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Iran To Assist Venezuela Overhaul Main Refinery Complicated

Iran To Assist Venezuela Overhaul Main Refinery Complicated

Venezuela’s Paraguana refinery complex is soon to begin a 100-day overhaul to reclaim its crude distillation capacity, anonymous Reuters sources suggested on Friday, with work set to be completed as a joint effort by Venezuela’s…

All set, Algeria and Senegal prepared for the mega CHAN closing

All set, Algeria and Senegal prepared for the mega CHAN closing

Morocco's Walid Karti, right, and Badr Boulhroude, second from left, challenges the ball with Nigeria's Rabiu Ali, center, during the final of the CHAN   -   Copyright © africanews Abdeljalil Bounhar/Copyright 2018 The AP. All rights…

Iran-Azerbaijan Relations Underneath Stress Following Embassy Assault

Iran-Azerbaijan Relations Underneath Stress Following Embassy Assault

An attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran is weighing on relations between the two nations. Azerbaijan temporarily suspended its operations at the embassy following the attack. The incident follows a number of other recent disagreements…

Pope Francis implores South Sudanese leaders for peace

Pope Francis implores South Sudanese leaders for peace

Pope Francis made a plea for peace in South Sudan while speaking at event sitting side-by-side with the country's president on Friday. Francis, on a novel ecumenical peace mission to the world’s youngest country, warned…

Defined: The Sweden-Turkey NATO Stalemate

Defined: The Sweden-Turkey NATO Stalemate

Turkey has remained a major roadblock in Sweden’s bid to join NATO.  Ankara has made demands that Sweden, for a variety of reasons, has not been able to concede.  The row has led to a…

No lights, no water: South Africans fume at cascading disaster

No lights, no water: South Africans fume at cascading disaster

Already struggling without electricity for hours a day, many South Africans are now having to do also without water, as power outages batter the supply system. A power failure at a pump station feeding reservoirs…

MTN out of the woods as Ghanaian tax authorities withdraw $665 million tax legal responsibility case

MTN out of the woods as Ghanaian tax authorities withdraw $665 million tax legal responsibility case

MTN has announced that Ghanaian tax authorities have withdrawn the tax liability case they had leveled against the pan-African telco on 13 January, 2023. The Ghana revenue authority had slapped MTN Ghana with a GHS8.2…

Africa’s newest unicorn, MNT-Halan, solutions a vital query

Africa’s newest unicorn, MNT-Halan, solutions a vital query

MNT-Halan, an Egyptian startup bundling fintech and e-commerce, has snagged a billion dollars valuation at the back of a $400 million financing. The startup is now Africa’s 8th unicorn, joining a list that includes Nigerian…

Airtel Africa posts $523 million in income

Airtel Africa posts $523 million in income

Airtel Africa on Thursday reported a reduced (nine-month) profit of $801 million, down from $864 million in the previous year. Despite growing its customer base and revenue, expenses increased and net finance costs jumped, leading…

Uncommon: a Colombian decide consults ChatGPT to rule

Uncommon: a Colombian decide consults ChatGPT to rule

A judge caused a stir in Colombia by announcing that he used the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT to rule on a case concerning an autistic child, we learned Thursday from concordant sources. "This opens up…

US: Regardless of the rebound, the breadth of providers growth has nonetheless slowed – Wells Fargo

US: Regardless of the rebound, the breadth of providers growth has nonetheless slowed – Wells Fargo

The ISM Service PMI released on Friday showed the index rose back above 50, into expansion territory. Analysts at Wells Fargo, point out that after just a single month under 50, the services ISM shot…

Morocco ‘ultras’ steal soccer present with ardour, pyrotechnics

Morocco ‘ultras’ steal soccer present with ardour, pyrotechnics

When Morocco's "ultras" crowd into a football stadium, the fan groups' full-throated chants, spectacular pyrotechnics and sometimes rowdy and anti-authoritarian antics often steal the show. Casablanca's stadium rings to the chants of passionate supporters of…