Updated on Monday 21/02/2022 at 1531 EAT. It includes personal, shared and corporate accounts, as well as those opened as far back as the 1940s. Nearly 50 media organisations have spent months poring over the data. In their investigations, they suggest they have found evidence Credit Suisse accounts had been used by clients involved in…
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Australia’s most wanted men arrested after 12-year hunt.
Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe, Updated on Monday 21/02/2022 at 1445 EAT. Graham Potter was pictured looking dishevelled in a derelict residence at the time of his arrest Graham Potter, 64, had been on the run since 2010 after he failed to show up in court to face conspiracy to murder charges in the state…
Ethiopia begins generating power from River Nile dam
Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe, Updated on Monday 21/02/2022 at 1218 EAT. The $4.2bn (£3.8bn) dam, located in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, has been a source of contention between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan since its construction started in 2011. Sudan and Egypt fear the project could reduce their share of Nile waters. Ethiopia insists the…
Nigerian air strike kills seven children in Nigeria.
Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe, Updated on Monday 21/02/2022 at 1113 EAT. Five more were hurt in the apparently accidental strike, the governor of Niger’s Maradi region told AFP. Governor Chaibou Aboubacar said four were killed instantly and three died on their way to hospital. Nigerian officials said an investigation had begun. Mr Aboubacar said…
China Helps Virus-Ravaged Hong Kong Build Isolation Units.
Updated at 1036 EAT on FEB 20th 2022. Construction crews from mainland China were helping Hong Kong build two temporary isolation facilities to house thousands of coronavirus patients on Sunday as a senior official declared the city “in full combat mode” Hong Kong. The crowded Chinese financial hub is in the throes of its worst-ever…
Russian military videos of the move spread on TikTok.
Updated on Friday 18/02/2022 at 1645 EAT. Russia has amassed more than 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border. Moscow, Russia – On February 1, Igor, a middle-aged truck driver from Krasnodar posted a video on TikTok of a Russian military convoy cruising down a two-lane road in a rural area. The short clip has gathered a little…
France European allies announcement of military withdrawal from Mali.
The Mali deployment has been fraught with problems for France. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated on Thursday 17/02/2022 at 1310 EAT. France and its allies in a European force have announced they will begin withdrawing troops from Mali after nearly 10 years fighting an armed unrest. A statement signed by France and its African and…
Germany and Austria ease Covid rules.
Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated on Thursday 17//02/2022 at 1155 EAT. Although unvaccinated people will still face restrictions, Germans are being promised a “freedom day” on 20 March while most measures will be dropped in Austria on 5 March. The Omicron variant has not led to a feared surge in hospital admissions. However, Germany’s…
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