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Russian Export Center and Afreximbank to Co-organize Russia–Africa Economic Forum

The Russian Export Center and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will once again join forces with the Roscongress Foundation to organize events in the Russia–Africa format. The Russia–Africa Economic Forum, which will take place in Sochi on 23–24 October 2019, will build

Iran says Chinese state oil firm pulls out of $5B gas deal

China’s state oil company has pulled out of a $5 billion deal to develop a portion of Iran’s massive offshore natural gas field, the Islamic Republic’s oil minister said Sunday, an agreement from which France’s Total SA earlier withdrew over U.S.

Germany wants closer cooperation with Turkey over refugee crisis

Germany’s interior minister Sunday called for closer cooperation with Turkey to handle the refugee and migration crisis. Horst Seehofer said in an exclusive interview with the Welt am Sonntag weekly that they were not in a position to address the migration

Develop local capacity to leverage AFCTA – AGI to Gov’t

The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has called on Government to urgently help in developing the local production capacity as the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement comes into full force. The Association said with the local capacity fully developed,

4 killed by knife-wielding IT worker at Paris police HQ

A knife-wielding man who worked at police headquarters in central Paris went on a rampage Thursday, stabbing to death four employees before himself being shot dead, officials said. A fifth person was critically injured and was being treated in hospital after

Ex-Dallas cop who murdered black neighbor gets hug from victim’s brother, judge

A white Dallas police officer who killed an unarmed black neighbor in his own living room drew 10 years in prison in a stunning courtroom scene of forgiveness and compassion in which she received a hug not just from the dead

Pressure on GES and Education ministry to withdraw CSE from curriculum

Pressure has started mounting on the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to withdraw the controversial comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) from the 2019 curriculum of Basic and second cycle schools. There have been conflicting reports and denials of the

Dutch inventor says his system for catching plastic in ocean is working

After a series of setbacks, a system for catching plastic floating in the Pacific between California and Hawaii is now working, its Dutch inventor said Wednesday. Boyan Slat, a university dropout who founded The Ocean Cleanup nonprofit, announced that the floating
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