Saudi oil attack: Ghana must scale-up protection of oil facilities – COPEC

ACCRA, Sept 18 (NNN-GNA) — The Government of Ghana must increase its surveillance on all the oil installations in the country in order to guard the facilities against possible attacks, Duncan Amoah, Executive Director of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC-Ghana), has said.Amoah stated that the recent bombing of oil…

Ghana’s central bank BoG enforces laws banning pricing of goods, services in foreign currencies

ACCRA, Sept 18 (NNN-GNA) — The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has begun a series of activities to enforce its laws which prohibits the pricing of goods and services in foreign currencies.Officials from the BoG’s Other Financial Institutions Supervision Department on Tuesday led a task force to enforce these laws in…

Peru leads exports to EU among CAN members

LIMA, Sept 18 (NNN-ANDINA) — Among Andean Community (Spanish: Comunidad Andina CAN) members, Peru held the first position in terms of exports to the European Union (EU) in 2018, amounting to US$7.009 billion, Andean Parliament member Mario Zuñiga said. According to the official, one of the main characteristics of the Inca…

South Africa apologises to Nigeria over xenophobic attacks

South Africa has been rocked by unrest and xenophobic violence ABUJA,  Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa has apologised to Nigeria over a spate of xenophobic attacks which led to a spike in tensions between the two countries. Twelve people were killed earlier this month when mobs attacked foreign-owned businesses, mainly in…

Apple embarks on EU court battle over 13-bn-euro tax bill

LUXEMBOURG, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Apple embarks on an epic court battle with the EU on Tuesday, fighting the commission’s landmark order that the iPhone-maker reimburse Ireland 13 billion euros ($14 billion) in back taxes. Lawyers for the world’s biggest company will face EU officials in a Luxembourg court, challenging…

US Sec of State Pompeo heading to Saudi Arabia over Iran tensions: VP Pence

WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Saudi Arabia after its oil infrastructure was struck in an attack blamed on Iran, Vice President Mike Pence said. “The secretary of state is traveling to Saudi Arabia Tuesday to discuss our response,” Pence said during…

US intel indicates South Arabia oil attacks staged from Iran: report

WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — American officials have shared intelligence with Riyadh indicating that Iran was the staging ground for devastating drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil installations, the Wall Street Journal reported. The weekend strikes on Abqaiq — the world’s largest processing plant — and the Khurais oilfield have…

France to press to drop Sudan from US terror blacklist: FM Le Drian

Asma Mohamed Abdalla (R), Sudan’s newly appointed foreign minister and her French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, give a joint press conference in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. KHARTOUM, Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that France will press to drop Sudan from the US blacklist of…

Uganda committed to peaceful co-existence with Rwanda: FM Kutesa

The delegations met in Kigali on Monday. KIGALI, Sept 17 (NNN-NEW VISION) — Ugandan and Rwandan delegations met Monday in a “frank and cordial atmosphere” in the Rwandan capital Kigali in a bid to warm ties between the two neighbouring East African nations muddled by recent flare-ups.Ugandan foreign affairs minister Sam…

Venezuelan government and opposition sign peace dialogue agreement

CARACAS, Sept 17 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The Government and the opposition of Venezuela signed on Monday an agreement and installation of the National Dialogue Table for Peace, in accordance with the principles of sovereignty and self-determination of the South American country. With the purpose of contributing to a political solution…