A Reuters Agency survey has shown that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) recorded its highest oil output since April 2020 in August 2021. This is in spite of involuntary losses which limited the rise in oil production output following the easing of production limits by OPEC’s top producers which they had entered Read More…
IMF Boss speaks of strategic use of $650 billion SDR In the picture above: African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina, alongside IMF, Managing Director, Kristilina Georgieva, and WTO, Director General, Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, at the dialogue with international institutions and G20 #CompactwithAfrica meeting hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. All is set for the rollout Read More…
Under a new agreement, Russia is to provide Nigeria with military equipment and training of personnel. This comes after a military cooperation agreement which provides the legal framework for the supply of equipment and training of troops was signed in Moscow on Wednesday. The deal follows an expression of interest in 2019 by President Muhammadu Read More…
A man who claimed to have a bomb in a truck near the Library of Congress has surrendered to law enforcement, ending an hourslong standoff. The man sitting in a black pickup truck outside the Library of Congress told police Thursday that he had a bomb, prompting a massive law enforcement response to determine whether Read More…
In picture above: A medical worker injects AstraZeneca’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a woman at the Nationa Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria and other West African countries risk new outbreaks of viral haemorrhagic fevers, Read More…
In a keenly contested battle, Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has won the Zambian presidential election. He defeated incumbent Edgar Lungu, the electoral commission said on Monday when releasing the final results from 156 constituencies, barring one. In the final vote tally, Hichilema secured 2,810,777 votes while Lungu was in second place with 1,814,201 votes, out Read More…
In picture above: Taliban leaders inside the presidential palace [Screen grab/ Al Jazeera] “The war is over in Afghanistan. We have reached what we were seeking, the freedom of our country and the independence of our people, a spokesman for the Taliban told the television news outfit, Al Jazeera, on Sunday as the Afghan President Read More…
In picture above: Taliban militants waving a Taliban flag on the back of a pickup truck drive past a crowded street at Pashtunistan Square area in Jalalabad, Afghanistan in this still image taken from social media video uploaded on August 15, 2021. Social media website/via REUTERS The Taliban military forces are within a shouting distance Read More…
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a $1 trillion infrastructure package that is a top priority for U.S. President Joe Biden, a bipartisan victory that could provide the nation’s biggest investment in decades in roads, bridges, airports and waterways. The vote was 69-30 in the 100-seat chamber, with 19 Republicans Read More…
NEW YORK, Aug 10 (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned on Tuesday following an inquiry that found he sexually harassed 11 women and in the face of mounting legal pressure and demands for his departure by President Joe Biden and others, a startling downfall for a man once seen as a possible U.S. Read More…