President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today assumed the chairmanship of the Regional Oversight Mechanism (ROM) of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes Region. During the 12th high-level Regional Oversight Mechanism summit held at State House Entebbe, His Excellency Évariste Ndayishimiye, the President of […]
Violent Pakistan storms trigger floods, landslides killing 10 At least 10 people were killed and 43 injured as strong winds and thunderstorms triggered flash floods and destroyed homes in central and northern parts of Pakistan, officials said Wednesday. Four women and a man died in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and three in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the
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Kremlin rebuffs Zelensky’s call for three-way meeting with Trump, Putin The Kremlin on Wednesday rebuffed a call by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a three-way summit with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as Kyiv seeks to force Moscow to halt its three-year-long invasion. Moscow said any meeting involving Russian President Putin and Zelensky would
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National Basketball Association (NBA) Africa and Opportunity International Unveil New Basketball Court in Nairobi, Kenya NAIROBI, Kenya, May 28, 2025/ — NBA Africa (www.NBA.com) and Opportunity International, a global nonprofit organization that develops innovative programs that use financial services, training and support to address some of the greatest challenges facing those living in poverty around
Burkina Faso’s Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries to Speak at African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 Amid Energy Diversification CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 28, 2025/ — Burkina Faso’s Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries Yacouba Zabré Gouba has joined the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025 conference – taking place
The African Development Bank approves an investment of US$100 million in Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms Limited. ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, May 28, 2025/ — The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved an investment of $100 million in the industrial platform developer and operator Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms Ltd (Arise IIP)
Ammat Global Resources Managing Director (MD) Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 Amid Congolese Upstream Expansion CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 28, 2025/ — Massimiliano Mignacca, Managing Director of independent hydrocarbon producer Ammat Global Resources, has joined the continent’s largest energy event – African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025 – as
China offers visa-free travel to 4 Gulf countries following landmark summit China extended its short-term stay visa exemption policy to four Persian Gulf countries on Wednesday, a day after a landmark summit with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Southeast Asian countries. Starting on June 9, passport holders from Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain will be
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U.S. warns Americans against travel to Venezuela The United States is warning Americans against travel to Venezuela as the Trump administration states more U.S. nationals are wrongfully detained by Caracas than by any other government. The State Department on Tuesday issued its highest Travel Advisory — Level 4: Do Not Travel — for Venezuela, citing “severe
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French assisted-dying legislation on way to becoming law Lawmakers in France voted to legalize assisted dying for some terminally ill residents in the final stages of life and in “constant physical or psychological suffering,” but they also backed a parallel piece of legislation making palliative care a legal right. Members of Parliament in the
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