(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six people were found dead after a mudslide buried workers at an illegal gold mining site in Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan province, an official said on Friday. Two other miners survived the accident in Kutawaringin Timur district on Thursday, said Rihel Magat, the head of the local civil protection agency. “We suspect that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW) a United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises has called for urgent funding to fulfill the Right to Education of all children and youth in Afghanistan. ECW supports quality education outcomes for refugee, internally displaced and other crisis-affected girls and boys, so no […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nepali Police on Monday arrested 11 Afghan nationals suspected of entering the country illegally. Officers from the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police raided a house in Sinamangal in Kathmandu in the morning and detained 11 Afghans. The 11 arrested include seven men and four women; they had entered Nepal through India. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thailand wants to welcome people travelling by air from 46 countries with low coronavirus numbers, beginning from Nov.1. Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, with an eye on the tourism industry, said Thailand must hurry now otherwise travellers will choose other destinations. “So far, only 10 countries were on the list.’’ Besides Germany, Austria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Moscow expected that Iran and Azerbaijan would resolve the situation on the border through political and diplomatic methods, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. “We consistently advocate reduction of tensions on the border between Azerbaijan and Iran. “We are convinced that all issues in relations between these two states, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 13 people have been killed and three others wounded in twin blasts in the Syrian capital Damascus, state media reported on Wednesday. The state-run Syrian News Agency (SANA) said twin explosive devices were detonated in a terrorist attack while a bus was passing at the President Bridge in Damascus. Images […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Indonesia and China have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct a feasibility study of a $560-million-U.S. dollars coal-to-methanol plant, according to a recent statement released from Indonesia’s Industry Ministry. Held in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, on Monday, the signing ceremony was attended by Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita and representatives of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Philippine police on Monday killed four Chinese nationals during an anti-illegal drugs operation that lead to the confiscation of more than 262 million pesos (5.24 million dollars) worth of crystal meth. The suspects, from Fujian and Shanxi in China, were known distributors of illegal drugs in the capital and surrounding provinces, a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Economic growth in China slowed to 4.9 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter, according to data released on Monday by the statistics office. The third quarter figures are the weakest so far this year. China had posted record growth of 18.3 per cent in the first quarter and 7.9 per cent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least seven people were killed and 15 wounded when an explosion hit a Shiite mosque in the Afghan city of Kandahar on Friday, a doctor told AFP. “So far seven dead and 13 wounded have been brought to our hospital,” the medic in the southern city’s central hospital said. Details later… […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Syrian soldier was killed and three others wounded in an Israeli airstrike in central Homs province. Syrian TV and the state-run Syrian News Agency (SANA) said that shortly after midnight Israeli strikes hit the eastern countryside of Homs, targeting a communications tower and surrounding points. According to the report, the attack […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Korea’s employment growth has hit the highest in seven and a half years in September, indicating a labour market recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, statistical office data showed on Wednesday. The number of those employed totaled 27,683,000 in September, up 671,000 from a year earlier, according to data from Statistics Korea. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An outbreak of dengue fever has hit major Pakistani cities, overwhelming hospitals and further exhausting health workers already fatigued by the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Wednesday. Hospitals in the capital Islamabad and eastern city of Lahore were running out of beds in the isolation wards as patients with the symptoms of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – North Korea has called a South Korean proposal to declare a formal end to the Korean War “an interesting and an admirable idea” and signalled a willingness to resume talks with some preconditions. “The declaration of the termination of the war is an interesting and an admirable idea in that itself is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Malaysians from Wednesday can resume sending international mail after a break of more than a year which the national postal service put down to the Coronavirus pandemic’s impact on air transport. Sending is to be limited to 56 countries “due to limited international flights available,” POS Malaysia said, listing many European countries […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least three people were killed and 60 injured in an earthquake in south-western China, state media reported on Thursday. The quake’s magnitude was measured at 6.0 and its epicentre was in Luxian County in Sichuan Province. The People’s Daily reported that 737 houses collapsed and more than 7,000 buildings were damaged. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hajji Najibullah Haron, the Taliban intelligence chief in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province has rejected reports of the local presence of militants affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) group as baseless and fabricated. “Lasting peace has returned to Kunduz province and people are living in peace there and any report about the presence […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Israeli army has begun sealing off the Palestinian territories ahead of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), the holiest holiday on the Jewish calendar, which will begin at sunset on Wednesday, according to the military. The West Bank and Gaza border crossings would be opened only to Palestinians in certain medical […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The final stages of the evacuation effort in Afghanistan are under further strain after a warning that a “highly lethal” terror attack could be launched within hours. Armed forces minister James Heappey warned on Thursday that there was “very credible reporting” of an “imminent” and “severe” threat to Kabul airport. He called […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thousands of people are besieging the entrances to the airport in the Afghan capital Kabul, which is the main lifeline for Afghans and foreign citizens trying to flee the country as the Islamist Taliban take over. Shots continued to be fired almost continuously outside the heavily armed airport compound, a witness at […]
