Ghana secures US$380m as IMF approves fifth ECF review

WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (NNN-GNA) — Ghana’s fifth programme review under the IMF supported programme has been approved by the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).The decision followed a board meeting in Washington, DC, on Dec 17, 2025, where members assessed Ghana’s performance against key targets and benchmarks under…

Venezuela says oil exports continue normally despite Trump ‘blockade’

CARACUS, Dec 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela struck a defiant note, insisting that crude oil exports were not impacted by US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a blockade. Trump’s announcement on Tuesday marked a new escalation in his months-long campaign of military and economic pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela, which has the…

Military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger launch $895m regional investment bank

Leaders and officials of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger at the launch BAMAKO (Mali), Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have launched a regional investment bank capitalised at 500 billion CFA francs ($895 million) to finance infrastructure, energy and agricultural projects.The bank will…

WHO alarmed by health workers, civilians ‘forcibly detained’ in Sudan

GENEVA, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization voiced alarm at reports that more than 70 health workers and around 5,000 civilians were being detained in Nyala in southwestern Sudan. Since April 2023, Sudan’s regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a brutal…

US Pres Trump adds Syria, Laos to expanded US travel ban

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump expanded a US travel ban by barring nationals of seven more countries including Syria, as well as Palestinian Authority passport holders, from entering the United States. Trump, who has long campaigned to restrict immigration and has spoken in increasingly strident terms, moved…

Egypt To Build 150-Million-USD Vaccine Plant In Suez Canal Zone

CAIRO, Dec 17 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt, yesterday, broke ground on a major vaccines and biological pharmaceuticals plant, in the Sokhna Industrial Zone, with total investments amounting to 150 million U.S. dollars, the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) said. The GENNVAX vaccines and biological pharmaceuticals project, will be established on an…

Uganda: Measles outbreak claims 32 lives in semi-arid NE region

KAMPALA, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The cumulative number of measles deaths in four districts in Uganda’s semi-arid northeastern region has risen to 32 since the outbreak was declared a month ago, the health ministry said on Tuesday. In a situation update, the ministry reported a cumulative total of 17 child…

Libya: 32 Bangladeshi migrants rescued after boat capsized off coast of Al-Haniya

TRIPOLI, Dec 17 (NNN-XINHUA) — Thirty-two Bangladeshi migrants were rescued after their boat capsized off the coast of the northeastern Libyan town of Al-Haniya, the Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar branch of Libya’s Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency said in a statement. The agency reported that all migrants aboard the vessel were rescued and transferred…

South Sudan grounds UN aircraft, alleges illegal surveillance and smuggling

South Sudan’s government has grounded four aircraft registered under the United Nations mission JUBA, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Sudan’s government has grounded four aircraft registered under the United Nations mission there, alleging that they were used for illegal surveillance and smuggling, which the UN denied.South Sudan’s foreign minister, Monday…

Benin: 30 people jailed in connection with failed coup

Patrice Talon is the President of Benin PORTO-NOVO, Dec 17 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Some 30 people, most of them soldiers, have been jailed in Benin in connection with a failed coup attempt earlier this month.The soldiers took over state television on Dec 7 and announced that the government had been dissolved.But…
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