• Nigeria

    FOREX: We Don’t Fix Rates Nor Deal Directly With Bank Customers, Says CBN

    Following media reports over alleged irregularities in the purchase figures of foreign exchange, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Sunday reacted saying it does not allocate forex neither does it deal directly with bank customers. The apex bank further clarified that, even though its new foreign exchange policy prioritises ...

  • USA Nigeria

    Africa’s rice farmers lose US$200 million annually to parasitic weeds

    Source: Africa Rice Center Country: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, WorldTeam of researchers reveal that parasitic weeds have invaded 1.34 million hectares, affecting an estimated 950,000 rural households in at least 28 countries in AfricaAbidjan, Côte d'Ivoire 27 Jan 2017 ...

  • Colombia

    Colombia y la UE firman acuerdo para inversiones

  • Panama

    Do MEPs not care about Konrad Mizzi's Panama connection?

    Minister without Portfolio Konrad Mizzi emerged from the European Parliament building relatively unscathed, but some MEPs remain concerned about the Maltese government’s good governance credentials, writes Bertrand Borg. Finance Minister Edward Scicluna had to parry several attacks. Justice Minister Owen Bonnici faced a flurry of criticism. Even Education Minister Evarist Bartolo ...

  • USA Malta

    'Being pro-business means being pro-worker', Prime Minister Joseph Muscat

    "Being pro-business means being pro-worker" Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said during a phone-in with Radio One. This comes after the National Statistic Office released figures indicating that the number of people registering for work stood a 3,021. The number stood at 4,760 in the corresponding month of 2015."With a ...

  • Malta

    ‘Minister Zammit Lewis hiding behind personal attacks for his Air Malta failures’ – Robert Arrigo

    Nationalist MP Robert Arrigo (above) hit back at Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis yesterday, saying that the Minister is hiding behind personal attacks to defend his failure with Air Malta. “It is very unfortunate to see the Minister hiding behind personal attacks towards me to escape his failures,” he told ...

  • USA Iran Yemen

    US judge bars deportations under Trump travel ban

    A federal judge issued an emergency order Saturday night temporarily barring the U.S. from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump's travel ban, saying travelers who had been detained had a strong argument that their legal rights had been violated.U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly in New York issued the emergency order after ...

  • Australia Regno Unito

    FA Cup: Wolves shock Liverpool, Son saves Spurs from upset

    Liverpool's season continues to implode after second-tier side Wolverhampton Wanderers inflicted the latest setback in the FA Cup on Saturday.Wolves won 2-1 at Anfield to cap a week of misery for Juergen Klopp. The English Premier League title challenge faltered further by losing to Swansea, and the League Cup run ...

  • Malta Myanmar

    Knights of Malta: Pope writes to stress order's sovereignty

    The Knights of Malta say Pope Francis has written to their leaders stressing the sovereignty of the ancient Catholic lay order, following a condom scandal linked to the order's charitable work.The order's Sovereign Council in Rome on Saturday accepted the resignation of Grand Master Fra' Matthew Festing, who had sacked the order's ...

  • USA Malta

    ‘I was not dismissed, I left because I felt I was unwanted and mistrusted’ – John Rolè

    John Rolè, who has stepped down from his instrumental position as team leader with the Fostering Agency at Appogg, has broken the silence he has kept since his situation was brought up in Parliament earlier this week.He explains to The Malta Independent on Sunday that, “I was not dismissed or ...