Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Nigeria brings in custody rules to guard $9.7 billion funds industry
By Felix Onuah and Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria has introduced custody rules for its 4 trillion naira ($9.7 billion) fund management industry to protect investors and further develop its ...
Sep 19, 2021
Former Algerian president Bouteflika given state funeral
By Hamid Ould Ahmed ALGIERS (Reuters) - Former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, ousted in 2019 after mass protests, was given a state funeral on Sunday that was attended by senior officials bu...
Sep 19, 2021
Qatar flight with Afghans, Americans, Europeans leaves Kabul, official says
DUBAI (Reuters) -A fourth chartered flight carrying civilians from Afghanistan to Qatar since U.S. forces withdrew last month left Kabul on Sunday with more than 230 passengers, including Afghans, Ame...
Sep 19, 2021
Nigeria to incorporate NNPC, appoints board -President says
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari said on Sunday he has appointed a board for state-oil firm NNPC and directed that it should be incorporated. The new oil law requires NNPC to be ...
Sep 19, 2021
East Libyan forces say two helicopters crash in military operation
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - East Libyan forces said they lost two helicopters in a crash during a military operation on Sunday, after days of fighting with a formerly allied rebel group from Chad. The Libyan ...
Sep 19, 2021
Afghan activists protest outside shuttered women affairs ministry
(Reuters) - About two dozen women activists protested outside Afghanistan's women's ministry on Sunday after it was closed by Taliban militants in power in Kabul and replaced by their Ministry for Pro...
Sep 19, 2021
Crowds flock to Champs-Elysees during Paris car-free day
PARIS (Reuters) - Crowds of Parisians and tourists strolled along the Champs-Elysees avenue on Sunday as a car-free day removed most of the traffic from the French capital's usually busy streets. Pede...
Sep 19, 2021
New centrist faction to run in Bulgaria’s third election this year
SOFIA (Reuters) - Popular former interim economy and finance ministers have set up a centrist political faction to compete in Bulgaria's third parliamentary election this year on pledges to tackle wid...
Sep 19, 2021
The Netherlands unveils its first national Holocaust monument
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A monument listing 102,163 Dutch victims of the Holocaust was unveiled by King Willem-Alexander in Amsterdam on Sunday, the first national memorial to be built in the Netherlands...
Sep 19, 2021
French minister heads to Sahel amid talk of Russian hired guns for Mali
NIAMEY (Reuters) - France's Armed Forces Minister arrived in Niger on Sunday as part of a two-day visit to allies in the Sahel region, where French-led military operations against Islamist militants a...
Sep 19, 2021
