02-26
The United States on Friday slapped a visa ban on 76 Saudi individuals in what it calls the “Khashoggi Ban”.Continue Reading
Biden says U.S. will never recognise Crimea’s reunification with Russia
2021-02-26
U.S. President Joe Biden says on Friday that Washington wI’ll never recognise Crimea’s decision to rejoin Russia.Continue Reading
Poor countries need billions for vaccination – World Bank
2021-02-26
Overcoming the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic requires international cooperation and debt reduction in poor countries, according to World Bank President David Malpass. This is what the head of the global finance and development organisation told the Italian newspaper La Stampa ahead of an online meeting of the G20Continue Reading
Portugal to send 5% of its vaccine doses to Africa
2021-02-26
Portugal is set to allocate 5 per cent of its share of coronavirus vaccine doses to African nations, said Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa at the end of an EU session on Friday. His country’s donation would focus on countries where Portuguese is the main language. The proposal follows aContinue Reading
C/River urges African synergy on migrants rights
2021-02-26
Ayade said that there was no better time than now for African Governments to resolve challenges of Labour Migration.Continue Reading