The value of Russian assets frozen in Switzerland has climbed to 7.4 billion Swiss francs (8.4 billion U.S. dollars) from 5.8 francs one year earlier, local media reported on Tuesday. The year-on-year increase is a result of the identification of additional assets that were subsequently frozen, local media SwissinfoContinue Reading
Almost three quarters (73 percent) of Ukrainians believed that Donald Trump’s presidency was having a negative impact on Ukraine, according to a poll whose results were released on Tuesday. According to the survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, only 19 percent of the respondents viewed Trump’sContinue Reading
A Kenyan government official said Thursday that a new tariff imposed on the country’s exports to the United States will hurt local businesses. Lee Kinyanjui, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry, said in a statement issued in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, that the 10 percentContinue Reading
The Ivorian government has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting local products and enhancing local industrial processing during the third edition of the “Made in Cote d’Ivoire” Fair, which opened Wednesday in Abidjan. With around 20 sectors on display and 160 exhibitors at about 100 stands, the Abidjan exhibition centerContinue Reading
The purchase price of cocoa beans for farmers in Cote d’Ivoire will increase to 2,200 CFA francs (3.63 U.S. dollars) per kilogram for the mid-season this year which officially started nationwide on Wednesday, the government announced. Cote d’Ivoire has two cocoa harvest seasons per year: a main harvest fromContinue Reading
The foreign ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) will pay an official visit to Moscow on Thursday and Friday, as part of an initiative aimed at deepening relations between the AES and the Russian Federation, said a joint statement released on Tuesday. This first session of consultations,Continue Reading
By Ghana Eye Report The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has released two Members of Parliament to appear before officials of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) in Parliament, a letter by the Parliamentary Service addressed to the Director General of the National Security Council said. TheContinue Reading
