UAE lifts 2022 visa ban on Nigerians/in /by
The lifting of the ban this week was preceded by Emirates’s announcement in May that it would resume daily flights between Lagos and Dubai later this year in October.
Paris 2024: Olympic village set to host 14,000 athletes and officials/in /by
Athletes from around the world will soon converge to the Olympic village which will be home to 14,000 people during the Paris 2024 Games.
DRC: At least 70 dead in militia attack in Kinsele/in /by
The attack took place on Saturday in the village of Kinsele, about 100 km east of the capital, Kinshasa.
Congo/IMF: Civil society criticizes fund management/in /by
Several civil society members and political actors express concerns about governance issues. They argue that the ongoing crisis and current cash flow tensions in Congo highlight significant shortcomings.
Nigeria: Kaduna Petroleum College to Be Operational Soon – Minister/in /by
[Daily Trust] The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri has said that the Petroleum Technology Development Fund-owned College of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Kaduna, will soon become operational.
Nigeria: Nigeria to Resume Crude Oil Refining in August, Industry Authorities Say/in /by
[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Nigeria plans to resume local refining of crude oil in early August, national petroleum authorities announced Monday.
Sergey Lavrov calls for Security Council reform and criticizes western dominance/in /by
Lavrov also stressed the need for rebalancing global economic structures, advocating against monopolies in finance, trade, and technology regulation.
Macron accepts PM’s resignation amid new immigration law changes/in /by
These measures, part of a broader immigration reform, have been met with significant opposition from the left and human rights activists, who have labeled the laws as "inhumane" and "arbitrary." Despite partial rejections by the Constitutional Council, the law was enacted in January 2023.
200 more Kenyan police deployed to tackle Haiti violence/in /by
Kenyan police confirmed the officers' safe arrival and cooperation with Haitian police. Legal hurdles delayed the deployment, but a bilateral agreement with Haiti was secured in March.
Putin drives a new Russian Lada sedan on just opened final segment of Moscow-St Petersburg highway/in /by
Putin took the wheel of the Lada Aura sedan, a new model of the Russian automaker Avtovaz, of which mass production is due to start this fall amidst sanctions that significantly reduced the import of western branded cars into the country.