A contingent of 250 Ukrainian peacekeepers are to leave eastern DRC and return to Ukraine. The announcement was made on Tuesday by the UN. A date is yet to be announced for the departure. The withdrawal will also include equiment and helicopters. “If they are leaving to strengthen forces at home because things have heated…
The Ukrainian Embassy in Nigeria says Nigerians have approached it to enquire about enlisting to fight against Russia. An estimated 16 000 people from across the globe have shown interest in fighting against Russia in Ukraine, says Ukraine’s minister of foreign affairs. Nigeria says it has discouraged its citizens from becoming mercenaries because it abides by…
HOUSTON, March 9 (Reuters) – Developing countries should not have to target renewable energy sources and turn away from fossil fuels, Nigerian energy officials said on Tuesday, joining other emerging oil-producing nations reluctant to embrace the global energy transition trend. Some 900 million people in the world, most of them in Africa, still have no…
A Somali businessman who fled Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, has arrived in Germany where he is seeking asylum “to start a new life”. Mohamud Arab used to run a profitable business in Kyiv, exporting second-hand clothes and electronics to several African countries. But soon after Russian forces invaded the country, he hired a car and headed…
Health clinics in Zimbabwe are facing a crisis as increasing numbers of nurses leave the country in search of better prospects, as Shingai Nyoka writes. The young woman in a dark green gown was in the throes of labour, her face twisted in pain. Still for one minute and then groaning and writhing this way…
Mourners in northwestern Nigeria buried their dead on Tuesday after clashes between a local self-defence vigilante group and armed gunmen killed at least 57 people. According to the police, the clashes occurred Monday in the Zuru district of Kebbi state. The gunmen were heavily armed and were fleeing military operations in neighbouring Niger state when…
About 30 officials from the Ministry of Defense of Mozambique are to benefit from a training program aimed at equipping them with skills to prevent the recruitment and use of child soldiers, particularly in the northern region of the country. The training is in its second phase, following a memorandum of understanding signed among the…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday that 452 illegal migrants were returned to Libya after being rescued off the coast last week. “From February 27 to March 5, at least 452 immigrants were rescued or intercepted at sea and returned to Libya,” IOM said in a statement. So far in 2022, a…
Members of Tunisia’s caretaker Superior Council of the Judiciary took oath on Monday in the presence of President Kais Saied who ordered the reshuffle three weeks earlier. Presiding over the oath-taking ceremony, Saied said Tunisia “is working to restore the independence of justice.” On February 13, Saied signed a presidential decree to form the interim…
Cape Town – Internet search company Google announced on Tuesday that its philanthropic arm is committing R15.3 million in charitable funding to support programmes helping women entrepreneurs to grow their businesses, as part of a series of new initiatives aimed at supporting women-owned businesses, the company said on Tuesday. “Research shows that 58% of small and…