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Countries urged to ‘dig deep’ and support Afghanistan in aftermath of deadly earthquake

Village Reporter
“Yesterday’s visit reaffirmed to me both the extreme suffering of people in Afghanistan and their tremendous resolve in the face of great adversity,” said Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan. The UN and partners have developed a three-month emergency appeal, included within their humanitarian plan for Afghanistan this year, to respond to… Read More
Africa South Africa Southern Africa World 

South Africa: 22 people found dead in a nightclub

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At least 22 people have been found dead at a nightclub in South Africa. Many of the victims are said to be students who were celebrating after their final examinations. Emergency services were called in the early hours of Sunday to the Enyobeni Tavern in Scenery Park, on the edge of East London, Eastern Cape province. Authorities say they are… Read More
Europe 

Bosnia and Herzegovina: UN rights chief urges leaders to ‘turn the page on rhetoric’

Village Reporter
The four-day mission marked the first visit by a UN human rights High Commissioner in more than two decades, and she noted that some of the same rights challenges from that era persist today. Ms. Bachelet hailed an “unprecedented ruling” handed down this week, sentencing three people for incitement to hatred for singing songs threatening violence. “There is no place for… Read More
Pacific 

Life-saving relief continues to reach quake-hit eastern Afghanistan

Village Reporter
One of the UN teams on the ground, the refugee agency UNHCR, transported tons of relief items into the provinces of Khost and Paktika, where several thousand houses were destroyed or damaged by the 5.9 magnitude quake that struck early on Wednesday. The latest tally from Thursday evening indicated that at least 1,036 people have been killed and more than 1,643 injured, in… Read More
Pacific 

Talking to the Taliban ‘only way forward’ in Afghanistan

Village Reporter
Ambassadors stood and observed a minute of silence for the victims of the disaster before being briefed by Ramiz Alakbarov, Acting Special Representative at the UN’s Mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, and Martin Griffiths, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator.  Mr. Alakbarov provided an update on the earthquake, citing latest figures which revealed nearly 800 confirmed deaths and more than 1,400 injured, before… Read More
Africa Business World 

Zeepay hosts conference to mark international day of family remittances

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– – Zeepay Company Limited, on Thursday June 16, 2022 hosted the second edition of Disrupt 270 Conference on the theme “Leveraging Remittances for Digital Inclusion and Impact” to commemorate the International Day of Family Remittances. The one-day thought leadership conference provided insights on the evolution of remittances post-pandemic and how various policies are influencing the industry to impact diasporans and… Read More
Africa Business Featured World 

The power of renewal – the current status of energy transition in Africa

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– – Post-pandemic, new solutions are being implemented to address Africa’s power challenges, which have been hampered by a lack of competitive funding, the dire state of the continent’s utilities infrastructure, and the need for energy policy and legislative reform to boost investment in the sector. Such solutions have had to consider energy transition and the utilization of renewable energy,… Read More
Africa West Africa World 

Top Nigerian senator and wife charged over organ-harvesting

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– – Prosecutors in the United Kingdom have charged a top Nigerian senator, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife with conspiring to transport a child into the UK in order to harvest organs. The said child of an undisclosed age has been taken into care, according to UK authorities. The investigation began when detectives were alerted to potential modern day slavery… Read More
Africa Business World 

What’s the future looking like for gold trading?

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– – Gold. For millennia it has been a highly valued commodity. At first it was used for trading and then became a material in which wealth could be invested in the form or decorations and jewellery. But more and more as time has gone on, gold has become a precious metal whose value has been regarded as being stable,… Read More
Africa Business Nigeria News and Headlines West Africa World 

Exness Review for Nigerian Traders

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– – As a result of the ever-increasing demand for foreign exchange trading in Nigeria, the market is becoming increasingly saturated with Forex brokers who provide a diverse selection of remarkable features and reasonable pricing. Because there are so many different brokers from which to pick, it can be challenging to tell which ones are trustworthy businesses and which ones… Read More
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