Botswana will hold its general elections October 30, President Mokgweetsi Masisi announced. “Following the diligent preparations by the Independent Electoral Commission, the general elections would take place on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024,” said Masisi in a televised speech. Masisi declared October 30 and October 31, both public holidays to promote higher voter turnout, urging all…
President Bola Tinubu says Africa holds vast opportunities for investments, growth and development with its vibrant population, productive economy and natural resources. The President made the remark at a bilateral meeting with Chinese Premier, Li Qiang, on Wednesday in Beijing. Tinubu noted that the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) had played a key role in…
About 200 migrants tried to leave French shores for the United Kingdom on Wednesday, the day after 12 people died trying to make the journey. Angele Vettorello, a Calais charity worker and Co-ordinator at Utopia 56, made the disclosure. She said: “The crossing, it is not going to stop. “This morning, we saw more than…
Saudi Arabia Government says the forthcoming Global Artificial Intelligent (AI) Summit (GAIN) in Riyadh aims to promote economic diversification of vision 2030. Mohammed Alsahabi, the Press Attaché’, Saudi Arabia Embassy, Abuja, in a statement on Wednesday, said the summit would foster global collaboration to explore transformative potential of AI across industries. The News Agency of…
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Ankara on Wednesday for talks with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, marking the first visit by an Egyptian president to Türkiye in 12 years. Erdogan and Sisi will co-chair the inaugural meeting of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council, the Turkish presidency said in a statement, as the two countries…
Former French prime minister Édouard Philippe, considered one of the country’s most popular politicians, has announced that he plans to run in the 2027 presidential elections. Philippe, who served as current President Emmanuel Macron’s first prime minister from 2017-2020, made the widely expected announcement on Wednesday, local media reported. In a survey by the polling…
The UN Acting Emergency Relief Coordinator in Mauritania, Joyce Msuya, has allocated 3 million dollars from the Central Emergency Response Fund to support Malian refugees who have sought safety in the country. The Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Mr Stephane Dujarric, disclosed this at a news conference at UN headquarters in New York. Dujarric said…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published global cholera statistics for 2023, revealing a concerning increase in cases and deaths. According to a statement released on Wednesday, the number of reported cholera cases rose by 13 per cent and deaths by 71 per cent in 2023 compared to the previous year. The WHO reported that…
More than 200 people sought medical help and 63 were hospitalised due to intestinal infection in Baksan, a town in Russia’s Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, local media reported. Among the hospitalised, 56 are children and they are in moderate conditions, the prosecutor’s office of the region said. A criminal case has been opened in Kabardino-Balkaria under the…
Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday updated detection, tracing, isolation, and vaccination measures to prevent the mpox Clade I infection. “Medical practitioners and healthcare institutions should be vigilant in detecting and reporting mpox cases. “Close contacts of a confirmed Clade I case will be quarantined in a designated government facility for 21 days,” MOH…
