MEMBER of the parliamentary finance committee, Moeen Al-Kadhimi, revealed that Iraq has chosen to discontinue using the Chinese yuan in financial transactions. Al-Kadhimi told Al-Forat News that the decision was made due to worries about potential manipulation and other difficulties with certain transfers. Iraq has been ordered by the US …
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ON Thursday, Ugandan police detained several individuals in Kampala during the second day of anti-corruption protests calling for the resignation of Parliament Speaker Anita Among. Footage broadcast by local media showed young demonstrators being taken into custody. Inspired by weeks of youth-led protests in neighbouring Kenya, which successfully pressured the president to …
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame dismissed Public Service and Labor Minister Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya over ‘matters of accountability under investigation,’ barely a month after her appointment. Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente announced her dismissal on behalf of President Kagame, citing ongoing investigations into accountability issues. Mujawamariya, who was appointed as the minister …
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A passenger plane carrying 19 people crashed during takeoff in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu on Wednesday morning, with fire crews working to douse the flaming wreckage. The Saurya Airlines plane crashed at around 11:15 am (0530 GMT), Nepal’s military said in a statement. “Rescue work is going on” with the army’s …
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AMADU Koita Makalo, a former bodyguard of Sierra Leone’s ex-president Ernest Bai Koroma, has been found guilty of treason and sentenced to 182 years in prison. The verdict comes after his involvement in a failed coup attempt last year. Makalo, also a former soldier, faced charges of treason, murder, and shooting with …
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new Labour government has scrapped the controversial plan to fly thousands of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda in its first major policy announcement after winning a commanding election victory earlier this month. The decision to abandon the scheme marks a significant shift in the …
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The death toll from Monday’s landslide in southern Ethiopia has risen to 146, local government officials said on Tuesday. The deadly landslide occurred on Monday morning at around 10:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) in southern Ethiopia’s Geze Gofa district. The deaths included 96 males and 50 females, Gofa …
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Palestinian officials said Israeli troops killed five Palestinians, including two women, in a pre-dawn raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. The deaths came when Israeli forces raided the Tulkarem camp in the northern West Bank, the head of its popular committee, Faisal Salamah, told …
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IN a strategic move to regain the trust of foreign powers and bolster her programme of economic and political reforms, Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has dismissed two senior government officials, including the foreign minister. The announcement came late on Sunday, detailing a mini-cabinet reshuffle that saw the termination of …
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In response to severe flooding, Liberian senators have proposed relocating the capital city from Monrovia. This bold suggestion aims to address the persistent issues of overcrowding and poor infrastructure that plague the current capital. The proposal has elicited a range of reactions across the country. Heavy rains between late June …
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