PM Shehbaz Sharif to hold emergency meeting after authorities detect a case of the disease in North Waziristan district. Published at 1448 EAT on Saturday 23 April 2022. Pakistani’s prime minister says he will chair an emergency meeting of a national task force for polio radication after authorities detect the country’s first case of the debilitating neurodegenerative…
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Discrimination: Reaction to Wimbledon’s Russia, Belarus ban.
Wimbledon has banned entry to players from Russia, Belarus due to the war in Ukraine. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1629 EAT on Friday 22 April 2022. Wimbledon’s ban on Russian and Belarusian players is “complete discrimination” and does not make sense, Andrey Rublev said, while world number one Novak Djokovic said he “cannot support”…
France issues international arrest warrant Carlos Ghosen.
Ghosn staged an audacious getaway, being smuggled out of Japan in an audio equipment case on a private jet, in 2019. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1144 EAT on Friday 22 April 2022. France has issued an international arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn, the auto tycoon who jumped bail in Japan and fled to…
Raisi Says Iran Will Target Heart Of Israel If It Acts Against Iranian Nation.
Published at 1035 EAT on 18th April 2022. Iran’s armed forces will target Israel’s heart if it makes “the slightest move” against the Islamic Republic, President Ebrahim Raisi told a military parade on Monday. “If you make slightest move against our nation … our armed forces destination will be the heart of the Zionist regime,”…
Russian flagship Moskva ‘seriously damaged’ by explosion.
Russia says damage caused by ammunition detonating ‘as a result of a fire’, Ukraine says it targeted the vessel with missile strikes. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1058 EAT on Thursday 14 April 2022. Russia’s Black Sea flagship leading the naval assault on Ukraine has been “seriously damaged” by an explosion that a Ukrainian…
Ukraine to receive $1.5bn in support package from World Bank.
World Bank says its helping Ukraine provide critical services, including paying wages for hospital workers. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1134 EAT on Wednesday 13 April 2022. The World Bank is preparing a $1.5bn support package for war-torn Ukraine and plans to aid developing countries struggling to keep up with surging food and energy…
Protests in Pakistan over Khan’s removal, Sharif set to be new PM.
Tens of thousands march in several cities in support of the cricket icon-turned-politician as opposition prepares replacement. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0829 EAT on Monday 11 April 2022. The removal of Imran Khan as prime minister has set Pakistan on an uncertain political path, with his supporters taking to the streets in protest as the…
Pakistani Court Jails Islamist Hafiz Saeed For An Extra 31 Years
Published at 0028 EAT on 10th April 2022. Founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group blamed by US and India for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, sentenced in two cases of terror financing. LAHORE, A Pakistani court has jailed Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, founder of the militant group blamed by the United States and India for a deadly…
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