Burkina Faso: More than 50 people have been killed in the four terror attacks in the West African country of Burkina Faso. Before this, incidents of attacks on places of worship, arising out of the religious conflict had been reported in April and May. The successive attacks had created an atmosphere of fear among the […]
Accra, New Delhi, June 14th (News Agency) – On Monday 13th June, while President Pranab Mukherjee was on visit to Ghana, India and Ghana entered into three important pacts. President Mukherjee then left for the Ivory Coast following which he was to visit Namibia. It is believed that the visit to these three African countries will […]
Johannesburg/London: Before the Coronavirus crisis, eighty million people in sub-Saharan African countries did not have enough food. But the global inflation caused by the Coronavirus outbreak and the fuel shortage and food crisis caused by the Ukraine conflict have taken a significant toll on sub-Saharan African countries. More than 120 million people here are facing […]
Washington: The Bloomberg website posted an article highlighting the increasing debt burden on the developing countries, causing defaults in repayments. This will push the countries on the defaulter list, which will have political and social consequences. The article cites the situation in Lebanon and Sri Lanka and warns that Pakistan, Tunisia, Egypt, Ghana, and El-Salvador […]
Tel Aviv: A major Iranian plot to attack Israelis and Jewish people travelling to Africa for leisure and trade has been foiled. This information surfaced after five militants trained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards were arrested. An Israeli news channel claimed that the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad played a significant role in the matter. A […]
New Delhi: – India has made preparations to teach a lesson to the countries, increasing oil prices by keeping the production low, despite the rising demand. Accordingly, India has reduced oil purchase from Saudi by 25%. The Indian government has ordered the oil companies not to depend entirely on Saudi for the oil but search […]
Cairo/Ankara: – President Recep Erdogan, who is showing the dreams of the Historic Ottoman empire to the Turkish population, is desperately trying to increase the Turkish influence. Turkey has started getting a foothold in African countries using financial aid, medical aid, military and technological cooperation, infrastructure, and soft power development. Egypt has initiated moves to […]
Agartala: The first freight ship carrying 50 tonnes of cement reached Sonamura in Tripura from Bangladesh via the river route. This is the first Bangladesh-Tripura river route transport. Work is in progress on the other river routes. These domestic water transport routes will help a significant increase in the trade between north-eastern states of India […]
Harare/Addis Ababa: – China treated the African countries disdainfully, during the current Coronavirus pandemic; the reports are being received now. Repercussions of the feeling are becoming evident now and the demand for expulsion of the Chinese citizens, from Africa, is becoming stronger. China might have to bear the brunt of the anti-Chinese sentiment, growing in […]
Burkina Faso: – 23 people were killed in a terrorist attack on a Gold mine, in the Soam province of Burkina Faso. This is the fourth major terrorist attack in the Soam province, in the last three months. Earlier, in August, more than 30 soldiers had been killed in a terrorist attack on a military […]