TRIPOLI, Libya (AA): East Libya-based strongman Khalifa Haftar has set an end-of August deadline for forming a committee for the fair distribution of oil revenues. Speaking during a meeting with his officers in the eastern city of Benghazi, Haftar accused the Tripoli-based central bank of “committing financial crimes.” “Reports of ...
MOSUL, Iraq (AA): After a 10-year hiatus, Iraq’s Mosul International Airport is expected to resume flights next year following the defeat of the ISIS. The Mosul airport was captured by the ISIS fighters n June 2014 and was used as a military base during the group’s reign. But in 2017, the Iraqi forces regained the […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan’s annual inflation dropped to 29% in June, a nearly 9% month-on-month decline, the national data collection agency has stated. The Consumer Price Index (SPI) shot up to 38% in May, the highest level in decades, due to supply shocks and currency depreciation. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics,...
ISTANBUL (AA): A relentless storm of economic hardships in Lebanon has left little trace of the celebrations and feasts that once marked the Eid al-Adha. “Everything has changed for the worse,” according to Maria Abou Ali, a 22-year-old university student in the capital Beirut. “Lebanese people are no longer able to afford even the basic [&hel...
BEIRUT (AA): The European Union plans to allocate 3.7 million euros to support green and circular economy in Lebanon. In a statement, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) said the EU-funded project will be titled “2Circular.” “The 2Circular project aims to partner with over 50 food and beverage compa...
Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP): Indonesian livestreamer Christine Febriyanti stood in a room crammed with clothes in Jakarta, hawking colourful garments to hundreds of viewers on a TikTok livestream for a local fashion brand. “For the Vitamin C kind of girls, you’ll fulfil all of your nutrient needs with these orange pants,” the 25...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): Voters in Sierra Leone will go to the polls on Saturday in the country’s general elections to elect a president, MPs and local councils. Thirteen candidates are in the race for the president in the West African country. Incumbent President Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), who was […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): A group of rich nations and development banks have pledged €2.5 billion ($2.74 billion) to help Senegal reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, President Macky Sall announced Thursday at a summit in Paris. “Senegal will receive €2.5 billion in funding from international partners in order to increase the renewable energies i...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AFP): Ethiopia is preparing to launch the fourth filling of its mega-dam reservoir on the Blue Nile, the country’s deputy prime minister has announced, despite opposition from its downstream neighbour Egypt. The massive $4.2 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been at the centre of a regional dispute...
ISLAMABAD (AA): Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief on Thursday in France in an attempt to secure the release of the remaining $1.1 billion in IMF program funds amid the ongoing economic crisis. Sharif met with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on the sidelines of the Summit for...
