JOHANNESBURG (AA) – At least 730 children have died in nutrition centers across Somalia this year, the UN Children’s Fund said on Tuesday, warning of a famine in the coming months. “Malnutrition has reached crisis levels – 1.5 million children, nearly half of the under-five population, are likely to have acute malnutrition,’’...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria and Poland signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on agriculture Tuesday, while pledging to enlarge economic cooperation in the energy and manufacturing sectors. A ceremony in the Nigerian capital of Abuja took place during a visit by Polish President Andrezej Duda, the first by a Polish leader since the ...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India and Bangladesh on Tuesday signed seven Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and launched work on five projects. MoUs on water sharing, railways, space, science, and judiciary were signed in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina in the capital New Delhi. In a stat...
Algiers, Algeria (AFP): Algeria is a “reliable” energy supplier, European Council President Charles Michel said on Monday during a visit to the North African country as Europe scrambles to replace Russian supplies. “Given the international circumstances that we’re all aware of, energy cooperation is obviously essential,...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Almost 2 million people have been displaced in Burkina Faso amid the worst food crisis in a decade, international aid groups operating in the West African country have said. In a statement, the groups said nearly one in 10 people in Burkina Faso had been displaced by conflict. Most worryingly, the […]
LONDON (AA) – British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Monday was elected by Conservative Party members to lead her party and become the nation’s next prime minister. Truss, 46, got 81,326 votes to 60,399 votes for former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, 42. Turnout was 82.6%. Truss did not get the landslide many commentators […]...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – It took 13 years of perseverance and struggles for Bilal Ahmad, a mathematics teacher in the capital of Indian-occupied Kashmir, to produce the region’s first solar-electric automobile that operates completely on solar energy and can also be charged with electrical energy. Ahmad, 40, became an overnight...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit India on Monday for a four-day official tour to resolve the pending issues between the two countries, according to officials. At a press briefing on Sunday in the capital Dhaka, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said the countries would sign seven Memoranda of Un...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Lebanon’s state institutions have reached a state of disrepair that mirrors the country’s broader unravelling amid a political crisis and economic turmoil branded by the World Bank as one of the worst globally in modern times. Lebanon’s downward spiral has been met with inaction from authorities, who ha...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AA) – Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined 970 million Malaysian ringgit (approximately $216 million) for corruption. Malaysia’s Supreme Court found Mansor guilty of soliciting and receiving bribes to assist solar firm Jepak in w...
