China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is planning oil and gas exploration off the coast of Tanzania, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The East African country is seeking to boost development of its natural resources, the report said.The state-…
Day: June 23, 2023
From Thursday, June 1 to Sunday, June 5 no fewer than 25 journalists from across the world converged on Kazanlak, a city in central Bulgaria, about three and a half hours drive from the capital, Sofia.They were there not only to attend the 18th World M…
A “debris field” has been discovered within the search area for the missing Titan submersible, the U.S. Coastguard (USCG) said on Thursday.The agency said a remotely-operated vehicle made the discovery near the wreckage of the Titanic on Thursday.The h…
The family of a British billionaire adventurer who died after the Titan submersible suffered a catastrophic implosion have paid tribute to their “dedicated father”.Hamish Harding was described as “a guide, an inspiration, a support, and a living legend…
The United Nations has accused Russia of killing 136 children in 2022 during its war of aggression against Ukraine, an internal report seen by dpa in New York on Thursday showed.UN Secretary general António Guterres said he was “appalled” by the killin…
British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Richard Montgomery on Thursday pledged to work closely with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) toward the development of stronger ties between both countries.Montgomery made the pledge during a courtesy call on th…
Labour Party has vowed to stage a peaceful protest over Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa’s alleged outright refusal to conduct local government elections.The Factional National Chairman of the party Lamidi Apapa, made this known in a statement in Abuja.Apapa…
Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative plays a great role in protecting the environment, preventing climate change, and bringing peace and stability to the country and the Eastern Africa region at large, scholars at a panel on Tackling Climate Change Impac…
The need for inclusive effort of all pertinent bodies at home and abroad has been underlined in order to encourage remittances through formal channels.A researcher, Zerihun Mohammed, who presented his study about remittance from Ethiopian labor migrant…
On Tunisia’s hosting of the 2nd African Beach Games JAP 2023 in Hammamet (June 23-30), which officially kicked off on Saturday afternoon, Prime Minister Najla Bouden met President of the Association of African National Olympic Committees (ANOCA), Must…
The United Nations General Assembly Thursday adopted a resolution on the eighth review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS).This eighth review of the GCTS was co-led by Tunisia and Canada as facilitators over the last five mo…
The Bureau of the Assembly of People’s Representatives Assembly (ARP), which met on Thursday, condemned the “dangerous” military escalation of the Zionist occupation forces in parts of the West Bank, especially in Jenin, Palestine.In a statement issue…
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Trk, on Friday, called on the Tunisian authorities to «stop restricting media freedoms and criminalising independent journalism.»He expressed in a statement deep concern at the increasing restri…
Arrested in connection with the conspiracy against state security case, National Salvation Front political activist Chaïma Issa will not be released on Friday, said Sami Trigui, a member of the defence group for those arrested in this case.The reason …
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Tunisians Abroad has expressed Tunisia’s categorical rejection of the statement issued by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on June 23.In a statement issued on Friday evening, the Ministry reiterat…