[ad_1] To promote trade and foster economic growth in Africa, IFC today announced trade finance facilities with seven Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) (www.Ecobank.com) subsidiaries operating in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Malawi, Mali, and Togo. IFC’s $140 million trade finance guarantee facility will help strengthen the participating affiliates’ trade finance operations and leverage ETI’s […]

[ad_1] BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine commuters in Buenos Aires on Friday were hit by an abrupt 360% increase in subway fares, one of the most dramatic price hikes in libertarian President Javier Milei ‘s harsh budget austerity campaign. After weeks of hearings, an Argentine judge on Thursday lifted an order that had temporarily […]

[ad_1] Dry conditions and extreme heat are changing natural wildlife habitat and behavior. Credit: Ignatius Banda/IPS by Ignatius Banda (bulawayo, zimbabwe) Friday, May 17, 2024 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, May 17 (IPS) – Rising temperatures are being blamed for an increase in human-wildlife conflicts in Zimbabwe as animals such as snakes leave their natural habitat […]

[ad_1] Marc Lamont Hill talks to journalist Orly Noy about the extreme elements in Israel’s leadership. Israel’s war on Gaza rages on with the death toll at more than 35,000 Palestinians and climbing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is facing growing internal friction over the way forward in the war. Many of the coalition’s far-right […]

[ad_1] But it is certainly a popular tool today. A Human Rights Watch report published last February documented 75 cases of transnational repression reportedly committed by more than 20 countries, including Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan and the United Arab […]

[ad_1] Russia is currently not seeking to capture Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, President Vladimir Putin has claimed. “There are no such plans today,” he said at the end of his visit to China. But he stressed that Russian forces were advancing in the north-eastern Kharkiv region to create a “security zone” for Russia’s own […]

[ad_1] UN experts have appealed to the Nigerian government to immediately and unconditionally release Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who was convicted of blasphemy for writing a song and sharing it on a social messaging service. Mr Sharif-Aminu was sentenced to death by hanging in August 2020 by an Upper Shari’a Court in Kano, North-west Nigeria, for an […]

[ad_1] NOW The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced a temporary suspension on the issuance of new licences for three telecommunications categories. NCC’s spokesperson, Reuben Muoka, disclosed the suspensions in a statement on Friday, noting that the suspension commences immediately. The three categories of suspended telecommunications licences are Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), Interconnect Exchange […]

[ad_1] Monrovia — Liberian legal luminary Cllr. Tiawan S. Gongloe and Kenyan Law Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba point to a new revolution hitting the African Continent. –Kenyan lawyer and pan-Africanist Prof. Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba and Liberian integrity icon and Human Rights Lawyer Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe have shared a unanimous perspective on African […]

[ad_1] Tanzania, a major octopus producer in the Indian Ocean,is working on a plan to introduce measures for sustainable management and harvesting of the fishery, alongside communities and other partners. The plan is geared towards addressing existing gaps in assessing and harvesting octopus stocks to enhance conservation of the valuable resource that supports the country’s […]