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[RFI] A top boss at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says his organisation hopes to finalise a new aid programme for Senegal as soon as possible after suspending its $1.8 billion credit line in October following revelations of distorted figures and fiscal mismanagement.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:[MFWA] Police in Tamale have arrested a social media activist and supporter of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) over a social media post deemed defamatory to the Yaa Naa, the Overlord of the Dagbon Kingdom in Northern Ghana.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The cost of living in Kenya is escalating as maize prices surge by 45%, hitting Sh4,800 per bag since January, with projections reaching Sh5,500 by April.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopia has announced positive outcomes from the recently concluded fifth round of negotiations, advancing the government's plan to complete its World Trade Organization (WTO) accession process by March 2026.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Once researchers begin wondering whether their government might pull the rug from under them, the damage is done
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:What to see, do and taste in the wine and food loverβs paradise thatβs just over an hour by train from the capital
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:The 20-storey El Algarrobico is a deserted monument to the struggle between environment and development
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Washington must be clear with Beijing about the consequences of an assault on Taipei
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Management will demand Sinochem reduce its stake in tyremaker at board meeting on Wednesday
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:The gas and oil company is struggling to recover from record losses after Putinβs full-scale invasion of Ukraine destroyed its business model
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:People cross a river to Venezuela from Tibu, Colombia on January 21, 2025, following fightings that killed dozens and forced thousands to flee their homes in the Colombian Catatumbo region. 2025 AP Photo/Fernando Vergara Armed groups fighting over parts of the Catatumbo region near theColombia-Venezuelaborder have committed grave abuses and displaced thousands.The groups have killed, assaulted, kidnapped, and...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:A dead fish used as a prop in the Senate, a Hollywood superstar's intervention and Labor being shouted at as a "pack of mongrels" all have featured on the day a new law to protect salmon farm jobs in Tasmania is passed.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:[The Conversation Africa] The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has elected a woman as its president for the first time ever. Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry is also the youngest ever IOC president and the first from an African country, becoming a symbol of the IOC's drive to diversify its leadership and image.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:[The Conversation Africa] Wealthy nations fuelled their industrial growth and urbanisation by burning fossil fuels. This was the biggest cause of climate change, which now affects every country in the world, even developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa which are responsible for less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Wealthy nations owe a climate debt.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:For passengers aboard the Queen Anne, their cruise holiday took a dramatic turn as they approached the Philippines.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:The opposition People's Party has accused Paetongtarn Shinawatra of being under the undue influence of her father, ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Traditional owners and a scientist fear there have been more fracking fluid spills by gas companies exploring the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Caitlin Cassidy translates the prime ministerβs use of gen Z phrases for Catie McLeodFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister is using phrases I donβt understand in parliament. On Wednesday, he said the Coalition were βdelulu with no soluluβ. What is going on?Catie, I am rapidly aging out of being cool and donβt understand the...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Multiple wildfires are raging across South Korea's south-eastern region, with thousands of firefighters aided by the military deployed in a bid to contain one of the country's worst forest fires in decades.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says protesters want to turn the country into a "place of chaos".
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:The protest was the second in as many weeks since the ruling Fidesz party of Hungary used its two-thirds parliamentary majority last Tuesday to expedite the law, which critics say is the government's most recent assault on the rights of the LGBTQ+ community in the country.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:One farmer in Victoria's west has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of broccoli, during a dry spell described by another as the worst since the millennium drought.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:The changes included may save some women "thousands of dollars across their lifetimes", according to budget documents.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Exercise will take place in the southern city of Tainan on Thursday to prepare the public for military conflict and natural disasters.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Most dental diseases are preventable β if you look after your teeth and mouth.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Click to expand Image Protesters march in front of Georgiaβs parliament in Tbilisi, calling for the release of other protestors, whose images they display on posters, March 7, 2025, 2025 Sebastien Canaud/NurPhoto via AP (Berlin, March 26, 2025) β TheGeorgian parliament should reject a bill to introduce criminal penalties for civic activists and nongovernmental groups that refuse to register as βforeign agents,β Human...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Pupils at Filadelfia Secondary School have reported neglect and sexual harassment, but the provincial department has failed to intervene
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:The decision not to increase jobseeker this budget just shows that politicians arenβt thinking about people like meSee all our Australia budget 2025 coverageBudget 2025 winners and losersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe governmentβs decision not to raise the jobseeker rate in the budget is a blow to people struggling like me.Living off jobseeker has never been harder. While the cost of...
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:As the federal election looms, Labor is running out of time to show it cares about Australiaβs precious natural environment.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:With 12 previous convictions, Lau Kai-ping had been out of jail for only a few months before he committed the murder, court shows.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Details of Tnee Chin Kiatβs offences only came to light after he was arrested for approaching an 11-year-old girl to also model for him.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Non-compete clauses can have a chilling effect on employee mobility, which is detrimental to competition in the labour market.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:France, Italy and Spain are seeking to boost military spending based on grants rather than loans to avoid increasing their debt loads.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Authorities are looking into whether the Chinese tech giant made illegal payments for a letter defending its interests in 2021.
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