Tanzania eyes 124tri/- investment

DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 28 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — TANZANIA is targeting to attract at least 50 billion US dollars (about 123.5tri/-) in investment capital and create eight million jobs by 2030 as the government rolls out a new investment drive aligned with Vision 2050, with strong emphasis on youth empowerment, industrialisation and…

Guinea security forces ‘neutralise’ armed group in gunfight a day before presidential voting

CONAKRY, Dec 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinean security forces neutralised an armed group in the capital they said had “subversive intentions threatening national security”, according to an official statement on Saturday, a day before the country holds elections. The west African country’s presidential election is set to take place on Sunday…

Ivory Coast parliamentary elections draw low turnout

ABIDJAN, Dec 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Voting ended Saturday in Ivory Coast’s parliamentary elections, a vote marked by poor turn-out following a boycott call by opposition parties. The election comes two months after 83-year-old Alassane Ouattara won a presidential ballot that extended his 14-year rule. In the Yopougon and Plateau districts…

Niger junta calls ‘general mobilisation’ against jihadists

NIAMEY, Dec 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Niger’s military rulers have approved a general mobilisation and the requisition of people and goods to fight a long-running jihadist insurgency, according to a government statement. Since toppling democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum in a July 2023 coup, the military junta in Niger has been…

Libya honours late army chief as bodies repatriated from Türkiye

TRIPOLI, Dec 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — Libya held official ceremonies on Saturday to receive the bodies of its late army chief of staff Mohammed al-Haddad and his companions, who were killed in a plane crash in Türkiye earlier this week. The remains were flown to Tripoli International Airport, where they were…

UN Security Council to convene emergency meeting on Israel’s Somaliland recognition

Residents wave Somaliland flags as they gather to celebrate Israel’s recognition of Somaliland in Hargeisa UNITED NATIONS, Dec 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council will convene an emergency session on Monday to discuss Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, with members slated to condemn Jerusalem’s move. Israel announced the step on Friday,…

Somalia demands Israel withdraw Somaliland recognition

Israel’s Netanyahu made a video call to Somaliland’s President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi to announce the recognition MOGADISHU, Dec 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Somalia has demanded Israel reverse its recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland, condemning the move as an act of “aggression that will never be tolerated”. Ali Omar, Somalia’s…

UK restricts DR Congo visas over migrant return policy

The home secretary announced an overhaul of the UK’s asylum rules in November LONDON, Dec 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UK is to impose visa restrictions against people arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo after its government failed to agree to measures allowing the return of illegal migrants and foreign…

Greece: Another 131 migrants rescued off southern Crete

ATHENS, Dec 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Greek coast guard rescued 131 would be migrants off Crete, bringing the number of people brought out of the sea in the area over the past five days to 840, a police spokesperson said. The migrants rescued Saturday morning were aboard a fishing boat some 14 nautical…

Nearly 400 would-be migrants rescued off Greek island

ATHENS, Dec 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Greek coastguard on Friday rescued nearly 400 would-be migrants from a fishing boat and another vessel off southern Crete, ANA news agency reported. In one operation about 35 nautical miles from the small island of Gavdos, off Crete, a coastguard vessel, a Danish freighter…
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