Citizens of Burkina Faso flee to Ghana amid violence and terrorism; alarms increased terror threat to West African nations

Citizens of Burkina Faso flee to Ghana amid violence and terrorism; alarms increased terror threat to West African nations

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 […]

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Starvation has intensified in Africa due to global inflation – senior IMF official warns

Starvation has intensified in Africa due to global inflation – senior IMF official warns

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 […]

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Failures in repayments of increasing loans will add instability in developing countries, claims Bloomberg

Failures in repayments of increasing loans will add instability in developing countries, claims Bloomberg

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 […]

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Mossad foils Iran’s plot to attack Israelis in Africa: Israeli news channel

Mossad foils Iran’s plot to attack Israelis in Africa: Israeli news channel

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 […]

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Egypt challenges Turkey over expanding influence in Africa

Egypt challenges Turkey over expanding influence in Africa

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 […]

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First cargo ship from Bangladesh arrives in Tripura via inland waterways

First cargo ship from Bangladesh arrives in Tripura via inland waterways

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 […]

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Discontent against China, brewing even in African countries  

Discontent against China, brewing even in African countries  

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 […]

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