French President Francois Hollande on Friday denounced the economic protectionism repeated several times by his new American counterpart Donald Trump, local media reported. Hollande made the remarks during a visit to a company located in the French department of Vosges (east), French television channel BFMTV reported. “It is not possible or desirable to want to […]
U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday ushered in a new era in bilateral ties with Mexico, one that Mexico should turn to its advantage, say observers. The real estate tycoon’s presidential campaign and election win only raised hackles in Mexico, given his pledge to build a border wall and make Mexico pay for it, […]
Former Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Silva has died at the age of 77, his former club Guarani said on Friday. Silva died at his home in the southeastern Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, Guarani said on the club’s website. The cause of his death was not revealed, but media reports said he was recovering from […]
Spain passed a decree on Friday to help mortgage buyers get their money back from “abusive” mortgage floor clauses. The decree, announced by the government after a cabinet meeting, followed a ruling of the European Court of Justice in December of 2016, which ordered Spanish banks to hand back their clients all the money they […]
Brazil’s Air Force, Federal Police and the Federal Prosecution Office are investigating a plane crash that killed Supreme Court Judge Teori Zavascki, local media said on Friday. Zavascki was overseeing cases related to Operation Carwash, a wide-ranging investigation into kickbacks and bribery involving government contracts with private companies. He was currently reviewing the testimony of […]
Nigeria has decided on plans to train 200,000 youths in the country on seeds production, processing and packaging in its Agricultural Transformation Support Program, Phase one (ATASP-1), an official said Friday. The training would commence in the first week of February, Haruna Akwashiki, National Coordinator of ATASP-1 said in Abuja, the country’s capital. The program […]
Sudanese politicians on Friday expressed hope that the new U.S. President Donald Trump would continue what his predecessor Barack Obama has started of change in the U.S. policy toward Sudan and fully lift the sanctions imposed on it. “We are looking forward to further dialogue and cooperation between president Trump’s administration and the Sudanese government […]
Donald Trump was sworn in on Friday as the 45th president of the United States. With his hand on a Bible used by his family and the one used for the inauguration of the 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Trump took the oath of office administered by Chief Justice John Roberts at the U.S. Capitol, […]
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said at least 12 million people across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are facing food and livelihoods insecurity due to severe drought that is ravaging the region. FAO said it has held a high-level meeting with Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to agree on some key […]
The new head of the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, arrived in Juba on Friday to assume his duties. Shearer, the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for South Sudan and Head of UNMISS, succeeds Ellen Margrethe Loj, who completed her assignment at the end of November 2016, after serving for […]
A flame thrower was fired at the police headquarters in Istanbul on Friday evening but caused no injuries, the governor said. “Flame thrower fired at the Istanbul police headquarters,” Governor Vasip Sahin tweeted. “The exterior garden wall was hit. There are no casualties among our staff.” The governor later tweeted that a large-scale operation was […]
Turnover at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) rose to 7.6 million U.S. dollars from 6.3 million dollars in the previous session despite the number of shares traded falling to 19 million from 30 million. Safaricom, Kenya’s leading telecom operator, was the day’s biggest mover, trading 11 million shares at unchanged price of 0.18 dollars. Thursday, […]
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday called for a speedy bloodless resolution of the crisis in The Gambia where reluctant former leader Yahya Jammeh has been given a last chance to step down peacefully. While congratulating Adama Barrow who was sworn in on Thursday in Senegal as the new Gambian president on his election, Kenyatta […]
Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo expressed hopes for further deepening Polish-U.S. relations and cooperation on Friday when referring to Donald Trump’s swearing-in as the new U.S. president. Szydlo said Poland and the United States are partners and no matter what happens, we can count on each other. She stressed that the United States is an […]
The Burundian ruling party has rejected a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report issued Thursday accusing the party youth wing dubbed Imbonerakure of brutality and ill-treatment against opposition members, the party communication officer said Friday. “We have been surprised by the publication of the report that contains unverified, biased and false information. The report is simply […]
Five illegal chainsaw operators were on Tuesday arrested by the Game and Wildlife Officers at the Sissili North Forest reserve. Community Members of Kayaro and Nankong in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region together with the Community Resources Management Area, (CREMA) assisted the Game and Wildlife Officers to make the arrest. The […]
The Friends of Jefferson Madison Regional Library based in Charlottesville of USA have donated a quantity of Books to the Methodist Raffiki Satellite Village at Effutu Gyahadze near Winneba. Mr. Dave Morris former Vice Mayor of Charlottesville who represented the Friends of Madison Library during the presentation said the books were intended to help the […]
There are beliefs that during the festive season ghosts come out to shop, hence the congestion and massive traffic at Accra Central especially Makola market and around the Tudu Togo station. The number of people who went to Accra to shop during the Christmas holidays met congestion both on the streets and in the markets […]
Ghana is such a beautiful country, beautiful citizens whose votes can’t be taken for granted. The nation just passed yet another successful election in December 7th 2016 and an Inaugural ceremony in January 7th. The major campaign message of the New Patriotic Party was the incompetency of the NDC to provide jobs, stabilize the nation’s […]
The 2004 Africa Cup of Nation champions Tunisia on July 2015 re-appointed former Polish international, Henry Kasperczak as a replacement of George Leekens. Kasperczak, who ended his second spell with Mali after Afcon 2015, signed a 3year deal for the Carthage Eagles as the head coach. The 70-year old polish started his football career with […]
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