Germany’s decision to impose stricter border controls has raised concerns within the Dutch government over potential disruptions to trade, local media reports. Dutch Asylum and Migration Minister Marjolein Faber said, while she understands Germany’s decision, clarity is needed on how the new controls would be enforced and their specific impact. Faber also emphasised the importance…
Australia is working with partners, including the UK, to put pressure to see a real change in the situation in Gaza,” Penny Wong, Australia’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. The foreign minister said the Australian government made it clear earlier that the only export permit applications approved for items to Israel are for items requiring…
The first ever Drugs and Social Issues Taskforce meeting, targeting drugs and other related social problems in Fijian schools, has been held in Suva. While addressing stakeholders, the Permanent Secretary for Education Selina Kuruleca said children are the future leaders, who must be protected and educated well to make good decisions. Kuruleca said children took…
A UN spokesman on Tuesday said flooding has affected Sudan and Chad, while drought has affected Lesotho, another African country. Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, made the announcement at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) ‘s daily briefing. He said OCHA has warned that heavy rains…
US Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic Presidential nominee will face a possible combative former President Donald Trump of the Republican Party as the two candidates will go head-to-head for the first and perhaps only time in a debate on Tuesday before voters head to the polls in November. Tuesday’s debate will be the first…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin has offered overseas scholarship to 70 indigent students in Kano State. The students comprising 65 males and five females would persue postgraduate programmes in Artificial Intelligence; Forensic, Robotics Sciences and Cyber Security in the United States, Europe, Canada and India. Barau (APC – Kano North), stated this…
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has denounced the brutal killing of a senior member of the main opposition party Chadema, who was kidnapped, beaten and doused with acid. On Friday, Mohamed Ali Kibao, 69, was forced off a bus by suspected security agents while travelling from the country’s biggest city, Dar es Salaam, to his…
The Cross River Government is partnering an American-based organisation, Sharing Hope Medical Mission to host a 16-day medical outreach in the state, Gov. Bassey Otu, has said. Otu said at a meeting with representative of the mission on Monday in Calabar, that the outreach would hold between Oct. 4 and 19. Represented by Dr Henry…
Members of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Parliament) have restated the importance of affordable healthcare for the citizens of the sub-region, stressing that it is critical for overall development. This was part of the deliberations to provide more access to healthcare for the citizens at the closing parts of…
The Speaker of the Nigeria House of Representatives, Hon Tajudeen Abbas has lauded the history and purpose that inspired the establishment of the Indonesia/Africa Parliamentary Forum, IAPF. He described it as an admirable footprint of our common development heritage, a great challenges resolver, and mutual risks mitigator for all countries involved. Speaking at the 2024…
