insert_link Sport Football star Kerr charged with ‘racially aggravated offence’ Chelsea and Australia women's football superstar Sam Kerr has been charged with a "racially aggravated offence" after a dispute involving a London police officer, the Metropolitan Police said Tuesday. The 30-year-old striker, one of the highest profile and best-paid players in the women's game, was charged following the incident in January 2023, police said in a statement. The alleged dispute was sparked when a police officer responded to […] todayMarch 5, 2024 3
insert_link APO International Africa’s ‘female firsts’ get a KFC shoutout on International Women’s Day “While I may be the first, I don’t want to be the last.” This comment from Akhona Qengqe launches an inaugural list of female firsts across Africa as International Women’s Day 2024 is celebrated this week. Each of the 53 achievers on KFC Africa’s list – one for each year the company has been in Africa – overcame educational, political, social and financial obstacles. And they often had to break […] todayMarch 4, 2024 11
insert_link World Malaysia urges new hunt for MH370 A decade after it went missing, Malaysia is pushing for a renewed search for the wreckage of missing flight MH370. Malaysia, Australia, and China called off an operation to find the missing plane in 2017 after a two-year-long search. Pieces of debris confirmed or thought to be from the aircraft have washed up on the shorelines of South Africa, Mauritius, and Mozambique since 2016. Laura Westbrook has more. todayMarch 4, 2024 30
insert_link World Ukraine’s military intelligence breaches Russian defense ministry in cyberattack Ukraine's military intelligence agency claimed on Monday it had carried out a cyberattack on the servers of Russia's defense ministry, and that it had obtained access to a trove of classified documents. todayMarch 4, 2024 35
insert_link Africa Nigeria fines cryptocurrency trading company Nigeria has slammed a 10 billion dollar fine on cryptocurrency trading firm, Binance. It says the firm manipulated foreign exchange rates through currency speculation and rate fixing. Tesem Akende reports. todayMarch 4, 2024 36
insert_link Uncategorized Namra intercepts mandrax shipment The Namibia Revenue Agency has intercepted a consignment of mandrax tablets worth N$1.9 million being transported by a Namibian truck. According to Namra spokesperson Tonateni Shidhudhu, the driver, a frequent border traveler, was apprehended upon return from South Africa. todayMarch 4, 2024 28
insert_link Namibia Namibia and Brazil mark 30 years of Naval cooperation Namibia and Brazil have marked the 30th anniversary of their Naval Cooperation Agreement, a milestone in Brazil's significant naval presence in Africa. The event coincides with the 30th anniversary of Walvis Bay and offshore islands' handover to Namibia on 28 February 1994. Ambassador of Brazil to Namibia, Vivian Loss Sanmartin highlighted the occasion. todayMarch 4, 2024 58
insert_link APO International Afreximbank tops the loan market rankings in Bloomberg’s 2023 Capital Markets league tables for Sub-Saharan Africa African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) has been ranked number one in all three categories in the Bloomberg Capital Markets League Tables Report for African Capital Markets. Afreximbank is ranked as number one Mandated Lead Arranger, Bookrunner, and Administrative Agent for Sub-Saharan Africa Borrower Loans. These rankings recognize the Bank’s leadership role in facilitating capital from within and outside of the continent, from a diverse range of investors and stakeholders to fulfill […] todayMarch 4, 2024 10
insert_link APO International Somalia to Deposit Her Instrument of Ratification on the Treaty of Accession to the East African Community today The Federal Republic of Somalia will this morning deposit her instrument of ratification of the Treaty of Accession with the EAC Secretary General this morning making the Horn of Africa country the bloc’s 8th Partner State. A high-level delegation led by Somalia’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Hon. Jibril Abdirashid Haji Abdi, is in Arusha, Tanzania to deposit the instrument with EAC Secretary General, Hon. (Dr.) Peter Mathuki, at the EAC […] todayMarch 4, 2024 2